The “Climate Change Knowledge Network in Indian Agriculture (CCKN-IA)” is a bilateral cooperation project between the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), Germany and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India and implemented by GIZ.

The ‘Climate Change Knowledge Network for Indian Agriculture (CCKN-IA)’ project works towards developing processes, tools and use of ICT to enable a coordinated exchange of up to-date and relevant information related to climate change adaptation in Indian agriculture. CCKN-IA project is being implemented in three states namely Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha on a pilot basis in 6 districts (two districts in each state) and 12 blocks (2 blocks per selected district) to validate the measures/technologies developed under the project. The CCKN-IA project aligns with the objectives, structure, strategies, interventions and outcomes of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Government of India for enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rain-fed areas.

GIZ is a federal enterprise based in Eschborn and Bonn, Germany.

GIZ, under the CCKN-IA project, proposes to engage the services expert agencies for qualitative and quantitative assessment of the project results as per the project indicators, through application of various suitable tools and research methodologies.

The Objectives of the assignment are:

• 1. Develop suitable quantitative and qualitative methodologies for the assessment using primary data, qualitative data as well as secondary data (like reports, records, minutes etc.)
• 2. Provide good quality assessment of project indicators both using qualitative as well as quantitative methodologies

The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes –

• The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
• The Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Technical proposal should also include:

• 1. A detailed methodology for assessment of the project indicators
• 2. Human resources (with brief resume of Lead and team members)
• 3. And time line for completion of the assignment

The deadline for submission of proposal is:27th May 2016 by 17:30hrs

Timeline

Deadline to receive queries                   : 19th May’ 2016
Clarifications to the queries                  : 20th May’ 2016
Deadline for submission of bids             : 27th May 2016 by 17:30 hrs