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RFQ: Research Firms in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa








Please include the below in your application:

Your application should be no more than 6 pages (excluding annex of detailed cost table), and must include the elements below:

1.     Organizational Capacity and Experience

o   Provide a brief statement of your organization’s capacity to complete this work

o   Identify the regions under your consideration.

o   List your experience with similar projects, particularly those involving IVR, phone, WhatsApp surveys in the relevant regions.

o   Highlight any relevant experience in financial inclusion, women’s economic empowerment, or other related topics.

2.     Team Structure

o   Describe the proposed team required, including team leaders, supervisors, and enumerators for fieldwork and how they will be organized, data management staff, and any other others who will be involved in the work.

3.     Organization of Work

o   Outline how you will organize deployment in each applicable region.

o   Describe your system for data collection, entry, and quality control.

4.     Availability

o   Indicate the number of days required to prepare and begin fieldwork for each survey method (IVR, phone, WhatsApp) after receiving a Notice to Proceed.

o   If there are any periods during which your organization may have limited availability, please specify these dates.

5.     Timeline

o   Provide an estimated timeline for completion of 250 and 500 surveys using each method (IVR, phone, WhatsApp surveys) within each appropriate geography.

6.     Illustrative cost table

o   Provide basic cost estimations for surveys of 500 women in each region under consideration for each survey method.

o   Provide an annex that includes a detailed cost table in USD that includes estimates in each region under consideration for:

1.     Survey administration (e.g., IVR, phone, WhatsApp surveys).

2.     Hiring and training enumerators, translation of materials, and fieldwork coordination.

3.     Quality control measures, including supervision and data management.

o   Include in annex budget options for scaling the survey to cover sample sizes of 250 and 500 women across the regions under consideration.

o   Include in annex budget any additional costs to arrive at total expected costs, including those associated with data cleaning, coding, and management.