Development of HIV Testing Services (HTS) Job Aid Tender - 24317356

Procurement Summary

Country: Lesotho

Summary: Development of HIV Testing Services (HTS) Job Aid and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials

Deadline: 27 Jun 2018

Posting Date: 20 Jun 2018

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24317356

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Competition: ICB

Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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33156000 - Psychology testing devices

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Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Development of HIV Testing Services (HTS) Job Aid and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials.
Introduction

In June 2014, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded FHI 360

the Linkages across the Continuum of HIV Services for Key Populations Affected by

HIV Project (LINKAGES), a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the U.S.

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. FHI 360 works in partnership with Pact,

IntraHealth International and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct a

range of activities to reduce HIV transmission among key populations — sex workers,

men who have sex with men, transgender persons and people who inject drugs — and

to improve their enrollment and retention in care. The LINKAGES project supports

countries in the use evidence?based approaches to make comprehensive HIV services

easily available to key populations (KPs) at scale and to sustain those services.

Under the technical guidance of FHI 360 and Pact Head Office, Pact Lesotho is leading

the implementation of the LINKAGES Lesotho Project in Maseru and Leribe districts.

The project aims to enhance HIV prevention and care cascade by increasing reach to

key populations most at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, promoting routine HIV

testing and counseling, and actively enrolling those with HIV into care and support

interventions that enable them to remain in care. The project works with the local KP

community-based organizations (CBOs), under a sub-grant mechanism, to increase

their capacities for improved organizational, financial systems, monitoring, engagement,

and participation of the groups in the HIV response for KP.

As part of pursing its mandate, the LINKAGES Lesotho Project is planning to enhance

the capacity of the sub-grant partners to provide high quality HIV testing services for

KPs, and to enhance use of available HIV Testing Services (HTS) among KPs in the

two districts of project implementation. The project is therefore seeking for services of

an individual consultant and/or a firm, to: 1) lead the design and development of a job

aid for the HTS lay counsellors to support provision of HIV testing services, and 2) lead

the design and development of Information, Education and Communication (IEC)

materials aimed to generate the demand and promote uptake of HIV testing services

among KPs targeted by the project.

II. Purpose of the Assignment

The overall objectives of the assignments are in two folds as follows:
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1) To support design and develop a job aid for HTS lay counsellors that is user

friendly, and translated into the local language, specifically summarizing the

national HIV testing guidelines; and,

2) To support the design and development of IEC materials, targeting the KP

clients, to increase comprehensive knowledge on HIV and AIDS issues, and

other related co-morbidities that are affecting KPs in Lesotho, and to

communicate the importance of using available HIV testing and other HIV

prevention services among this group.

III. Scope of Work and Tasks of the Assignment

For achieving the above objectives, Pact Lesotho, under the LINKAGES Lesotho

Project, intends to engage a qualified and experienced individual and/or a team of

consultants to design and develop content and layout of the above-mentioned materials.

The scope of work and tasks of the assignment will be as follows:

1) Prepare and present an inception report detailing interpretation of the terms of

reference for the assignment, the technical approach and methods, and the

implementation modalities that will be used for achieving the objectives of the

assignment;

2) Hold an inception meeting with Pact Lesotho teams to review and agree on the

technical approach, methods, deliverables and timelines for completing the

assignment;

3) Undertake detailed consultations (separate for the job aid and the IEC materials)

with the key population groups, the Ministry of Health teams (i.e. District Health

Management Teams and central level teams), Pact-Lesotho teams, LINKAGES

Lesotho Project implementing partners, and other relevant stakeholders to

identify the specific information gaps and needs, to guide content development

for the job aids and IEC materials;

4) Design and develop the draft job aid, brochure and poster, with content and

pictures and/or artwork as applicable;

5) Submit the draft job aid, brochure and poster to Pact Lesotho for review and

inputs;

6) Pre-test the draft job aid, brochure and poster with relevant stakeholders;

7) Review and finalize the materials based on the pre-test exercise, including

finalizing the content, design and layout.

8) Submit the acceptable final deliverables in print-ready formats.

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