Job Description
World Vision
BASELINE SURVEY DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
CONSULTANCY SERVICE
BY WORLD VISION SRI LANKA AND WORLD VISION CANADA
TERMS OF REFERENCE
DESCRIPTION
- Name of Project
- Project Goal
- Donor
- Survey Type
- Purpose of Survey
- Duration of survey
- Anticipated Survey Report
- Release Date
- Geographical Locations
- Total Target Beneficiaries
Addressing Climate Change Impacts in Vulnerable Communities and Women in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka through an Integrated Approach to Food Systems (ACCESS Sri Lanka)
Enhanced gender-responsive resilience of farming households, especially women-headed, and their agrifood based livelihoods to the impacts of climate change in the Dry Zone divisions of Welikanda and Rideemaliyadda, Sri Lanka
Project lifespan 4 years
Global Affairs Canada
Baseline Survey
To conduct a project baseline and related study sub-districts to provide benchmark statistics that will enable tracking of project results.
22 July 2024
Approx. 2 Months
Welikanda (Polonnaruwa District) & Rideemaliyadda (Budulla District)
The project will directly benefit 23,689 people (13,029 women and 10,660 men) from 5,640 households and indirectly benefit 86,430 people (47,537 women and 38,893 men).
BASELINE OBJECTIVE
Project MEAL evidence generation will follow Global Affairs Canada Result Based Monitoring (RBM) platform. The MEAL plan envisions conducting baseline data collection on key project outcome indicators from the intervention and control/non-beneficiary household with the aim of comparing the project impact on addressing its ultimate goals by comparing time-and-regime differences.
BASELINE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Section 1: PMF-indicator values (See annex)
- Section 2: Mapping out climate resource requirements and gaps to apply climate change adaptation strategies by the local communities (what are locally available CCAP, requirements, and gaps)
- Section 3: Identifying gender responsive sustainable land and watershed management practices implemented by the farmers in the study area
- Section 4: Investigating gender norms and poverty related barriers on equitable participation of women with men in decision making in climate smart agriculture practice
- Section 5: Climate change vulnerability assessment - Assessing current climate vulnerability (current climate risks, socio-economic conditions, adaptation baseline, climate change vulnerability) and future climate risks (climate trends, socio-economic trends, natural resource and environmental trends, adaptation barriers and opportunities)
METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH
The consulting team/firm is expected to recommend scientifically rigorous methodologies in assessing project interventions. Utilizing advanced statistical techniques such as difference-in-differences (DID) and propensity score matching (PSM) to compare key outcome indicators between intervention/beneficiary farmers and control/non-beneficiary farmers is recommended. The consultant should provide additional methodologies and techniques aligned with the objectives of the project evidence generation. (Refer the detailed ToR for further information)
STAFFING AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The Consultants/firm should propose a list of team, including a team leader, if necessary, that collectively possesses the knowledge on climate change, gender, livelihoods and other relevant expertise, and experience in leading large-scale complex baseline surveys, demonstrated capability required to provide technical and leadership services for the baseline survey project as outlined in the Terms of Reference (TOR). (Refer the detailed ToR to understand the minimum staff requirement)
SUBMISSION OF DELIVERABLES
The Consultant/Firm must provide the deliverables aligned with the objectives outlined in Section 2 of the baseline. In summary, the following deliverables are required from the Consultant/Firm;
- A Work Plan according to each committed product (mentioned in the section 2), agreed with the Project Baseline Team and the WV Canada team
- Inception Report, including methodology for the collection, processing and analysis of the information of the baseline (include data dictionary)
- Indicator values - Databases with the indicators calculated according to thresholds oriented and defined by WV and expansion factors of the sample assigned to each microdata
- FGD/KII analysis & Findings
- Mapping out climate resource requirements and gaps to apply climate change adaptation strategies by the local communities (what are locally available CCAP, requirements, and gaps)
- Identifying gender responsive sustainable land and watershed management practices implemented by the farmers in the study area
- Poverty barriers on Gender report - Investigating gender norms and poverty related barriers on equitable participation of women with men in decision making in climate smart agriculture practice
- Climate change vulnerability assessment Report
- Raw data (Qualitative & Quantitative- Data Collection)
- Baseline Report & Power-point presentation with graphic design, according to WV guidelines
BUDGET
The Consultant shall provide comprehensive budget estimates that encompass enumerators' fees, logistics (including vehicle expenses & Tax) for data collection, travel costs, equipment, hardware and software expenses, expenditures related to technical meetings, report preparation, and other pertinent activities as part of their proposal for this consultancy. The financial proposal submitted taken as the final budget to execute all activities indicated in this TOR.
DURATION OF THE BASELINE AND TIMELINES
Duration and timelines for the baseline study is well detailed in full ToR (refer the link). It is expected that the consultant or consulting firm to furnish a comprehensive timeline outlining the various activities to be carried out during the consultancy. (Refer the detailed ToR for further information)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION
Please submit your bid by the 22nd May 2024 midnight Colombo time.
Bid should be submitted in English and include the following:
- Updated CVs of consultant's team
- Cover letter detailing similar experience not exceeding 2 pages
- Examples of previous similar reports
- Technical and Financial Proposals & offers (refer section 3 & 8)
- Written confirmation of availability during the indicated timeframe
- Submit your bid via email to the following address:
lanka [email protected] with the following "Baseline_ACCESS Lanka" subject:
CONSULTANCY EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES
The consultants/firm proposal for the baseline survey evaluation and selection will be based on Technical & Financial Proposals (refer the detailed ToR for the comprehensive selection criteria):
Detailed ToR can be referred: https://wvi.box.com/s/iclruudmgmclp0uln23wiz8bxdy8k775
