GOVERNMENT OF SOKOTO STATE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ( REOI) (CONSULTANCY SERVICES: SELECTION AND ENGAGEMENT OF FOCAL NGO FOR COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION IN SOKOTO STATE.)
COUNTRY:NIGERIA
PROJECT:NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT(WORLD BANK ASSISTED)
CREDIT NUMBER:51050-UNI
The Federal Government of Nigeria has received credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the cost of implementing Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). Sokoto State Government is one of the beneficiaries of the credit facility. The Project Development Objective is to rehabilitate degraded lands and reduce longer-term erosion vulnerability in targeted areas, Sokoto State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management project intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit for consultancy services
Sokoto State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project now invite eligible consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience and evidence(s) of similar assignment(s) carried out in the past with relevant references, availability of appropriate staff, etc).
The Services required are as follows:
I. Implement Community Sensitization and Mobilization component of the Project
II. Implement Capacity Development of Community Stakeholder
III. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E
IV. Managing Relational Issues on the Project
V. Facilitate adherence to gender based violence (GBV) awareness in NEWMAP project intervention sites.
a. Objective The Focal NGO becomes necessary for the Project sensitization, social mobilization, group formation, capacity building, and impact evaluation (IE) interventions in the communities within the sub catchments of the Project areas. The Focal NGO, which may be a joint venture of more than one fimm for more effectiveness and timely delivery of this assignment, is needed to generate awareness about the Project’s sustainable land management goals and processes at the community level, strengthen appropriate CBOs, and build the capacities of these institutions to help plan and implement agreed soil and water conservation activities.
b. Responsibility
● To conduct a comprehensive socio-economic baseline study that will include household and community-level surveys. The biophysical baseline study will require appropriate technical expertise; this includes a topographical survey to establish the geometric properties of the site gullies and floodplains, and the establishment of monitoring station beacons and benchmarks for uniform reference and comparisons throughout the project life cycle. It is important that the physical dimensions of the gullies are monitored to have a clear idea of their expansion characteristics.
● To additionally provide technical support to the SPMU related to project monitoring and evaluation under this assignment
c. Minimum Qualification and Experience
SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTERESTS (EOIS)
Sokoto State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (SK-NEWMAP) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The short-listing criteria are:
I. Evidence showing the fields of specialty of the firm (NGO’s profile/brochures) (i) WW
II. Evidence showing that the firm is a legal entity (certificate of registration),
III. Evidence of registration with relevant authorities and professional bodies.
IV. Evidence showing the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm in the field of assignment.
V. Experience of working in a similar geographical region,
VI. Description of similar assignments,
VII. Availability of appropriate skills among staff, and availability of essential technology – software, etc.) and
VIII. Consultants must be conversant with the local languages and socio-cultural practices of the relevant communities in Sokoto state.
Selection of Consultant
A consulting Firm will be selected using Consultant Qualification (CQS) Method and in accordance with the procedures set out in Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD loans and IDA credits by World Bank Borrowers. January, 2011.
Interested consulting Firms may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours Monday through Friday except public holidays.
Expressions of interest (one original, two coples) in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression of Interest for Selection and Engagement of Focal NGO for Communication and Community Mobilization in Sokoto State under the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP)” must be delivered to the address below within 14 days of this publication (on or before May 12, 2020) during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours Monday through Friday except public holidays.
Alternatively, the expression of interest could be sent through email to Sokotonewmap@gmail.com in view of current movement restrictions in parts of the country. Only short-listed Firm would be invited or notified for further correspondence.
Sokoto State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project
Attn: Ibrahim Umar
Project Coordinator,
SPMU Secretariat,
No. 20, Zamfara Road,
Sokoto, Sokoto State
Email: sokotonewmap@gmail.com
Tel: 08098049358
