HCLFoundation invites technical application abstracts for the conducting holistic and comprehensive Impact Assessments of Animal Welfare Projects supported under Harit by HCLFoundation
Last date of submission 20th June, 2024
HCLFoundation invites technical application abstracts for the conducting holistic and comprehensive Impact Assessments of Animal Welfare Projects supported under Harit by HCLFoundation
HCLFoundation delivers the corporate social responsibility agenda of HCLTech in India through its flagship programmes and special initiatives. As a not-for-profit organization, it strives to contribute towards national and international development goals, bringing about positive impact in the lives of people through long-term sustainable programmes. HCLFoundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development through life cycle-based, integrated community development approach that focuses on Education, Health, Skill Development and Livelihood, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. At present, it is implementing five flagship programmes, Samuday and HCLTech Grant (Rural Development); Uday and My Clean City (Urban Development); Harit – (Environment Action) and four special initiatives of Power of One, Sports for Change, Academy and My E-Haat. For more details, please visit our website – https://www.hclfoundation.org/
VISION
To be the source code for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development.
MISSION
Nurture clean, green, and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential in partnership with its employees, communities, and stakeholders, while promoting volunteerism and establishing international standards of strategic planning, implementation and measuring impact
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Harit By HCLFoundation
HCLFoundation launched Harit – The Green Initiative a distinct flagship programme for Environment Action; with the vision ‘to conserve, restore and enhance indigenous environmental systems and respond to climate change in a sustainable manner through community engagement’. Throughout the process, HCL Harit ensures at building scalable and replicable models that are economically viable, socially acceptable, environmentally sustainable, holistic, and inclusive. All these interventions follow ‘Participatory and Convergent Approach’ in attaining the desired results towards UN SDG goals aligned to the National Indicator Framework for SDG. Operational in nine States – Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Harit is building sustainable and inclusive models towards:
- A flourishing biodiversity, green cover and building climate resilience through afforestation.
- An abundance of water resources through rejuvenating vanishing waterbodies.
- A thriving coastal and marine habitat by habitat restoration initiatives.
- A better life for animals by improving human animal relationships and addressing animal welfare inside
community areas. - Cleaner air through reducing and neutralizing CO2 emissions.
- Protecting and preserving the environment through education, community stewardship and
participation.
Till now, HCLFoundation has planted 822,000+ saplings on 233+ acres area across India. Around 124+ waterbodies are being rejuvenated with an increased water holding capacity of 6,000+ Mn Liters. Through the afforestation and carbon reduction initiatives, we have been able to sequester/ reduce emission to 6500+ tons of CO2e. We worked towards improvement of coastal habitats planting more than 8,20,000+ Mangrove and Shelter belt saplings and around 1,20,000+ Kgs of ghost nets were retrieved from coastal waters. We have been able to treat 79,000+ domestic animals and around 7,500+ wild animals through our Animal Welfare vertical.
Through our outreach and environment education programme we have been able to reach out to 17,900+ people
pan India.
EoI released by HCLFoundation
EoI Code HCLF/Harit/03062024/AWEoI/ImpAssess
Programme name Harit by HCLFoundation
Date of posting 06/06/2024
Last date for submission 20/06/2024
Location Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Bengaluru (Karnataka)
EoI DETAILS
Location: Chennai (TN) and Bengaluru (KA)
A. Objective
- We aim to create an impact assessment study as per CSR Law for long term projects to evaluate relevance, efficiency, effectiveness & uniqueness and the overall outcomes and impact including sustainability to address the problem statement.
- We wish to partner with agencies/organizations with expertise on impact studies related to Animal Welfare sector and similar aspects to conduct an Impact Evaluation study with the below scope of work, but not limited to:
- Detailed assessment and evaluation of objectives, outcomes, impacts (both short-term and long-term) and sustainability
- Defining whether the objective was met and if yes, then to what extent, Outcome of the project based on the conclusion of baseline indicators wherever applicable, expected impacts in the long run, Success indicator as per stakeholder involved & input provided, Intangible benefits derived from completed projects.
B. Projects Supported by HCLFoundation for which Impact Assessment needs to be conducted.
a. Project 1: Improving lives of Stray Animals and addressing human animal conflict inside community areas of Chennai
Implementing NGO – Blue Cross of India
Location of project – Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Project period to be evaluated – FY 2020-21 to FY 2022-23 (3 years)
Project brief – Following were the major interventions in the project period:
1) Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies vaccination (ABC-ARV) of free roaming dogs in collaboration with Greater Chennai Corporation;
2) Animal feed and medicines for treatment of rescued animals and animals admitted for ABC-ARV at the Blue Cross Shetler;
3) Operation of animal ambulance to rescue of injured and sick animals in Chennai;
4) Feeding of street animals especially during COVID-19 Lockdown;
5) Full diagnostic laboratory setup assisting in early diagnosis and evidence based treatment so as to improve the prognosis of injured/sick animals;
6) Procurement of COVID-19 PPE Kit and appliances for protecting staff to prevent spread of the virus;
7) Pilot project on mass vaccination of free roaming dogs against viral diseases
b. Project 2: Improving lives of stray animals and addressing human animal conflict inside community areas of Bengaluru
Implementing NGO – Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA)
Location of project – Bengaluru, Karnataka
Project period to be evaluated – FY 2020-21 to FY 2022-23 (3 years)
Project brief – Following were the major interventions in the project period: 1) Veterinary medical care for stray animals rescued and admitted at the CUPA Trauma Center; 2) Sterilization of stray cats; 3) Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies vaccination (ABC-ARV) along with vaccination against viral diseases of free roaming dogs in select areas of Bengaluru.
