Request for expression of interest for selection # 1235436

Selection Information

Assignment Title

Baseline Data Collection for The Kenya Tea Development Agency(KTDA) Project

Publication Date

26-Jan-2017

Expression of Interest Deadline

07-Feb-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Language of Notice

English

Selection Notice

Assignment Country

· KE - Kenya

Funding Sources

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under:

· BB - BANK BUDGET

Individual/Firm

The consultant will be a firm.

Assignment Description

SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2
https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: 1235436 - Baseline Data Collection for The Kenya Tea Development Agency(KTDA) Project

Assignment Countries:
- Kenya

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The International Finance Corporation proposes to conduct a baseline data collection exercise, which will include topics on poverty, food consumption and gender. The data collection, aimed at farmers, will be conducted in two rounds: baseline and end-line. IFC is looking to hire an experienced survey firm to conduct the first round of data collection - the baseline data collection - in Kenya as part of an assessment of the impact the project has made through a) improving farmer productivity through soil fertility management and thereby helping farmers to improve their livelihoods and (b) strengthening farmer business skills.

The questionnaire will likely include questions on income/livelihood, business skills, gender smart solutions and food security/consumption. The survey firm will work closely with staff from IFC and is expected to provide regular updates over email or telephone.

The impact assessment methodology is developed by IFCs Development Impact unit in partnership with KTDA, and includes qualitative and quantitative research methods. Comparison of data collected at pre- and post-intervention level will allow an assessment of the projects impact.

The survey firm will collect data from 50 farmers per tea factory (65 factories in total). The firm is expected to interview approximately 3,250 smallholder farmers. Given that women are involved in the farming and processing of tea, the assessment will include a gender survey for the smallholder farmers (with a sufficient number of men and women included into the sample). The gender-related questions will be provided by IFCs Gender Secretariat.

Prior to conducting interviews the firm will review the questionnaires with IFC to ensure that all questions are aligned with the local context and practices.
The external firm is responsible for logistics and inviting respondents to participate. Data collection should occur at the farm/home sight of the respondent. GPS coordinates for all smallholders at their farm or home must be recorded at the time of the interview or at the very least GPS coordinates should be collected from the farm/home of the respondents.

The external firm is to conduct the following:
Step 1: Brief desk review of existing project documents and external documents that are identified as relevant. The end result of this will lead to the inception report
Step 2: Hiring and training of enumerators with IFC Staff and KTDA invited to attend (attendance will be at the discretion of IFC and KTDA)
Step 3: Finalization of questionnaire: review and translation as well as pilot testing of questionnaire which can be done as part of enumerator training
Step 4: Data collection in the field which will include capturing of GPS data points through tablet technology
Step 5: Code and clean data set prior to transmission to IFC

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Firms participating in this competitive tender process must possess the following qualifications:

Demonstrated prior experience in similar impact assessment studies with appropriate in-country knowledge; experience with agricultural data collection is strongly preferred
Experience (at least 2-3 completed assignments) with the use of tablets for interviews and SurveyCTO software (or other survey software e.g. ELMA) is preferred
Strong capacity in data management
Knowledge of key agricultural value chains in Kenya, in particular, tea
Knowledge of Kenyan agri-finance mechanisms is preferred
Good spoken and written English language skills, as well as staff with Kiswahili and local language skills is also desirable



FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
- BANK BUDGET

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:

INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE
The consultant will be a firm.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group now invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES
Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.

Attachments

· Optional TOR File

Qualification Criteria

· 1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment, with particular reference to quantitative data collection in East Africa.

· 2. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff, with particular reference to experiences and skill sets in data collection and knowledge of agricultural value chains (especially tea).

· 3. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm, with particular reference to experience in managing teams of enumerators in the field.

· 4. Provide information on their core business and years in business.

* - Mandatory