UNICEF has now issued a: Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Consultancy services for Process Evaluation of Integrated Adolescent Programme ,Zambia . BRIEF BACKGROUND Purpose The purpose of the Process Evaluation is to assess the extent to which the Integrated Adolescent Programme has been able to meet its objectives, identify key operational barriers that have hindered its effectiveness and gather knowledge that will inform the adaptive management for improvement in the implementation of future interventions. Objectives The specific objectives of the evaluation are: • Assess the implementation fidelity of health, education, protection and social interventions for marginalized adolescent girls against the original plans and their alignment with the UNICEF’s Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy (2022–2025). • Examine adolescent participation and leadership, focusing on how programme activities have engaged adolescents, especially girls in leadership roles within communities, institutions, and organizations. • To assess the appropriateness of the project activities with respect to its project beneficiaries and targets group. • To evaluate the performance and achievements of the project against the plans laid out in the approved project results framework. • Examine coordination and integration of the programme across different sectors. • Evaluate the delivery, quality, effectiveness and inclusiveness of integrated adolescent interventions from both implementation and stakeholder perspectives. • Identify barriers and enablers affecting the effective implementation of interventions. • Gather lessons and insights to inform continuous improvement, innovation, adaptation, and sustainability of the interventions for long-term impact. 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.