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About this tenderBarefootLaw (BFL) and Penal Reform International (PRI), supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, invite qualified individuals and companies to tender for a Contract for the Provision of Services: procurement of services for a project baseline study.Invitation to Tender No.: JFP/001/2026 Type of contract: Contract for the provision of services Call launched: 6th November 2026About the projectBarefootLaw and Penal Reform International are implementing Promoting Justice for Peaceful Thriving Communities, a four-year project that seeks to advance a just, peaceful and inclusive society where people can access justice and thrive. The project aims to reach 50,000 people with legal information, legal services, rehabilitation and reintegration support by 2030.The intervention addresses limited legal awareness, inaccessible justice services, unresolved disputes, insecure land rights and barriers affecting women in conflict with the law.Purpose of the assignmentBFL and PRI are seeking an independent consultant or consultancy firm to establish credible baseline values and contextual evidence against the project results framework. The study will inform implementation priorities, refine measurement arrangements, and provide a reproducible reference for monitoring, the midterm assessment and the endline evaluation.The baseline must cover both partners’ components and distinguish existing community and institutional conditions from results attributable to the new project. It will not assess project impact at inception.Specific objectives

Establish starting conditions for legal awareness, justice needs, service access, dispute resolution, land tenure security, social cohesion, and rehabilitation and reintegration.

Identify inequalities, barriers and service gaps affecting women and girls, young people, persons with disabilities, rural communities, smallholder farmers and justice-impacted women.

Assess justice actors’ capacity, referral relationships, procedural safeguards and readiness to deliver inclusive, gender-responsive services.

Operationalise the project indicators and recommend practical monitoring tools, follow-up arrangements and evidence-based implementation priorities.

Geographic scopeThe assignment covers the project’s national and subnational dimensions. All listed districts must be considered in the sampling frame. Bidders shall state whether fieldwork covers every district or a justified selection.Busoga: Namutumba, Kamuli, Kaliro, Luuka, Iganga, Jinja and Buyende Acholi: Gulu, Kitgum and Agago Eastern grouping: Butaleja, Bududa, Bukedea and Mbale Karamoja: Napak and MorotoThe detention component names Jinja, Iganga, Mbale, Soroti and Moroto. Access arrangements must be secured before fieldwork.MethodologyUse a mixed-methods design combining a quantitative community survey, qualitative enquiry and documentary or administrative review. Bidders shall justify the approach, sample sizes, respondent groups, field staffing, languages and analysis plan. The final methodology is subject to inception approval.An eight-week delivery period is proposed, subject to agreement at contracting and time needed for required approvals and institutional access.Key deliverables

Inception package (desk review, sampling, indicator reference sheets, tools, ethics protocol, analysis plan, schedule)

Fieldwork completion note

Draft Baseline report

Validation session and final package (final report, datasets, codebook, analysis files and monitoring recommendations)

Consultant qualifications

Team leader with a relevant postgraduate qualification and at least seven years of relevant research or evaluation experience.

Demonstrated delivery of at least three comparable baseline studies or evaluations, including mixed-methods design, survey sampling, quantitative analysis and qualitative synthesis.

Team expertise in access to justice, gender, land rights, rehabilitation or reintegration, and research with vulnerable populations. Experience in Uganda is required.

Capacity to deploy trained researchers with appropriate local language skills, implement safeguarding procedures and produce clear, reproducible reports and data products.

SelectionTechnical proposals are scored out of 100 (understanding 15; methodology and indicators 30; experience 20; team and local delivery 20; workplan, ethics and quality assurance 15). Combined score: technical × 0.80 + financial × 0.20. Quote in Uganda shillings.Proposed payment milestones: 30% on accepted inception package; 40% on accepted draft report and baseline data; 30% on accepted final Baseline Report.Eligibility and ethicsThis call is issued at the local level and is open to all qualified individuals and companies that can supply the requested service, to the extent permitted by law in Uganda and in line with BFL guidelines.BFL has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption and fraudulent practices. By bidding, suppliers commit to strictly complying with this code of conduct. Preparation and submission of bids is at the tenderer’s own risk and expense.Key datesMilestoneDateCall for tenders launched6th November 2026Deadline for additional information11th November 2026, 5:00pmDeadline for receipt of tenders20th November 2026, 5:00pmOpening of tenders23rd November 2026, 2:30pmHow to apply

Tenderers must submit two separate sealed envelopes:

• Technical and administrative bid (Annexes A and B completed; registration and tax documents; bank details; authorised signatory details; at least three prior similar contracts)
• Financial bid (comprehensive fixed price including taxes; delivery times; valid for 3 months)

Combine all documents into a single PDF and email it to [email hidden].

• Reference: JFP/001/2026
• Clarification deadline: 11th November 2026 by 5:00pm (email [email hidden])
• Submission deadline: 20th November 2026 by 5:00pm
• Opening of tenders: 23rd November 2026 at 2:30pm (BarefootLaw office, Plot 1 Muwafu Road, Ministers Village, Ntinda)
• Submit by mail, in person or courier to BarefootLaw reception
• Language: English

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Tenders received after the closing date will not be considered. BarefootLaw reserves the right to cancel this call for tenders. Unsuccessful bidders will be notified; the award decision is final. BarefootLaw does not charge any fees at any stage of procurement.