Objectives

The primary objective is to conduct a comprehensive implementation and impact evaluation of the Western Cape Mobility Department’s (WCMD) pedestrian safety interventions executed between 1 March 2023 and 31 March 2026. The evaluation will systematically assess six OECD-DAC criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. The ultimate goal is to generate evidence-based recommendations that refine existing strategies, inform policy development, optimise resource allocation, and contribute to reducing pedestrian-related road crashes, fatalities, and injuries across the province.

Scope

The engagement covers a defined geographical and institutional footprint, requiring delivery by 30 April 2027. Key parameters include:

• Geographical Coverage: Cape Metro (70%), Garden Route (10%), Cape Winelands (10%), and Overberg/Central Karoo/West Coast regions (10%).
• Institutional Engagement: Coordination with provincial departments, municipalities, national agencies, law enforcement bodies, community structures, and academic partners.
• Phased Deliverables: Inception report with strategic frameworks, stakeholder consultation protocols, data collection instruments, fieldwork report, draft evaluation report, final report, infographic summary, improvement plan workshop facilitation, and project close-out documentation.
• Compliance Alignment: All work must adhere to DPME evaluation guidelines, WCMD annual performance plans, and provincial strategic priorities.

Technical Requirements

Bidders must demonstrate capacity to execute mixed-method research (qualitative and quantitative) specifically tailored to transport and road safety contexts. Technical execution mandates:

• Development of robust data collection instruments, including survey tools, interview guides, and participatory engagement frameworks.
• Conducting site visits, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and secondary data analysis across designated regions.
• Producing all reports strictly adhering to the standardised 1/5/25 government reporting format.
• Submitting final outputs in hard copy and electronic formats, accompanied by a USB flash drive containing all raw datasets, metadata, and analytical outputs.
• Maintaining strict methodological independence, with all intellectual property and publication rights vesting exclusively in WCMD pending executive approval.
• Operating under a Sole Contract model featuring a 5% retention amount held for 13 weeks post-completion to address latent defects.

Skills Requirements

The appointed entity must assemble a multidisciplinary team with verified expertise in evaluation and transport-sector research. Mandatory qualifications include:

• Team Leader: Minimum five to ten years’ experience conducting transport/road safety evaluations, supported by at least a bachelor’s degree.
• Core Specialists: At least two team members must possess three or more years of proven experience in stakeholder participation, quantitative/qualitative data analysis, survey design, and professional report writing/editing.
• Sector Relevance: Demonstrated track record in research or evaluation projects within the transport or road safety industry.
• Local Context: Portfolio must include at least one previous project focused on pedestrian or road safety, with a minimum of one project executed in the Western Cape.
• Methodological Proficiency: Advanced competency in Theory of Change mapping, logical framework development, data synthesis, and strategic communication.

Unusual or Complicated Terms

• Theory of Change (ToC) & Logical Framework: Strategic planning tools that visually map how specific activities and inputs logically cascade into intended short, medium, and long-term outcomes.
• 1/5/25 Format: A mandatory South African public sector reporting template that standardises structure, performance indicators, and compliance metrics for government evaluations.
• Change Events: Contractual mechanisms allowing formal adjustments to scope, cost, or timelines when unforeseen circumstances arise, requiring structured quotations and purchaser approval.
• Endumeni Approach: A South African legal interpretative principle governing how contractual survival clauses are construed following agreement termination or expiry.