The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation (UNHCR) was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The UN Refugee Agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
UNHCR is almost entirely funded by voluntary contributions from governments and private donors. In 2020, UNHCR needed over USD 9.1 billion for its global work. This amount is set to grow with current conflicts fueling displacement.
UNHCR has one of the fastest growing international private sector fundraising programmes in the world with ambitious targets. UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships unit (PSP) aims to be able to generate US$1bn of income annually by 2025. Please find more via our website: https://www.unhcr.org/
The Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) unit of UNHCR in the MENA region consists of almost 60 people that are responsible for raising awareness and funds from the private sector in the Middle East and North Africa. PSP works with various entities in the region including refugees and internally displaced populations, media networks, high net-worth individuals (HNWIs), corporations, private foundations and various suppliers and vendors in order to raise awareness from the public, and capture their attention with engaging content and messaging and in turn have these individuals advocate for refugees and other people of concern. The goal is to secure funding so that UNHCR can cater to the needs of its beneficiaries, giving them a fighting chance and hope for the future through education, health, protection and cash assistance programs, among many others.
Statement of Purpose & Objectives
In light of the current COVID 19 pandemic that caused widespread increase in number of refugees and internally displaced people, PSP MENA is looking to expand its operations and raise funds from the Republic of Turkey. It requires a market study on private-sector fundraising potential in that country, including but not exclusively for Islamic philanthropy.
Reference period
The service provision starts as soon as the provider has been appointed and services must be delivered within two months.
Preselection Criteria: The service provider has to be based in Turkey, as this would strongly indicate better connections, network and real time understanding of the climate in Turkey. In order to establish compliance with this criteria, a valid trade license is to be sent. Failure to submit this will result in disqualification.
Required Services
UNHCR is looking for the following service from the supplier to be delivered as a report in the English language:
Market Study
- Advise on best practices for forging partnerships with Turkish authorities (including those overseeing religious affairs), charitable foundations (including religious ones) and corporations (for CSR engagement).
- Report on the top private charitable foundations in Turkey. The report should include brief history of each organization, latest campaigns, funds raised, contacts.
- Report on the most prominent HNWIs with an established history of charitable giving, including on a religious basis (zakat, sadaqa, etc.).
- Report on the fundraising situation in Turkey, including giving trends (for example, interests, seasonality, averages, sources) and on UNHCR’s potential of raising funds from individual donors and the general public, including on a religious basis.
- Report on Turkish citizens’ attitude towards refugees
Content of the offer and evaluation
Please make sure that you submit the necessary information in your technical proposal to establish compliance with the below eligibility criteria. There is no set format to present your proposal, it can be a pdf, word, power point presentation etc. Please note that a general company profile will be NOT be accepted, NOR will be the signing and stamping of UNHCR’s TOR. UNHCR expects a tailored proposal in English.
Technical evaluation
The overall evaluation is based on a 100 points scale. The Technical Proposal will be evaluated using inter alia the following criteria and percentage distribution; 70% (i.e. max 70 points) from the total score. In order to be technically compliant, 50 points out of 70 must be achieved.
RFQ-P Submission
We would appreciate receiving your quotation on or before 15 October 2021 23:59 hrs Local Turkey Time. Bids should be submitted by file upload to eTenderBox, the online bid registration tool of UNHCR. The eTenderBox can be accessed via the following URL:
http://etenderbox.unhcr.org