DEADLINE: 5TH MARCH, 2021
PALLADIUM
USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP)
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI #1 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO06-2020-EOI001-EBONYI STATE
TITLE: ONSITE TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON PACKAGES FOR CHILD HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (PHCS) AND PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES (PHFS) USING THE LOW DOSE HIGH FREQUENCY APPROACH (LDHF) IN EBONYI STATE UNDER “USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM”
1. Overview
USAID’s Integrated Health Program( HP) would like to invite qualified local entities, Nigerian Non-governmental Organizations (For-Profit and Not-for-Profit), non-governmental professional associations, training institutions and other qualified organizations to submit Expressions of Interest (EOl) with respect to technical, managerial and other aspects of the program described below. The EOl may come as a single entity application or as a consortium. IHP is seeking interested eligible organizations that have interest in training in Ebonyi to implement a grant for competency-based skills training of healthcare providers at Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCS) and private health facilities (PHFS) on child health, immunization and nutrition services in Ebonyi. This training will use a Low Dose High frequency (LDHF) modular training approach and will involve onsite facility-based training, supervision and clinical mentoring of the health
workers on child health thematic areas including Integrated Management of Childhood illness (IMCI), Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and other areas of Nutrition and Routine Immunization. The roll out will be in IHP supported facilities in and Ebonyistate as follows:
1. Ebonyi State: 198 health facilities: 171 PHCS (the designated 1 PHC per Ward) and 27 Private Health Facilities (PHFS) This EOI is opento registered non-governmental organizations or a consortium of organizations in Nigeria who may or may not be resident in Ebonyi State 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, General Hospitals and Private facilities that will be listed by IHPI Ebonyistate.
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 quality primary health care services. IHP is providing technical assistance and capacity building to the State Ministries of Health in Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Ebonyi and FCT, State Primary Health Care Development Agencies (SPHCDA/PHCDB), Local Government Authorities/Area Council, and Wards to apply state-of-the-art evidence, best practices and leaming from within Nigeria and globally to deliver a fit-for-purpose capacity
building approach to optimize health worker skills and confidence to deliver high-impact integrated RMNCH+NM services in the States.
IHP collaborates with other USAID implementing partners, such as Breakthrough Action- Nigeria (BA-N), Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) projects to increase demand for services and improve access to essential medicines and commodities, and to improve malaria case management.
Objective
To build the capacity of frontline healthcare workers at Primary Health Care facilities and Private facilities to provide gender-sensitive, high quality child health services in Ebonyi state by 30th September 2021.
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 for accurate identification and classification of common childhood illnesses (pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles and malnutrition)
2. Strengthen the capacity of health workers in providing appropriate integrated treatment, care and support to the sick child, as well as counselling support to the caregivers of children under 5 years with dignity and respect.
3. Enhance the skills and ability of health workers for prompt identification of general danger signs, administration of pre-referral treatment, prompt referral and follow up where applicable.
4. Improve knowledge and skills of health workers on strengthening preventive services (checking of routine immunization status, early initiation of breastfeeding, counselling on exclusive breast feeding (EBF), complementary feeding and growth monitoring), and counselling caregivers on health and
nutrition promotion and support practices.
5. Strengthen the capacity of health workers on correct and appropriate documentation of service delivery data for improved services and decision making.
6. Provide post-training supportive supervision and clinical mentoring to reinforce knowledge and skills Instructions for submitting the EOI:
Instruction for submitting the EOI:
1. Submit a letter indicating interest in applying for any of the Task Orders (Tos). If applying for multiple states, separate submissions are required for each state EOI 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 a full package of all the requirements for each state.
5. Applying as a consortium, evidence of partnership agreement with members of the consortium should be included.
6. Provide evidence of eligibility as per the requirements below:
Full EOl package can be downloaded from this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18k801_OfvEHgRVE5oaeWb5QmzT2GOZ2P?usp=sharing
Other consideration to note while submitting the EOI:
All short-listed organizations will be invited to submit a full application.
Electronic submissions:
Please send your completed documents in PDF form as a single file to IHP.Grants@ihp-nigeria.com referencing the EOl number or numbers on the subject of your email. The document should not be more than 10MB in size. Sometimes electronic submissions are affected by internet challenges and IT issues; as a result, organisations are advised to plan and ensure submissions are made before the deadline. IHP will not be held liable if electronic submissions are not delivered or have other challenges that may render it not
readable.
Representative Email Ihp.grants@ihp-nigeria.com Programme website www.thepalladiumgroup.com
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 March 5, 2021 by 5.30pm local time.
