PALLADIUM
USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP)
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI#1 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER LHP-TOO6-2020-EO1004-EBONYI STATE
EOI#2 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER LHP-TO07-2020-EOI004- FCT
TITLE: ADVOCACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY GRANT FOR IMPROVED GOVERNANCE, RESOURCING AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN EBONYI STATE AND THE FCT UNDER “USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM”
DEADLINE: 9TH DECEMBER, 2020
Overview
USAID’s Integrated Health Program (HP) would like to invite qualified local entities, Nigerian Non-governmental Organizations (For-Profit and Not-for-Profit).and non-governmental professional associations, faith based organizations, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Community based organizations (CB0s), Coalitions, Networks and other qualified organizations to submit Expression of Interest (EO) for Grants Under Contract (GUC)with USAID Integrated Health Programs. IHPworks closely with Ebonyi State and the FCTAdministration to support established health and development plans, build capacity, and ensure ownership of interventions, systems, and results.
IHP promotes integrated packages of services in the seven core intervention areas of HSS and RMNCAH+N, while cross cutting priority areas include gender and social inclusion, sustainability, and country ownership. With government, community, and private sector partners, IHP strives to achieve three objectives: (1) strengthen health systems while supporting PHC services: (2) improve access to PHC services; and (3) increase quality of PHC services. IHP provides technical support for the institutionalization of structures required to drive responsive governance, effective strategic and operational planning, and improved financing of the primary health care system. It is expected that IHP actions will contribute towards building the capacity of the health systems to
Sustainably support quality primary health care services, and alongside the integrated RMNCAH + N service delivery interventions, contribute to reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality in Ebonyi state and the FCT. IHP provide technical assistance (TA) to Ebonyi state and the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) and Ebonyi state Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) and FCT Primary Health Care Board (FCTPHCB) to strengthen systems while collaborating with others like Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BA-N), Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) and in Ebonyi President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) to increase demand for PHC services, improve access to essential commodities and improve malaria case management respectively.
IHP recognizes civil society’s potential ability to advocate for systems and structures that promote service availability, equity and access and their role in keeping government actors accountable for delivering on their responsibilities and commitments. IHP wishes to leverage on these abilities to drive citizens’ inclusive and meaningful participation, strategic government engagement and responsive decision-making in the health system through multi-stakeholder and mult-constituency platforms. The successful grantee will be required to
systematically organize several CSOs, FBOs, and the WDCs within Ebonyi state and the FCT to share information and best practices, align their priorities, and plan effectively as a group to increase their efficiency and impact. The grantee should also demonstrate how this network will be sustained beyond the lifespan of the project. 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 lHP states but who are technically capable of providing the required services and willing and able to provide Advocacy and health governance program delivery in Ebonyi state and the FCT. This will be a fixed amount award (FAA) that pays for pre-defined milestones
and deliverables.
Broad Objective
To contribute to strengthening of the health systems supporting integrated PHC services using evidence-based, result-oriented and gender-sensitive advocacy and accountability mechanisms in Ebonyi state and the FCT by September 30, 2021
Specific objectives:
1. To advocate for increased resourcing, improved and transparent budget performance (increased funding release and expenditure in support of primary health care), prudent spending, and investments for primary health care services in Ebonyi state and the FCT.
2. Strengthen local networks’ (e.g.. CSOs, FBOs, and WDCs) capacity to institutionalize accountability mechanisms, citizen engagement and monitoring of service provision of primary healthcare services in Ebonyi state and the FCT.
3. To empower women to demand accountability and quality RMNCH+MN services
The detailed activities that the grantee will undertake are:
Develop a detailed implementation plan for the project comprising the following elements:
-A detailed advocacy plan for engaging and influencing the relevant policy and decision makers on identified priorities; the advocacy plan should clearly outline the advocacy issues, advocacy objectives, advocacy messages/briefs, target audience advocacy tools and advocacy outcomes.
-A detailed accountability plan reflecting activity that will be undertaken to ensure participatory budgeting for the health sector, grievance redressal mechanisms, track government commitments to strengthen the primary health system and hold the government accountable to these commitments.
-An Advocacy Plan to engage communities especially women more full in the planning and monitoring of health services.
Instructions for submitting the EOl:
1. Submit a letter indicating interest in applying for any of the Task Orders (TOs). If applying for multiple štates, separate submissions are required for each state Eol submission.
2. Submit a maximum of two page concept notes using the template provided.
3. Submit A simple cost estimate.
4. When applying for more than one state, submit full package of all the requirements for each state
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 EOI package can be downloaded from this Iink:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iHbwpGOIEpjA5rMbwE0jiUlsOy42CIXU?usp=sharing
All EOls should be submitted to IHP.Grants@ihp-nigeria.com. All shortlisted organizations will be invited to Submit full application. Successful candidates will be required to sign certifications: Terrorism, Ant-Kick Back, Debarment, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
All submitted EOls will be reviewed by the Grants and Evaluation Committee in accordance with the IHP Grants Manual. Organizations who qualify from the EOl stage will be notified and invited to respond to an RFA. Please note, Palladium will not award profit under any assistance instruments, such as grant awards. However, all reasonable, allocable, and allowable expenses (both direct and indirect) which are related to the program and are in accordance with applicable cost standards may be covered under the grant.
Issuance of this EOI does not constitute an award commitment, nor does it commit Palladium to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission.
Note: This EOI is closing by December 9, 2020 by 5.00pm Nigeria Time
