UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of institutional consultancy services for Endline Survey of the SUNN Scaling Up Nutrition MCDP! Zambia programme. BRIEF BACKGROUND Purpose: The Endline Survey aims to assess the impact of the SUN/MCDP II programme, building on findings from the baseline evaluation (2019) and midline assessments (2022). Objectives The specific objectives of the evaluation are: • To evaluate the progress made in improving child and maternal nutrition status, including stunting, wasting, underweight, and maternal nutrition. • To assess the performance of strategies employed (pathways to change and coordination mechanisms), and actions taken to improve child and maternal nutrition and the validity of key assumptions and risks. • To assess the impact of the key determinants to maternal and child nutritional status, such as household food security, access to water and sanitation, and the coverage and reach of nutrition interventions. • To understand to what extent the program was implemented according to its original design. If there were any deviations, what were the causes? • To identify and document lessons learned and provide recommendations to inform future programming and policy decisions. • To provide insights into the sustainability of nutrition interventions and suggest ways to strengthen resilience in the face of future challenges, ensuring long-term improvements in maternal and child nutrition IMPORTANT NOTE: This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.