CFSP Beneficiary verification and registration in Luglow and Gobweyn/Kismayo

Background

Somalia is one of the most fragile countries in the world (Fragile States Index, 2022), whose population is repeatedly at risk of food insecurity due to climate and disaster risks, economic crises as well as the volatile security situation. Due to high vulnerability and exposure, frequent extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, and cyclones, lead to disasters that destroy livelihoods and food resources of the predominantly rural population. The current drought – the worst in decades – has depleted the resilience capacities of large parts of the population and driven up humanitarian needs. Around 8 million people are acutely food insecure and therefore dependent on humanitarian aid. This corresponds to phases 3-5 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale. According to the forecasts, there is a risk of famine in certain regions in 2023 (IPC phase 5).

The experience of the ending Transitional Development Assistance (TDA)-project "Food Security by Strengthening Resilience in the New Settlements of Kismayo" (UFSP, PN 2017.1848.5) has shown that intensive cooperation with the population combined with a strengthening of target group-oriented government structures can significantly strengthen the resilience of the population, especially against extreme weather events. The BMZ is commissioning GIZ with a new follow-on TDA-project for UFSP, which will build on the achievements of UFSP as well as implement new measures. This Climate resilient Food Security Project (CFSP) is strengthening the resilience of the vulnerable communities in Jubbaland affected by crises with regard to their food security by climate change adaptation measures. The new project focuses on food and nutrition security, its dimensions are addressed in three fields of action: Field of action 1 (promotion of climate- and disaster-resilient production bases in selected communities) refers to the availability of sufficient food. Effective disaster risk management can help mitigate crop loss caused by extreme weather events. Field of action 2 (strengthening resilience through improved access to food in the peri-urban area of Kismayo) deals with access to food in the sense of having the economic means (income-generating measures) and the required knowledge for the use of food. This includes knowledge of the nutritional value and diversity of the food groups, hygiene practices, food safety, and preparation methods (nutrition and hygiene education measures) for processing and/or consuming foods. Field of action 3 (building the foundation for a sustainable drinking water supply in the Kismayo area) addresses the dimension of stability; its activities flank fields of action 1 and 2, for example by providing water for maintaining the kitchen gardens and safe drinking water as an essential part of nutrition and the basis for health.

Proposed Action (Targeting Areas)

The target group of the project is the food-insecure and vulnerable local population, IDPs and returnees in the peri-urban area around Kismayo. Within this target group, there is a special focus on women affected by food and nutrition insecurity and women-headed households. In addition, other vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities, are also included in the individual measures. The new project is geared to the risks to which the vulnerable population is exposed and specifically exploits existing agricultural, institutional and entrepreneurial potential in the design of its measures.

Areas of intervention, depending on the security situation and accessibility, include the IDP camps in Luglow, the village of Gobweyn, the newly identified resettlement area in Luglow of the "Durable Solutions" multi-donor initiative. An expansion to areas along the Jubba River is intended in the future. Intervention areas are agreed upon in close coordination with the GIZ Risk Management Office, BMZ and the Embassy.

A consulting service is sought to assess, verify, profile, and register beneficiaries that will stay with the project the project ends in Sept 2026. This includes review and verification of the existing beneficiary lists, development of two questionnaires (one for farmers and one for IDPs) to collect data from targeted respondents, to select and train enumerators, gather, and analyse data, set up a beneficiary database and to write a report to derive meaningful insights.

Call for Bids

GIZ is therefore seeking a consulting firm that will be responsible for providing the following services:

•         Review existing beneficiary lists, pointing out questionable or double beneficiaries
•       Jointly with the CFSP team compile a potential new beneficiary list for each project output
•        Register and profile CFSP beneficiaries for Output A and B in the five project locations.
•        Develop 2 questionnaires (one per Output) to be used for the registration of the beneficiaries. Uploading into KOBO
•        Hiring and training of at least 20 enumerators
•        Data collection, data analysis and need assessment report the contractor will be accountable for data cleaning, analysis, and the generation of high-quality, factual data that accurately reflects the realities at the grassroots level.
•        Final beneficiary list per output with detailed geographical and HH information for each beneficiary.

Interested firms/companies should send a blank email with tender reference 83466833.           in the subject line to [email protected] between 11.06.2024 – 14.06.2024. You will receive tender documents with further information on 18.06.2024 thereafter no documents will be shared.

kindly submit your signed/stamped complete Technical and Financial proposal in PDF format with ‘tender number 83466833’ clearly indicated on the email subject to [email protected]

Deadline for Submission: 30.06.2024 @0000hrs

Failure to meet the deadline will lead to automatic disqualification.

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Bidders are not allowed to contact or discuss any aspect of the tender with GIZ before closing of the tender as it will lead to automatic disqualification.