SI Seeks Data Collection Firm in Mali
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Project Background
Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs to improve people’s lives. SI provides a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. SI provides services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project, and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services crosscut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. SI’s clients include US government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the US Department of State; bilateral donors; multilateral development banks; foundations; and non-profits.
SI’s official home page is: http://www.socialimpact.com
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) /Mali Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Platform is a five-year activity awarded to Social Impact, Inc. (SI) to provide technical and advisory services to design and carry out various monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities for USAID/Mali. The contract has 3 major components.
- Third-Party Monitoring (TPM)
- Evaluation Services and Surveys
- Collaborating, Learning, and Adaptive Management and Communication Services
Under Component 1, Operational context monitoring, SI will conduct a nationally representative Public Opinion (POP) of the Malian Population to track key contextual indicators for assumptions included in the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and to facilitate USAID’s understanding of local perception and knowledge of the U.S. Government’s assistance in Mali. SI seeks the services of a Malian data collection firm to support the data collection at the field level.
Service Explanation
To assist the SI POP team (PT) in collecting data to respond to USAID/Mali’s requirements, SI seeks the service of a data collection Malian firm to collect the following data (each of which are described in more detail below and in the attached RFP document):
- Quantitative individual survey with approximately 1,995 People across approximately 133 enumerator areas based on the most recent census of INSTAT.
- Quantitative Survey: The data collection Malian firm will be responsible for identifying and training all field personnel, planning, and completing all tasks necessary for data collection, as well as operationalizing various quality assurance, respondent protection, and data security processes before, during, and after data collection (these are detailed in Section 5). All work will be performed under the supervision of the PT and SI MEL platform staff. Below we describe the technical requirements necessary to complete the survey.
- Mode: The survey will be administered face-to-face with the assistance of a handheld device (i.e., tablet (preferred) or large cellphone). The Malian data collection firm must provide the devices.
- Length: Each survey will last approximately 45 minutes.
- Informant: A randomly drawn person member 18 years old or older who is a citizen of Mali.
- Sampling: The PT will be responsible for sampling EAs. SI will select a nationally representative sample of respondents using a three-stage cluster-sampling approach to help ensure that the views and perspectives of all social groups are included.
SI requests that all bidders examine the specific requirements contained in this Request for Proposals (RFP) and prepare responses pursuant to the terms of this RFP. All questions related to the RFP are to be submitted by July 31, 2024, and will be answered by August 6, 2024. The deadline to submit proposals is August 8, 2024. Please refer to the RFP for a detailed documentation of project background and scope of work.
Points of Contact
- Joe Amick, jamick@socialimpact.com
- Lassine Diarra, ldiarra@socialimpact.com
- Abigail Price, aprice@socialimpact.com