SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR CONDUCTING A BASELINE SURVEY FOR THE PROJECT TITLED “REDUCING CHILD VULNERABILITY THROUGH YOUTH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT” IN OREDO, EDO STATE
A. PREAMBLE
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria is a non-governmental child-focused and social development
Organization that focuses on the child’s development and work to ensure he/she grow into self- supporting and contributing member of society. We work together with all relevant stakeholders to find the most appropriate response to the situation of children at risk of losing parental care and those without parental care. We have been active in the field of Alternative care, Family strengthening Youth development. Child protection among others since 1972 in Nigeria with the support of Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds Deutschland (HGFD), SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria has won grant from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for public funding of project titled “Reducing Child Vulnerability through Youth, Family and Community Empowerment.
Scope of the Assignment
The primary scope of work in this RFP to conduct d qualitative baseline survey in Edo
State with a focus on Oredo Local Government Area (LGA) where the project will be implemented The RFP centers on the following
Key targets
• 1,600 children from 400 socio economically vulnerable families from
Oredo LGA who are in danger of losing their parental care because their
material emotional health or educational needs are neglected and/or
because the posed to abuse and violations of children’s rights and, in
some cases child labour,
• 320 vulnerable youths (of whom at least
160 are female, some from the 400 families mentioned above) from Oredo
LGA with a special focus on youths from alternative care
•
Community-based organization and other self-help structures which are
actively involved in planning and implementation of project/programme
for the reference target group programme population above and whose
capacities are strengthened in the course of the project
Overall Objective
To determine the quantitative qualitative information on the current
status of our target group before the kick start of the project
implementation for any benchmarking of the expected intervention
millstones
Specific Objectives:
• To determine wheel of
interaction of the community and community based groups with Government
to demand for the improvement social services for the care and
protection of children
• To determine the level of awareness on
children and young people of their rights and also punishment of
awareness of teachers on the rights of the children and the of
alternatives to corporal
• To determine knowledge and awareness of
children and young people and teachers on adolescent reproductive and
sexual health(incidences of teenage pregnancies in the communities)
•
To determine the proportion of caregivers who live on loss of 1.75
euros per day and cannot take care of the basic needs of their children
and family nutrition, education and health) in Oredo LGA
• To determine the science of child rights violations in the community and ascertain if they are recorded or followed up
• To determine the numbers and types of community based groups and the
initiatives to improve on the cure and protection of children
• To
determine the level of knowledge and awareness on the UN Guidelines on
Alternative Care and it application amongst Government and Child Care
Service providers
• To determine the proportion of young people from
vulnerable backgrounds and alternative care settings who do not have
access to employment
• To determine the proportion of young people
from vulnerable backgrounds and alternative care settings who have
knowledge resources and have been able to start up their own businesses
• To determine the proportion of young people who are the employed or
self-employed and are generating a regular income in Oredo, Edo State
This RFP seeks to determine the capacity of various organizations and individual consultants in Nigeria to conduct the research as per the stipulations provided in this document. Capacity will be evaluated according to the criteria for evaluation of proposals as set out at the end of this document. The award of the contract will be finalized accordingly
Expertise required:
The person(s) carrying out
this study should have a thorough understanding of the situation of the
target location and the target group, with proven competence and
experience in conducting social research. A social science background,
e.g higher degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Community
Development, Law, Epidemiology, Statistics and Demography and other
related disciplines. Good Experience in organizing and conducting
research and evaluations is a must.
Precondition for the involvement
of an external expert is that he/she interviews key SOS programme staff
for better understanding of SOS programmes and policies an external
expert carries out the study it is a must to ensure that the interests
and approaches of the organization are well represented. SOS staff have
to be involved in working out the conclusions and developing
recommendations. The person(s) carrying out this study must be well
acquainted with the core SOS policy documents, especially the ones
related to Child Protection.
Proposal Documents should contain the following information:
1. Detailed understanding of requirements
2. Detailed Methodology Approach demonstrating how you meet requirements for this assignment
3. Detailed Work plan (including a time line) showing the detailed sequence and timeline for each deliverable
4. Detailed budget
5. Composition of research team (for each expert proposed) a curriculum vitae, should be submitted along with the proposal
6. Any other information to further support the eligibility of the candidate
Selection of Consultant:
All RFPS received will be reviewed based on its relevance
responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness in response to the RFP
call. A detailed Term of Reference will be sent out only to the
pre-selected consultant(s)
Submission of Proposal:
The RFP
document must be submitted in a sealed envelope containing both hard and
soft copies (in a flash drive) clearly marked as follows:
CONFIDENTIAL
PROPOSAL FOR CONDUCTING A BASELINE SURVEY FOR THE PROJECT TITLED
“REDUCING CHILD VULNERABILITY THROUGH YOUTH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
EMPOWERMENT” IN OREDO, EDO STATE, on the left top side of the sealed
envelope and should be addressed to:
THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES NIGERIA
298 Haile Selassie Street
Off Thomas Sankara Street
Asokoro, Abuja,
Nigeria
