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Request for Proposal

Hiring an Agency for CDRI’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Automation

1.           Background

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a global partnership that aims to promote resilience in infrastructure systems against disaster and climate risks. CDRI works to enhance the sustainability and resilience of infrastructure systems globally, with a particular focus on countries most vulnerable to natural hazards. Through collaborative efforts with governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and academic institutions, CDRI supports the integration of disaster resilience into infrastructure development and policy frameworks.

CDRI has been envisioned and established as a global network to advance the agenda, support coordinated action among stakeholders and focus on bringing voices from vulnerable geographies and populations to international policy forums. Internationally agreed-upon goals in the SDFRR, the SDGs, and the Paris Climate Agreement provide the foundational framework that guides the Coalition’s vision and mission. As a global partnership, the Coalition aims to ensure that the investments of its members and partners are aligned and well-coordinated in support of the shared ambition of disaster and climate resilience of new and existing infrastructure.

The two unique yet interconnected roles that CDRI shoulders in this direction are:

• A Strong Coalition Driving Collaborative DRI Action: In March 2025, CDRI stands as a partnership of 44 national governments and seven international organizations. The Coalition enjoys robust political support, which propels its efforts to advance the interests of its members and partners.
• A Solution-Focused Centre of Excellence for DRI: As a Centre of Excellence for DRI, the Coalition strengthens the individual and collective capacities of its members and partners by aggregating and sharing knowledge, brokering need-based partnerships, and strengthening capacities through collaborative learning and action.

Strategic Work Plan (SWP) 2023-26

Following the completion of the CDRI’s Work Plan 2020-2022, CDRI conducted a thorough multi-stakeholder review to gather lessons from the implementation of the previous work plan and to shape a vision in response to emerging issues related to infrastructure resilience. The SWP 2023-2026 was approved in March 2023.

CDRI’s Strategic Work Plan 2023-26 describes the broad contours of its priority actions and planned initiatives in the next four years. Initiatives Include work across Transport, Telecom, Power, Health, and Urban Development, whilst ensuring technical standards and capacity development. In the next four years, the Coalition will continue to leverage the expertise of its Member Countries and partners to develop context-specific, innovative solutions for resilient infrastructure towards the achievement of national priorities and global commitments of its members.

With the SWP for 2023 – 2026, CDRI has set out the following Strategic Outcomes (SOs):

• Strategic Outcome 1: A strong Coalition that has the membership, resources, and global leadership to drive global, national, regional, and local DRI action.
• Strategic Outcome 2: Global DRI research, Coalition-led peer engagement, and CDRI-curated and generated knowledge promote risk-informed policy and practice.
• Strategic Outcome 3: Enhanced capacities of government, private enterprises, and communities to implement post-disaster recovery and DRI action at scale.

The SWP also provides a framework for the Coalition members and partners to collaborate, cooperate, and advocate for meeting DRI goals. It also explains how the Coalition’s interventions work together to deliver results or outcomes that contribute to achieving the intended impact.

The SOs embedded in the SWP are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. Each SO includes a set of intermediate outcomes envisioned as building blocks for achieving the higher-order strategic outcome or result.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Framework 2023-26

• CDRI has a robust MEL Framework that consists of the following:
• Results Framework
• MEL Plan
• Logical Framework
• Monitoring & Reporting Template

2.               MEL Automation

Purpose

The primary purpose of the consultancy is to convert CDRI’s existing MEL Framework into an automated MEL reporting system with an analytical real-time data dashboard. The agency is expected to customize their existing automated MEL Platform to CDRI’s needs and offer a subscription-based usage of the customized automated MEL Platform for an initial period of 3 years. The platform will be used to capture and monitor progress and evaluate the initiatives enshrined in the SWP 2023-2026. The platform will facilitate the enhancement of data management practices, effective monitoring, performance assessment, and the learning component of CDRI’s programs/projects/initiatives that respond to the goals and objectives of the SWP 2023-26. The platform should be such that it can respond to the needs of the CDRI Secretariat and eventually its coalition members. 

It should have the provision of qualitative and quantitative data entry, analysis, and visualization for CDRI’s indicators and reporting, allowing real-time tracking of progress and feedback.

The specific objectives include:

• To convert CDRI’s existing MEL Framework into an automated MEL reporting system with an analytical real-time data dashboard, by customizing the agency’s existing automated MEL System.
• To offer a subscription-based usage of the customized platform to CDRI for an initial period of 3 years.
• To ensure that the platform is web-based, cost-effective, and user-friendly for automating data entry and analysis processes, thus reducing reliance on manual methods and minimizing errors.
• To enhance data management practices by introducing robust data validation and cleaning mechanisms, facilitating more accurate and timely analysis & reporting, data security and privacy measures.
• To have a unified database that accurately reflects all dimensions of CDRI’s outputs, outcomes, and impact per its approved MEL Framework.

The agencies are requested to submit their proposal through email to tender.projects@cdri.world by 23:59 hrs (IST) on 08July 2025. Responses received after the stipulated time or not in accordance will be summarily rejected.

Please ensure that your proposal is sent ONLY to the ABOVE-MENTIONED email ID before the closing date & time. Proposals sent/copied to any other email ID (other than above) OR received after the bid closing date & time (mentioned above) will not be entertained.

For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below. 

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