Terms of Reference for Survey Consulting under EUACI
Objectives of the Assignment
EUACI seeks to procure the services of a public opinion consulting agency, with a track record of conducting quality studies and public opinion surveys in Ukraine, to provide surveys and focus groups in the six (6) Ukrainian cities identified by the EUACI.
The public opinion monitoring is to assess changes in citizens’ awareness of and engagement within the cities with regards to the anti-corruption environment within the six Integrity Cities.
Scope of Work and Outputs
The following services are envisaged under this ToR:
1) One round of public opinion polls in 2018, conducted in six cities (Chernivtsi is identified and 5 others will be identified by February, 2018). The main objective of the public opinion polls is to measure the citizen’s perceptions and the impact of the local government’s anti-corruption activities, civil society awareness, engagement and participation, as well as citizen assessments of the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures taken by authorities and other anti-corruption actors; citizen perception and experiences with corruption; the public’s willingness to engage in anti-corruption activities;
The poll includes approximately 100-130 questions concerning citizens’ attitude toward civic activism, participatory democratic procedures, reform priorities in the local government. Some questions could contain visuals (graphics, charts). The survey sample should be representative of and disaggregated by city, gender and age.
2) Up to six focus groups on the issues of local government anti-corruption actions and civil society activism, tentatively to be conducted in parallel or immediately after the poll in the following cities: Chernivtsi following on with 5 additional cities. The main purpose of the focus groups is to explore in more detail people’s understanding, awareness and access to actions by local government in transparent and corruptionfree actions as well as the actions of local civil society in support of the transparent actions of local government. The focus groups should be representative in terms of age, gender, region size and activist status.
3) Participation in public or closed events organized by EUACI for stakeholders to present the results of the surveys and focus groups.
The final design and timeline for all outputs will be agreed upon final selection of the polling agency.
Output 1: To conduct representative public opinion polls in Chernivtsi and 5 Ukrainian cities identified by EUACI in January-February 2018. The specific timeline for polls during 2018 will be agreed upon with the selected vendor.
- Test, finalize and obtain EUACI’s approval of the survey questionnaire in English, Ukrainian and Russian.
- Design representative survey methodology, ensure that the margin of error is +/-2%.
- Organize, conduct and oversee the field interviews.
- Code and key the respondents in SPSS and CSV data files.
- Develop tabulated XLS report of cross-tables for each variable.
- Research passport (description of methodology), code book for online publishing.
- Disaggregate data based upon regions, gender, age, activist status; prepare a PPT presentation on the survey results in English and Ukrainian.
- Cross-tabulate data upon further requests.
- Report on the survey results in English and Ukrainian.
Output 2: Conduct up to six focus groups in the cities selected by EUACI.
- Finalize the focus group design, including the selection procedure of participants and cities where the focus groups will be conducted, design and develop focus group guide, etc.
- Transcribe all focus group data.
- Analyze and present a report on focus groups using text analysis.
- Produce qualitative and quantitative text analytics.
Deliverables
Outputs 1:
- Questionnaire finalized and approved by EUACI (in Ukrainian, Russian and English).
- Data in SPSS and CSV format, codebook, narrative research description in English and Ukrainian.
- Cross-tabulated data tables for each variable.
- Presentation on survey results in English and Ukrainian.
- Report on the survey results in English and Ukrainian.
Output 2:
- Final design of the focus group approved by EUACI, including description of participants, focus group structure and timeline.
- Transcribed record of the focus group discussions.
- Final reports on the focus group analytics and findings in English and Ukrainian.
Qualification Requirements
EUACI aims to select the polling agency for a six months.
Ukrainian and international polling agencies, or consortiums of Ukrainian polling agencies and Ukrainian not-for-profit organizations, with proven experience in conducting national surveys and strong capacity for research and analysis.
Financial and methodology proposal
The Tenderer’s financial proposal shall include all costs for fee and project related reimbursable expenses, and other information as noted under the Budget Template. The Tenderer’s proposal shall also include methodology, and work plan.
Timeframe
It is anticipated to start implementation of this assignment in December, 2017 and to complete it no later than May, 2018, with a possible extension thereafter.
Deadline for proposals submission is 8 December, 2017 17:00 Kyiv time.
How to apply
The proposals shall be submitted within the above deadlines to Barbara James, [email protected]
Clarification questions
Questions for the Request for Bid should be addressed to Bogdan Boyko, [email protected] no later than 1 December, 2017 17:00 Kyiv time.