- General Information
1.1 About Humanity & Inclusion
Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International) is an international non-governmental Organization founded in 1982 and currently located in more than 60 countries worldwide. Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
1.2 About Humanity & Inclusion in Bangladesh
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has been operational in Bangladesh since 1997 and supporting for universal and inclusive access to services for all, particularly in health, education and socio-economic empowerment and operate in 2 districts: Kurigram and Cox’s Bazar.
HI have a team of technical specialists in areas such as Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Protection, Inclusion Humanitarian Action, and Accessibility. They follow HI global standards to ensure quality of services strengthen the technical capacity of field operations teams, and coordinate with clusters and technical working groups. HI is known for promoting the rights of vulnerable individuals, particularly person with disabilities and providing quality specialized services during emergency responses.
HI has been operating in Cox’s Bazar for over 12 years with a team of experienced and qualified professionals, having a deep understanding of the local context and strong relationships with local authorities and influential partners.
2. Context of the Evaluation
2.1 Presentation of the GFFO funded Project
Humanity & Inclusion implementing German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) funded project titled ” Provision of integrated comprehensive support to persons with disabilities and other vulnerable people while strengthening the capacities of humanitarian actors through inclusive humanitarian action and coordination at Cox’s Bazar “ The project providing comprehensive support to rohingya communities and host communities through protection, MHPSS, functional rehabilitation, Stimulation Therapy services . Utilizing a twin-track approach, the project promoting age, gender, and disability inclusion in the humanitarian response through provision of technical support to international and local humanitarian actors, enhancing the capacities of organizations representing persons with disabilities
The project has three main objectives.
1. Access to comprehensive protection, health, functional rehabilitation, MHPSS, and early stimulative services is improved for refugees, IDPs, and host communities
2. Promote disability inclusion in the humanitarian response through provision of technical support to international and local humanitarian actors, enhancing the capacities of organizations representing persons with disabilities (OPDs) and taking action to promote protection and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
3. Humanitarian Coordination is improved through continuing analysis, advocacy, assessment of emerging needs and innovative logistics synergies
3. Objectives of the Evaluation
The overall objectives and expectations of the evaluation are given as below
3.1 General Objective
The general objective of the evaluation is to conduct an independent assessment of the project’s implementation and intervention and identify areas for improvement/modification/adjustment to make the implementations of the project of high quality and hence ensure better attainment of the program results
3.2 Specific Objectives
The specific objective of this evaluation is to assess the project based on the HI quality framework criteria of Changes, Relevance, Effectiveness and Efficiency.
The evaluation aims to assess the project’s changes, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency by reviewing the following criteria:
- The project aims at positive short, medium and/or long-term changes for the targeted populations. (Changes)
- The project meets the identified needs and is adapted to the context of intervention. (Relevance)
- The extent to which the project’s objectives have been achieved (Effectiveness)
- The economical use of resources such as human, financial, logistical, technical, etc. to achieve results (Efficiency)
For details, you can see the detailed Terms of Reference (ToR)
How to apply
Application process
- To apply, interested applicants must send an email containing:
- Cover letter and CV (maximum 4 pages) with references
- TIN Copy, NID copy
- If the applicant is a company, they must also provide the following documents:
- Company profile(s)
- Documentation of legal status, including registration as a company
- Last TAX Submission Copy (Mandatory for Both Individual and Firm)
- Bank Solvency Certificate (optional for both individuals and companies)
- Insurance certificate (optional for both individuals and companies)
- Applicants must include a technical and financial proposal (maximum 15 pages) that outlines proposed methodologies and schedule.
- Applicants must provide documents demonstrating their experience in rehabilitation, inclusion, SRH, person with disability, and MHPSS.
- Applicants must provide documents of project evaluation for different NGO or INGO.
- The financial proposal should cover all costs of the evaluation, including consultant fees, field operations costs, accommodation, per diem, air tickets, transportation to collect data, food, and other related costs.
- Quoted price should include VAT and TAX following government rules. If any amount is excluding VAT and TAX, it should be shown with a necessary breakdown.
- Payment conditions should be clearly mentioned in the financial offer.
- Bank details, including the name of the account, bank name, branch, swift code, etc., must be provided.
- Proposals must be submitted in BDT.
- Interested consultants who meet the requirements should submit a proposal by 11/08/2024 ( 11.59 PM BGD Time)
Applications that do not include the above will be considered administratively non-compliant and will not be evaluated further
Online Bid Submission address:
Send a digital file in the form of an email* sent to the dedicated email address: log.cox@bangladesh.hi.org ; with the tender reference “External Mid Evaluation of GFFO funded project. PD-UKHI-01226” in the subject).
*If the file is too big to fit into 1 email (limit 15MB per email), bidder should split the submission into multiple emails. Please include numbering also in the subject.