Call for Expressions of Interest: External Evaluation of the Treatment Action Campaign 2010-2015 to Reflect Inputs from Comic Relief Opportunity The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), which is a South African not-for-profit organisation and social movement, with more than 8 000 members organised in local branches in seven provinces, is calling for Expressions of Interest to carry out a major external evaluation. The Expressions of Interest will represent the first stage of a two stage process to appoint suitably qualified consultants to carry out this external evaluation at the end of a significant five year Comic Relief investment grant. In summary, TAC’s requirements are as follows: Scope of work: Purpose and Objectives: The overall purpose of the evaluation is to review: (a) TAC’s contribution to improvements in HIV policy, and effectiveness of the services provided to people living with HIV (in terms of the objectives set out in the Comic Relief grant agreement); (b) TAC’s organisational development and more specifically progress made towards the organisational step changes of the Comic Relief grant; (c) How TAC brought about these differences; (d) Whether the Comic Relief investment has been used efficiently to strengthen TAC’s organisational development and its future sustainability; and (e) What has been learnt that should be taken into account for TAC’s future work in relation to: Organisational development processes: what has worked? What hasn’t? The cost-effective use of core funding; what could have been done differently? The use of Comic Relief core funding in relation to other organisational priorities, such as TAC’s contracts with restricted funds, and other core-funding. Have other contractual requirements had any effects on the organisational development processes funded by Comic Relief? M&E systems and learning. There are specific questions relating to: What difference has TAC made to people’s lives (what, who, where, when)? Progress with Organisational Development and Strengthening; How has the grant made this difference? In terms of approaches used by (a) TAC and (b) Comic Relief. Methodology The evaluation will be participatory. It should use an inclusive approach that enables TAC board members, political leaders, staff and members to reflect on, and learn from, the period of funding and put the learning into practice for future strategies, programmes, approaches and set-up. As TAC has a wide number of partners and donors, drawing on input from these sets of stakeholders will also be extremely important. The choice of interviewees and key informants should reflect the extent of TAC’s work and the focus of the evaluation. So, it should acknowledge that TAC seeks to bring about change in policy and implementation at national level, but also seeks to bring about changes in policy and implementation and directly in the lives of people in seven provinces in South Africa. The evaluation should be both gender-aware and take into account other diversity and equality considerations in its design, analysis and reporting. Schedule TAC is seeking to have a completed evaluation report by mid-June 2015. Consultants’ specification The contracted external evaluation team will comprise, as a minimum, three people, including a designated team leader/project manager. The team leader will have substantial experience in managing similar evaluations that have an emphasis on learning, and organisational development; have demonstrated technical knowledge of primary health care and civil society responses to HIV and AIDS, and an ability to understand the particular approach of TAC in the South African context. The team as a whole should have a strong understanding of organisational development; the context of TAC’s work, with some in-depth understanding of particular South African provinces; and strong understanding of how complex organisations work and how to work with them. It should have an appropriate mix of language skills to carry out research and provide feedback across South Africa, and provide high quality verbal and written communications in English. The team members should demonstrate an understanding of how gender would impact the programme, and how to carry out the evaluation accordingly. The budget is based upon 25 days of work for a project manager, and a total of 30 days for researchers, but an alternative combination would be acceptable. Budget An absolute budget of ZAR 310 000 (excluding VAT) is available for the external evaluation team, including consultants’ costs, travel and subsistence. Application process There will be a two stage process. Expressions of Interest will be reviewed in January to provide a short-list of consultants that have demonstrated that they are in a strong position to meet the specification. Short-listed consultants will then be asked to provide more information on the approach that they would take, including the specific role of different team members, and their detailed budget break-down. Expressions of interest should be submitted to [email protected] by 08h59 South Africa time on Thursday 22 January with the subject line: ‘Expression of Interest: TAC evaluation 2015’. Submissions received after this time will not be considered. Expressions of interest should comprise: A cover letter outlining your understanding of the consultancy, and your interest, suitability and availability for the evaluation. This should outline who the team members would be, and their respective roles; Curriculum vitae for all proposed team members; A summary budget identifying daily fees and time allocations for different team members, and other costs; Three referees who could be consulted at this stage. Short-listed candidates will be contacted within one week of the closing date, and given 10 days to submit additional material. Detailed Terms of Reference can be found at tac.org.za. For more about the Treatment Action Campaign, refer to tac.org.za.
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