The Abraham Path Initiative
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
Palestinian Territories
Economic Development Across Fragile Communities
Project Number: P14723
Assignment Title: Research Data Collection and Monitoring and Evaluation
Reference No.: API-C-05
The Abraham Path Initiative (API) is an independent non-profit and non-governmental organization. The mission of the organization is to develop Abraham Path as a long-distance cultural walking route through the Middle East in cooperation with local partners and rural communities. API has received funding from the World Bank State and Peace Building Fund for a project entitled Masar Ibrahim/Abraham Path: Economic Development Across Fragile Communities (hereafter: the Project). API is the implementing agency for the project, and the grant recipient responsible for the overall project implementation.
The Abraham Path Initiative (API) intends to apply part of the proceeds
of this grant to payments under the assignment Research Data Collection
and Monitoring and Evaluation.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include collecting quantitative
and qualitative action research data in communities along the Abraham
Path, providing monitoring and evaluation services to measure the
ongoing effectiveness of the Project, and providing training in
monitoring and evaluation best practices for API and the Palestinian
organization Masar Ibrahim al-Khalil (MIAK).
The Abraham Path Initiative (API) now invites eligible consulting firms
(“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services.
Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that
they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform
the Services. Access to the West Bank and Jerusalem is a necessary
condition for shortlisting. The shortlisting criteria are: Overall
assessment of professional capability of the firm, including the
availability of appropriate skills among staff in the firm (30 points), a
minimum of 5 years of experience in conducting similar assignments both
in research and M&E (40 points) and familiarity with the business
environment in the West Bank and Jerusalem (30 points).
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the
World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants
Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits’ published by the Bank in
January 2011, and the ‘Guidelines: Selection and Employment of
Consultants by World Bank Borrowers,’ published by the World Bank in
January 2011. Moreover, the ‘Guidelines on Preventing and Combating
Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits
and Grants,’ dated October 15, 2006 and updated January 2011 shall apply
to the project.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost
Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Further information can be obtained by email or telephone at the contact details below.
Expressions of interest must be delivered electronically to the address below by November 14, 2014
Abraham Path Initiative
Attn: Anna Dintaman
Tel: +972-2-5877713
E-mail: consultants@ abrahampath.org
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