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Request for proposals for Conduct End-Term Evaluation Resilience, Health and Rights: Sustainable Solutions and Support to Vulnerable Displaced and Closing Date: 20 Nov 2025 Type: Consultancy Themes: Health/Protection and Human Rights Request For Proposals To Conduct End-Term Evaluation Resilience, Health and Rights: sustainable solutions and support to vulnerable displaced and host communities. Document Release Date: 30th October 2025 Last Date for Receipt of Proposals: 20th November 2025 Time: 17.00HRS Tender Number: PRF29115 Submission Method: email to tenders@redcross.or.ke Tender Opening Venue and Time: Virtually via Microsoft Teams at 1200HRS on 21st November 2025. Summary of the End-Term Evaluation Purpose: The primary purpose is to conduct the end-term evaluation for the Resilience, Health and Rights: Sustainable solutions and support to vulnerable displaced and Host Communities in Northern Kenya Project. The end-term evaluation seeks to provide relevant data and analysis against the Project indicators and understand the intended and unintended change resulting from project interventions Partners Danish Red Cross, Kenya Red Cross Society and County Government. Duration 30 days Estimated Dates 24th November 2025 26th December 2025 Geographical Location Turkana (Kalobeyei), Garissa (County and Dadaab), Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit Counties Kenya. Target Population Targeted community members, stakeholders (County Government Representatives & Partners), Project Staff and Volunteers. Deliverables Inception report and tools, 3 documented case studies/best practices, Draft and final report, dissemination of the report and additionally all data sets. Methodology Quantitative and Qualitative methods. Evaluation Management Team KRCS MEA&L team, KRCS Project representatives and Danish Red Cross Representatives. Background Information Over the past decade, Kenya has made significant progress on sustained economic growth, socio-economic development, and the achievement of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Still, challenges exist in the form of high levels of food insecurity, poverty and youth unemployment combined with recurrent disasters and rising levels of conflict leading to further displacement and disruption of livelihood opportunities. The frontier sub-counties in Turkana, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera and Garissa (project target counties), bordering South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, are especially and disproportionately affected by these issues. KRCS in partnership with the Danish Red Cross (DRC) and other partners is mitigating the social, economic and health impacts of COVID-19: 1) Social (rights and social cohesion); 2) Economic (livelihood opportunities and cash/community inclusion currencies) and; 3) Health (primary health including MHPSS and GBV prevention and management) in the frontier counties. The project is employing a longer-term inclusive Whole of Society approach, a Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety (DAPS) approach, mainstreaming of Protection, Gender and Inclusion and a rights-based approach addressing structural issues facing people affected by displacement through an advocacy component. The counties, Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir and Garissa were selected due to being disproportionately affected by displacement, Turkana and Garissa hosting the largest refugee camps/settlements in Kenya and Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir also hosting refugees during conflict situations across the border. Both in and outside camp/settlement settings, ongoing effects of climate disaster and conflict as well as limited access to primary health services, resources, and livelihood opportunities exacerbate existing vulnerabilities of persons affected by displacement and reduce their capacities to cope with humanitarian shocks and challenges. Based on this, the overall change this project aimed to achieve is to address short-term humanitarian needs mainly in terms of primary health services, including protection from GBV and MHPSS, as well as longer-term development goals to promote resilience and sustainability, through cash (including community inclusion currencies - CIC) and livelihood initiatives, which seek to complement one another. To maximise the impact on vulnerable groups in the selected target areas and beyond, the interventions seek to influence policy change and highlight gaps in the implementation of existing laws and policies for protection of rights of displaced persons, as well as engagement of displacement-affected communities in accessing the services they are entitled to and dialogue with local decision-makers on the inclusion of their concerns and needs in local plans and budgets. Project Objectives The project is divided into three outcomes, which combined will support the achievement of the overall objective. The first outcome seeks to support vulnerable target groups to enhance livelihood opportunities and increase access to markets through Income Generating Activities (IGA) and the distribution of Community Inclusion Currencies (CIC) and cash. The second outcome endeavors to improve the health and well-being among vulnerable groups and ensure access to primary health care services, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). Outcome three on the other hand seeks to improve the conditions of vulnerable groups in camps and settlements through promoting policy change and increased awareness among displacement-affected groups on their rights to access services, livelihood opportunities and protection. Key Project Stakeholders The project is being implemented by, Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) in the project sites in close coordination with key stakeholders in-country such as government authorities like the Social Protection, Social Service, Trade and Enterprise, health, Department of Refugee Services, Ministry of Interior, National Cohesion & Integration Committee, UNHCR and other organisations. Other local implementing partners include Grassroot Economics on CIC components, and the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) on activities related to the integration of GBV in health activities. For the advocacy and policy outcome, DRC and KRCS is collaborating closely with and retrieve technical inputs from the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) that applies research and analysis in search of durable solutions for protracted displacement situations. ReDSS is supporting the development of an advocacy plan and a policy brief and join learning events/meetings of the project to inform ongoing analysis. At community level the project is working with vulnerable community groups among them women and children, displaced population, population on the move and Refugees including the LGBTQ+. Evaluation Purpose & Scope Purpose. The end-term evaluation seeks to provide relevant data against the project indicators, to understand the impact of the projects interventions. It will also bring out issues that were affecting the project implementation and things that aided the success of the project as well as looking into the impact of the project. The specific objectives of the end-term evaluation will be: To measure project achievements against log frame indicators and compare to baseline findings. To determine the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability and coherence of the project results in consideration of its goal and objectives. To understand whether intended or unintended shifts in knowledge, attitudes and social norms around livelihoods, MHPSS, GBV, access to primary health care for persons on the move, policy, advocacy and awareness on the rights amongst the target community/population as a result of the project interventions. To review the proposed indicators within the log-frame and set targets based on the findings that will guide the next phase of the project implementation. To identify and provide evidence for the projects impact, sustainability measures in place, good practices, lessons learned and recommendations for scale up or cross programming. Key Questions The following are the key questions to be addressed during the ETE. The evaluator may however suggest changes/additional questions at the inception stage: Effectiveness To what extent were the project expected results achieved (objectives, outputs and outcomes)? How does that compare to the target and the baseline findings? What changes as reported by the community/stakeholders can be attributed to the project (positive, negative, expected and unexpected) How have the project interventions contributed to the livelihoods, MHPSS/GBV, access to primary health care for persons on the move, policy, advocacy and awareness on the rights of the target community? What changes could have happened as a result of building synergy because of other projects in the same area? Have there been any positive or negative unintended outcomes of the work? Efficiency Were all activities done within the budget? If there were any significant variances (whether early or late, over or under expenditure), what caused them? How did the efficiency affect the effectiveness of the project? Was there value for money at both project and beneficiary level? What has been done in an innovative way? Sustainability What sustainability measures were put in place institutional/financial/technical? To what extent have socio-cultural factors affected the uptake of project interventions? And what measures have been/should be taken to address the same? To what extent will the net benefits of the intervention continue, or are likely to continue after the end of the project? Relevance Are the outputs/outcomes of the project consistent with the overall purpose/goal and are they critical, balanced and appropriate? To what extent did the intervention objectives and Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4184143/request-proposals-conduct-end-term-evaluation-resilience-health-and-rights-sustainable-solutions-and-support-vulnerable-displaced-and
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