Request for Proposals
Endline Evaluation for WaterCredit Project: Safe Water
and Sanitation in Bangladesh
General instructions
A. Water.org requests proposals from research and evaluation firms to conduct an endline evaluation
for a project aimed at improving water access and sanitation in Bangladesh.
B. The evaluation will require the firm to facilitate and coordinate with Water.org staff and microfinance
institutions, Sajida Foundation (Sajida) and WAVE Foundation (WAVE), for data collection in the
program areas in Bangladesh. The project requires the firm to complete the following deliverables:
- A kick-off meeting with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team and Program Management
team at Water.org to clarify roles and responsibilities in the evaluation process.
- An inception report, including a desk review and outline of evaluation methodology, survey
instrument and field plan.
- Both raw and clean and labeled dataset and codebook of variables.
- A draft evaluation report comparing baseline and endline findings, submitted to Water.org for
feedback. The report must be written in Microsoft Word, include an executive summary and be
written using a scientific report format.
- A final evaluation report comparing baseline and endline findings in the format described above,
not to exceed 25 pages (excluding annexes) submitted to Water.org.
C. Payments will be made in two tranches upon completion and approval of the deliverables outlined as
above in Section 1, Part B of this document: 40% after submission and approval of inception report
and 60% after submission and approval of the final evaluation report. Total amount invoiced for all
deliverables should include any taxes.
D. Water.org is not liable for any expenditure incurred by responding firms prior to issuance of an
executed contract with Water.org.
E. Submissions must be typed and submitted only by email and must follow the format of the requests
for information in the section 4: Submissions Requirements. Unless agreed upon with Water.org, no
changes or corrections to a response will be allowed after the deadline.
F. The proposal must be submitted by email to Magdalene Goble mgoble@water.org and Anitta
Mankhin amankhin@water.org.
G. Proposed schedule:
- April 15, 2019 Proposals due
- April 25, 2019 – Results announced
- April 30, 2019 – Contract finalized
- September 17, 2019 --Contract ends
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