MEL Activity Objectives for Small Businesses- Amendment 1.pdf

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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December 19, 2021

Subject: RFI # 72026322R00001 - Services to Advance Evidence Based Learning and Adapting

USAID/Egypt is planning on implementing a learning activity with the objectives listed below and would like any small businesses who are interested in this Activity to submit descriptions of their capacity and experience covering all these objectives.

The USAID/Egypt Evidence-Based Learning Contract will provide monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support services and build the capacity of USAID/Egypt and implementing partner (IP) staff. The objectives of these technical services and capacity building include improved use of Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA); support in implementing MEL aspects of USAID/Egypt’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and enhanced organizational effectiveness. To these ends, the contractor will:

• Provide technical support to strengthen reporting and MEL processes, supporting USAID/Egypt and IPs in timely, evidence-based decision-making and learning;

• Investigate the key development hypotheses underlying CDCS Development Objectives (DOs) to generate learning and enable adaptation for subsequent program designs or updates to the CDCS and PMP;

• Support evidence-based project and activity design via short and long-term technical consultants to conduct stakeholders consultations, research and analysis, and sectoral and cross-cutting assessments and desk studies.

• Provide support to USAID/Egypt to improve organizational practices, business processes, and capacity for knowledge management, learning and adaptation within USAID/Egypt’s staff;

• Deepen coordination, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and synergy within the Mission and with other key Stakeholders and IPs regarding program interventions, M&E, and lessons learned.

• Provide organizational development services to strengthens leadership behaviors and build teams to ensure effective collaboration, innovation and better impact.

Please provide your capacity and experience descriptions to Dina El Motei at delmotei@usaid.gov by no later than January 06, 2022.

Sincerely, Martin Fischer Contracting Officer mailto:delmotei@usaid.gov