Feasibility in Rampal Upazila, Bangladesh

Organisation Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. www.hoffnungszeichen.de, www.sign-of-hope.org Position Feasibility Study Consultant Type of Contract Short-Term Consultancy Location Home-based with field mission travel to Rampal Upazila, Bangladesh Relevant languages English, Bengali Application Deadline

11. Sept. 2026

Starting Date 01.Oct. 2026 Project Title Strengthening climate resilience, agriculture and livelihoods in vulnerable communities in Rampal Upazila, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh Total Project Budget 809.602 EUR (to be approved) Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. (SoH) is announcing an open tender procedure for consultancy services for a feasibility study in Bangladesh.

Background and Organisational Setting

SoH is a Christian motivated organisation for Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance and Development Cooperation. From its base in Constance, Germany, SoH is committed to helping those in distress and exploited people worldwide. This feasibility study is commissioned, prior to project implementation, under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) budget for development projects run by private organisations. SoH will be the private German executing agency and the contracting party, with Koinoniabeing the local implementing partner. The aim is to improve adaptability and resilience to climate change, strengthen diversified livelihoods and protect the Sundarbans ecosystem by promoting climate-resilient agriculture, improving access to water resources and their management, strengthening nature-based solutions and ensuring climate-resilient management of natural resources. The target group comprises around 2,500 smallholders, fishermen, landless households, households headed by women, people with disabilities and young people; particular emphasis is placed on women. Feasibility Study Objectives The purpose of the feasibility study is to provide SoH with a sound basis for developing a complete project concept, by identifying project prerequisites, opportunities and risks. This process includes an assessment of the feasibility of the proposed project intervention to assess if it can plausibly achieve planned objectives given existing contextual realities. This comprehensive study will verify relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the proposed project intervention. The study will provide concrete and practical recommendations that will assist with the finalisation of project design elements, including the logframe, risk analysis, problem analysis and relevance of the proposed project intervention, stakeholder analysis, among others. The study will support the project quality assurance measures implemented by SoH and contribute to the decision-making process regarding the funding of the proposed project activities. Duties and Responsibilities The selected Consultant will work in close cooperation with the responsible SoH Officer and the local implementing partner. The duties and responsibilities of the consultant will include: - Develop a work plan outlining the proposed research methodology, geographical coverage, and schedule to conduct the feasibility study, - Carry out a project site visit to the project location to conduct research, collect data and establish contact with the local implementing partner, potential beneficiaries and relevant project stakeholders, - Review existing policies and structures, government development strategies as well as relevant studies and research projects that could serve as a basis for the feasibility study, - Identify relevant project stakeholders at various levels (local, district and national if applicable), including local governing bodies, academia and industry as well as lessons learned and best practises of similar on-going and implemented projects relevant to the project, - Evaluate all available data and sources providing background information on identified issues, the problem analysis as well as the selected intervention to address identified needs (baseline data with focus on the qualitative analysis), - Assess the proposed activities, as well as their timing and required financial resources. - Examine institutional, technical, staffing and financial capacities of the selected implementing partner, as well as its relationship with the target group. Based on the findings, determine if there are areas in which capacities of the local implementing partner need to be developed, - Review main governmental and non-governmental stakeholders with a purpose to see if there is a potential overlap or conflict of interest as well as opportunities for coordination with the aim of creating synergies and new cooperation partnerships, - Examine the identified target group, its needs and role in the broader social context as well as the relevance of the planned project activities for addressing their needs, - Identify potential obstacles and alternatives to overcome the foreseen challenges, - Review and analyse all available project design elements and draft documents related to the project concept, if necessary, - Critically review the planned project in terms of OECD/DAC criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability (please see www.oecd.org/development/evaluation/daccriteriaforevaluatingdevelopmentassistance.htm), - Prepare a report containing the findings on the above items, specific recommendations for the project concept with a view to planning and implementing foreseen project activities. Expected Deliverables The study will produce the following deliverables: - a feasibility study outline, including the proposed methodology and data collection tools, table of content and a timeline of research activities (inception report) prior to the site visit to the project location, - a summary containing a brief overview and the main findings of the study, - a comprehensive report of a maximum of 30 pages with practical recommendations an