For the provision of Impact Evaluation Services

WFP’s 2022 Evaluation Policy defines impact evaluation (IE) as those that ‘measure changes in development outcomes of interest for a target population that can be attributed to a specific programme or policy through a credible counterfactual’. IEs are usually undertaken during programme implementation over a multi-year period and are demand-led.

WFP's Impact Evaluation Strategy (2019-2026) is driven by two key objectives: first, to establish WFP as a thought leader by contributing to the global evidence base for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and second, to provide operationally relevant impact evaluations that inform WFP’s programmes and policies. Through the 'window' approach, WFP delivers thematic portfolios of impact evaluations that answer operationally relevant questions across multiple country contexts. WFP's Impact Evaluation Unit focuses on evaluations in the following areas: Cash-based transfers and gender, Climate and resilience, School-based Programmes, Nutrition and on Optimizing humanitarian Interventions.  

The Impact Evaluation Unit (IEU) seeks to collaborate with academic partners, research institutes, private consulting firms, and inter-governmental bodies (hereafter referred to as ‘entities’) that provide services in conducting impact evaluations or related services, in particular, from the regions and countries where WFP operates.  

The objective of this EOI is to identify entities that have a capacity to conduct impact evaluations and/or provide related services globally. Based on the review of EOI submissions, pre-qualified entities will be invited to a tender (Request for Proposals (RFP)) to submit offers to WFP. Successful bidders will be offered an LTA.