THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA (“THE GLOBAL FUND”) has floated a tender for HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in the Caribbean. The project location is Switzerland and the tender is closing on 06 Aug 2018. The tender notice number is GF-MC-2018-09, while the TOT Ref Number is 22907913. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Procurement Summary

Country : Switzerland

Summary : HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in the Caribbean

Deadline : 06 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 22907913

Document Ref. No. : GF-MC-2018-09

Competition : ICB

Financier : Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFFATM)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA (“THE GLOBAL FUND”)
Global Health Campus Chemin du Pommier 40 1218 Grand-Saconnex Geneva Tel: +41 58 791 1700 Fax: +41 44 580 6820
Switzerland
Email :accesstofunding@theglobalfund.org / carmen.gonzalez@theglobalfund.org
URL :https://www.theglobalfund.org/

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in the Caribbean.

Regional Stakeholders to Implement a Multicountry Program under the Catalytic Investments for the 2017-2019 Allocation Period.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the “Global Fund”) is seeking proposals from regional stakeholders to implement a multicountry program under the Catalytic Investments for the 2017-2019 Allocation Period.

In this RFP the “Applicant” refers to an entity responding to this RFP, while “Implementer” refers to the implementing entity of the grant proposed by the Applicant. Requirements for the Applicants and the Implementers are set forth in Attachment C of this RFP. Applicants will be notified of the outcomes of the review by the Global Fund Secretariat and Technical Review Panel (TRP), as specified below. The successful Applicant or Applicants will then, with the proposed implementing entity and the support of the Global Fund Secretariat, proceed to grant-making.

This RFP contains the following attachments and annexes:

Attachment A Statement of Work
Attachment B Evaluation Criteria
Attachment C Proposal Requirements and general guidelines
Attachment D General Instructions

Submitting a proposal in response to this RFP constitutes an acceptance of the terms indicated herein, including the Global Fund Grant Regulations (2014), and the Global Fund reserves the right to reject the proposal of any entity or individual, as the case may be, that fails or refuses to comply with, or accept, such terms.

This RFP shall not be construed as a contract or a commitment of any kind. This RFP in no way obligates the Global Fund to award a grant, nor does it commit the Global Fund to pay any costs or expenses incurred in the preparation or submission of proposals.

1. For audit and efficiency purposes, this RFP process is being managed electronically, and Applicants are required to submit their proposals by email to Access to Funding Department at accesstofunding@theglobalfund.org copying the Multicountry priority Focal Point Carmen Gonzalez at Carmen.Gonzalez@theglobalfund.org

2. Proposals must be submitted in the Global Fund provided format, and received by the Global Fund at the RFP Closing Date and by the RFP Closing Time, all as indicated in the RFP Information Table above. All templates will be shared with all interested Applicants upon request sent by email to Access to Funding Department at accesstofunding@theglobalfund.org copying the Multicountry priority Focal Point Carmen Gonzalez at Carmen.Gonzalez@theglobalfund.org

3. Unless otherwise indicated, proposals shall be submitted in the officially provided template in the appropriate MS Office file format, and should be divided in three separate files containing

a. The funding proposal narrative and the core supporting documents;

b. Relevant Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM)/Regional Organization (RO) Eligibility documentation;

c. Supporting documents referenced in the funding proposal.

The title of the document of your attachment must be labelled as follows:
- Funding Proposal narrative: GF-MC-2018-09-FP-[Your organization name]
- Performance Framework: GF-MC-2018-09-PF-[Your organization name]
- Budget: GF-MC-2018-09-Budget-[Your organization name]

- Implementation Arrangement Map: GF-MC-2018-09-ImpMap-[Your organization name]

- RCM Eligibility documentation: GF-MC-2018-09-RCM-[Your organization name]

- RO Eligibility documentation: GF-MC-2018-09-ROE-[Your organization name]
- Annexes: GF-MC-2018-09-[name of annex]- [Your organization name]
(Note: shorten the name of the annex as much as possible as if it is too long the
it might not be possible to open the file)

4. All communications with regard to this RFP shall be in writing, electronically via email to the Access to Funding Department copying the Global Fund Secretariat Focal Point. The final deadline to sending clarification questions associated to the RFP is July 20, 2018 17.00 GMT (Geneva time).

5. Any communication between an Applicant and the Global Fund regarding this RFP, which is not through the designated channel, as set forth in Section V of Attachment C of this RFP, shall invalidate such Applicant proposal to this RFP.

