Winrock is seeking proposals from qualified firms to conduct an annual farmers’ survey to determine the outcome of the Extension Activity’s initiatives on smallholders’ productivity, sales and application of improved technologies in the seven FTF focus states in Nigeria. The goal of this is to help understand the Activity’s achievement and identify potential issues. The survey will serve as a benchmark for measuring progress, tracking trends, and making data-driven decisions.
The Extension Activity wishes to engage the services of a suitable subcontractor who has expertise in Monitoring and Evaluation, agribusiness development and value chains development, with excellent understanding of the context where the MSMEs and smallholder farmers were supported. The MEL team will meet with the subcontractor to provide adequate knowledge about Winrock ethics, the project background, and objectives as well as the survey instruments. The meeting will offer the opportunity for the subcontractor and the MEL team to review the questions and agree on how best questions can be expressed to eliminate any ambiguity. The tools to be used for data collection will also be reviewed during the meeting.
Location: Nigeria
Type: Consultancy
Career category: Monitoring and Evaluation
Years of experience: 10+ years
Theme: Agriculture
Proposals will be evaluated according to the degree that the proposal satisfies the criteria set forth in this RFP.: The proposals will be evaluated per the criteria below. Each proposal must address each criterion.
- Technical Approach & Methodology — 40 points
The applicant will provide a detailed description of their approach to tasks as listed in the Scope of Work. This should include:- The technical steps, in chronological order, that you will take to implement the work. Make sure to describe any innovative approaches or technology you plan to use and why you have chosen these.
- Methodologies that indicate a greater practical understanding of implementing the work, and more innovative yet realistic ways of carrying out the work will be scored more favorably than those that do not consider these factors.
- Brief description of your organization, including legal status
- Sample tools and Materials — 30 points
Provide samples of the tools or materials (i.e., sample questionnaire, training modules etc.) you will use and distribute to participants, keeping in mind that many may have only a low-level of literacy. Note that only illustrative sample tools for this activity or sample materials used on similar projects implemented in the past will be accepted for this criterion. Quality Assurance – Examples of quality assurance include data verification and data quality assurance measures and checks to ensure a high level of data collection performance. - Past Performance — 20 points
A Description of similar projects you implemented in the past and lessons you learned that will be incorporated into the activity described in this RFP and related to the SOW. - Personnel — 10 points
A two-page abridged CV of the personnel described in section 2.5 above should be submitted.
Please follow submission guidelines and deadlines given in the attached RFP.
How to apply
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Proposals must be received no later than 5:00 PM West African Standard Time on September 14, 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted, all proposals are to be submitted following the guidelines listed below. Telephone requests will not be honored.
Winrock will evaluate complete Subcontractor proposals to determine which proposal represents the best value to Winrock. This is an unsealed solicitation request. Winrock reserves the right to negotiate with the Offerors with or without discussion.
Winrock International may request additional documentation after the bid deadline.
Electronic Submissions
All submissions in response to this Request for Proposal must be done electronically via email to procurement@winrock.org with the subject line: “RFP-6954-23-002 – Annual Farmers Survey.”
Proposals must be submitted in two separate emails and labelled with the above subject line:
Email 1 – Technical Proposal in PDF or Microsoft Word
Email 2 – Financial proposal in Microsoft Excel and budget narrative in Microsoft Word. All Financial Proposals must be denoted in Nigerian Naira only.
Submission Questions and Clarifications
Inquiries/questions must be received no later than Friday, September 01, 2023, (WST)and must be submitted via e-mail to procurement@winrock.org. Winrock will review and respond to all questions by Wednesday, September 06, 2023