SNV Cameroon is looking for: LOCAL CONSULTANT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY - BIOGAZ RESEARCH PROJECT (deadline extention and new email address)
Purpose:
SNV is looking for a consultant to perform baseline survey for an action research project on the adoption of biogas digesters by households in Cameroon. The data collected will constitute a key input to the Biogas Research Project being implemented by SNV Cameroon in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Water of the Government of Cameroon.
Scope of work:
The selected Survey Firm will be expected to successfully implement all aspects of the data collection activity which include:
- Baseline survey of select subset of sub-county and district households across 5 districts.
- It is expected that each survey will take approximately one hour.
- Data collection will include individual qualifications and behavioral measures, along with sub-counties or districts characteristics, and socio-economic profiles.
- Data collection will be done by travelling to each of the specified sub-counties and villages,
- The survey firm will ensure that detailed contact information is collected for each individual surveyed, so that more than 95% of individuals can be tracked during the post-intervention survey to be collected 12-18 months after the baseline.
Required qualifications:
The selected firm/consortium shall possess the following qualifications:
- A legal status recognized by the Government of Cameroon, enabling the organization to perform the above-mentioned tasks.
- Demonstrated experience of organizing surveys on the scale of this project over the past ten years.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver quality individual or household surveys with low non-response rate
- Strong capacity and experience in planning and organizing survey logistics.
- Good network of experienced enumerators, supervisors and data entry clerks.
- Strong capacity in data management and statistics.
- Strong knowledge in the following software: CS-Pro, SPSS, Stata.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a team oriented spirit.
- Experience working in the study areas
- Strong background in microeconomics, statistics and econometrics.
- Previous experience in impact evaluation.
General timeframe:
Timeframe will be from March to June 2013.
Presentation of bidding documents
Consultants interested in this tender are invited to request full bidding documents by sending an email to JShariff@snvworld.org with the subject line “REQUEST FOR BIDDING DOCUMENTS – HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SNV-CM-003-2013.” The deadline for applications is the 8th of March. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.