Invitation to tender for a consultancy for an NPA Consortium Policy and Toolbox
NPA has gained some experience on consortium work through its participation in a number of consortia as a supporting partner but has also recognised that it still lacks significant internal capacity to put together, organise, manage and lead consortia itself.
It is one of NPA’s strategic priorities to increase overall funding volume and to diversify its donor base – to meet these objectives, the organisation will need to improve its capacity to engage in consortia, both as a supporting partner, and as a consortium lead. This implies developing a greater understanding of the complexities and risks inherent to working in consortia and putting in place the necessary mechanisms, guidance and tools that will allow this to happen as responsibly and efficiently as possible. There is significant experience and guidance on the organisation and functioning of consortia available in the public domain and NPA aims to build on this and other existing industry standards.
This work is of key importance to developing NPA’s international work and needs to consider the nature and structures of the organisation’s two international departments.
The consultancy will look at previous NPA consortium experience, relevant donor requirements, industry standards and best practices and build their recommendations on these. Recommendations must take into consideration the variety of contexts, implementation modalities used by NPA’s international departments (including working with partners and through self-implementation) as well as the various donor standards which apply to our programmes.
A full terms of reference for the consultancy, instructions on how to submit tenders, and a timeline can be found here. Deadline for submission is 10th May 2024.
Questions regardgin the tender can be sent to Jane Filseth Andersen, jfan@npaid.org
Download the Terms of Reference the the Consultancy below
