USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP)
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI 1 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER-IHP-TO03- 2019-EOI001-BAUCHI STATE
EOI 2 REFERENCE NUMBER: EORI NUMBER IHP-TO04-2019-EOI001- KEBBI STATE
LOE REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO05-2019-EOI001- SOKOTO STATE
Title: The Baseline Assessments in Bauchi, Kebbi and or Sokoto States under “USAID Integrated
Health Program”
1. OVERVIEW
USAID’s Integrated Health Program HP) would like to invite eligible Research Firms to submit
Expressions of Interest (EOI) with respect to the technical managerial
and other aspects of the baseline assessment described below. IHP is
considering engaging a Nigeria registered Research Firm to conduct and
manage data collection, analysis and reporting for Baseline Assessments
in Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto States.
This will involve managing the fieldwork component of the assessment at the Local Government Areas (GAL), Ward Development Committees (WDCS), Health Facilities and Community level, ensuring the availability and functionality of required human and material resources necessary to implement the data collection, conduct preliminary data analysis and produce a preliminary report.
The proposed assessment to establish baseline estimates and institutional capacity status for planning capacity building and institutional strengthening. The assessment will assist IHP to evaluate the health system holistically starting from the community and ward, to the facility to the LGA through to the State level. It will involve community level actors (the WDCs), the health
Facilities (providers and systems, WDC, and clients, the Local Government Health Authorities (LGHAS) (systems supporting primary health care), and the MDAS associated with Health in Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto State. The specific objectives of the baseline assessment are:
1. To determine the coverage of key RANCH NM interventions
2. To determine the capacity of the health system at all levels to support the provision and scaling up of RMNCH+ NM services.
3. To assess the readiness of primary health facilities and general
hospitals to provide proven high impact RMNCH+NM interventions.
Successful Research Firms with manage the fieldwork component of the assessment across the three States at the LGA, WDC, Health Facility and Community levels.
This EOI is open to Nigeria-registered Research Firms when may or may not be resident in any of the IHP states but who are technically capable of providing the required services and willing and able to conduct and manage data collection, analysis and reporting in Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto States. This will be a Contract that pays for pre-defined milestones and deliverables.
The goal of IHP to contribute to state-level reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality primary health care service HP is providing technical assistance to Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto States Ministries of Health (MOH and Agencies to apply state-of the-art evidence and learning from Nigeria and beyond, to deliver a fit-for-purpose capacity building approach to optimize health worker skills and confidence to deliver high-impact integrated MNCH services in the States, while collaborating with others Breakthrough Action-Nigeria (BAN) and Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) to increase demand for PHC services and improve access to essential commodities respectively.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING THE EOI:
1. Submit a letter indicating interest in applying for a Contract to provide the required services in one or more States, specifying which State(s).
2. Submit a maximum of two-page concept note using the template provided
3. Submit a simple cost estimate
4. Provide evidence of eligibility
5. Show ability and willingness to abide by the terms of U.S. government standard provisions, including the “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” by accepting the provisions in their award https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/303mab.pdf
Full application package can be downloaded from this link https://grmfutures-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/stephen_bature_thepalladiumgroup_com1/EvNqnpOnIYtLpwovNIbyjoEBV2570yh_VkPwSDGEpnYBw?e=hT9s8p
All short-listed organizations will be invited to submit a full-scale proposal.
Expression of interest should include:
1. Name and physical address of Firm;
2. Name, email and phone number of contact person;
3. Website of the organization (if any)
4. Brief statement describing the capabilities of the organization,
including a description of any previous activities of similar scope.
Successful candidates will be required to sign certifications: Terrorism, Anti-Kick Back Debarment, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Contracts Team Contact Details:
Representative Email: IHP.Procurements@ihp-nigeria.com
Programme website: www.thepalladiumgroup.com
All submitted EOls will be reviewed by the Contracts Evaluation Committee in accordance with the IHP procedures. Research Firms who qualify from the EOI stage will be notified and invited to respond to an RFP. EOls that do not meet the expectation of the EOI stage will also receive a notification from the Senior Operations Manager informing them that they will not be moving to the RFP stage.
Issuance of this EOI does not constitute a Contract commitment, nor does it commit Palladium to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission.
Please note that the technical requirements, deliverables and other conditions may change significantly before the actual RFP is released. This is just an EOl and not a Request for Proposal (RFP). Please simply submit an Eol at this stage.
Note: This call for EOls is only open for Ten (10) days (i.e 27th Dec. 2019) from the day of this publication.
