UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of consultancy services for efficiency analysis of SUN II Nutrition programme BRIEF BACKGROUND The Scaling Up Nutrition Phase II (SUN II) programme was implemented by the Government of the Republic of Zambia, with support from development partners and technical assistance from the UN. The programme aimed to improve maternal and child nutrition during the first 1,000 most critical days of life by promoting multi-sectoral interventions across health, WASH, agriculture, education, and social protection. The SUN II Endline Evaluation assessed programme performance, outcomes, and sustainability across participating districts but did not delve so deep into the efficiency component. The findings will inform the design of future nutrition interventions. As part of the Endline Evaluation, UNICEF seeks the services of a suitable contractor to conduct a focused efficiency analysis, examining how well financial, human, and institutional resources were utilized to achieve programme results within the SUN II implementation context, including its multi-sectoral and multi-donor design. 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.