Productive Economic Inclusion in Lebanon: Baseline and Final Evaluation Surveys consultant

NOTICE AT-A-GLANCE

Project ID: P180905

Project Title: Productive Economic Inclusion in Lebanon

Country: Lebanon

Notice No: OP00311481

Notice Type: Request for Expression of Interest

Notice Status: Published

Borrower Bid Reference: LB-RMF-449777-CS-INDV

Procurement Method: Quality And Cost-Based Selection

Language of Notice: English

Submission Deadline Date/Time: Oct 02, 2024 16:00

Published Date: 20-Sep-2024

Description: Baseline and Final Evaluation Surveys consultant

Details:

Rene Moawad Foundation

Productive Economic Inclusion in Lebanon (P180905)

Consulting Services

Request for Expressions of Interest

for the Post of Baseline, End-line Survey Firm

Proc Reference: LB-RMF-449777-CS-INDV

Lebanon’s compounding crises have had severe implications on the country’s human capital. Poverty and vulnerability have increased significantly, with projections from the World Bank suggesting that well over 50 percent of the population were under the national poverty line in 2020. Unemployment has also risen sharply during the crises. Based on a World Bank survey targeting formal firm, one in five workers lost their jobs since October 2019, while 61 percent of formal firms surveyed decreased the number of permanent workers by 43 percent on average. Rising unemployment rates during the pandemic have also reduced household income, affecting their resilience in the face of the crises.

To support households, cope with the crises, the Government of Lebanon launched the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) cash transfer program with financing from the World Bank. The program expands safety net coverage to 150,000 extreme poor Lebanese households that are socially vulnerable. While this will substantially increase the coverage of safety nets in Lebanon, it will not reach the high numbers of households that have gone into poverty during the crisis. At the same time, and in light of severe fiscal constraints in Lebanon, further support is required for households to overcome poverty through the labor market.

In this context of poverty and fragility, the World Bank has selected the Rene Mouawad Foundation (RMF) to act as the Implementing Agency to pilot Productive Economic Inclusion in Lebanon (PEIL) project that provides livelihood support to a selected number of poor households targeting three Cazas. The objective of the pilot is to improve livelihood opportunities for 1,500 households that are current beneficiaries of the ESSN. Therefore, the PEIL Project complements the ESSN program by improving household welfare and resilience through productive economic inclusion. It strengthens sustainable pathways out of poverty by reducing household dependence on government assistance. To achieve the intended objectives of the pilot, the Project is composed of the following three components, based on well-evaluated programs around the world: (1) designing a data-driven economic inclusion program for Lebanon; (2) implementing the pilot program in selected regions; and (3) monitoring and evaluation to quantify the impact and cost-effectiveness of the pilot. Through these activities, the project aims to inform the scale up of an economic inclusion program across Lebanon.

The selected firm/consortium shall possess the following qualifications:

● A legal status recognized by the Government of Lebanon, enabling the organization to perform the above-mentioned tasks.

● Demonstrated experience of organizing nation-wide surveys over the past five years.

● Strong capacity and experience in planning and organizing telephone, computer-based, and personal interview survey logistics.

● Good network of experienced enumerators, supervisors, and data entry clerks.

● Availability of the software to be used in the field with the needed equipment

● Strong capacity in data management and statistics.

● Strong knowledge in the following software applications/languages: Stata, SPSS or other statistical software.

● Strong interpersonal skills and a team-oriented spirit.

In addition, the selected firm/consortium is preferred to have the following qualifications:

● Experience working in the study areas of poverty targeting and economic inclusion.

● Experience working in multi-cultural and multi-language settings.

● Strong background in microeconomics, statistics and econometrics.

● Familiarity with skills assessment is preferable.

● Strong background in psycho-social measurement.

● Previous experience in impact evaluation.

1. Inquiries

Any correspondence or inquiry can be addressed to the following office:

RMF Office Contact:

• Rami Tannous – Procurement Specialist
• Email: rami.tannous@rmf.org.lb
• Tel: 01-613367/8

1. Proposal submission

1. Financial and technical proposals should be separated and include a reference number, each in COMPRESSED FOLDER. Documents need to be signed by an authorized representative of the supplier, each page must be initialed and the final page must be signed and dated.
2. Any submitted proposal that does not include the details as indicated above will be subject to possible disqualification.

1. Schedule and Deadline of Submission

SubmissionDeadline:October 02, 2024

All times are in the local time of Beirut, Lebanon. Please note that all dates are provisional dates and RMF reserves the right to modify the schedule.

1. Manner of Submission

Bid documents shall be submitted as a soft copy to the following e-mail:

procurement@rmf.org.lb not later than 4 pm on the due date indicated above in: Schedule and deadline for submission.

1. Assessment Criteria

Award of the contract (s) will be based on the following:

Step 1: Technical Evaluation

A technical evaluation will be conducted for the bidders; clarification meetings will be held with shortlisted bidders.

Step 2: Financial Evaluation

Price in comparison with RMF established expectation and in comparison, to other bidders of comparable technical quality.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization/Department: Rene Mouawad Foundation

Name: Ramy Tannous

Address: Achrafieh

City:

Province/State:

Postal Code:

Country: Lebanon

Phone: 01613367

Email: procurement@rmf.org.lb

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