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Provision of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) services for OCHA-funded humanitarian projects in Sudan, under Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF)
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Expressions of interest : Provision of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) services for OCHA-funded humanitarian projects in Sudan, under Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF)
The Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) which was established in 2006, is a rapid and flexible funding mechanism supporting national and international NGOs and UN agencies, to respond to the most pressing or critical emergencies in a fast-changing environment. Under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Sudan, the SHF supports the timely allocation and disbursement of donor resources to the most critical humanitarian needs defined in the Sudan Humanitarian Needs Response Plan. In April 2023, fierce fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out initially in the capital Khartoum, but quickly expanded to other areas across the country. After more than a year of the war, as of August 2024, an estimated 10.7 million people (2.1 million families) are now internally displaced in Sudan. The SHF has the following main objectives: a. Strategically fund assessed humanitarian action in Sudan to improve the timeliness and coherence of the humanitarian response; b. Support priority clusters and regional priorities in accordance with the identified needs. The SHF is funding activities in an environment which is often highly volatile and only partially accessible due to security constraints. This has severely affected the ability of the humanitarian community, including SHF, to provide oversight, monitor and verify the delivery of assistance and evaluate the impact of humanitarian action in Sudan. Consequently, ensuring that assistance provided reaches those in greatest need has been particularly challenging in this context. In light of the constraints faced, OCHA, on behalf of the Sudan SHF, is seeking to contract a service provider able to work in close collaboration with OCHA to conduct the monitoring of SHF funded projects at the field level. The primary purpose of the monitoring in the SHF, is to verify and ensure that the funded projects are implemented as set out in project proposals and, through this, provide the required level of assurance to stakeholders that the Fund is operating effectively and efficiently. The duration of the contract is envisaged to be three (3) years. |