The Global Fund

The Global Fund is a 21st-century partnership organization designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics. Founded in 2002, the Global Fund is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and people affected by the diseases. The Global Fund raises and invests nearly US$4 billion a year to support programs in countries and communities most in need.

The Global Fund is a financing institution, providing support to countries in the response to the three diseases and does not implement programs on the ground. By challenging barriers and embracing innovative approaches, the Global Fund partnership strives for maximum impact.

The Global Fund is calling for proposals from qualified organizations to provide programming for the strategic priority area Sustainability of services for key populations in the Caribbean under the Multicountry catalytic funding modality for the 2017-2019 Allocation Period. Multicountry approach1:

Based on the Global Fund Board-s decision (GF/B36/04) in November 2016 on the Catalytic Investments available during the 2017-2019 Allocation Period, US$ 50 M was made available for sustainability of services for key populations under the multicounty approach. The amounts and priority areas for Catalytic Investments were determined primarily by technical partners in consultation with the Global Fund Secretariat, and reflect critical needs that will assist in the delivery of the global plans for HIV, TB, and malaria and the 2017-2022 Global Fund Strategy. Under the recommendation of the Global Fund Board and technical partners, unless an ideal Applicant can be agreed through comprehensive regional consultations, the funds will be allocated through an open and competitive RFP process.

Of the US$ 50 M made available for this strategic priority area, this RFP refers to the US$ 6, 500, 000 made available for the Caribbean region2 under multicountry priority area “HIV: Sustainability of services for key populations”. This funding is intended to support one multi-country grant to address the challenges indicated below.

Problem Statement
Sub-area A: Increasing domestic resources to fund effective key population HIV
programming
Caribbean countries funded 21% of an estimated total of US$ 367 million allocated to HIV
responses in the region in 20163
. Domestic resources have progressively increased to support
expansion of treatment and care and some countries have reduced their dependency on
external funding for ARVs. Nevertheless, a significant part of resourcing HIV treatment and
care is still funded by donors. Furthermore, many prevention programs that focus on key
populations in the region, depend substantially on donor funding. As donor funding in the
region declines, increased domestic financing will be essential to maintain prevention
programs in countries as well as to expand access to treatment. Achieving the international
2020 goals will require additional domestic investments focused on community-centered
approaches that increase HIV diagnoses, particularly among key populations and their sexual
partners, and in service improvements that allow more people living with HIV to start treatment
promptly, stay adherent, and achieve viral load suppression. Improvements in efficiency, price
reductions for commodities, along with other cost containments will be necessary to guarantee
a financially sustainable response that is capable of ending AIDS as a threat to public health
by 2030. Innovative strategies to support Government-s financing of HIV responses will be
especially relevant to the Caribbean Region.
In 2014, countries in the Americas approved the Regional Strategy for Universal Access to
Health and Universal Health Coverage (Universal Health), adopting the right to health, equity,
and solidarity as core values. The Universal Health Strategy calls for increasing and improving
financing with equity and efficiency and recommends countries a public spending on health
equivalent to six per cent of the GDP.

In the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: on the fast track to accelerate the fight against
HIV and put an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030, Caribbean countries committed to global
goals, including goals 90-90-90, reducing gender inequalities, increasing initial investment to
close the resource gap, and ensuring at least one quarter of HIV investments are for
prevention and at least six percent for social facilitators: promotion, community and political
mobilization, monitoring in / of communities and political communication for 2020. The Call for
Action of the 3rd Latin America and Caribbean Forum “Road to ending AIDS in LAC- Towards
Sustainable Regional Fast Track Targets”, reiterates the need for increasing public
expenditure on health in order to put in place sustainable responses that achieve epidemic
control.
This Sub-area I is aligned with the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV 2014-
2018 as it recognizes the need for increased funding and supports “securing reduction of
prices of ARVs” along with “development and implementation of innovative financing methods,
which can support Universal Health Coverage, including dedicated tax levies, visitor health
fees, regional health insurance and new public-private partnerships. It also recommends
financing mechanisms to be “matched with policies and strategies which leverage investments
for maximum value for money”.

Sub-area B: Resource mobilization for key population organizations
In a number of consultations/meetings around sustainability of the HIV response civil society
and key population organizations have indicated that the ability of community service
organizations and networks to continue pr

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