Tender Overview
TERMS OF REFERENCE Consultancy for the Development of the LLG Strategic Plan 2026–2031
Assignment Consultancy for the Development of the LLG Strategic Plan 2026–2031 Reference number LLG/CONS/SP/2026/[00] Contract type Individual / firm consultancy – lump-sum, deliverable-based Duty station Home-based, with travel to Mogadishu and Gedo (Dolow, Bardhere, Belet Hawa, Luuq, Garbaharey) Geographic focus Somalia – Jubaland State and Banadir Regional Administration Reports to Executive Director, through the Programme Director Submission channel LLG ERP Supplier Portal — https://app.lifelineorganisation.org/tender Submissions by email, hand delivery or any other channel will not be accepted. Planning period. This Terms of Reference covers the strategic period 2026–2031. The results framework, costed budget, MEAL calendar and implementation plan must cover every year of that period. All references to the strategic period elsewhere in LLG documentation should be read as 2026–2031 unless amended in writing by LLG.
1 Background Lifeline-Gedo (LLG) is a Somali national non-governmental organization established in 2005, with a strong presence in Jubaland State and the Banadir Regional Administration. Over the past two decades, LLG has built extensive experience in delivering integrated humanitarian, resilience and development programmes for vulnerable and crisis-affected communities. The organization works closely with communities, government authorities, donors, UN agencies, international NGOs and other local and national actors to design and implement contextually appropriate interventions that respond to evolving humanitarian and development needs. LLG's programming covers food security and livelihoods, WASH, health and nutrition, resilience, cash and voucher assistance, protection mainstreaming, women's economic empowerment and climate resilience. Through sustained programme implementation and strategic partnerships, LLG has progressively strengthened its technical expertise, organizational systems, governance, programme quality and operational capacity. The organization is actively engaged in coordination mechanisms and partnerships that promote locally led humanitarian and development action. LLG's previous strategic plan has reached the end of its cycle. In parallel, LLG has undertaken a Board selfevaluation and an internal review of its policy architecture, both of which identified priority areas for institutional strengthening. This consultancy will build on that work to produce a strategic plan that consolidates LLG's institutional sustainability, accountability, localization agenda, strategic partnerships and capacity to deliver high-quality, community-centred programmes. 2 Rationale and alignment The new Strategic Plan must be developed in explicit alignment with: ▪ Somalia's National Transformation Plan (NTP) 2025–2029 and relevant Jubaland State and Banadir Regional Administration development priorities; ▪ The Somalia Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and applicable cluster strategies; ▪ The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) and Sphere standards; ▪ Grand Bargain and Charter for Change localization commitments, and the Somalia NGO Consortium localization agenda; ▪ IASC minimum standards on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP); ▪ The Sustainable Development Goals and applicable climate adaptation frameworks; ▪ LLG's existing governance, finance, procurement, HR, safeguarding, PSEA, child protection, data protection, risk management and quality policies, together with the outstanding action points of the LLG Board Evaluation Report and the internal policy gap analysis. 3 Objectives 3.1 OVERALL OBJECTIVE To support LLG in developing a practical, evidence-based and forward-looking Strategic Plan for 2026–2031 that strengthens organizational effectiveness, localization, governance, sustainability, partnerships and programme quality.
Submission through the LLG ERP Supplier Portal All applications must be submitted electronically through the LLG ERP Supplier Portal at https://app.lifelineorganisation.org/tender under reference LLG/CONS/SP/2026/[00]. Proposals sent by email, delivered by hand, or submitted through any other channel will be rejected without evaluation and will not be considered by the Procurement Committee.
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