Consultancy for Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Framework Revision and Operationalization to Strengthen Anticipatory Action and Proactive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Zambia

UNICEF has now issued a: Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of consultancy services for Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Framework Revision and Operationalization to Strengthen Anticipatory Action and Proactive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Zambia. BRIEF BACKGROUND Purpose : To strengthen Zambia's Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) systems by reviewing, revising and operationalizing the SRSP Framework and providing operational guidance covering preparedness, anticipatory action, emergency expansion, and transition/recovery aligned with national DRM legislation and the anticipatory action architecture. OBJECTIVES Overall objective: To strengthen Zambia's SRSP and Anticipatory Social Protection system by developing a coherent, operational and government-owned framework that enables proactive disaster risk management by: Reviewing existing SRSP frameworks, SOPs and implementation experience to identify gaps, lessons learned and priorities for strengthening the national SRSP system. • Revising and aligning the SRSP Framework with national disaster risk management legislation and the evolving anticipatory action architecture, establishing a clear and practical activation pathway across the shock cycle. • Developing supporting operational annexes that translate the SRSP Framework into actionable guidance for preparedness, anticipatory action, emergency expansion, and recovery. • Ensuring all framework revisions and operational guidance are evidence-based,inclusive, and fully aligned with the approved project workplan and the risk intelligence and evidence generated through complementary studies. IMPORTANT NOTE: This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.