Expression of Interest For High-Frequency Phone Surveys

Expression Of Interest Are Invited For Papua New Guinea High-Frequency Phone Surveys. To Conduct Four Rounds Of 2,500 Completed Phone Interviews (10,000 In Total) In Papua New Guinea And To Deliver Cleaned And Compiled Datasets In Stata/Spss/R, Along With The Respective Cleaning Work Files, To The World Bank Team After Each Round. The Total Target Length Per Interview Will Be Approximately 30 Minutes. Additional Rounds May Be Added If Funding Permits. The Assignment Will Be Contracted In Two Phases With Each Phase Covering Two Surveys In Each Financial Year. The Contracting For Phase 2 (Fy24) Will Be Conditional On Satisfactory Performance In Phase 1 (Fy23), As Well As The Funding Availability Of The Project. The Consulting Firms Are Required To Submit Financial Proposal Inclusive All Phases With Clear Breakdown Of Costs For Each Phase Separately. The Total Amount Of The Proposal Inclusive Of Both Phases Will Be Taken Into Account During The Evaluation, However The Contract Will Be Awarded For The First Phase Only With Following Phase Subject To Availability Of Funds And Satisfactory Performance Of The Contractor. Data Collection Will Build On Four Rounds Of Surveys Conducted By The World Bank From June-July 2020 To December 2021. The Two Subsequent Rounds Of Phase Are To Be Conducted Before June 30, 2023, With The First Round Being Completed By Dec 2022. The Calls Will Be Made To The Same Respondents Who Were Surveyed In The Previous Rounds. Noting Sample Attrition Is Likely To Occur Over Time, Successive Survey Rounds Will Call The Respondents From The Previous Round And Include Replacements From The Same Province To Maintain The Sample Size Between Waves. Given The Skew Towards The Top Of The Distribution Found In The First Round, To The Extent Possible, Replacement Respondents Should Target Rural Areas And The Lower End Of The Distribution. Data Collection Is To Begin In November 2022, With Three Subsequent Rounds To Be Conducted Every Six Months. For Each Round, Data Collection Should Be Based On A Sampling Strategy To Yield Representative Estimates That Includes Recontact Of The Respondents In The Previous Round. Noting Sample Attrition Is Likely To Occur Over Time, Successive Survey Rounds Will Call The Respondents From The Previous Round And Include Replacements From The Same Province To Maintain The Sample Size Between Waves. Publication Date: 17-May-2022 Expression Of Interest Deadline: 31-May-2022 Tender Link :