IKM -BUSINESS SERVICE PROVIDER

The Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) invites applications for IKM Business Service Provider to support the implementation of the Project’s annual monitoring and data collection activities, particularly the collection, validation, and documentation of quantitative and qualitative information from RIISA-supported Smallholder Farmers (SHFs), Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and other project clients and partners, as applicable.
BACKGROUND
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), with support from the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada (GAC), is implementing the Resilience and Inclusion through Investment for Sustainable Agrikultura (RIISA) Project in the Philippines.
The Project works to improve the productivity, income, resilience, and economic participation of cacao smallholder farmers and enterprises, particularly women and other groups that may experience barriers to participation in economic opportunities. RIISA also promotes gender equality and social inclusion, environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient practices, responsible investment, and stronger market systems in communities vulnerable to economic, climate, and conflict-related risks.
RIISA seeks to contribute to improved economic resilience and inclusive economic opportunities among smallholder farmers (SHFs), cooperatives, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and other market actors in the cacao sector, particularly in Mindanao. The project integrates gender equality and social inclusion, environment and climate change, human rights, market systems development, and gender responsive/environmental, social and governance approaches into its interventions.
The Project will undertake two major Impact and Knowledge Management activities in January to May 2027:
FY6 Annual Survey, which will generate updated evidence on project performance against outcome and selected output indicators; and
Final Evaluation, which will assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact or emerging impact, gender equality and social inclusion results, environmental performance, and key lessons generated during project implementation.
To ensure these activities are implemented in a timely, systematic, credible, and coordinated manner, MEDA intends to engage an Impact & Knowledge Management Service Provider to lead and manage the Annual Survey process and provide technical and coordination support for the RIISA Final Evaluation from January to May 2027.
PURPOSE OF ENGAGEMENT
The purpose of this engagement is to provide specialized Impact and Knowledge Management services to ensure the effective planning, coordination, implementation, quality assurance, analysis, documentation, and reporting of the RIISA FY6 Annual Survey and Final Evaluation.
The Service Provider will work closely with the RIISA Impact & Knowledge Management team, Project Management, technical teams, clients, partner organizations, data collectors, and other relevant stakeholders.
The assignment will ensure that project performance evidence is complete, reliable, properly documented, gender-responsive, and suitable for use in MEDA and GAC reporting, project learning, final results documentation, dissemination, and project closeout.
OBJECTIVES
Manage the end-to-end implementation of the FY6 Annual Survey, including field preparation, data collection, data quality assurance, processing, analysis, and reporting.
Ensure Annual Survey data are collected and analyzed in accordance with the RIISA Performance Measurement Framework, approved methodologies, indicator definitions, and MEDA data-quality standards.
Coordinate the participation of smallholder farmers, cooperatives, SMEs, financial institutions, project partners, and other relevant respondents in the Annual Survey.
Provide technical and logistical coordination for the RIISA Final Evaluation, including preparation of documents, datasets, stakeholder schedules, consultations, field visits, and validation activities.
Lead the Final Evaluation team in accessing complete, organized, and reliable project data and evidence.
Facilitate coordination among MEDA, project partners, beneficiaries, service providers, and the evaluation team throughout the evaluation process.
Support the review and quality assurance of preliminary and final evaluation findings to ensure consistency with available project evidence while maintaining evaluator independence.
Consolidate project monitoring, survey, evaluation, and learning evidence for use in final project reporting, knowledge products, results dissemination, and project closeout
KEY DELIVERABLES and INDICATIVE SCHEDULE
Inception meeting - December 2026
Review of finalized Annual Survey tools, survey protocols, respondent/sample lists, field implementation plan, training materials, and digital survey setup - January 2027
Enumerator/field-team training completed and documented - January 2027
Management and supervision of Annual Survey data collection activities, including regular progress and data-quality reports- January to March 2027
Finalized and cleaned Annual Survey dataset, data-quality documentation, coding documentation, and preliminary indicator tables- February to March 2027
Annual Survey analysis, indicator calculations, comparative analysis, and draft Annual Survey Results Report - March to April 2027
Final Evaluation evidence repository/document index, stakeholder list, evaluation coordination plan, and fieldwork schedule - March 2027
Final Evaluation stakeholder scheduling, and provision of logistical support. data collection, data/evidence provision, data processing and analysis - March to May 2027
Final Evaluation Results Report, cleaned datasets, analysis files, and presentation of key findings - May 2027
Support to evaluation validation, factual review, consolidation of MEDA comments, and management response preparation- May 2027
Consolidated final project results dataset and evidence package for use in the Final Project Results Report and project closeout - May 2027
Completion Report summarizing activities completed, outputs delivered, outstanding evaluation actions, lessons learned, and recommendations- June 4, 2027
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
By the end of the engagement, the Service Provider is expected to have produced or supported completion of the following:
Annual Survey data processing, analysis and Annual Survey R

Employment type
Contractor

Work arrangement
No