Deadline: 29-Apr-21
UN WOMEN invites sealed proposals from qualified proponents for strengthening capacities of shelters to support women survivors of violence and to address and protect legal property ownership and inheritance rights which were under-mined due to traditional patriarchal values.
This call is under Phase II of the programme Ending violence against women in the West-ern Balkans and Turkey: Implementing norms, changing minds.
UN WOMEN plans to engage Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), women civil society organization and networks, that are legally registered in Kosovo and have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working on gender equality to submit Project Proposal and Results Based Budget to provide services associated with the UN Women requirement for Responsible Party.
A proposal can be submitted by a single organization (lead proponent). Two or more organizations (consortia) or entities may cluster and submit one proposal, on the topic of mutual interest.
Such proposals must clearly indicate which organization will take lead responsibility for project management and contractual obligations. Furthermore, the proponent may provide sub-grants to other eligible organizations or entities.
If sub-grants modality is considered, the lead proponent will take full accountability for sub-grantees results, financial resources utilization and reporting.
During Phase II, the programme will continue and initiate efforts towards, inter alia:
- Strengthening women’s voice and agency to advocate and support governments in implementing recommendations from the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and CEDAW Concluding Observations. This support will also be extended to advocating for, implementing and monitoring the integration of elimination of VAWG into policy frameworks, plans and packages to address the impact of COVID-19;
- Consolidating regional level mechanisms of dialogue and exchange among civil society, among governments, and between CSOs and governments;
- Testing approaches to lead to communities’ and youths’ behavioural change towards gender equality, VAWG (“zero tolerance”), and the reduction of harmful gender stereotypes including masculinities;
- Fostering cooperation between CSOs providing specialist services and local service providers to ensure accessible and quality service provision for women and girls, in line with Istanbul Convention standards;
- Addressing the gaps exposed by the pandemic in the area of general and specialist services provision to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and girls, prevent and neutralize VAWG, and to enhance services’ resilience to crisis situations;
- Building and strengthening capacity and coordination mechanisms of key services run by state and non-state service providers to prevent impunity and improve the quality of response;
- Involving men and boys to adopt non-violent behaviour, in order to strengthen the coordinate response to VAWG and ensure the full implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
Awards
- Award will be made to the responsible and responsive proponent with the highest evaluated proposal following negotiation of an acceptable contract.
- UNWOMEN reserves the right to conduct negotiations with the proponent regarding the contents of their proposal.
- The award will be in effect only after acceptance by the selected proponent of the terms and conditions and the terms of reference. The agreement will reflect the name of the proponent whose financials were provided in response to this CFP.
- Upon execution of agreement UNWOMEN will promptly notify the unsuccessful proponents.
Proposal Currencies
- The proposed intervention size and budget request per project must be on estimated amount of EUR 62,570.00.
- All prices shall be quoted in EUR.
Eligibility Criteria
- UNWOMEN invites civil society organizations, women civil society organizations and networks, that are legally registered in Kosovo and have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working on gender equality to submit Project Proposal and Results Based Budget to provide services associated with the UN Women requirement for Responsible Party.
- Proponents must meet all mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria.
- The mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria have been designed to assure that, to the degree possible in the initial phase of the CFP procurement process, only those proponents with sufficient experience, the financial strength and stability, the demonstrable technical knowledge, the evident capacity to satisfy UNWOMEN requirements and superior customer references for supplying the services envisioned in this CFP will qualify for further consideration.
- UNWOMEN reserves the right to verify any information contained in proponent’s response or to request additional information after the proposal is received.
- Incomplete or inadequate responses, lack of response or misrepresentation in responding to any questions will affect your evaluation.
- Proponents will receive a pass/fail rating in the mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria section.
- In order to be considered for Phase I, proponents must meet all the mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria described in this CFP.
Language of Proposals
- The proposal prepared by the proponent and all correspondence and documents relating to the proposal exchanged between the proponent and UNWOMEN, shall be written in English.
- Supporting documents and printed literature furnished by the proponent may be in another language provided they are accompanied by an appropriate translation of all relevant passages in English.
- In any such case, for interpretation of the proposal, the translation shall prevail. The sole responsibility for translation and the accuracy thereof shall rest with the proponent.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=77103