Denmark, Ireland and USAID have supported the national response to HIV/AIDS in Uganda from 2007 till 2012. The 3 countries and a number of other donors have for years been prominent members of the Uganda AIDS Partnership and supported government as well as civil society efforts to curb the epidemic. Given the importance of donor support to Uganda in this field and the history of the epidemic, including the initial success and the setback of later years, it is deemed important to take a closer look at the possible reasons for the positive and negative trends in the development of the disease control efforts.
The purpose of the evaluation is to analyse the (recent) past practices of government, donors and civil society with a view to determining what has been successful and what has not – and why - so that future interventions can become more effective. The evaluation should be a learning evaluation which also provides documentation of results. The above implies analyzing the ‘theories of change' or, in other words, the logic of how change is to be brought about, including questions of which donor support mechanisms seem to work and the reasons for this. Furthermore, an assessment should be made of the supportive and constraining factors including any assumptions.
The scope of the evaluation is the total support packages from Denmark and Ireland as well as the support from USAID to the CSF (Civil Society Fund) and the PF (Partnership Fund). This means that the evaluation will cover the following:
— The support through the AIDS Partnership Fund and the Civil Society Fund. The evaluation should assess whether the chosen modality is relevant, efficient, effective, and sustainable, and whether the impact is satisfactory.
— The donors' ways of supporting the two funds including the extent of earmarked versus core support, the quality of the Support Documents, the validity of the Logical Framework, the logic of how change is to be brought about (intervention logic/theory of change), the mechanisms for ensuring that the objectives are attained including the use of technical assistance, and the assumptions and risks identified.
— The management of the support to the two funds. It will include lessons learned from the CSF's broader implementation experience and working with multiple donors, including, best practice/innovations and programme management experiences.
The applicant should have substantial experience in evaluation of development assistance including evaluation of development support to the HIV/AIDS subsector or the health sector.
Please note that cv's of key staff on the evaluation team shall not be shown in the application. CV's will be shown in the Tender.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DC 3123
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
19.3.2013
V.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 3
Number of offers received by electronic means: 3
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
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