Consultancy to Conduct a Baseline Survey on Devolved Educational Functions within Kisumu County

County Government of Kisumu

Office of the County Executive Committee Member for Education, Youth, Culture and Social Services

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Title of Assignment: Conducting a Baseline Survey on Devolved Educational Functions within Kisumu County

Background
 

The County Government of Kisumu envisions a future in which every child is accorded a conducive learning opportunity where they can fully realize their potential. 

The County Government seeks to develop a sustainable, cohesive education system that provides relevant formal and non-formal education. 

This vision is very much in tune with the constitutionally devolved county education functions relating to Early Childhood Development Education, Village polytechnics, Home craft centres and childcare facilities.

This terms of reference have been prepared to guide the process of “conducting a baseline study to assess the current status of the institutions and resources under devolved education function, and to propose innovative mechanisms for developing a robust, responsive and relevant (technologically, socioeconomically, and practically) county education system”.

Overall purpose of the study
 

The purpose of the consultancy is to generate comprehensive baseline information on the current status of the devolved education sector services across Kisumu County. The information will inform education programming in the county and support the county government and her implementation partners to understand and monitor the progress and results of their education interventions
 

Objective: The overall objective of the baseline survey is to generate baseline data, both qualitative and quantitative, as benchmarks for measuring intervention by the county government and provide an understanding of the present education services provision by Village/Youth polytechnics, Home Craft centres, Child care centres and ECDs within Kisumu County.
 

The specific objectives of the consultancy are to:
 

1. Conduct a detailed baseline study to assess, inventory and document all the devolved aspects of education within the county (number of institutions, location, physical infrastructure, land acreage and related resources owned by these institutions);
 

2. Conduct Institutional Audits on existing Youth/Village polytechnics, Home craft centres, and ECD/Childcare facilities to establish their purpose, document their contributions and propose strategies to make these institutions relevant and responsive to the current needs to the county residents;
 

3. Evaluate the existing capacity of these institutions (in terms of man power, student population, management, skill-sets, and infrastructure) to deliver on their purpose. The baseline data collected should include but not be limited to access/enrolment rate, quality of education, relevance of education, internal efficiency, equity, status of girls’ enrolment etc.
 

4. Establish the socio economic needs of the county residence with regards to the devolved education.

The baseline data collected should include but not be perception of parents and communities towards these institutions, community contributions, etc.
 

5. Produce contextually relevant framework and a set of education baseline tools for use by the County government in measuring progress and impacts of interventions implemented in the education sector.

Provide a raft of recommendations on policy actions and possible practice interventions by the County government of Kisumu.
 

The Full RFP documents including Terms of Reference (ToR) is available at www.kisumucounty.go.ke, or alternatively hard copies of the same may be obtained at the County Secretary’s office.
 

Requirements

• Technical proposal on how the above scope of work will be executed specifying timelines.
• Profile of the firm to include company background, CVs of key professionals/experts indicating educational background and experience in similar assignments.
• Company registration certificate, VAT compliance and company PIN.
• Demonstration of firms ability to conduct such an assignment.
• The assignment may be carried out by one firm or a Consortium (not individual consultant).
• A consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the standard tender documents for selection of consultants available at www.ppoa.go.ke

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from Monday to Thursday 00800 to 1700 hours and on Friday from 00800 to 1600hrs

Request for proposal (one original plus two copies) must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Request for proposal for Consultancy Services for CONDUCTING A BASELINE SURVEY ON DEVOLVED EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS WITHIN KISUMU COUNTY” and must be deposited in the tender box located at the prosperity building, 2nd floor or delivered to the County Secretary’s of on or before 10th June 2014 at 12.00pm, Kenyan time, at which time the bid documents will be publicly opened at the Conference hall in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

N.B: Late tenders shall not be accepted.

Interim County Secretary
County Government of Kisumu,
P O Box 2738,
Kisumu