Official UK procurement notice
Child Domestic Workers (CDW) in Myanmar
Authority: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Invisible Girls Project at LSHTM needs research services focussed on Child Domestic Workers (CDW) in Myanmar. Outputs will include reports and journal articles.
CPV: Research consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
- Pilot process evaluation
A pilot process evaluation with an NGO providing home based digital learning to child labourers in Myanmar, exploring feasibility of implementation with Child Domestic Workers. This evaluation will involve repeated interviews with 20 children, caregivers/employers and NGO staff, totalling 240 interviews. Outputs: evaluation report, journal article.
- In-depth labour market survey
Building off an existing national labour market survey conducted, this component will focus on labour market and training opportunities for Child Domestic Workers in Myanmar. Methods include phone interviews with 40 providers and businesses focusing on Yangon and Mandalay. Output: report.
- Attitudes study
This study will involve 900 surveys and 75 in-depth interviews with Employers, Brokers, the General Public and current/former Child Domestic Workers. Sampling will be conducted via existing networks and methods, including snowball and purposive, and Facebook methods. Messages may be developed and tested with these groups to improve attitudes and perceptions. Outputs: report, journal article.
- Desk-based research & analysis
The Senior Research Associate with expertise in Child Domestic Work will conduct a systematic review and secondary data analyses focussed on these children, to be submitted to a journal special issue led by LSHTM PIs. Output: 2 x journal articles.
- Household survey
A survey of up to 1000 households in Yangon to determine prevalence of Child Domestic Workers may be conducted at a later stage.
- Ethical approvals using Institutional Review Board for all components.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Authority reference
LSHTM-2021-04- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001788- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e52Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research organization which uniquely collaborates with academics worldwide to implement robust, high quality intervention-oriented research and evaluation in developing countries.
This work will build on previous work with IPA Myanmar on CDW research in the inception phase of the Invisible Girls Project. The current Senior Research Associate at IPA Myanmar is already trained in the specialist subject matter of CDW.
IPA Myanmar offer unparalleled high-quality research & evaluation services in the country, with an internal IRB and robust reporting & oversight. It is essential that the contractor is Myanmar based, with Burmese speaking postgraduate trained research staff, able to offer CDW specific expertise.
Publisher note: LSHTM will proceed with the contract once the standard standstill period has completed.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovations for Poverty ActionSubcontracting: declared | £180,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Child Domestic Workers (CDW) in Myanmar · Innovations for Poverty Action
- Signed
- 28 Jan 2021
- Value
- £180,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- LSHTMReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Innovations for Poverty ActionAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.