Request for Proposals
Program Monitoring Visit (PMV) for Water and Sanitation Access in
Bangladesh
July 16, 2019
Response deadline: July 28, 2019
General instructions
A. Water.org requests proposals from research firms to conduct 450 household surveys to
validate and evaluate household impact for a project aimed at improving access to water and
sanitation in Bangladesh.
B. The evaluation will require the firm to facilitate and coordinate with Water.org staff and partner
microfinance institutions for data collection in the program areas in Bangladesh. The project
requires the firm to submit the following deliverables:
- A kick-off meeting with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team at Water.org to
clarify roles and responsibilities in the data collection and reporting process (can be
conducted remotely).
- An inception report, including a desk review and outline of evaluation approach,
methodology and data collection instruments.
- Both raw and clean data collected by the evaluators and codebook (from household
surveys).
- A draft evaluation report submitted to Water.org for feedback
- A final evaluation report, not to exceed 25 pages (excluding annexes).
- Presentation of the findings and recommendations to Water.org.
C. Invoicing will occur upon completion and approval of the deliverables outlined as above in
Section 1, Part B of this document.
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 Section 4: Submissions Requirements. Unless agreed upon with
Water.org, no changes or corrections to a response will be allowed after the deadline.
F. Proposed schedule:
- July 28 –Proposal submissions due by 5:00 PM CST.
- August 12, 2019 – Results announced
- August 20, 2019 – Contract begins
- February 8, 2019 – Contract ends
Proposals and queries related to the RFP should be sent through email to: Anitta Mankhin
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager, Bangladesh country team
amankhin@water.org
and
Magdalene Goble
Senior Analyst, Global Standards Monitoring
mgoble@water.org
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