Consultancy: Supporting Development of Family Services Programming

Background and Context 

DRC Iran has worked to support the most vulnerable Afghans resident in Iran since 2012. Within the last 12 months, there have been significant contextual openings with regard to support for families and community services, and in particular for access to services for the most vulnerable. In this context, DRC aims to strengthen its child protection work, targeted specifically at Afghan populations in Tehran, Alborz, Isfahan and Fars, in 2018. This is in line with the objectives of DRC as an organisation in Iran, which are 1) “To empower displacement affected people to become more self-reliant in pursuing transitional and durable solutions” and 2) “To ensure that access to rights and essential services of the most vulnerable among displacement affected people is protected.” 

 

DRC’s funding comes primarily from the German Foreign Office (FFO), the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and DANIDA. DRC aims to submit proposals in 2018 which support the openings which exist and strengthen its approach to supporting children.  

 

Strategic Objective: 

The consultancy should support the development of DRC Iran’s focus on family support and child protection for Afghans living in Iran. It has a dual objective, which is 1) to work with the protection team and build their capacity to implement the strategy developed with them in 2017 and 2) to undertake the research and analysis and support the development of achievable and realistic child protection projects and programs for 2018.  

It is anticipated that the consultant will use the following methodologies:  

 

It is expected that the consultant will deliver the following outputs during the assignment: 

 

The primary contact point, and the supervisor, for the consultant will be:  

Joyce Dalgliesh   

Program Coordinator 

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)      

Program.coordinator@drc-iran.org                         

 

It is anticipated that the consultant will provide weekly written updates to the program coordinator regarding the status of the key outputs. The contact point will take responsibility for ensuring timely response from any external stakeholders to be involved in the process.  

 

The timeline for the consultancy is tentatively as follows:  

Publication of ToR 5 Sept DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Shortlisting of candidates 20 Sept DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Interviewing shortlisted candidates 31 Sept DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Negotiation and signature of contract 31 Sept DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Submission of desk review results 15 Oct Consultant 

Feedback on desk review results 15 Oct DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Drafting of capacity building materials 30 Dec Consultant 

Finalisation of capacity building materials 30 Dec DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

Submission of draft proposals 31 Oct Consultant 

Feedback and finalisation of proposals 31 Oct DRC Iran Program Coordinator 

 

Deliverables 

The deliverables will be: 

Signed Contract DRC Iran Program Coordinator 10% 

Desk Review Results DRC Iran Program Coordinator 20% 

Capacity Building Materials DRC Iran Program Coordinator 30% 

Draft proposals DRC Iran Program Coordinator 40% 

 

 

Consultants who meet the requirements should submit an application, which must include the following: (i) A personal statement (ii) a brief statement on the proposed study methodology including a detailed work plan (ii) financial and technical proposal, including daily cost per major activity, (iii) An updated curriculum vitae showing qualifications and experience (iv) samples of abstracts of previous research/work if relevant. 

 

Validation of the Proposal  

The Consultant shall submit technical and financial proposal and is to include the name and contact details of the consultant.   The Consultant shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the proposal. All cost should be quoted in USD and will be considered as final (unless changes are made in agreement with DRC upon signing of contract). 

 

This agreement shall be effective as stipulated in the contract upon signing.  

 

DRC may terminate this agreement with immediate effect on occurrence of any irregularities, anomalies relating to project implementation and non-compliance of any terms and conditions as agreed upon in the contract.  

 

In the event of a major natural disaster, war or major civil or political unrest the contract may be renegotiated and jointly revised between the two parties recognizing any consequent change in the environment for implementation.  

The Proposal has to maintain the following format:  

Understanding of the Task Maximum 3 pages 

Technical aspect of the proposal Maximum 5 pages 

Detailed candidate CV Maximum 1 pages 

Total Pages Maximum 10 pages 

A detailed CV of the candidate should be included  

 

The budget of the consultancy should be broken down as below: 

A. Consultancy fees 

B. Transportation costs (international and domestic) 

C. Miscellaneous (printing fees etc.) 

 

The Consultant may include/exclude any necessary heads from the above mentioned format. All the pages of the financial proposal should be signed by the Consultant.    

All information presented, obtained and produced concerning the consultancy, the partners and beneficiaries during the Consultancy is to be treated as DRC property and is considered as confidential for all other purposes than what is outlined in the ToR.  

 

Selected Consultant is upon signing of the contract required to sign a confidentiality agreement.  The material presented by DRC and prepared by the Consultant cannot be sold, used or reproduced in any manner (partially or in full) by the Consultant without prior permission from DRC.