RfP HAG / 009/2019

The Hague, October 28, 2019

The office of the High Commissioner on National Minority (HCNM) is seeking for talented and innovative companies and organizations to perform data collection for the survey as designed by the Steering Committee established by the Berlin-based Institute for European Politics (IEP).

The winning company will be invited to review the preliminary developed methodology (see Annex B) and suggests any necessary revisions to the methodology to make it more time- and cost-efficient and effective in terms of survey findings' validity and reliability. The contractor is required to test the questionnaire (see Annex C) in both language versions (Romanian and Russian) before the current data collection to prevent potential misinterpretations of certain questions by respondents and, in consultation with the HCNM, make final adjustments to the questionnaire . HCNM will review these suggestions and together with the Steering Committee approve the final methodology of the questionnaire to be implemented.

The contractor will then perform the data collection, continuously updating HCNM staff on the progress and alerting them to any issues. Interviewers should, preferably, be of the same ethnicity as interviewees if the survey is conducted in compactly populated areas of a certain ethnic group, or at least fluently speak the respondent's language (Romanian or Russian).

deliverables:

• Pre-test of the questionnaire and consultation of any necessary revisions to the methodology with the HCNM; deadline for submission to HCNM February 15, 2020.
• Raw data collected in the .xlsx format (or equivalent format readable by Microsoft Excel), deadline for submission to HCNM April 30, 2020;
• Report with description of results by question as text and in charts (bar charts or similar); deadline for submission to HCNM April 30, 2020.

Duration of the contract

All deliverables must be submitted to HCNM no later than April 30, 2020 .

Bidder qualifications

• A minimum of three years relevant commercial experience including conducting a national-level household survey of similar size and scope in Moldova
• Minimum three references (contact details) for national-level studies of similar size and scope including at least one national-level household survey in Moldova

Procedures

The documents mentioned in the application instructions must be submitted by email to procurement.hcnm@osce.org by 29 November 2019 12:00 CET . Proposals received after this deadline will not be accepted. Please submit the financial offer in separate file using Annex D!

Questions regarding this request for proposals can be submitted to procurement.hcnm@osce.org until 15 November 2019 12:00 CET . HCNM will then share all questions and answers with all interested parties in writing.

All tender documents can be received by going on the OSCE procurement website and UNGM .