HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in Latin America Tender, Switzerland - 22906881

Procurement Summary

Country : Switzerland

Summary : HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in Latin America

Deadline : 06 Aug 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 22906881

Document Ref. No. : GF-MC-2018-08

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/en/

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for HIV: Sustainability of Services for Key Populations in Latin America.

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-2018-08-FP-[Your organization name]
- Performance Framework: GF-MC-2018-08-PF-[Your organization name]
- Budget: GF-MC-2018-08-Budget-[Your organization name]

- Implementation Arrangement Map: GF-MC-2018-08-ImpMap-[Your organization
name]
- RCM Eligibility documentation: GF-MC-2018-08-RCM-[Your organization name]
- RO Eligibility documentation: GF-MC-2018-08-ROE-[Your organization name]
- Annexes: GF-MC-2018-08-[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 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 Latin America under the Multicountry catalytic funding modality for the 2017-2019 Allocation Period.

Multi-country 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 50 million US dollars available for this strategic priority area, this proposal request
relates to the US$ 10, 500, 000 made available for the countries of Latin America under
the priority area “Sustainability of services for key populations”2
. This funding is intended to fund 1 or 2 multi-country grants, to contribute to solving the challenges below.

Geographic scope
Countries in the Latin American region, taking into account that Global Fund eligibility criteria
are applied for multi-country proposals5
.
Epidemiological context
According to 2016 data, an estimated 1.8 million people are living with HIV in Latin America.
The prevalence among adults (15-49 years) is 0.5%, 0.3% for women and 0.6% for men.
Among young people, the prevalence of HIV is estimated as 0.1% for women and 0.2% for
men. The HIV epidemic in the countries of Latin America is mainly concentrated in key
populations, including people with unequal access to services and victims of violence, stigma
and discrimination.
Latin America has made significant progress along the 90-90-90 continuum in the last decade.
However, there are still some important gaps to fill to achieve the 2020 goals. At the end of
2016, four out of every five people living with HIV in Latin America knew their HIV status.
However, there are an estimated 170, 000 people living with HIV who still do not know their
HIV status. In addition, late diagnosis continues to be a challenge for the response in the
region, with approximately one in every three people diagnosed in the advanced stages (CD4
count below 200 cells / mm3). Of those who knew their status, around 72% had access to
antiretroviral therapy, equivalent to 58% of all people living with HIV in the region6. Among
those getting treatment, around 79% achieved viral suppression, which equates to 46% of
everyone living with HIV in the region. Available data points to weaker treatment adherence
among female sex workers, people who inject drugs and gay men and other men who have
sex with men and transgender women. Discrimination, harassment and gender-based
violence against key populations undermines their retention in HIV care: unreliable supply and
distribution are additional obstacles.

As for new infections, these have decreased by more than 20% in Colombia, El Salvador,
Nicaragua and Uruguay since 2010, and have slightly increased in Argentina and Brazil (3%)
in the same period. There were significant increases in Chile (34%) and several countries in
Central America, particularly Guatemala (23%), Costa Rica (16%), Honduras (11%) and
Panama (9%) between 2010 and 2016. Approximately 90% of the new infections in 2016 in
Latin American occurred in seven countries, with almost half (49%) in Brazil.
Strategic approach
? Grants must clearly show the added value in the multi-country proposal in relation to
funding through national grants;
? Grants must leverage and improve existing mechanisms for collaboration and
partnership between civil society organizations, particularly local key populations
organizations and the government, including through CCMs;
? Grants must guarantee significant participation by communities and key populations
organizations in planning and providing sustainable evidence-based services for key populations, and in reducing barriers related to human rights affecting the accessibility
and effectiveness of these services;
? Grants must take into account the lessons learned from previous initiatives and
investments (both regionally and around the world) in the chosen sub-areas. They
must also encourage the exchange of experiences between countries to achieve the
objectives in the proposal
? Grants must encourage strategic partnerships with other actors which have not or do
not necessarily work specifically with HIV but whose mission enables achievement of
a greater impact on the objectives defined

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