Request for Proposal (RFP)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Background

The Kaleidoscope initiative is a transnational feminist initiative that envisions a world where Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Justice (SRHRJ) are upheld, and safe abortion services are prioritized without stigma and discrimination. This five-year initiative from Global South works with government stakeholders to strengthen the existing health systems to provide quality and safe abortion services.

The baseline year of the Kaleidoscope initiative is dedicated to establishing a strong foundation for impactful project planning and implementation. The data collected through this assessment will provide a comprehensive picture of existing conditions, enabling more precise setting of intermediate outcomes and targets. It will also inform the refinement of intervention strategies, ensuring that the subsequent implementation phase is grounded in accurate, context-specific evidence and aligned with the initiative’s overall goals.

Background and information of the project implementing organization

Visible Impact is a young women-led organization. Since 2015, it has been empowering adolescents, youth, and women to make informed choices and challenges stigma around sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), with a focus on safe abortion, menstrual health, family planning, and comprehensive sexuality education. The organization has trained over 400 youth champions and directly reached more than 55,000 people across all seven provinces through grassroots-to-federal advocacy. Its core values include upholding human rights, ensuring inclusive and meaningful youth participation, and centering feminist principles in all its work.

Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC) Nepal is a human rights feminist National Network organization with over 230 NGO members across all seven provinces. It has been advocating and working continuously on the Beijing Platform for Action aftermath of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing since 1995. BBC aims to work towards the civil, political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls to achieve substantive gender equality, women’s human rights and sustainable development in Nepal. BBC has been actively engaged in CEDAW monitoring, ICPD Monitoring, UPR reporting, and MDGs' implementation and currently the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). BBC is a founder of Nepal SDGs Forum (CSOs Forum) and the Convener of Women and Girls' constituency and gender justice theme. BBC also functions as the secretariat of the Women Major Group for Sustainable Development in Nepal founded (WMG-SDN) in 2017 ".

BBC’s key focus areas also include SRHR and bodily autonomy, economic justice, feminist leadership and movement-building.

Click on the link below for the detailed RFP:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ADagT0PkX_Siq3qP3zaiM29JgjE4hIeS/view?usp=sharing

Qualifications and Experience of the consultant/firm

• The consultant or firm can propose a team for this study as relevant. The team lead must have an advanced degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, or a related field.
• Proven experience (at least 5 years) in conducting baseline studies or research related to SRHR, particularly safe abortion services.
• Strong knowledge of Nepal’s health system and SRHR legal and policy environment.
• Experience working with government, civil society, and marginalized communities.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative research skills.
• Fluency in Nepali and English; knowledge of local languages in the target provinces is an asset.
• Strong report writing and communication skills.
• Experience working in a multicultural and diverse environment.
• The proposed team should be gender balanced and inclusive.

Application Process

Interested applicants are invited to send their bids along with all required documents to tender.visim@visim.org

Applicants should submit two separate documents, each clearly labeled as “Technical Proposal” and “Financial Proposal”, and both must include the applicant’s name and address. The deadline for submitting the application is 20 June 2025, 5:00 PM. If an applicant has any questions about the RFP Document or Scope of Work, they may send an email to tender.visim@visim.org Responses to queries will be provided via email.

Required Documents:

• A cover letter that clearly demonstrates a thorough understanding of the RFP, includes a formal declaration affirming that all information and statements provided in the technical proposal are accurate and truthful, and contains a commitment to fully comply with all the conditions outlined in the RFP.
• The consultant/firm information form in Annex 2
• A financial proposal format in Annex 3
• A technical proposal outlining their approach to the assignment. This should include study design, tools, work plans, potential risks, and mitigation plans.
• An updated CV highlighting relevant experience of the research leads, and general profile of enumerators and others involved in the research process
• Samples of previous relevant work or reports.
• In the case of firms, registration documents, VAT registration and tax clearance certificates.