EOI - Project Evaluation

Job Description

Project evaluation Of Hamro Coffee: Expanding Opportunities for Nepalese Coffee Farmers and Traders

1. Background information

European Unionś support to the competitiveness of Quality Coffee in Nepal aims to target coffee growers and cooperatives, especially farmers and disadvantaged communities, who would benefit from technical assistance to enhance the competitiveness of organic coffee production, improve productivity and extend best practices on harvesting and processing and conduct market study and promotion, including tourism activities in growing areas.

This support is part of the larger ‘Support for Trade and Economic Capacity Building: Trade and Private Sector Development PRogramme’ launched by EU and the Government of Nepal in September 2014. ‘Hamro Coffee: Expanding Opportunities for Nepalese Coffee Farmers and Traders’ project is one of the two recipients under this EU call.

2. Project Description

Jointly envisioned by ICCO Cooperation, CEAPRED and NCPA, HAMRO COFFEE project aims to increase to income of smallholders through an improved market driven specialty coffee sector with focus on enhancing the quality and quantity of coffee cherries produced and upgrading primary processing to ensure quality of green beans, leading in the long term to increased demand of unique Nepalese specialty coffee in the domestic and international niches markets. The project also works to remove access barriers from ‘Bean to Cup’ and strengthen linkages across the coffee value chain. .

3. Key objectives of the evaluation

• Assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the project interventions as against the targeted outcomes;
• Develop practical recommendations in collaboration with stakeholders, based on best practices and lessons learnt;
• To identify further strategies and programs aimed at expanding opportunities for Nepalese Coffee farmers and Traders.

4. Scope

This project evaluation will cover the project period with a time frame from March 2017 to May 2019. The scope of the evaluation will assess progress towards objectives, outcomes, results and indicators of the project implementation. The geographical scope of the evaluation will be the 6 working districts where the program has been implemented.

5. Evaluation methods

ICCO promotes the use of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to accomplish the assignment. Use of participatory methods and tools are encouraged. However, interested consultants/firms are expected to propose detailed methodologies and tools for this assignment which can be agreed by both consultants/firm and ICCO based on open discussion and mutual understanding.

6. Contractual and reporting agreements

6.1 Profile of the independent evaluation provider

A national consultant will be recruited for the evaluation and will be responsible for developing of key evaluation products, e.g. inception report, evaluation instruments and final report. The national consultant should have the following qualifications:

• Postgraduate university degree (doctoral degree preferred) and at least 10 years of relevant work
• Experience in evaluation of commercial agricultural value chain projects, preferably on coffee sub-sector in Nepal,
• Documented experience in conducting evaluations, particularly in the realm of Coffee sub sector or high potential agricultural commodity in Nepal.
• Strong qualitative data collection and analysis skills;
• Strong management, inter-personal, teamwork and organizational skills;
• Experience with using a gender and inclusion approach in evaluations
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results.
• Consultant/firm registered in VAT

6.2 Management arrangements

ICCO and selected consultant will agree on the field level logistics later as per the situation.

6.3 Deliverables

The following are the key deliverables, or tangible products, the assessment or consultant team will be accountable for producing. At a minimum, these deliverables include:

• Inception report that includes:
  • Consultant understanding of the assignment and its scope
  • Evaluation design and methodology document
  • Proposed Evaluation template
• Presentation of preliminary findings and data prior to drafting a report.
• First draft evaluation report of maximum 30 pages excluding relevant annexes and
• 3 pages of executive summary.
• Final detailed Evaluation report of maximum 30 pages that includes 3 pages of executive summary. There should be a separate relevant annexes in line with the outline/contents of the report as agreed with ICCO in advance.

6.4 Timeframe

The consultancy period will be from 15th May to 14th June 2019. The estimated number of working days would be 20 days within consultancy duration. 

Apply Instructions

How to Apply:

All the interested qualified consultants/firm are required to apply with following documents by 10th May 2019 Thursday by 17:00 hours via email: nepal@icco.nl ccing to p.bhattarai@icco.nl

• Covering letter (1-page) justifying relevant experience, expertise, and qualifications.
• Updated CVs (3-pages max) of all the consultants highlighting the relevant experiences, expertise and qualifications and contact details of at least 2 recent referees/employers of similar past assignments.
• A detailed proposed methodologies and tentative action plan (4-pages max) and financial proposal (1-page max) including per day rate and total consultancy service fee in NPR including applicable VAT or consultancy taxes.
• Enclose the latest version of relevant PDF report of similar nature of consultancy assignment undertaken by the consultants/firm.

Evaluation criteria:

Total scoring is 100 points that include 70 points on technical expertise (consultants relevant expertise and experience, team composition, gender-balanced etc.) and financial scoring 30 points (cost-effectiveness and realistic budget plan).

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