Dear Potential Bidder,
Nutrition International(NI) (formerly known as the Micronutrient Initiative), a
renowned InternationalDevelopment organization based out in Ottawa, Canada, has
a commitment toeradicate global ‘hidden hunger’ by implementing interventions
that focus onwomen and children in developing countries. It aims to generate
innovative andsustainable solutions to reduce vitamin and mineral deficiencies
among women,newborns, and children. It builds on robust evidence-based research
andevaluation in order to demonstrate excellent return on investment of
scaling-uphighly cost-effective micronutrient interventions. NI aspires to be a
globalcenter of excellence in technical and programmatic support in this field.
To support theGovernment of Indonesia’s (GoI) ambition to reduce stunting, NI
jointly bySave the Children (SC) will be implementing the Better Investment for
StuntingAlleviation (BISA) program. BISA program is an integrated
nutrition-specificand nutrition-sensitive program for assisting the GoI to
realise the goal ofNational Strategy to Accelerate Stunting Prevention
(2018-2024). BISA targetstwo Provinces – West Java (WJ) and Nusa Tenggara Timur
(NTT).
Some specific areaswhere BISA will intervene are in supply chain management,
ensuring that localfacilities have the necessary supplies to meet demand of
their catchment areas;use of data, including data-based decision-making and
quality reporting; andcounselling skills, to ensure that caregivers,
adolescents, and childrenbenefit from an informative, interactive session with
their health worker. Bybuilding skills in these areas, the quality of services
provided will improve.
In view of the above,Save and NI are contracting a consultant/agency to conduct
an assessment offacility supply chain bottlenecks and develop improvement plans
for the supplymechanism and management of nutrition commodities (IFA
supplement, Vitamin Acapsules, Zinc and ORS) in the two targeted provinces of
the BISA project.
Kindly find detail RFP along with TOR and BudgetTemplate in the links as follow:
https://www.scribd.com/document/450846259/RFP-2055-XX-Supply-Chain-Assessment-Rev-01
https://id.scribd.com/document/450836268/Budget-Template ;
The submission deadline for proposals is Sunday, 22 March 2020 by 11:00 HRS.
West Indonesia Time Standard Time.
TheTechnical and Financial Proposal in two separate files put into a
coveringemail specifically indicating the subject line “Assessment of
facilitysupply chain bottlenecks and development of improvement plans for the
supplychain mechanism and management of nutrition commodities (IFA &
WIFAsupplements, Vitamin A capsules, Zinc and ORS) in the selected province
ofIndonesia” and should be sent by email to:
proposalsindonesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Regards,
Nutrition International
