TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR)
MULTI-SECTORAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT (MSNA) IN SELECTED LGAs OF BORNO STATE
Core Activity
Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA) covering Protection, Education in Emergencies (EiE), Livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) needs in North-East Nigeria.
Country/Region :Borno State North-East Nigeria
Purpose of MSNA:To generate current, evidence-based overview of the humanitarian situation of IDPs, returnees, refugees and host communities including persons with disabilities in Borno State and to inform sector prioritisation, programme.
Study Period: 1 – 31 October 2026
Methodology
Mixed methods: Desk Review, Quantitative Household Survey, and Qualitative (KIIs, FGDs, Observation)
Commissioning Organisation: Christian Blind Mission International (CBM)
Contact Person:Name: Fwangshak Guar
Position: Country Humanitarian Technical Specialist
Phone: +234-9010658204
Email: Fwangshak.guar@cbm.org
Anticipated MSNA Report Release Date: 31 October 2026
Recipient of Final Needs Assessment Report: CBM International
CBM: CBM is an international Christian development organization committed to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world with over 118 years of experience. In Nigeria, CBM works with local partners to implement programmes in health for the prevention and management of disabilities, inclusive education, livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and inclusive humanitarian response. Through Inclusive Humanitarian Action (IHA), CBM has been working to ensure that all persons affected by natural and manmade disasters have access to inclusive humanitarian assistance. CBM is also a certified partner of DG-ECHO since 2021. Our Humanitarian activities aim to equally reach all persons and actively involve persons with disabilities with specific needs while promoting and facilitating full inclusion in mainstream services.
NE Nigeria Context: More than sixteen years on, the crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (the BAY states) in North-East Nigeria continues unabated, characterised by conflict, insecurity and widespread displacement driven largely by the Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency. Escalating insecurity across Borno and Yobe has continued to disrupt markets, restrict movement to farmlands, and trigger fresh displacement, while large-scale civilian displacement continues to be reported from Gwoza, Pulka, Abadam and Kukawa LGAs in Borno. Humanitarian access across the region remains highly constrained by military operations, the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance, and illegal checkpoints along main and secondary supply routes.
The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) for the BAY states estimates that some 5.9 million people face severe to extreme humanitarian needs (severity levels 3 to 5), and the Government of Nigeria and humanitarian partners have appealed for US$516 million to deliver life-saving assistance to 2.5 million of the most severely affected people across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, with women and children comprising eight in every ten people targeted. This follows a sharp funding shortfall in 2025, when the HNRP received only US$282 million, about half the funding secured in 2024, resulting in a marked reduction in humanitarian assistance across the three states.
Food insecurity across the BAY states is projected to deteriorate further, with the Food Security Sector warning of rising severe malnutrition, escalating protection risks, further displacement, and the possibility of localised famine-like conditions in areas already showing pockets of catastrophic (CH Phase 5) food insecurity. Funding cuts have left more than 900,000 displaced people across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe exposed to overcrowding, deteriorating shelter conditions and heightened fire risk in displacement sites. Children represent an estimated 60 per cent of people in need, equivalent to roughly 5 million children requiring humanitarian assistance across the BAY states in 2026.
The general objective of this multi-sectoral needs assessment is to provide an updated, evidence-based overview of the situation of IDPs, refugees, returnees and host populations including persons with disabilities in Borno State, by assessing their needs and generating disaggregated data relating to protection, MHPSS, livelihoods, education in emergencies, disability inclusion and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), to inform response planning, prioritisation.
In general, the consultant will be tasked with identifying and mapping the population groups affected by the crises in Borno state, with a focus on their specific health (MHPSS), protection, livelihoods, education in emergencies, disability inclusion and WASH needs. This analysis will encompass the following areas:
Protection Risks: Assess and document the protection risks faced by individuals target locations in Borno. This includes:
Impact on Livelihoods: Assess how the crisis has impacted the livelihoods of affected populations across the three states. This will include:
Education Needs: Assess how the crisis has affected access to safe, inclusive, and quality education for children and adolescents across the three states. This will include:
Impact on Persons with Disabilities: Assess how the crisis has affected persons with disabilities and their access to humanitarian assistance, essential services, and opportunities for participation across the three states. This will include:
In summary, the assessment requires a multi-faceted approach that integrates SGBV prevention and response, child protection, and support for civil documentation, to build a comprehensive picture of needs among vulnerable populations affected by conflict and displacement in Borno state.
Programme Evaluation: The consultant should also review current humanitarian programmes across the Borno state to determine whether they are inclusive of persons with disabilities, in line with IASC guidelines. This involves assessing how well programmes involve persons with disabilities and their organisations across the project cycle and identifying gaps and recommendations for improved disability inclusion.
