INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) – Develop a gender impact story for the rice, maize and chickpea East Africa project sites

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Project: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Rice, Maize and Chickpea Project in Kenya and Ethiopia

Contract Title: Develop a gender impact story for the rice, maize and chickpea East Africa project sites

Location(s): Kenya and Ethiopia

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) was established in Kenya in 1970. icipe is the only independent international institute working primarily on arthropods. It employs a diverse range of scientific disciplines holistically to perform original research on pest and beneficial insects and arthropods with the goal of improving human and livestock health, crop production, ecological systems and well being of communities.

  1. The Gender impact story will be carried out concurrently in Kenya and Ethiopia, in July 2019 for a period of a period of 40 days, and the final report must be delivered by end of July 2019. The selected candidates will be compensated from a negotiated consultancy fee.
  2. More detailed information on this assignment is available in the Terms of Reference (TORs) here: http://www.icipe.org/sites/default/files/Gender-study-Terms-of-Reference.pdf
  3. Required qualifications include, but are not limited to:
    1. Preferable PhD in development and gender studies; sociologists, economists (agricultural and development).
    2. Demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative gender analysis (attach one paper or working paper on this).
    3. Solid experience in conducting focus group discussions (FDG) (attach checklist you developed in your previous work).
    4. Field experience in rural villages, with supporting evidence.
  4. icipe now invites interested parties who can demonstrate technical capability to provide the said Consultancy service.
  5. Bidding and evaluation will be conducted through the icipe procurement policies amended 2014.
  6. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the address specified below.
  7. E-mail your bids to the address below on or before Friday, 28th June 2019 at 11:00 hrs, East Africa Time. Late submissions will be rejected.
  8. The address referred to above is:

Procurement Manager
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
Duduville campus, Kasarani
P.O. Box 30772-00100
NAIROBI, Kenya
E-mail:  icipetenders@icipe.org
Website:  www.icipe.org
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