Consultancy for an in-country final evaluation of an FbF Project in the Philippines

The German Red Cross (GRC), in collaboration with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), is looking for a consultant or a team of consultants to conduct a final evaluation of an anticipation/Forecast-based Financing (FbF) project in the Philippines on site. Besides strengthening capacities on side of the PRC and other actors in the area of FbF, the project has been working on the development of Early Action Protocols (EAP) for Typhoons, for Floods and, currently, for Droughts, looking also into the adaptation of such for conflict-affected areas.

GRC and the Philippine Red Cross are planning to conduct the external final evaluation from the beginning of October until mid-November 2022. The project’s implementation period is from August 2020-December 2022 and it is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and the German

Brief overview

• Proposed Duration: 30 days between 03 October and 11 November 2022
• The tender shall be valid until 30 September 2022
• Deadline for the submission of the tender: 07 September 2022, 12:00 midday (CEST)
• Tender will be evaluated according to price (30%) and quality/experience (70%) from 0 points (does not meet requirements) to 5 points (fulfils all requirements)
• Client: German Red Cross e.V., Team 61 Operations, Carstennstraße 58, 12205 Berlin, Germany; contact person: Catrin Braun, Manager FbF Asia, [email protected]
• Technical supervision: Elena Suero, FbF project delegate in the Philippines, [email protected]

Documents: Final evaluation of the project FBF in the Philippines.zip (ZIP file)

Application details

Qualifications

The consultant or the consultant team shall have the following qualifications:

• A university degree in a relevant field of study (disaster management, social sciences)
• Experience with technical knowledge of forecast-based financing, anticipatory action
• Preferably knowledge of the DRRM setup in the Philippines
• Solid knowledge and experience of project monitoring and evaluation methods and approaches
• Knowledge on effective organizational structure and processes
• Proven experience in evaluating humanitarian assistance and preparedness/DRR programs
• Excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills
• Knowledge of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its way of working is desirable
• Excellent command of written and spoken English

Application material

• Financial offer: Tenderer must quote a net price in Euro including daily rates and travel costs.
• In case a consultant is not located in the Philippines, but needs to travel there, the flight tickets to/from the Philippines should be included in the financial proposal. Insurance and per diem/DSA are not reimbursed by GRC, thus these should be factored into the daily fee.
• GRC will facilitate the consultant´s accommodation and cover travel costs within the Philippines.
• Technical offer: Proposed methods and a overview about how the consultant proposes to complete all tasks related to the final evaluation (max. 2p); and a letter of motivation summarising relevant experiences and qualifications for the consultancy
• Professional references: contact persons of international organizations or INGOS for which similar assignments were accomplished during the last 3 years
• CV(s) of the proposed consultant(s) – maximum 3 pages: If there is more than one consultant, please submit the CVs for all team members and clarify the team leader position.
• Contact: Full name, telephone number, e-mail address, physical address.
• Declaration of conformity (fully signed)
• Examples from similar past assignments/reports conducted, to be sent in PDF form in English.