Caritas Austria is planning to award a service contract to a qualified consultant to perform an external review of the project “POWERFUL- Protection Of Women in Emergencies & Relief, Food security, Urgent WASH & Livelihood activities”, implemented in South Sudan/ Upper Nile State. The project is co-funded by ADA and Caritas Austria. The project is implemented by the local organisation Caritas Malakal under the coordination by Caritas Austria.

The main goal of the external review is to assess the project’s results, conclusions, and sustainability. Drawing on the OECD DAC criteria, the external review will emphasize learning, especially around key aspects such as gender and protection mainstreaming, food security, WASH, livelihoods, psychological and social assistance and other notable features of the project. Caritas Austria and its partner seek to gain insights into the effectiveness of the interventions, understand their broader impact, and identify lessons that can inform future initiatives. The external review will also consider the service delivery modalities to evaluate their effectiveness and appropriateness in meeting the needs of the target population. The goal is not only to reflect on what has been achieved but also to provide valuable learning for improving collaboration, service delivery, and program development moving forward.

This final external review will use five of the six (Coherence is excluded) of the standard OECD DAC evaluation criteria1 the external reviewer has to analyse the following points:
a) The extent to which the project has achieved its objectives and results.
b) The extent to which the project had a positive effect on the programme participant’s future prospects as well as on the organisations’ capacities to further foster positive changes for internally displaced people and host communities.

Design and Approach
This external review shall follow a non-experimental design, with a focus on the change that has occurred for those affected by the project. It will follow ADA and OECD/DAC quality standards for the external review. The human rights based approach (HRBA), ADC’s cross-cutting issues, should be incorporated in the external review design, approach and methods. It is expected that the external reviewer will sign together with the external review contract the UNEG’s pledge of ethical conduct in evaluations (annex is included to the Terms of Reference).

Details regarding the project’s background (results and activities) and scope of the review can be found in the Terms of Reference (see section "How to apply").

How to Apply:

Tender documents

Please find all relevant documents via the following:

Link (available until May 5 2025): https://wolke.caritas.at/s/wzfL98nakbT5Ggz

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Submission of offers

The offer has to include a technical and a financial part (please refer to Annex 5 – Application Form)

Deadline for handing in offers is 05.05.2025 (end of day) via e-mail to Lydia.Nagel@caritas-austria.at

The application should include as a minimum:

• CVs of all consultants involved incl. professional references
• Completed Application Form (Annex 5) incl. profile, track record, methodology, financial proposal (only EUR)*, signed declaration
• At least one sample of a recently written Review/Evaluation

*please include all relevant expenditures (travel, domestic travel, accommodation, etc.) into the financial offer.

Selection Criteria & Contract

The submission will be evaluated on both quality and ability to deliver the tasks (Service Specification) as outlined in ToRs.

In accordance with Caritas Austria’s procurement rules a selection committee with qualified members from both Caritas Austria and Caritas Malakal will select the best offer regarding price and quality. Price and quality will be weighted with 50% (price) and 50% (quality). The successful bidder will be informed within 8 working days after the deadline for submission of offers.