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Oxfam in Bangladesh is seeking a individual consultant/consultancy firm for the consultancy assignment tiled “First Cycle Review of Empowering Women Through Civil Society Actors in Bangladesh (EWCSA)”. We invite proposals from individual consultant/ consultancy firm to undertake this assignment.

Background and Rationale of the study:

Aiming to improve the lives and livelihoods of the target informal and formal marginalized women workers (Domestic workers, Tea garden workers, Homebased workers in RMG and Fisher folk workers) and promote gender equality in targeted workplaces and empower them to play an active role in the development process and local governance,  Oxfam Australia  and  Bangladesh with support from European Commission has been implementing a project titled as “Empowering Women Through Civil Society Actors in Bangladesh” (EWCSA), since April 2021. 

This project contributes to the Global Objective through the provision of financial (financial support to third parties), organisational and technical support to Bangladesh Civil Society Actors (CSAs) to strengthen their constituency and capacity to engage with state and non-state actors and thereby more effectively participate in governance and development processes. The key impact is CSAs effectively supporting and empowering women working in marginalised industries or occupations to play an active role in influencing the policies and practices of government and the private sector (governance and development processes) that impact on their lives.  The project planned to provide financial and technical support to around 30 grassroot Women Rights Organizations (WRO) and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) through two round/cycle.  In Round -1 13 sub-grantees were supported   from 1st October 2022 and has closed on 31 March 2024. 

At this stage, the project is required to measure the progress against output, outcome, and impact of the project interventions. 

In this regards, Oxfam in Bangladesh is planning conduct a cycle review of the 1st cycle of this project commissioning by the suitable consultant individual/agency. The study is planned to be started on first week of July 2024 to investigate the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of the projects and also, to assess achievements against agreed indicators, strengths, and weaknesses and to capture learning from its baseline to conclusion of the first cycle of the project.

The audiences of this review are Oxfam in BD, European Union, implementing partners (total 13), local government, CBOs, community people and so on. Mainly the review report will be used for preparing the project progress report, project learning will be used for future investment in relevant programming of the upcoming cycle of this project and implementing partner and best practices and innovation can be replicated in the other communities and government interventions. 

Score of Work:

Oxfam is recruiting a Bangladesh-based consultant or consultancy firm to conduct primary and data collection and analysis for the study. The consultancy will take place between Mid of 1st July 2024 and 20th August 2024, with 50 estimated days.

Please refer to the detailed ToR (Click here) for this assignment.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• The individual consultant/consultancy firm must submit the following documents along with the Technical & Financial Proposal.
• The financial proposal should include 15% VAT only. Oxfam will deduct Income Tax and VAT as per government rules and policies at source from the agreed consultancy amount.

For Individual Consultant:

• A profile/CV of a maximum of 2 pages, highlighting related completed assignments with client names, contact persons, and contact numbers.
• One-paragraph short CVs for other team members involved in the assignment, highlighting related completed assignments and roles (if applicable).
• Copies of NID, TIN, BIN, VAT Registration and Trade License, as applicable.

 For Consultancy Firm:

• A firm profile of a maximum of 2 pages, highlighting completed related assignments with client names, contact persons, and contact numbers.
• The lead consultant's (who will lead the assignment) maximum 2-page CV, showcasing related assignments completed and specifying the role in each completed assignment.
• One-paragraph short CVs for other team members involved in the assignment, highlighting related completed assignments and roles.
• Copies of the firm’s certificate, TIN, BIN, VAT registration, and trade license and any other relevant documents.

Please only mention “First Cycle Review of EWCSA" in the subject line while emailing the application to Ban_Consultancy@oxfam.org.uk.

Submit two separate PDF files with the following names:

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 09 June 2024

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