Sahe Lahore Tender Notice

Society for the Advancement of Education (SANE) 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR: CONDUCTING SCHOOL SURVEYS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS II. SETTING UP AND OPERATING A CALL CENTER FOR 13 MONTHS III. CONDUCTING FIELD MONITORING VISITS

Sahe Lahore Tender Notice

1. Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) & the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) are undertaking a pilot study under the Sub-National Governance (SNG) Programme's District Delivery Challenge Fund (DDCF). which aims to improve the delivery of professional development services to teachers in government sector primary schools in Punjab. The project will be conducted in three districts of the Punjab. 

2. SANE intends to hire a survey firm/company for conducting baseline & endline surveys in approx. 1800 schools belonging to the three target districts. The company will also be required to conduct physical monitoring visits in these schools as well as set up/ manage a call center to operate the project helpline. 

The firm/company will undertake lead responsibility for the following tasks: 

 (i) Pilot testing of questionnaires/tools (drafts prepared by the SAHE & IDEAS technical team) and development of a data entry program designed and pre-tested by an expert before field work is initiated. (ii) Hiring and training of survey teams and implementation and monitoring of the field survey. 

(iii) Entry, cleaning, and documentation of data. 

(iv) Establishment of a small call center and selection and training of call center staff. 

(v) Entry. cleaning, and documentation of the call center data. 

(vi) Conduct monitoring field visits in selected schools on a monthly basis (as directed by the SAHE & IDEAS team). The contract will be spread over a maximum of fifteen months. 

Planning and implementation of the surveys, call center and monitoring visits to schools will be carried out in consultation with SANE & IDEAS. Clean data set with preliminary field report will be due at the end of both the baseline and endline surveys. SAHE now invites national survey firms/companies to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested survey firms/companies must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (company profile, list of at least five large surveys managed in the past, experience in similar conditions. availability of appropriate skills among staff, detailed CVs of the professional staff, etc.).

R. Short-listed firms will be requested to send a technical and financial proposal. 7. Expression of Interest must be delivered to the address below, clearly mentioning the title of the assignment on the upper top of the envelope, by no later than 1700 hrs on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Research Manager Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) 65 C, Garden Block, New Garden Town, Lahore, Pakistan E-mail: amal.aslam@sahe.org.pk PH: +92-42-35868115/16 www.sahe.org.pk & www.cqe.net.pk