Based on evidence collected in the field, the consultant will propose actionable, location specific and state-wide recommendations to improve the living conditions of affected populations, with a focus on enhancing, protection measures, EiE, WASH, livelihoods support and mental health and psychosocial support. The consultant’s final deliverables will include a detailed report outlining findings and recommendations across all the target locations.
The assessment will be conducted in the following Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno state, as summarised below. LGA selection is illustrative and should be finalised jointly with CBM following an updated access and security review, and in consultation with the relevant State Emergency Management Agencies and sector coordination groups.
S/N Borno State
The assessment will focus on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS); Protection, including Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Disability Based Violence (DBV); Education in Emergencies (EiE); Disability Inclusion and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). In addition, the assessment will investigate vocational practices and livelihoods in Borno State.
Under the direct supervision of CBM, the consultant/firm will be engaged to:
This assessment should be participatory and consultative, applying a rigorous mixed-methods approach (qualitative and quantitative) involving both male and female community members, as well as persons with disabilities. The consultant should use tools developed and validated in partnership CBM, designed in line with the scope and objectives above. The assessment should be built around data collection through engagement of relevant stakeholders at community, LGA and (as necessary) state level, Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and direct observation, across all three states.
Household survey/sampling: Selected households will be interviewed using a survey tool administered to the household head/representative. The sample size must show an appropriate representation of OOSC families within the assessed LGAs, disaggregated by state, LGA, sex, age and disability, using the Washington Group Short Set (WG-SS) for disability screening.
Focused Group Discussions: To be carried out with relevant stakeholders at community and LGA level in each of the three states, including but not limited to host community groups (men, women, boys, girls), IDPs, returnees, and persons with disabilities.
Key Informant Interviews: To focus on key stakeholders within each sector, across the state. Respondents should include representatives of humanitarian/development partners (INGOs and UN agencies), CSO/local NGO representatives, traditional and religious leaders, women leaders, Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), relevant State Agencies for coordination of sustainable development and humanitarian response, State Ministries of Women Affairs and Social Development, Education, State Ministries/Agencies responsible for water resources and rural water supply and sanitation, representatives of the respective State Emergency Management Agencies, representatives of security agencies, and LGA Chairmen or representatives.
Facility and Infrastructure Observation: A systematic accessibility audit of MHPSS, WASH and vocational facilities in sampled communities in the state, using a standardised checklist to evaluate physical barriers, entrance accessibility, pathway navigation and emergency routes.
As a minimum, the assessment process should include the following key steps:
Steps
Action
Preparatory Phase I: Initial briefing session with CBM; review and confirmation of this ToR.
Preparatory Phase II: Desk review of existing data and reports; stakeholder mapping and coordination meetings; development of the assessment framework and objectives; sampling methodology design; tool development and testing.
Desk Review: Review of sector-specific reports and statistics (HNRP, sector bulletins, prior MSNAs); analysis of displacement trends and demographic data; secondary data analysis; identification of data gaps and assessment priorities; mapping of existing humanitarian interventions across the three states.
Tool Development: Household questionnaire design; Key Informant Interview guides; Focus Group Discussion guides; LGA/community mapping; facility and infrastructure observation checklist; digital data collection set-up.
Training and Capacity Building: Team preparation and orientation, including training of enumerators on data collection processes, PSEA, safeguarding, do-no-harm and disability-inclusive interviewing; briefing on sampling methods and research ethics; field coordination, security and logistics planning; quality assurance protocols.
Primary Data Collection: LGA-level mapping; direct observation of facilities and infrastructure; household surveys, Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions across the three states, with attention to access and security constraints in each state.
Data Analysis & Triangulation: Analysis of quantitative data; narrative analysis and coding of qualitative information; multi-source data verification and triangulation across states; needs prioritisation and severity scoring.
Reporting, Review, Revision: Draft report preparation with findings and recommendations; stakeholders’ validation workshop; final report production with visual data presentation and summary slide deck.
Dissemination: Dissemination to the humanitarian Coordination Team, relevant sector/cluster coordination groups, and other stakeholders as agreed, to inform planning and broader response prioritisation.
The selected consultant/firm shall submit a detailed assessment methodology based on the above. A joint meeting between the consultant and the CBM’s team will be held to finalise the methodologies, tools and approaches for the survey, including state-specific adaptations where required by access or security constraints.
The consultant must take all reasonable steps to ensure respondents are not adversely affected by participating in the assessment, in line with CBM’s do-no-harm principle. Responses must be kept confidential, and nothing may be done with respondents’ data beyond what they were informed of at the time of consent. Particular care must be taken with children and teenagers: consent must be obtained from a parent or caregiver for interviews with children under 18. The consultant should create safe, accessible spaces for women and other vulnerable groups to participate in group discussions or interviews, and must adhere to CBM’s PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards throughout the assignment.
On submission of the final report, the consultant is expected to submit a PowerPoint presentation (maximum 15 slides) summarising key findings and main recommendations by state and sector, submitted together with the final report.
