Request for Proposal to Conduct Total Market Approach and Public Health Facility Mapping for FP/RH Services for USAID ARH



Request for Proposal to Conduct Total Market Approach and Public Health Facility Mapping for FP/RH Services for USAID ARH

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. CARE has been operational in Nepal since 1978 and works in partnerships with government and non-government stakeholders across the spectrum of humanitarian action and long-term development programs. 

USAID ARH Background

USAID Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) is a five-year program supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led by CARE Nepal and in partnership with the Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON), Howard Delafield International (HDI), Jhpiego, and Nepal CRS Company. ARH is an adolescent co-led initiative to empower girls and boys, 10-19 years and including the most marginalized, to attain their adolescent reproductive health (ARH) rights. The primary goal of USAID ARH is to support adolescents to reach their full potential and strengthen public systems and private entities to create an enabling environment for healthy ARH behaviors. USAID ARH will contribute to a healthy, resilient, well-nourished population in Nepal. 

USAID ARH works with the Government of Nepal, private sector, relevant stakeholders and young people to support adolescents in Nepal to reach their full capacity by choosing and practicing healthy reproductive behaviors. This program will work in coordination with the Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) and relevant province level ministries along with Province Health Directorate, Province Health Training Centers, ARH Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), private sector organizations, and professional associations.

The purpose of this Statement of Work is to engage a consultant or research organization having relevant expertise in Total Market Approach (TMA) to lead an FP/RH services and products assessment including mapping in USAID ARH municipalities and develop plan for USAID ARH.

Submission guidance

Interested research organization/individual consultant, who meet the above requirements should apply by submitting their Expression of Interest (EoI) with technical proposal (maximum 15 pages) that outlines the understanding of the proposed health facility mapping assignment overview, methodology, tools and instrument development process, quality assurance mechanism, ethical consideration, report outline, similar work experiences, brief technical description and capacity of individual consultant/team proposed, work plan, organizational/individual profile highlighting relevant experience, and detail budget break down and budget narrative.

The technical proposal should be submitted by email to npl.carenepal@care.org with subject line “TMA-Mapping ARH/FP Service for USAID ARH .” Hard copy can be submitted to the CARE Nepal/ USAID ARH office, Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur. 

The closing date for application is 25th January 2023. For detailed terms of reference CLICK HERE.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for presentation, discussion and sharing. 

CARE reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal received without giving reasons and is not bound to accept the lowest, the highest or any bidder. Only the successful applicant will be contacted.

CARE places human dignity at the center of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE’s efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (PSHEA) of vulnerable adults, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE initiates rigorous investigation of complaints that indicate a possible violation of this policy and takes appropriate disciplinary action, as warranted.