C. Who can Apply?
The Agency applying to carry out Impact Assessment must fulfill the following conditions:
1. The Agency may be a Government Undertaking / Registered Company / Registered Consultancy Firm / Registered Non-Government Organization / Academic Institution, specializing in conducting Impact Assessment
2. The Agency must have a minimum of three years’ experience of carrying out Impact Assessment/ Monitoring & Evaluation work in the domain of Corporate Social Responsibility/ Sustainability Services/ Community Development Projects financed by any Central Ministry and/or other international donor institution or Central / State Public Sector Enterprise.
3. Proven track record and experience in managing multiple stakeholders and complex situations on the ground.
4. Familiarity with relevant Government Policies, UN SDGs, National Indicators Framework, NDC, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, National Action Plan for Elimination of Dog Mediated Rabies, etc.
D. How to apply:
1. All EOI must be submitted with a short narrative indicating the objectives, features, etc., proposed methodologies including strategies, past experiences, proposed team, and timeline, and clearly defined milestones along with a set of deliverables.
1. The selected agency must visit the project site(s) and interact with various stakeholders (beneficiaries, project implementation agency and their representatives, HCLFoundation Coordinators, public authorities etc.) for the purpose of study.
2. Please submit your technical proposal abstract (without any commercials) along with any supporting documents (such as previous work done, domain expertise, etc.) with
- Email subject line: EoI Animal Welfare Impact Assessment
- File name: Agency Name_Technical Proposal
- File name: Agency Name_Supporting Documents
3. Please note that there is no set format for submission of the proposal and the same can be submitted as Word/PowerPoint/Pdf document but should cover all aspects of the framework and scope given above along with details mentioned below (under selection criteria).
4. Send your proposals to pragati.anilgore@hcltech.com and abhishek.narayanan@hcltech.com and marking a copy to amendranath.pandey@hcl.com latest by 20th June 2024.
5. All enquiries regarding this EoI should be made by 15 th June 2024 via email to pragati.anilgore@hcltech.com and abhishek.narayanan@hcltech.com marking a copy to amendranath.pandey@hcl.com
6. Kindly note that incomplete and proposals submitted after the due date will not be considered.
7. Proposals which are considered non-technically compliant and nonresponsive, will not be given further consideration.
E. Selection process and Methodology
1. Based on the documents submitted, the technical capability of the participating agencies shall be evaluated as per the evaluation methodology indicated below. The agencies fulfilling the experience criteria and securing more than 40 marks in technical evaluation, will be further invited submission of detailed project proposal along with the budget through a closed Request for Proposals (RfP) process.
2. Selection Criteria and ranking
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION SCORE
- Proposed Methodology 30
- Experience in Impact Evaluation (carrying out similar projects in last 3 years) 20
- Experience in Animal Welfare/ABC Projects (carrying out similar projects in last 3 years) 20
- Team composition (One team member should have 10+ years of experience in Animal Welfare/ABC related aspects) 15
- Proposed Timeline 15
- Total 100
F. Terms and Conditions
1. From the time the proposals are opened to the time the contract is awarded, Service Providers shall not contact HCLF on any matter and any attempt to influence HCLF in its evaluation of the proposals and award recommendation, may result in rejection of the proposal.
2. Your proposal abstract must remain valid for a minimum of six (6) months from the date of expiry of the EoI deadline by HCLFoundation.
3. HCLFoundation holds us accountable to children. Adherence to comply with HCLFoundation’s Child Protection Policy and procedures with respect to child safeguarding is non-negotiable. A range of pre-onboarding checks can be undertaken in conformity with HCLFoundation’s Child Protection Policy.
4. This document is an expression of interest (EoI) only, and in no way binds HCLFoundation to make an award. HCLFoundation reserves the right to reject all responses received and/or to cancel the EOI. HCLFoundation will not be obliged to either inform or provide a justification for the rejection of proposals.
5. HCLFoundation will not be liable for any cost incurred during the preparation or submission of this EOI.
6. Any agency applying should also declare conflict of interest or related party conflict with the project being assessed for impact as above, during the submission of the technical abstract. HCLFoundation reserves the right to not consider the technical proposal further, despite the merits being in the same if there is a discrepancy.
