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Procurement Summary

Country : Uganda

Summary : Hire the Services of an Interpersonal Communications (IPC) Agency to Develop Innovative SBC Interpersonal Intervention Focusing on Reaching the Rural Communities to Support the Implementation of the IPC Component

Deadline : 24 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26610486

Document Ref. No. : MAPD/001/6/2018

Competition : ICB

Financier : United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MALARIA CONSORTIUM
Attn: the Logistics Manager Plot 3, Katonga Road Nakasero, Kampala Tel: 0312303500
Uganda
Email :e.gobba@malariaconsortium.org

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for Hire the Services of an Interpersonal Communications (IPC) Agency to Develop Innovative SBC Interpersonal Intervention Focusing on Reaching the Rural Communities to Support the Implementation of the IPC Component of Campaign in the 49 Project Districts.

Issuance of this RFP does not constitute a contractual commitment on the part of USAID’S Malaria Action Program for Districts (MC) nor does it commit MC or the US Government to pay for costs incurred in the submission of a proposal. All costs of the applicant in the preparation and submission of an offer shall be borne by that applicant. USAID’S Malaria Action Program for Districts reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to make no award at all, or to make an award without further discussion or negotiations if it is considered to be in the best interest of the project and USAID’S Malaria Action Program for Districts.

A. Background to the Project:

Malaria Consortium received funding from USAID/PMI and DFID to implement a five year project; USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts. This project aims at preventing and controling malaria illnesses and deaths in order to minimize the social economic effects of the disease among the overall population of Uganda and especially in children under five years of age. The project started in August 2016, and is covering 49 districts with a total population of more than 13 million.

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations specializing in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.

Malaria has a significant negative impact on the economy of Uganda due to loss of workdays because of sickness, decreased productivity, and decreased school attendance. A single episode of malaria costs a family on average 9 US dollars, or 3% of their annual income.

Workers suffering from malaria may be unable to work for an estimated 5-20 days per episode. Given that many people are infected multiple times a year, this has substantial financial consequences to families. A poor family in a malaria endemic area may spend up to 25% of the household income on malaria prevention and treatment. Industries and agriculture also suffer due to loss of person-hours and decreased worker productivity. Investors are generally wary of investing in countries where malaria rates are high, leading to a loss in investment opportunities. Further, severe malaria impairs children’s learning and cognitive ability by as much as 60%, consequently affecting the performance of Uganda’s universal primary and secondary education programs.

Malaria Consortium is the prime contractor for USAID/PMI’s Uganda’s Malaria Action Program for Districts. Sub-contractors in the delivery of this contract are Jhpiego, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Banyan Global, Deloitte Uganda and Communication for Development Foundation Uganda (CDFU).

The purpose of the program is to prevent and control malaria morbidity and mortality in Uganda through a range of activities, which will result in minimizing the social impact and economic losses on those affected.

Working with the Government of Uganda, USAID/PMI’s Uganda’s Malaria Action Program for Districts Project aims to ensure that malaria will no longer be the major cause of illness anddeath in the country and that families will have universal access to malaria prevention, diagnostic and treatment interventions. The success of this programme will also contribute to the reduction of under-five mortality rate from all causes, as a result of reduced malaria infection.


B. Current Status of the Activity: USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts Project developed and is implementing an integrated SBC campaign that includes both Mass Media and interpersonal communications (IPC) approaches to reach the key target audiences in the 49 Districts with malaria control messages. Therefore MAPD Project wants to hire the services of an interpersonal communications (IPC) agency to develop innovative SBC interpersonal intervention focusing on reaching the rural communities to support the implementation of the IPC component of campaign in the 49 project Districts.

C. General objective of the assignment;

The general objective of this assignment is to for the agency to design an innovative interpersonal communication strategy to motivate the target audience (in the Rural regions) to protect themselves and their households from malaria. The tactics and strategies developed will be used to support the implementation of the mass media component of campaign in the 49 project districts.

1.0 Deliverable:

1.1 In collaboration with district leaders, health sub districts, stakeholders and community develop an implementation plan to

1.1.1 Increase the number of target audience sleeping under nets

1.1.2 Increase the number of pregnant women taking fansidar every month,

1.1.3 Increase the number of target audience testing before they treat and adhering test results and treatment.

1.2 Sensitize community members through interpersonal communication on the six malaria control behaviors. (prevention, test treat and track) (see attached strategy).


1.3 Leverage, create and continue operating village health clubs using community dialogue in the 49 districts by working with at least one village health club in each health sub district.

1.4 Support health education, demand creation and community linkages in at 4 health centers (4 and 3) in each of the 49 MAPD districts.

D. Expected outputs/deliverables;

I. An inception report to demonstrate understanding of the assignment and giving a detailed rationale, strategy and creative execution of campaign as per attached strategy.

E. Supervision;

The agency will be supervised by the MAPD communications specialist and the logistics manager.

F. Period of Performance: October 2018 – September 2019

G. Application procedures;

Interested agencies/firms should do the following;

I. Submit to MAPD a proposal demonstrating why they think there are the most suitable for this assignment giving an action plan on how they intend to execute this assignment.

Documents

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