The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an independent humanitarian non-governmental organization that protects displaced persons and supports vulnerable communities across crisis zones globally, officially published a competitive procurement notice on 10 September 2026 inviting proposals for a comprehensive longitudinal research consultancy: 'Baseline, Midline, and Endline Socioeconomic Evaluation for the KOBAC Project'.

INTRODUCTION

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an independent humanitarian non-governmental organization that protects displaced persons and supports vulnerable communities across crisis zones globally, officially published a competitive procurement notice on 10 September 2026 inviting proposals for a comprehensive longitudinal research consultancy: 'Baseline, Midline, and Endline Socioeconomic Evaluation for the KOBAC Project'.

The KOBAC Project represents a major regional multi-sectoral initiative delivering integrated humanitarian assistance, durable livelihoods, legal identity counseling (ICLA), shelter rehabilitation, and food security programming to internally displaced persons (IDPs), returning refugees, and host community populations. To establish rigorous empirical baseline metrics, track outcome-level impact, and derive actionable policy recommendations, NRC is contracting an accredited research institution, evaluation firm, or specialized academic consultancy consortium under a single unified multi-phase evaluation agreement spanning September 2026 through April 2027.

With electronic bids closing on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 23:59 PM through NRC's Digital Tender Management System (TMS), this procurement offers premier research consultancies and socioeconomic evaluation firms an exceptional institutional engagement. Evaluating complex humanitarian interventions across displacement dynamics demands high-level statistical sampling, field surveying security protocols, and mixed-methods analytical rigor. This TenderMan procurement report delivers an exhaustive analysis of the evaluation terms of reference, sampling methodologies, deliverable schedules, and winning submission architectures.

QUICK TENDER OVERVIEW

The primary purpose of the consultancy is to execute an objective, statistically robust longitudinal evaluation of the KOBAC humanitarian program. Rather than contracting disparate consultants for separate project stages, NRC has structured this procurement as a single, multi-phase engagement ensuring continuity of methodologies, baseline indicator tracking, and standardized panel data across all project cycles.

The evaluation will measure household socioeconomic vulnerability, access to basic civil documentation, food consumption scores (FCS), coping strategy indices (rCSI), livelihood diversification, and social cohesion between displaced households and host communities.

The research will combine quantitative household survey instruments deployed via mobile computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) with qualitative focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) involving local community leaders, municipal authorities, and humanitarian cluster coordinators.

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