Project: Increasing the Integrity of Public Procurement in Moldova

External Independent Final Evaluation of the Project

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO SELECT EXTERNAL EVALUATORS

(Version: 26 November 2024 – for publication)

Background and short information about the Project

The Partnership for Transparency (PTF)^[1], Washington DC, USA; and Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) “Viitorul”^[2], Chisinau, Moldova, have been jointly implementing since September 2020 the above-referenced project (the Project). PTF and IDIS are issuing this Call for Proposals to request proposals (technical and financial) from individual consultants for the execution of an external independent final evaluation (the Evaluation) of the Project.

The goal of the Project is to support public procurement reforms in Moldova which will increase the transparency and fairness of public procurement by empowering citizens to hold relevant institutions accountable. A description of the Project can be found in Annex 1.

The Evaluation will assess how effective and efficient the Project was at achieving the stated objectives. It will also provide insights regarding the project’s sustainability. Detailed Terms of Reference for this assignment are attached as Annex 2.

Selection Process

The selection is for either one individual evaluator (the Evaluator, Option A) or a team of two evaluators (one Lead Evaluator supported by a Support Evaluator, Option B). Interested individual consultants shall submit a Proposal either for Option A (with one Evaluator), or for Option B (with one Lead Evaluator and a Support Evaluator). Proposals shall contain a technical and a financial proposal. Proposals shall not exceed a total of twelve (12) pages. The content of the technical proposal and the financial proposal are outlined below.

The selection will be carried out by a committee comprising an odd number of evaluators using the selection criteria set forth below. Under Option A, only one Evaluator will be selected. Under Option B, a team of two evaluators (a Lead Evaluator and a Support Evaluator) will be selected.

The selected Evaluator (Option A) or Evaluators (Option B) will be contracted by the US-based PTF .

General

Under both options the expected total level of effort is estimated at no more than thirty (30) workdays, including if the evaluator(s) are not based in Moldova one (1) field mission for data collection and interviews. The Evaluators shall be granted access to all relevant Project information including, but not limited to, legal documents, training materials, surveys, Quarterly Reports, Monitoring Reports, minutes of meetings of the Coalition of Monitors and of the National Public Procurement Platform (NPPP), technical notes produced by the Coalition of Monitors, reports and recommendations produced by the NPPP, as well as any other document pertinent to the assignment. These documents are in English or in Romanian. All deliverables produced by the selected Evaluator(s) shall be in English, including the virtual workshop. The interviews will be conducted in English or Romanian, depending on the case. No translation will be provided, and the Evaluator(s) shall be fluent in both languages.

^[1] Partnership for Transparency (PTF) supports innovative and civil society-led approaches to reduce corruption, increase transparency, strengthen governance, and enhance accountability in low-and middle-income economies and shares the insights gleaned with its wide network of partners.

^[2] IDIS “Viitorul” (IDIS) is an independent think tank, established in 1993, as a research and advocacy think tank, incorporated under Moldovan laws as a non-profit NGO. IDIS combines social, political, and economic research with solid advocacy components. It undertakes applied field research and monitors targeted issues in several fields: economics, subsidiarity, social policy, EU policies, regional development, but also security risks, and foreign policy. IDIS is respected for its experience and expertise within Moldova and is one of the entities regularly invited by the authorities, including the Ministry of Finance, to comment on proposed policy, legal, and regulatory changes.

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