Request for Proposals

End of Program Evaluation: Advancing financial innovations in Bangladesh to meet the water and sanitation needs of the poor
January 2022

Response deadline: 14 February, 2022 by 5:00 pm BST

1. General instructions

A. Water.org requests proposals from research and evaluation firms to conduct an end of program evaluation study for a program aimed at improving access to water and sanitation in Bangladesh primarily through microfinancing.

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 deliverables outlined in section 4.

C. Invoicing will occur upon completion and approval of the deliverables outlined as above in Section 4 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 5: Submissions Requirements. Unless agreed upon with Water.org, no changes or corrections to a response will be allowed after the deadline.

F. Proposed schedule:

  • 14 February 2022 – RFP submissions due by 5:00 PM BST.
  • 25 February 2022 – Results announced
  • 1 March 2022 – Contract begins
  • 30 September 2022 – Contract ends

G. The proposals must be submitted by email to Md. Shazedul Islam and Ms. Heather Arney by Subject line should read “Bangladesh Evaluation <<name of bidding firm>>.” The proposal must contain a technical proposal and a financial bid using Water.org’s budgeting format.