Back to the Future II: A protective and nurturing environment to increase access to School, inclusion and retention for Children impacted by the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon and vulnerable Lebanese Negotiated Procedure / LBDEL0035 / External Evaluation – BTF2

Object of the Agreement: Terre des Hommes Italy is seeking the services of a consultant(s) to provide an external evaluation to understand and document the main results and changes brought on by the project in the lives of children, their families and their communities, and assess the extent to which the project objectives have been met. The period of the contract/agreement is around 5 months.

SCOPE OF THE FINAL EVALUATION:

The consultancy aims to deliver a final evaluation of the BTF2 project. The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which the project objectives have been met. It will assess the project against the OECD-DAC criteria:

• Relevance
• Effectiveness
• Impact
• Coherence
• Efficiency
• Sustainability

As well as against the project log-frame. The evaluation should also provide recommendations and draw lesson that can inform current and future programming.

Candidate(s) requirements:

The main requirement is the experience in the region, and usage of innovative and mixed methods approaches, including the considerations/adaptations for remote modality due to COVID-19.

• University degree in Social Science, Education, Development or any area relevant to this assignment
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing complex evaluation assignment
• Demonstrated experience working in development and/or emergency interventions
• Demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Experience with remote data collection and/or innovative data collection methodologies during Covid-19
• Demonstrated experience in conducting evaluation of education and child protection projects, possible in crisis situations
• Experience in Lebanon and the regional context
• Experience with EU funded project, or similar large donor organisations
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills required
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic required (or within the evaluation team)
• Both individual consultants and consultancy teams are encouraged to apply.

The Evaluation of all received proposals by TDH IT shall be based on the following criteria:

1. Quality of the methodological design
2. Involvement of beneficiaries
3. Quality of implementation approach
4. Financial Offer

Interested proposers are to provide TDH IT with a thorough proposal using the following guidelines:

1. Proposal should describe the qualifications of the proposer and experience in the past five (5) years to demonstrate competence to perform the service.
2. The proposal should be valid for a period of at least ninety (90) days.
3. Three (3) references
4. Provide a detailed description of the approach and methodology to be used to accomplish the required tasks. (Proposal methodology and Work plan as chronogram and narrative)
5. Proposal should provide their company registration documents with MoF and their VAT registration certificate.
6. Proposal should provide their bank account details and describe the required payment terms.

The Timeline of the process:

Deadline

Evaluation TOR publication

9th June 21

Submission deadline

11^th July 21

Selection of evaluation team

16^th July 21

Contract Signing

19^th July 21

Inception report

2^nd week of August

Endline research start

Bidder to complete

Endline research completing

Bidder to complete

Data entry cleaning, analysis

Bidder to complete

First draft completed

Mid-November

Consortium feedback

Bidder to complete

Final cleaned dataset, report and dissemination completed

Mid-December