Foreign economic-aid-related services

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The Department for International Development (DFID) has launched the Building Resilience in Ethiopia Programme (BRE), which will make investments totalling £168 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia while building long term capacity within the Ethiopian government to plan, finance and manage better the frequent climate and humanitarian shocks that the country experiences. The Building Resilience in Ethiopia programme will seek to: i. Deliver technical assistance to the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to lead and deliver an effective, more self financed and accountable response to climate and humanitarian shocks; ii. Deliver food and cash to people in humanitarian need in the most effective way; iii. Respond to non-food emergency humanitarian needs in the most effective way; iv. Monitor, evaluate and learn how to strengthen humanitarian delivery in Ethiopia in accordance with (and contributing to) global best practice. This procurement relates to items (i) and (iv). Included in this procurement are: i. Management Agent delivered Technical Assistance, primarily to the Government of Ethiopia. Level of investment: up to 23 000 000 GBP ii. Management Agent delivered Monitoring and Evaluation of humanitarian delivery (including technical Assistance on M&E to the Government of Ethiopia). Level of investment: up to 3 000 000 GBP DFID is seeking to appoint the Building Resilience in Ethiopia (BRE) Management Agent, with mobilisation expected to be in November 2018. The contract shall be awarded for a period of 41 months (with a maximum available budget of 26 000 000 GBP, inclusive of all applicable taxes), and shall comprise of a 5-month Inception Phase, an 18-month Implementation phase (which will conclude with an independent Mid-Term review), and a second 18-month Implementation phase (which will conclude with the independent Final review). There will be break points after both the Inception phase and after the first 18-month Implementation phase. The contract shall include the option to extend for up to 20,5 months (with a maximum indicative available budget for the extension period of 13 000 000 GBP, inclusive of all applicable taxes), dependent upon the requirement and at DFID’s discretion. The Terms of Reference are for a Management Agent who shall support achievement of the following outcomes: i. GoE better able to lead and deliver an effective, more self-financed and accountable response to climate and Humanitarian shocks, including supporting effective delivery, assessment and financial management. ii. Government of Ethiopia is better able to monitor and evaluate delivery of support to meet acute needs. iii. Better evidence base of what works in humanitarian delivery in Ethiopia. iv. Better monitored humanitarian programmes in Ethiopia. The Technical Assistance to the Government of Ethiopia shall focus on: i. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MOFEC) – supporting effective financial planning and structuring for disasters. ii. The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) – supporting effective leadership and coordination of an effective and accountable humanitarian response. iii. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ethiopian Public Health Institute – supporting the effective development of shock responsive systems on nutrition and health. iv. Building the capacity of the Government of Ethiopia to monitor and evaluate programmes. The Management Agent will also need to have a clear understanding of the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, and education sector but these are not focus areas. The Management Agent will also have competencies in relation to gender equality, protection (including safeguarding), and will be able to provide analysis and recommendations on the impacts of humanitarian interventions on markets, and what this means for vulnerability. Under Monitoring and Evaluation, the Management Agent shall have the capability to conduct: independent monitoring; an evaluation using experimental or quasi experimental methods (this could include the programming to enable an impact evaluation (e.g. setting up a controlled experiment to test a delivery mechanism), and specific pieces of analysis on humanitarian programmes. Please note that approaches to incorporating micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and/or local organisations/experts within the delivery model and to building local capacity of local service providers are included within the award criteria.