Self Help Africa (SHA) is an international NGO operating in nine Africa countries. SHA’s vision is an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa, and a mission to develop enterprising solutions that enable smallholder farmers to achieve a better quality of life. We work with smallholder farmers, farmer associations, cooperatives, and agribusinesses across Africa to help farmers grow and sell more food, improve diets, diversify incomes, and make their livelihoods more sustainable and resilient to external shocks like climate change. 

SHA’s interventions among smallholder farmers is implemented through both short-term and long-term, donor funded projects that aim to promote viable and competitive value chains. The projects are implemented either directly or through local partners. Either way, SHA provides thought leadership in developing implementation strategies that guide every project. Our Strategic Plan and related policies inform project strategies and actions in several thematic areas including production, value addition, marketing, stakeholder collaboration, natural resource management, inclusion, nutrition, and resilience building. 

Project Background 

Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO) is a collaboration between Gorta-Self Help Africa (SHA) and co-applicants Farming Systems Kenya (FSK)  

The objective of the project is to contribute to improved food, nutrition, and income security for 60,000 beneficiaries in Baringo, Kenya. Specifically, food security will increase through increased agricultural production and diversification and Agri-enterprise development, nutrition security will improve through the promotion of nutrient rich crops and fruit trees, kitchen gardening and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practises and improved nutrition and dietary diversity awareness. The income security of households (HHs) will increase through improved agricultural and livestock productivity and farmer level organisation, improved land and water management, integration into profitable value chains and improved access to market information financial services. Activities will be enhanced through improved collaboration of sub-county and county level platforms and networks focused on agriculture, nutrition, resilience, peace building and land management. 

The objective of the assignment 

The term of reference is comprised of two approaches:

• Approach 1: The end of project evaluation
• Approach 2: Video documentation of the project’s success stories

Bids can be made for either or both of the two approaches.

The full tender documents can be found here.

• Q-4428: Terms of Reference for End Term Evaluation Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)
• SHA Terms and Conditions 2019 W&S
• SHA Code of Conduct Policy
• SHA Child Protection Policy
• SHA Anti Fraud and Anti Corruption Policy

CLARIFICATION TABLE

Interested bidders should submit their application by email, clearly indicating in the Subject Header “End Term Evaluation Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)” to [email protected] not later than Monday 23^rd September 2024 by 10.00am. Only shortlisted institutions will be contacted. If you do not receive a response within 30 days of closing the applications, please consider your proposal unsuccessful.

Both the technical, financial proposal and the signed Self Help Africa shared policies should be submitted to [email protected] on or before September 23^rd 2024 at 10.00am.The Self Help Africa Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy and SHA Terms & Conditions are attached with the TOR here. Results of the tendering process will be communicated to Consultants by October 15^th 2024.

Please read the request for proposal document for all other details, including how to submit queries and the deadline for clarifications.

OUR POLICY:  Self Help Africa does not ask for or accept money for bids.  If approached for money or other favours, or if you have any suspicions of attempted fraud, bribery or corruption while tendering, please report immediately at selfhelpafrica.ethicspoint.com Please provide as much detail as possible with any reports.  Further information on Confidential Reporting is available here.