UNITED NATIONS CHILDRENS FUND (UNICEF)

Expression of Interest (EoI) For Consultancy to Conduct a Study on

THE IMPACT OF OPEN DEFECATION FREE (ODF) ENVIRONMENT ON COMMUNITY & THESUSTAINANCE OF ODF PRACTICES IN RURAL AREAS OF KENYA

1.    The UNICEF Kenya WASH programme 2008-2014 was designed to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Kenya in Water and Sanitation. The total funding for the programme is US$70.7 million, with 58% contributed by the Government of the Netherlands and the balance from UNICEF, Government of Kenya and communities. The programme design is based on the UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene global strategy for 2006-2015, the priorities defined by the Netherlands Parliament in the area of water and sanitation for health and national development policies of the host country.

2.    UNICEF has been supporting Government of Kenya through Ministry of Health in scaling up community sanitation adopting Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) as the core strategy. The support includes strengthening capacity of Government as well as support on implementation of CLTS in villages to attain Open Defecation Free Status.

3.    UNICEF is now planning to conduct a study to ascertain the impact of Open Defecation Free Status in the communities and Sustenance of the Open Defecation Free Practices. This open Expression of Interest is to invite all institutions/corporate entities/consultancy firms with background/capacity to conduct this study to express their interest for shortlisting, based on which a closed Request for Proposals (RFP) will be issued to pre-qualified organizations.

4.    Interested institutions/corporate entities/consultancy are hereby invited to submit their expressions of interest to undertake the study by submitting the requisite summarized documentation to support the Pre-qualification Eligibility criteria below:

·         Name of the Firm/Institution

·         Physical/postal/email/telephone addresses with contact person details

·         Evidence and year of registration as legal entity

·         Core business relevant to the assignment

·         Year wise details of consulting for similar assignments in the past 5 years

·         Institutional client referees with address and contacts

·         Demonstration of availability of key academic/technical staff for the assignment

·         Demonstration of financial capacity to finance similar magnitude assignments

5.    By email (with attachments not exceeding 10MB), postal service or courier/hand delivery (name & ID details of individual delivering to be communicated by email at least 1 working day earlier) to reach by 12.00 noon 15 August, 2014

6.    To the address:

Supply Section

UNICEF Kenya Country Office, UN Compound, Gigiri

P. O. Box 44145-00100, Nairobi

Email: nairobi@unicef.org

Hand Delivery: Room 107, Block D