RFP Invited for Baseline Survey for Mission Paani Pilot Initiative

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RFP - Baseline Survey for Mission Paani Pilot Initiative in Amravati District, Maharashtra

About the Organization:

Water For People India initiated their operations in West Bengal in 1996 in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts. Consistent with the global vision and mission, we exist to promote the development of high-quality drinking water and sanitation services, accessible to all, and sustained by strong communities, businesses, and governments. Our organizational values are accountability, courage, empowerment, partnership and transparency. Water For People India implements programs directly and also through locally registered non-government organizations.

Project Background

India is undergoing the worst water crisis in its history with nearly half of the population suffering from high to severe water stress. With India’s water demand set to  be twice the available supply, the Government of India has launched its two key initiatives, Jal Jeevan Mission and the Jal Shakti Abhiyan in 2019. Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide Functional Household Tap Connection i.e., Har Ghar Nal Se Jal (HGNSJ) to every rural household by 2024. The programme focuses on the delivery of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) of quality water at the household level. Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach. It undertakes activities for rainwater harvesting, water conservation and replenishing water bodies for meeting the acute water shortage and for improving the ground water level.

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is supporting the Government of India (GoI) in its endeavours to address the water crisis. RB’s flagship initiative, Mission Paani, aims to generate a nation wise consciousness, action and behaviour change for protecting and conserving water resources while instilling a sense of respect and habit for water saving among the communities.

Water For People India is looking for a technical agency to support its efforts to establish a baseline, contribute to program design phase and concurrent monitoring and finally engage in the final evaluation of the initiative with clear recommendations on the scaling up of the pilot within the district, other districts of the state and showcase proof of concept at the national level for its wider replicability. In this regard, proposals are invited from agencies with expertise in conducting such surveys behaviour change communication strategies in water domain and a strong understanding of water conservation and water governance aspects. The concurrent monitoring by the agency will be in addition to the internal monitoring activities of Water For People. Concurrent Monitoring will provide regular feedback on processes and quality of implementation and will enable the project implementation team to make mid- course corrections.

Scope and Evaluation Objectives

The empanelled agency is expected to conduct the diagnostic and baseline study of the pilot project to develop and inform the result matrix and the program design documents. The agency may be potentially involved in the concurrent monitoring of the program, including technical and financial review (six monthly) and engage in the end line evaluation. The agreement for each of these three components will be separate, on review of outputs received, and on a financial year basis. The response to this ToR should therefore include a detailed proposal for a diagnostic and baseline, and an indicative proposal for the concurrent monitoring (technical and financial) and end line evaluation. The specific proposals for second and third component will be requested again, and at this stage should give a fairly accurate estimate of time and budgets.

Diagnostic study and Baseline

The aim of the proposed initiative is three-fold: to promote conservation and management of water resources, promoting behaviour change that encourages communities to Measure-Reduce-Reuse water intake coupled with strong water governance mechanisms institutionalized to sustain the gains. The framework of the study will have the following components:

• Social Behaviour Change Communication Strategy
• To adjust the Program Framework
• Concurrent Monitoring (Technical and Financial Review)
• End line Evaluation and Document the Proof of Concept
• Social Return on Investment

Deliverables:

The agency will need to submit the following deliverables

Baseline study

• Inception report for the baseline to be submitted outlining the finalised approach, methodology and sample size. This needs to be submitted after review of project documents, preliminary discussions with the project team in Delhi)
• Tools of Enquiry (prior and post pre testing)
• The agency will have weekly catch up with Water For People team to report on the progress and sharing of data for quality assurance purpose.
• Preliminary Findings Within 1 week of completion of Field Work followed by sharing of data table within 10 days time.
• Chapterisation Plan
• Studies to include relevant photographs
• Draft Report
• Final Report
• Presentation of Study Findings
• Dissemination of the summary of findings within the stake holders through workshop/s or dialogues

The deliverables for concurrent monitoring and endline (including the Social returns on investment) can be indicative and this stage.

Technical Proposal:

The technical proposal should include the following:

• General information (not to exceed 2 pages)
• Organization overview
• Capacity statement
• Suggest an appropriate methodology and sampling framework
• Outline mechanisms to ensure data quality
• Details of the proposed team
• List and briefly describe the team and its proposed personnel, indicating what role each proposed individual will have; CVs of team members to be provided in an attachment.
• A clear and comprehensive work plan (draft), outlining the major activities, people responsible and time schedule.
• At least three references of other clients for which similar evaluation assignments were undertaken with contact information for each.

Financial Proposal:

• It should be a Lump sum fixed cost (quote) of the assignment as per the format provided in.
• Any amount of the nature of taxes, duty, levy, etc. should be mentioned separately and will be paid as per applicable rates as and when due.
• Confirmation of the payment schedule included as mentioned in following section
• Financial Proposal (in INR) to provide cost breakdowns for all 2 studies and concurrent monitoring separately.
• Consolidated budget for each deliverable
• However, the agency is obligated to provide detail itemized budget in case the committee requires to take contractual decisions.

Interested candidates/Agency with relevant experience should send a covering letter along with updated resume/profile giving details of three references, to Indiacareers@waterforpeople.org by or before 14th August 2020. Please mention “Proposal for the “Baseline Survey for Mission Panni” in the subject line

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