INVITATION TO BID FOR CONSULTANCY

Title of Consultancy

ToR for Endline Evaluation for SOM - Food Security Response for Drought Affected Communities in Burco District 2025

SCI Contracting Office

Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland Country Office

Period of Consultancy

The assignment will be done in 4 weeks inclusive of travel and reporting

Consultant type required

Local Consultancy Firm/Individual

Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs

Save the children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultant will cover their own Logistical arrangements, costs; including insurance, food, accommodation, local transport and all cost associated while conducting the assignment

Taxation Provisions

The consultancy firm and/or Individual Consultant shall be responsible for all taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office.

Travel requirements

The consultancy firm/individual will cover their travel costs (tickets) and arrange local travel to field sites if needed

Security requirements

The Consultancy Firm/Individual will comply with standards of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training prior to travel to Somaliland.

Qualification and Experience

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

The following attributes are requirements for selecting the consultancy firm/individual.

·         Masters in Gender Studies with demonstrable experience in economic empowerment of women and gender equality. Alternatively, master’s in development studies, social sciences with statistics and economics background will also be accepted. A team with a combination of at least two of the fields will have an added advantage.

·         Demonstrable experience in working with children preferably in conflict prone countries such as Somaliland.

·         Demonstrate advanced capacity in data analysis preferably regression and econometric analyses

·         Considerable record of accomplishment and proven experience in quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis and management.

·         Previous consultancy experience on unconditional cash transfer response projects.

·         Sufficient local presence in Somaliland with no access limitations in moving from region to another. The consultant is required to demonstrate a well-built survey team that has experience in collecting quantitative and qualitative data. Either the lead consultant or co-consultant is expected to speak in Somali.

·         The team members are expected to meet the terms and work conditions stipulated in their contract including Save the Children child safeguarding policy.

·         Profound experience and technical knowledge in gender equality and women’s empowerment

Application Procedure

Firms/individuals interested in this evaluation are expected to provide the following documentation:

·         Technical proposal aligned with ToR, presenting the background, objectives, research questions, study design, study area, proposed sampling techniques and tools, and timeline.  

·         Separate financial proposal: Depicting names and number of staff time, daily rates, number of days, roles and responsibilities in the study.  

·         The profile of the staff involved in the study and experience including CVs of research team members, examples of similar research reports written by the consultant, contact details for further information regarding proposal submission, etc. 

References – at least two credible and traceable referees  

·         Interested consultants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their bids. Each application package must include all minimum requirements specified above.

Submission method:
Applications shall be submitted via the protected email tender box below:

• Email: [email protected]  
• The email must be clearly addressed to the above tender box.

Clarifications:

• Any requests for clarification should be sent to: [email protected]  
• Responses will be provided within a maximum of two (2) working days.
• Please note that the tender box email is a sealed submission inbox and will not be accessed until the tender closing date. Therefore, it should not be used for queries, as no responses will be provided from this address.

Email subject line:

• The subject of the submission email must be:
  “TOR FOR ENDLINE EVALUATION FOR SOM - FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE FOR DROUGHT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN BURCO DISTRICT 2025” (ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS)

Submission requirements:

• All attached documents must be clearly labelled to indicate their content.
• Total email size must not exceed 15MB. Where necessary, submissions should be split into multiple emails.
• Do not copy additional SCI staff email addresses when submitting your application, as this may invalidate your bid.

Important notice:
All applications must be submitted on or before the stated closing date to be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kindly note that early submission is strongly recommended, as last-minute submissions may be delayed due to network or system issues, which could result in receipt after the deadline and therefore lead to disqualification

Interested consultants shall submit their applications through the above procedures or before 14th June 2026 by 11:59PM EAT