DEADLINE: 5TH AUGUST, 2021
THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION (GAIN)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
VIDEO PRODUCTION CONSULTANCY
ABOUT GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious and safe food. We work to understand and deliver specific solutions to the daily challenge of food insecurity faced by poor people. By understanding that there is no “one-size-fits-all” model, we develop alliances and build tailored programs, using a variety of flexible models and approaches. We build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. We are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition. Through alliances, we provide technical, financial, and policy support to key participants in the food system. We use specific learning, evidence of impact, and results of projects and programmes to shape and influence the actions of others. HarvestPlus improves nutrition and public health by developing and promoting biofortified food crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals while providing global leadership on evidence and technology. HarvestPlus is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by its 15 research centres in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. The HarvestPlus programme is headquartered at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC and collaborates with multiple CGIAR centres and partner organizations around the world. GAIN and HarvestPlus share an ambition to expand coverage of biofortified nutrient dense foods to at least 200 million consumers by 2022, realizing a higher reach of up to three times this (600 million) from the initial investment by 2028. The current focus will be on biofortified varieties of six highly promising crops, developed by HarvestPlus and its partners through the Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops Programme. These crops form the frontline cluster of sentinel nutritious staple crops to be considered for commercialisation at scale by the partnership. We define commercialisation – the priority delivery approach – as the process of introducing a product into commerce or making it available in the market, rather than producing solely for family consumption.
ABOUT COMMERCIALISATION OF BIOFORTIFIED CROPS (CBC) PROGRAMME
The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) programme was launched in 2019 to address widespread hidden hunger in Africa and Asia by significantly expanding the reach of foods and food products made with biofortified staple crops.
The micronutrient-rich crops are developed through conventional breeding techniques (they are not genetically modified) to increase their density of iron, zinc, or vitamin A – all critical micronutrients for maintaining good health and human development. They are also bred with other traits demanded by farming families, including high yield, drought tolerance, and resistance to diseases and pest. Biofortified foods and products can be practical, affordable, and natural sources of nutrition for billions of people.
The CBC programme works with commercial value chain actors- including seed producers, farmers, aggregators, and processors – to catalyse commercial markets for biofortified seeds, grains and food products in six countries with pervasive levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. Our programme vision is to enhance food systems so that they can deliver nutrition cost effectively and sustainably to all people.
BACKGROUND
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus are jointly issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) where GAIN will be the administrative lead organisation for this RFP.
The purpose of this RFP is to engage the services of a Service Provider to produce a short video of the Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops that gives a summary of the programme, crops of focus and countries of focus.
SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES
The successful applicant shall present a detailed proposal -including a workplan- demonstrating steps in which the production process will follow to be delivered with samples of works done before.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective is to develop a video that will give a summary of what the programme is all about and what nutritional gaps it is addressing in the countries of focus.
Specific objectives
- Develop the overall video concept.
- Interview selected participants for the video including the programme leads, project leads and partners (stakeholder in one African and one Asian country).
- Develop a video script and storyboard to be used in development of the video.
- Present a draft video of about 7-10 minutes and a compressed version of about 3 minutes with footage and content for all the 6 countries of focus.
- Present 1 shorter edited version of 3 minutes focusing on African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania) and 1 shorter edited version of 3 minutes focusing on Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan)
DELIVERABLES
The successful applicant shall.
- Develop the following but not limited to.
(i) Overall video concept on the CBC programme focus, the response through the crops of focus, the desired impact and how the programme works to commercialise biofortified products.
(ii) Develop a story board and interview script for programme leads, project leads and partners.
- Using stock footage and existing footage from GAIN and HarvestPlus, produce a 10-minute video in high resolution to be reviewed for further editing.
Produce 3 videos of 3 minutes each.
- Focusing of the entire programme, capturing all the 6 countries of focus
- Focusing on countries in Asia and
- Focusing on countries in Africa.
(ii) Provide B-roll footage for the interviews from programme leads, project leads and partners (stakeholder in one African and one Asian country).
- Produce videos in high resolutions and should be uploaded on various platforms including YouTube. Produce lighter versions that can be used for twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
- All videos will include subtitles, text on screen where possible and translations for Asian countries.
- Provide all the raw footage to be stored by the partnership for future use.
N/B: The successful applicant will not be shooting at locations but will be required to develop content using stock footage and existing footage from the partnership. In cases where interviews are required, both virtual and physical options will be explored depending on the location of the consultant and the covid restrictions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING
This section addresses the process for responding to this solicitation. Applicants are encouraged to review this prior to completing their responses.
CONTACT
Please direct all inquiries and other communications to rfp@gainhealth.org. Reponses will not be confidential except in cases where proprietary information is involved.
BUDGET
Applicants are required to provide GAIN with a detailed fee percentage proposal. The final budget amount will have to be approved by the organisation prior to starting the project.
FORMAT FOR PROPOSAL
The proposal needs to be formatted as follows:
- Technical proposal:
(i) Description and links to previous relevant work and portfolio (maximum 1 page);
(ii) Composition of team with names and brief biographies of all key staff (maximum 2 pages);
(iii) Detailed proposal explaining how the areas of work mentioned in Scope of Work will be addressed, including a detailed workplan, risk and mitigation strategy and timeline (maximum 10 pages);
(iv) CVs of the team that will be carrying out the training.
(v) References.
- Financial proposal:
(i) Detailed budget justification.
(ii) Offer of services.
SUBMISSION
Originals should be submitted as follows:
An electronic copy containing the documents preferably in MS Word along with all the required information including the fee proposal should reach GAIN at the address mentioned below:
Email copy: rfp@gainhealth.org
DEADLINE
Completed proposals should be submitted to GAIN before 5 August 2021 on rfp@gainhealth.org Proposals may be postmarked on the due date, provided that an email of the proposal is submitted by the deadline.
