Institutional Contractor to Develop and Implement Tender - 43095521

Procurement Summary

Country: Albania

Summary: Institutional Contractor to Develop and Implement Hygiene Promotion Campaign to Support Children and Their Families to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Deadline: 01 Jun 2020

Posting Date: 31 May 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 43095521

Document Ref. No.: LRPS-2020-9158558

Competition: ICB

Financier: Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

85142300 - Hygiene services

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Request for proposals are invited for Institutional Contractor to Develop and Implement Hygiene Promotion Campaign to Support Children and Their Families to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SERVICES
LRPS-2020-9158558 26 May 2020
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN`S FUND (UNICEF)
Wishes to invite you to submit a proposal for
Institutional contractor to develop and implement hygiene promotion campaign to support children and their families to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Develop implem. hygiene promot. campaign
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Institutional contractor to develop and implement hygiene promotion campaign to support children and their families to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
UNICEF IN ALBANIA
UNICEF is the agency of the United Nations mandated to advocate for the protection of children`s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In Albania, the overarching goal of UNICEF-s engagement with the Government and partners is to achieve, by 2021, the progressive realization of rights of all children in Albania, accompanied by the reduction of equity gaps, based on effective child-focused policies, systematically enforced accountabilities with adequate public resources, and strengthened respect for and protection of children-s rights. Specifically, UNICEF works with the government and other partners towards strengthening governance for equity and social inclusion and ensuring protection and justice for all children.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Recent events happening as an outcome of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak have changed daily realities of many children and parents. As the country is preparing to easy the lockdown, and with schools preparing gradually to be open in September, UNICEF will be working to ensure that safe operational guidelines should be followed to ensure that children and their families remain protected and informed.
The interventions will contribute to the achievement of SDG3 for good health and wellbeing and SDG6 for clean water and sanitation.
JUSTIFICATION
Since the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, families of young children are facing a series of challenges and circumstances that they did not have before. The entire family is still at home and children do not attend the schools yet. While most of the parents (those who are working) have gradually started to work, most of the children are at home either with their grandparents or caregivers.
Access to handwashing facilities, as well as handwashing behaviors, may be different in urban and rural settings. Vulnerable and marginalized populations are often least likely to have access to hygiene facilities and practices.
Even when handwashing stations are available, proper handwashing with soap is still practiced inconsistently.
UNICEF will be leading a five months awareness campaign promoting adequate hygiene practices at the community level including schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Interventions will be aligned with the global guidance by WHO/ UNICEF/ IFRC and others, national guidance as well as interventions by other actors in the country to avoid mixed messaging and confusion. Interventions may include:
- Promotion of handwashing
- Promotion of cough/sneezing etiquette
- Promotion of physical distancing
PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES, EXPECTED RESULTS
Main purpose: Educate and empower underprivileged communities that recommended hygiene practices are among the most effective and low-cost ways to prevent the spread of infections.
Objectives:

- To raise awareness and instill the recommended hygiene habits for prevention of the infection among 100, 000

parents and primary caregivers.

- To ensure that the population knows and adopts the priority hygiene practices protecting their health.

- To identify innovative and appropriate participatory interventions by engaging parents, children, and community

members towards adopting the promoted behaviors, while ensuring limited human to human contact in compliance.

Target audiences:

- General population with focus on most vulnerable families (children and adolescents, parents, caregivers,

schoolteachers)

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT (STATEMENT OF WORK)

The project seeks the services of an agency that will develop a national campaign on handwashing and other key

recommended hygiene practices and produce a package of activities and materials to help reduce the risk of

COVID-19 transmission. The agency will be guided by the project team from UNICEF (Health and Nutrition

Specialists, Early Learning Education Specialist and Communication Officer);Technical staff from Promotional

Department (Institute of Public Health) and Regional Education Departments, will be able to deliver all planned

activities with the specifications highlighted in the chapter below.

KEY DELIVERABLES AND TIMEFRAME

Deliverable 1- A Creative Proposal, in line with TORs, is designed and presented to UNICEF team and key partners

from health and education sectors.

Deliverable 2 # Ensure that the most at- risk population receive information on the importance of hygiene

promotion, though innovative media productions.

Audience: General public, parents, caregivers, adolescents and youth, children with disability

Communication channel: Radio/ National TV / Local TV, city billboards and social media

Tasks:

- Develop a package of information for an intensive awareness campaign (prepare 3-4 TV ads (40 sec each) and

keep hygiene messages positive (people learn best when they laugh and pay attention longer if they are

entertained)

- Identify one or two health personnel to facilitate a weekly Children-s programe on the best hygiene practices

(preferably at Public National TV)

- To provide all information in multiple formats - written, oral and pictorial, to reach people with diverse

communication needs (children with disabilities).

- Connect with Alb Telecom/ Vodafone to use mobile phones to promote handwashing through text messages.

- Design, produce and distribute child-friendly posters in health clinics, schools, billboards, shopping malls ("Toptani

Center"/ "QTU").

- Develop hashtags for the campaign to be used by UNICEF and other key partners, in social media and various

publications.

Deliverable 3 # Empower communities (parents, caregivers) and schoolteachers with knowledges to motivate

school- age children to adopt hygiene habits.

Audience: Children and adolescents, parents, teachers, caregivers

Communication channel: Interpersonal communication

Preparing for school reopening, respecting school operation standards recommended by national health and

education authorities:

Activities:

- Provide logistics support for organizing school-based activities promoting recommended hygiene practices to

prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- On the first day of school, animated characters welcome children at the visit school the school yard and promote

good handwashing behaviors.

- Distribute cloth bags to the children branded with messages on handwashing.

- Educate everyone in the school about COVID-19 prevention, this includes appropriate and frequent hand hygiene,

respiratory hygiene, and what to do if you feel sick.

- On 15th of October 2020 celebrate Global Handwashing Day. An influencer can be invited to make it a fun day.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The Company will report to Health and Nutrition Specialist (content approval) and Communication Specialist. The

Final report will be prepared in English and shall include clear information about the activities performed and results

achieved against the initially planned deliverables. The final report in hard copy, is contingent to the approval by the

Health and Nutrition Specialist.

LOCATION AND DURATION

The exact dates for starting and ending the contract will be negotiated upon awarding the contract. The Company

will develop activities according (deliverables described above) in close collaboration with UNICEF team.

- Tentative starting period: June 2020

- Foreseen finishing period or duration: October 2020

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

- Solid track record in the development, planning/design, campaings.

- Ability to deliver products on time and within budget.

- Strong understanding of UNICEF-s communication for development, an advantage.

- Experience to work with government counterparts and international organizations.

- At least 10 years of communication and community mobilization experience.

- Previous experience in interactive multimedia content production.

- Experience with and available staff/ contractors who understand children pedagogy or have direct experience in

teaching.

Work related requirements:

- Ethical accountability and teamwork

- Flexibility in responding to UNICEF-s needs

WHAT TO SUBMIT

The applicants must submit to UNICEF Albania office for review:

- A detailed Technical Proposal indicating:

1. Company profile # summary of previous working experience (max 3 pages);

2. Company-s registration and licensing documentation;

3. List and profile (focused CVs) of key staff to be engaged in the implementation of the assignment,

4. Description of proposed staff responsibilities and management plan;

5. Proposed approach # (Max 4 pages)

- A detailed Financial proposal (as a separate document not included in the technical proposal) specifying the total

budget estimated in local currency (LEK), as well as a detailed breakdown of budget as per the list of deliverables

stated above. The financial offer should also include all other applicable costs.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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