GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION (GAIN)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CONSULTANCY SERVICES –
MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT IN GOSA AND UTAKO MARKETS, AMAC, FCT, NIGERIA
ISSUED BY THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION (GAIN)
DEADLINE: 4TH DECEMBER, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, GAIN developed the Keeping Food Market Working (KFMW), a programme of targeted support to help sustain core food systems, workers and markets during the COVID-19 emergency, GAIN’s goal it to mitigate the collapse of food system by supporting food markets and the value chain companies in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), especially in Africa and Asia, which face potentially catastrophic supply and demand disruption GAIN will achieve this by establishing an emergency response programme to Assess and address the challenges facing the food system. This programme has the overarching goal of mitigating the risk of economic collapse of food systems in order to sustain the availability and affordability of nutritious and safe foods, and contribute to lowering the burden of ill-health, particularly for the most vulnerable.
The prospective consultant will be introduced to the relevant market stakeholders including Market. Response Units, AMAC representatives, and other peer consultants currently working on the project based on existing relationships already nurtured by GAIN.
GAIN seeks to hire a consultant to.
(1) Assess the current physical layout and infrastructure of Gosa and Utako markets in AMAC, Abuja.
(2) Assess how consumers and vendors interact and use the current Infrastructure; and
(3) Provide recommendations for improvements or additions to the markets infrastructure to improve the flow of people, safety of food and health of consumers and vendors under COVID-19.
The service provider will;
- Work with GAIN country lead to understand the nature of the project, the objectives and review existing material related to the anticipated outcome of this task
- Conduct an assessment of the physical infrastructure, observe how people interact with the infrastructure and its current state of accessibility (is it in use, broken, too expensive for consumers/vendors to access, etc.).
- Develop a map of the physical infrastructure indicating their functionality status.
- Attend 1-2 of GAIN’s market response unit meetings to gain insights on infrastructural needs from market stakeholders.
- Write and submit a report that provides a summary of observations and recommendations for improvements.
Kindly Visit the link below for the full terms of reference
https://www.gainhealth.org/requests-for-proposals
Proposals should be submitted to datamewalen@gainhealth.org as indicated in the RFP documents.
Completed proposals should be submitted with the subject ‘KFMW Market Infrastructure Audit’ no later than 5:00pm on Friday 4th December, 2020.
