REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL- (RFP -ETH- 2015 – 9121067)

OPEN for local firms only 

UNICEF Ethiopia Office is seeking Request for Proposals (RFP) from Firm/Company/Organisation to – 1) Monitoring and documentation of de-worming campaign of Adolescent girls in school in Amhara, SNNPR and Oromia region and, 2) Conduct formative assessments and KAP survey in Somali, Gambella, SNNP and Oromia region. 

1. Background

Food insecurity and malnutrition in adolescents and pregnant women, compounded by gender discrimination, leads to an intergenerational cycle of nutrition problems which manifest as stillbirths, miscarriages, low birth weight, growth failure, increased risk of maternal and neonatal mortality, impaired cognitive development, sub-optimal productivity in adults and reduced economic growth for the nation. For girls in particular, the chances of escaping this nutrition-poverty trap diminish as the child grows older. Over time her options for better education attainment and delayed marriage decrease. She is likely, in turn, to give birth to a baby of low birth weight. Hence the cycle begins again (Benson, 2006). This cycle must be broken, and it all begins with the mother or, rather, with adolescent girls. The School age children de-worming campaign has been planned by the government following Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis prevalence mapping at national level.  UNICEF will be supporting the integration of WASH and Nutrition BCC into the large scale deworming campaign in 436 woredas and supporting deworming of adolescents in high schools in 86 woredas Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions.

2. Objectives

The objectives of the assignment are:

- Monitor and document the cascade trainings at regional, zonal and at woreda level

- Monitor and document Teacher and HEWs Training at woreda level.

- Monitor and document de-worming campaign and BCC in schools.

- Conducting formative assessment on perception of the community on adolescent de-worming for Gambella, Somali, SNNP and Oromia.

- Conduct KAP survey on Adolescents nutrition for Gambella, Somali, SNNP and Oromia regions

3. Expected Background and Experience Required:

- The institution should have an intensive experience of monitoring school based program/campaign for other national/international agencies.

- The institution should have intensive experience in conductive formative researches and KAP survey

- The institution should have experience in working with Government bodies at federal, regional, zonal and woreda level.

- The institution should have a professional team composition of advanced post graduate degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Statistician,  Sociology and Gender and development) and can avail the CVs of employees.

- The institutional contractor must provide UNICEF with a Certificate of Incorporation/ documentation proving that they are a registered company or institution. 

More details of the requirements for this bid can be found in the RFP. 

Interested and eligible bidders from local organizations are invited to collect the complete tender documents by sending an email to Mrs. Mekdes Woudneh (mwoudneh@unicef.org) or Mr. Deresse Damte (ddamte@unicef.org) Starting on Wednesday, 17-Sept-2015. Proposals are to be submitted to UNICEF Ethiopia Office on or before 9.00 am (East African Time) 09-Oct-2015 (Friday). Please quote the RFP nr. 9121067 in all your correspondences. Due to the nature of the bid, there will be no bid public opening for this offer. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids.

ADDRESS:  UNICEF Ethiopia, UNECA Compound, NOF Building, 2^nd floor Supply Section,  Attn. Mr. Mekdes Woudneh / Mr. Deresse Damte, P.O.BOX 1169, TEL: +251-11 518 4035 / 4167, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.