Invitation for Quotations/Bids Consultant at WaterAid

Invitation for Quotations/Bids Consultant at WaterAid February 2024, WaterAid is an international non-governmental organization, focused on water, sanitation and hygiene. It was set up in 1981 as a response to the UN International Drinking Water decade. Invitation for Quotations/Bids CONSULTANT FOR CONDUCTING BASELINE SSESSMENT ON AIM 1 WASH SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCK HANANG DISTRICT – MANYARA REGION – TANZANIA

Background

WaterAid Tanzania (WAT) launched its five-year strategy in 2023 focusing on two aims; 1: To attain sustainable, inclusive, and safe WASH services in targeted geographic areas for wider change and 2. To prioritize WASH across the health sector to improve public health. As it implements its 1st aim over the next five years, WAT’s will focus on modeling sustainable WASH services in Hanang DC. Further, WAT will worki in collaboration with a range of actors to strengthen WASH systems at national and sub-national levels in the target district. This is because WAT’s strategy is based on the understanding that by strengthening WASH systems at national and sub-national levels, there will be progressive and sustainable improvement in WASH service levels in the focus geographic areas.

WaterAid intends to engage an experienced and capable consultant to support in conducting baseline assessment of WASH System Building Blocks in Hanang’ district Manyara region. The baseline assessment intends to measure the strength of the WASH system in Hanang district at the start of the Aim 1 programme. This is the level at which government has the mandate and responsibility for delivery and oversight of universal, safe and sustainable WASH at the local level. The assessment, while focused on WASH system in this district, will also incorporate critical barriers to sustainable, safe WASH that lies beyond the district e.g. at the national level. The assessment should put government in the lead to ensure government own and use the results to inform their decision-making and track improvements in sector performance. It is important to note that results of the WASH system building block baseline assessment will not be used to benchmark WaterAid’s performance in Aim 1 but an indication of how WASH system as a whole (which is influenced by all the actors and factors that operate and exist within the WASH system at national and sub-national levels) is becoming stronger over time.

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Interested individual consultant, consulting or research firm to conduct this baseline assessment in Hananga District – Manyara Region – Tanzania; the erms of Reference documents can be found on the WaterAid Tanzania website: https://www.wateraid.org/tz/work-with-us

Bidder Instructions

Interested and qualified consultant (s) should send an electronic Expression of Interest (financial & technical proposals in separate folders) by 16th February 2024 before 1700hrs to wateraidtz@wateraid.org with the subject line “HANANG – SYSTEMS BUILDING BLOCK ASSESSMENT” outlining the exact availability in line with the approximate timeline. The expression of interest should contain: (a) a technical proposal and (b) a financial proposal, comprising:

Technical proposal:

Technical proposal detailing proposed methodology/approach. (max 8 pages) – please refer to the methodology proposed in WaterAid’s Aim 1 Baseline – WASH system building block assessment guide and the WASH system building block tool (see ANNEX 1& 2)
The consultant should describe their recent experience in similar assignments, with at least three traceable references & references for similar assignments successfully delivered.
Up-to-date and detailed CVs of the proposed team, highlighting the experience requested above. Included CVs should be for the consultants) & all team members who will be available for the assignment.

Financial proposal

The consultant should come up with a detailed financial proposal outlining the assignment’s gross costs, including reimbursable expenditures and any necessary taxes in line with the proposed methodology strictly in Tanzanian Shillings. Please note that all workshop-related costs will be borne by WaterAid and should not be included in the financial proposal.