The deliverables required of the consultant, and the corresponding timeline for submission, are set out below: Inception report, including:
• Findings of the desk review and the consultant’s understanding of the assignment
• Detailed methodology for data collection, including a stakeholder list and interview/survey tools, considering the security context in each of the three states
• Sampling plan disaggregated by state, LGA, sex, age and disability
• Clear and detailed work plan and timeline
• Finalised survey instruments/tools (e-copies)
No of Days: 5 Days after ToR signing
Expected Date: 5th October 2026
Mode of Submission: Email (PDF + Word)
2 Enumerator training, deployment and readiness report, including PSEA, safeguarding and disability-inclusion training documentation
No of Days: 10 Days after ToR signing
Expected Date: 10th October 2026
Mode of Submission:Email (PDF + Word)
3 Draft field assessment report, including:
• Comprehensive analysis (disaggregated by state, LGA, sex, age, status and disability) of qualitative and quantitative data
• Key findings and preliminary recommendations by state and sector
• Locations covered, challenges faced, and preliminary observations
No of Days: 22 Days after ToR signing
Expected Date: 22nd October 2026
Mode of Submission:Email (Word) + virtual or physical presentation
4. Finalised, cleaned assessment report and database with validated/cleaned datasets, annexes and photographs, incorporating feedback from CBM
No of Days: 28 Days after ToR signing
Expected Date: 28th October 2026
Mode of Submission: Email (PDF + datasets in Excel/CSV)
5. Finalised PowerPoint presentation (maximum 15 slides) summarising key findings and recommendations for dissemination, including a one-page summary per state and an evaluation brief.
No of Days:30 Days after ToR signing
Expected Date:31st October 2026
Mode of Submission:Email (PowerPoint) + presentation at debrief
The consultant is expected to work for 30 days, with the final report expected on or before 31 October 2026. The consultancy is expected to start on 1 October 2026 and end on 31 October 2026.
Note: Due to the short time and period for delivery of the proposal, information will be required on a rolling basis.
CBM will specifically:
The individual consultant/firm shall submit a total budget (with a detailed breakdown, including applicable taxes) at the time of proposal submission. The budget should cover consultancy fees and other applicable budget lines and should reflect the scope of operating across three states rather than two, including any additional travel, logistics and security costs. The final budget will be validated between CBM and the consultant/firm before signing the agreement. The consultant/firm shall bear all tariffs, duties, and applicable taxes or charges levied at any stage during execution of the work.
Only complete Expressions of Interest will be considered for selection. The assessment is broken down as follows:
Budget: 20%
Technical proposal: experience in the related task (extra weight given for experience with MSNA intended to support ECHO HIP planning and for prior work across all three BAY states): 30%
Qualifications of proposed team: 20%
Technical proposal and methodology: 30%
Total: 100%
All rights to accept or reject a proposal, without giving reasons, are reserved by CBM. If necessary, the consultant may be asked for modifications.
Registered consultants with proven experience conducting assessments and humanitarian sector surveys/evaluations are eligible to apply. The consultant should demonstrate working knowledge of multi-donor frameworks, demonstrated experience conducting disability-inclusive assessments and analysing disability-disaggregated data, and a proven record of on-time delivery with quality assurance. Given the tri-state scope, prior experience coordinating data collection across multiple states in North-East Nigeria is an advantage. CBM seeks consultants/firms with professionals meeting the following minimum qualifications:
At least 7 years of professional experience in:
During the performance of the assignment, or at any time after its expiration or termination, the consultant/firm is required to respect strict confidentiality vis-à-vis third parties regarding any information relating to the assignment or collected in its course. The consultant shall not disclose to any person, or otherwise make use of, any confidential information obtained during the survey relating to CBM or its project assessment.
During the assessment/research, the firm/consultant shall collect, and document required information throughout the assessment, including information/data not included in the report, under annexes. The firm/consultant shall also take relevant photographs to support evidence-based reporting. Copyright of all data and documents will remain with CBM. The firm/consultant may not publish the findings of the assessment/survey or report them in research/theses.
Failure to comply with this clause will result in immediate termination of the assignment. This confidentiality and copyright obligation remains in force, without limitation, after the end of the assignment.
The consultant/firm shall apply with the following documents:
The proposal should be submitted on or before the closing date of the call for proposals, 28th September 2026 by close of business (12:00 noon, West African Time), to:
Send to: CBM Procurement procurement.nigeria@cbm.org with “MSNA for BORNO STATE” as the subject of the email.
The consultant/firm shall apply with the following documents:
The proposal should be submitted on or before the closing date of the call for proposals, 28th September 2026 by close of business (12:00 noon, West African Time), to:
Send to: CBM Procurement procurement.nigeria@cbm.org with “MSNA for BORNO STATE” as the subject of the email.
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