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Procurement Number

0002009857

Title

Consultancy on “Flexibility Versus Safety: Women’s Preferences, Productivity, and Labor Supply"

Description

The project seeks to elicit women’s willingness to pay for safety versus flexibility (working from home) separately, and its productivity effects. The objective of this consultancy is to help the research team in implementing the field experiment in Gurugram in Haryana, India. More precisely, the objectives of the consultancy are as follows: (a) recruiting women subjects for the field study; (b) coordinate with the fabricator to collect the garments from the fabricator and deliver to the women workers who prefer to work at home; (c) designing contracts for the workers; (d) training the workers; (e ) Supervising the bus service; and (f) conducting baseline and endline surveys. The quantitative surveys will take place in person; if it becomes difficult to conduct in-person surveys due to any unexpected emergencies such as COVID-19 related or other restrictions, the surveys will be conducted over the phone after consultation with the WB Team.

Category

· 90 - CONTRACT CONSULTANTS

Project Country

· IN - India

Capabilities

· Gender

Material Group

· 90.40 - FIRMS FOR OPERATIONAL PROJECTS

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Publication Date

06/20/2024 12:00 AM EDT

EOI Deadline

07/15/2024 11:59 PM EDT

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SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Flexibility Versus Safety: Women’s Preferences, Productivity,

and Labor Supply

Assignment Countries: India

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The project seeks to elicit women’s willingness to pay for safety versus flexibility (working from home) separately, and its productivity effects.

The objective of this consultancy is to help the research team in implementing the field experiment in Gurugram in Haryana, India. More precisely, the objectives of the consultancy are as follows: (a) recruiting women subjects for the field study; (b) coordinate with the fabricator to collect the garments from the fabricator and deliver to the women workers who prefer to work at home; (c) designing contracts for the workers; (d) training the workers; (e ) Supervising the bus service; and (f) conducting baseline and endline surveys. The quantitative surveys will take place in person; if it becomes difficult to conduct in-person surveys due to any unexpected emergencies such as COVID-19 related or other restrictions, the surveys will be conducted over the phone after consultation with the WB Team. 

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

· BB: Bank Budget

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:

· None

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now

NOTES

Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.

If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.

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Qualification Criteria

Criteria Text	Mandatory
Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment.
Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm.
Provide information on their core business and years in business.
Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.

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