DEADLINE: 24TH MARCH, 2023
OGUN STATE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT (OGSTEP)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION)
ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS TO SUPPORT CREATION OF CORE WELFARE INDICATORS
OG/CS/PSR/01/2021
The Ogun State Government through the Federal Government of Nigeria has applied for a credit from the International Development Association (hereinafter referred to as IDA)/World Bank towards the financing of the OGUN STATE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT (OGSTEP). The Project Implementation Unit of OGSTEP intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under contracts for the Consultancy Services listed above.
The consulting services to conduct General Household Survey for the production of indicators needed for the design and monitoring of the implementation of various State Development Plans (SDPs) and transfer capacity to Ogun State Bureau of Statistics (BoS) to continue implementing annual Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) surveys on a regular basis, but also will gain the skills to design additional CWIQ modules that can be used to monitor a range of other projects and programs not covered in the core questionnaire. Key activities to be completed by the firm include:
(1) Design and implement baseline surveys using the World Bank Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaires (CWIQ) for (i) Households, (ii) Community Level and (iii) Community business enterprise in paper and Computer-Aided Personal Interviews (CAPI) format.
(2) Clean data and archive them in suitable forms and submit the final survey completion report.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following link: http://bit.ly/householdsurvey_tor
The Ogun State Government now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:
- Minimum of Ten (10) Years’ experience in provision of statistics solutions for development planning, data and information management, applied economic analysis to facilitate policy formulation, programme and project designs as well as monitoring and evaluation of outcomes and impacts.
- Competency in the use of application of ICT tools in the data collection/production, processing, archiving, analysis exchange and dissemination of statistics in decision-making process for public sector organization.
- Experience in provision of capacity building for public sector client.
- Evidence of a minimum of five verifiable projects for the public sector in the delivery of statistics and data management solutions.
NON-QUALIFIED APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.
MULTLPLE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
The attention of interested Consultant is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants (under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants) by World Bank Borrowers 2011 edition and revised edition July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e., 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Expression of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail or by e-mail) on or before Friday, March 24, 2023 that is, three (3) weeks from the date of this publication.
The Project Coordinator (PC),
Project Implementation Unit (PIU),
Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP),
Floor 5, OPIC Towers,
Oke-llewo, Abeokuta,
Ogun State, Nigeria.
ogstepprocurement@gmail.com
