Centre for Disaster Protection - Technical Consultancy -Agriculture Risk Management and Food Security in the Sahel
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £70,000
- Closing date
- 15 Sep 2022
- Contract starts
- 01 Nov 2022
- Contract ends
- 31 Jul 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Buyer type
- Other public body
Description
The Centre for Disaster Protection was launched by the UK Prime Minister in July 2017 to strengthen resilience in developing countries through better preparedness and planning backed by risk-based financing arrangements. The Centre is funded with UK aid from the UK government.
The Centre seeks a Technical Consultant (individual or team) to conduct systematic evaluations of the appropriateness and accuracy of different triggers to signal crop yield reduction and further food security impacts following the occurrence of droughts and floods to activate Adaptive Social Protection-based response in these five Sahel countries. The Technical Consultant will have the following responsibilities for delivering the trigger studies in each country; 1. A review of the existing work on using data to approximate the occurrence of droughts and/or floods should be conducted. 2. A landscaping and quality review of available yield and food security data in each country. Available data should be reviewed both for the potential triggers to be evaluated and for the assessment of their technical suitability / performance. 3. A Selection of potential trigger indicators to be evaluated has been provided in the detailed TORs. 4. Communication and dissemination of results for each country, the results should be documented in a final report and PowerPoint Presentation.
Interested applicants (individuals or organisations) should apply by e-mail by sending the following to [email protected].: - Applicant name (individual or organisation), correspondence address (and organisational registered address and number, where applicable), and contact name, email address and telephone number. - A short outline of proposed technical approach to the assignment, and brief cover letter introducing the expert/team's experience in relation to the assignment. (No more than 4 and 1 pages respectively) - CVs for the proposed experts/team (maximum 3 pages each) with sufficient information to demonstrate eligibility for the selected expert category, based on experience. - Proposed budget, set out as indicated in the Budget and Costs section above (assuming a sequential analysis of minimum 3 countries)
Bid submissions should be clearly marked with the following E-mail Subject line: Bid Submission: Agriculture Risk Management and Food Security in the Sahel Any questions about the assignment or application process may be sent to the same address. Applications will remain open until 16.00 hrs (UK time) 15th September 2022.
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