SNV’s Inclusive Business Accelerator Program (IBA) is the first one-stop shop in Vietnam for various services needed by businesses which include low-income groups in their operations. We use innovative acceleration models to make the businesses investor-ready. Our scope of services including: Market Intelligence & Opportunity Identification, Business Design & Readiness, Investor – Investee Match making, Impact Measurements & Scalability.
There will be primarily two kinds of businesses who would be attracted to its service offerings, one of which is Acceleratee (Young and growing SMEs). They will enroll in the IBA's fixed 9-12 month acceleration program. The other type of businesses is mature SMEs and IB ventures by Large Businesses, who need customized services. Prioritized sectors include agriculture, sustainable energy, water and ICT.
We currently support an enterprise specialized in manufacturing and marketing premium fresh coconuts who need support with supply chain development.
1. Objectives of the consultant’s work:
This TOR is designed for qualified individuals and/or organizations/institutions. Based on key survey parameters provided by IBA team, the Consultants will collect baseline data of 1,000 coconut producer households (having at least 50 coconut trees/farm) in Tien Giang or Ben Tre province, which will be used as foundational database for IBA client to develop their input material zone and network with local coconut farmer households.
2. Scope of work:
2.1. Working with the IBA team:
The IBA team will:
- Provide input on the final questionnaires designed by the Consultants;
- Provide input on methodology and working plan proposed by the Consultants; and
- Reserve their right to conduct their own checks of the interviews as well as validate the completeness of completed questionnaires. If the survey results do not meet the IBA team and/or IBA client’s requirements in terms of integrity of data, the IBA team will reserve the right to request a repetition of the work for the option of not paying for the work completed.
2.2. Fieldwork:
- Interview 1,000 coconut producer households in Tien Giang or Ben Tre province. The Consultants are expected to undertake face-to-face interview with producer households at producers’ premises. A list of communes and key parameters will be provided by the IBA team. The list of 1,000 interviewed household will be developed by the Consultants and considered as a deliverable of the assignment. All primary data on the interviews will be electronically recorded and uploaded during the field work;
- Implement checks and controls in conjunction with the IBA team and IBA client to ensure the quality of the information being collected during the survey’s implementation.
2.3. Data management:
- Create an Excel data entry template approved by the IBA team, with relevant quality control tools to ensure the quality of data entry, including double entry, consistency and range checks;
- Ensure that data are maintained and stored in a manner that is fully confidential so that no external individual or institution can identify any specific individual in the data. Survey data should only be made available to the IBA team and IBA client; and
- Register and incorporate all collected data into the Excel data entry template.
3. Logistics
Logistical support (transport, per-diem, etc.) to interviewers and supervisors while data are being collected will be arranged by the recruited Consultants. The logistics and travel plan are subject to pre-approval by IBA team before the start of the work. The Consultants are required to submit all relevant financial documents after the consultancy for payment from SNV.
4. Outputs and deliverables
The Consultants will be expected to fulfill specific activities and deliverables for IBA client in consultation with the IBA team, during the tentative period as follows:
- Final questionnaires approved by the IBA team;
- An interview guideline/protocol approved by the IBA team;
- The list of 1,000 interviewed households;
- An Excel data entry template approved by the IBA team;
- A database of 1000 coconut producer households in the agreed Excel data entry template; and
- A brief survey results report
Interested consulting teams/institutions/companies are invited to submit a proposal to [email protected] [1] by 19 December 2016.
Add: 3rd Floor, Building D, La Thanh Hotel, 218 Doi Can Street, Ba Dinh Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel: 84-4 38463791 Fax: 84-4 38463794
With the title: “Consultation to conduct survey on coconut farmer households”
The Terms of Reference [2] is attached for your information.