UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Baseline for Nexus for Water and Energy in Zambia - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (NEWZA WASH). PROCUREMENT STAFF TO INSERT ANY FURTHER BRIEF BACKGROUND Purpose: The purpose is to conduct a baseline assessment of the UNICEF component of the EU NEWZA WASH programme. This will establish pre-implementation status indicators and serve as a reference point for measuring progress, performance, effectiveness, and impact. The main objective of the consultancy is to systematically collect and analyze relevant data and critical information regarding the initial conditions of the programmes target areas. This will provide guidance for targeting groups, communities, and institutions, as well as planning for the implementation and sustainability of services. More specifically, the baseline will: • Determine disaggregated qualitative and quantitative baseline values for programme performance indicators, in alignment with the NEWZA programme logical framework. • Identify the most vulnerable groups, communities, and institutions to be prioritized for intervention in the target areas. • Assess the operational and functional status, as well as the capacity of institutional structures responsible for programme implementation at ward, district, provincial, and national levels. • Assess the capacity at different levels to sustain WASH services provided under the NEWZA programme Location : 6 provinces- Eastern, Southern, Central, Copperbelt, Northern and Muchinga provinces and 32 districts. IMPOORTANT 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.