PALLADIUM
USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP)
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI#1 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO06-2020-EOI003- EBONYI STATE
EOI#2 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO07-2020-EOI003- FCT
TITLE: ONSITE TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES (1 PER WARD), AND PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES COVERING BASIC EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE (BEMONC)/LIFE SAVINGS SKILLS (LSS) USING THE LOW DOSE HIGH FREQUENCY APPROACH (LDHF) IN EBONYI STATE AND OR THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) UNDER “USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM”
DEADLINE: 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020
1. Overview
USAID’s Integrated Health Program (IHP) would like to invite eligible local entities – Nigerian Non-governmental Organizations (For-Profit and Not-for-Profit), non-governmental professional associations, training institutions and other qualified organizations to submit an Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Grants Under Contract (GUC) with respect to technical, managerial and other aspects of the program as described below. IHPis collaborating with the government, community and private sector partners to focus on improving
the quality and utilization of maternal and newborn care services in public and private health facilities (PHFS).
As part of this effort, IHP has planned with Ebonyi state and FCT governments to train health care workers on Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONCVLife Saving Skills (LSS) in order to improve service delivery especially on the day of birth (DOB).
As a sub-grantee, you will be required to conduct step down training for qualified health workers using a Low Dose High Frequency (LDHF) approach, which will be facility-based training, to enable frontline healthcare workers master a small number of selected competencies at a given time, be supervised and mentored to perform them according to setstandards before introducing additional competencies in:
i. Ebonyi: 198 health facilities:171 PHCS (the designated 1 PHC per ward) and 27 PHFS
ii. FCT: 104 health facilities: 62 PHCS (the designated 1 PHC per ward), and 42 PHFS
This Expression of Interest is open to registered non-governmental organizations or a consortium of organizations in Nigeria, who 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 provide on-site training at the Primary Health Care Facilities, and Private Facilities that will be listed by IHP Ebonyi state and the FCT.
The goal of IHP is 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 provision and access to quality primary health care services. IHP is providing technical assistance (TA) to Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Ebonyi and FCT Ministries of Health (SMOH) 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 deliverhigh-impactintegrated RMNCH+NMservices in the States.
IHP will provide TA to the SMOH and State Primary Health Care Development Agency(SPHCDA) to strengthen systems while collaborating with other implementing partners like Breakthrough Action-Nigeria (BA-N) and Global Health Supply Chain- Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) to increase demand for primary health care services and improve access to essential commodifies respectively.
This EOl is open for competition and eligible organizations are free to express interest in either one or two States (Ebonyi and FCT). This will be a fixed amount award (FAA) that pays for pre-defined milestones and deliverables.
Specific Objectives
Using the Low Dose High Frequency (LDHF) facility-based training approach through the Grants Under Contract (GUC) funding mechanism:
1. Update health workers knowledge and standardize clinical skills to provide quality Antenatal Care Services, conduct safe and clean delivery
2. Strengthen the capacity of health workers to respond appropriately to obstetric emergencies: prolonged/obstructed labour, identification, diagnosis and management or referral for patients with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, birth asphyxia.
3. Strengthen the capacity of health workers on correct and appropriate documentation of maternal and newborn health (MNH)service delivery data for improved services and decision-making.
4. Provide post-training supportive supervision and mentoring to reinforce knowledge and skills.
Instructions for submitting the EOl:
1. Submit a letter indicating interest in applying for any of the Task Orders (Tos). If applying for multiple states, separate submission is required for each state EOl submission.
2. Submit Maximum of two-page concept note using the template provided
3. Submit a simple cost estimate.
4 Provide evidence of eligibility as per the requirements below:
A Registered Nigerian non-governmental for profit or not-for-profit organization.
Have a minimum of one-year experience providing competency-based clinical skills training especially in BEMONC/LSS services provision.
Have experience in training of primary health care workers, specifically in competency-based training methods.
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. All potential applicants must sign and submit the certification.
Full EOI application package can be downloaded from this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_paOtITmsheWwsP-3WObfehUVA-YH_dF?usp=sharing
All shortlisted organizations will be invited to submit a full application.
Electronic submissions:
Please send your completed documents in PDF form as a single file and clarification to lhp.grants@ihp-nigeria.com referencing the EOl number on the subject of your email.
Expression of interest should include:
1. Name and physical address of organization.
2. Type of organization.
3. Name, email and phone number of contact person.
4. Brief capabilities statement
Issuance of this EOl does not constitute an award commitment, nor does it commit Palladium to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission.
Note: This EOl closes on September 14, 2020, 2020 by 5.30 pm local time.
