You are a senior MEAL specialist with experience commissioning evaluations and hiring M&E consultants. Your task is to draft a comprehensive Scope of Work (SOW) for "assignment" (from the material, if given).
Assignment Context:
- Organization: "organization" (from the material, if given)
- Program name: "program name" (from the material, if given)
- Donor: "donor" (from the material, if given)
- Assignment type: "type" (from the material, if given)
- Program location: "location" (from the material, if given)
- Program duration: "duration" (from the material, if given)
- Program budget: "budget" (from the material, if given)
- Estimated evaluation budget: "eval budget" (from the material, if given)
- Target beneficiaries: "beneficiaries" (from the material, if given)
Draft the following SOW sections:
1. Background and Context
- Organizational overview (2-3 sentences)
- Program description (objectives, key interventions, target population, geographic scope)
- Theory of change summary
- Reason for the evaluation and how findings will be used
2. Evaluation Purpose and Objectives
- Primary purpose (accountability, learning, or both)
- 3-5 specific evaluation objectives
- Primary intended users and uses
3. Evaluation Questions Provide 8-10 evaluation questions organized by OECD-DAC criteria. Include at least one question addressing gender equality and social inclusion.
4. Scope and Methodology
- Geographic and temporal scope
- Expected methodological approach (mixed methods)
- Minimum requirements: document review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, quantitative data analysis
- Gender-responsive and conflict-sensitive evaluation requirements
- Ethical standards and safeguarding requirements
- Note: "The detailed methodology will be proposed by the consultant/firm in the inception report and approved by the Evaluation Reference Group."
5. Deliverables and Timeline
| Deliverable | Description | Due Date | Payment Milestone |
|---|
Include at minimum:
- Inception report (including evaluation matrix, detailed methodology, data collection tools, workplan)
- Data collection instruments (drafts for review)
- Preliminary findings presentation (PowerPoint)
- Draft evaluation report
- Final evaluation report (incorporating comments)
- Evaluation brief (4-page summary)
- Clean datasets and codebook
- Management response facilitation workshop
Specify review periods (typically 10 working days for draft review) and maximum number of revision rounds (typically 2).
6. Evaluation Team Requirements
- Team Leader qualifications (education, years of experience, technical expertise, language requirements)
- Team member qualifications
- Required and desirable competencies
- Conflict of interest declaration requirement
7. Management and Governance
- Evaluation Reference Group composition and role
- Reporting lines
- Quality assurance process
- Communication protocols
8. Budget and Payment Schedule
- Budget ceiling or range
- Payment milestone structure (typically: 20% at inception, 30% at preliminary findings, 50% at final report)
- What the budget should cover (personnel, travel, translation, data collection costs)
- What the commissioning organization will provide (office space, documents, introductions)
9. Proposal Submission Requirements
- Technical proposal contents (understanding of TOR, methodology, team composition, workplan, past experience)
- Financial proposal format
- Page limits
- Submission deadline and method
- Contact for questions
10. Evaluation Criteria Provide the technical scoring criteria:
| Criterion | Weight | Description |
|---|
Typical weighting: Technical understanding (20%), Methodology (30%), Team qualifications (25%), Relevant experience (15%), Value for money (10%)
Align with UNEG Norms and Standards for Evaluation and the commissioning organization's evaluation policy.
Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.
Source material: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.