Deadline for receipt of proposals:
July 11, 2018, 12:00 PM
Request for Proposal Notice
Nutrition
International (formerly the Micronutrient Initiative), an
international NGO dedicated to improving nutrition around the world,
invites proposals from competent Consultants or Agencies for conducting
an Situational Assessment of the current landscape in the provision
and utilization of zinc supplements and Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration
Salts (LO-ORS) to treat diarrhoea in children under five years of age
through both the public and private sector in countries in Asia where
Nutrition International currently operates.
Background:
The
explicit primary objective of Nutrition International’s (NI’s) Zinc
& LO-ORS Programs is to reduce diarrhoea-caused mortality in
children under five by increasing the number of episodes of
uncomplicated childhood diarrhoea are treated with zinc and LO-ORS as
per global and national guidelines. While NI has offices and program
support in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines,
NI’s support to diarrhoea management in the Asia region is currently
limited to the public sector in Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. All
three programs are in the scale-up phase and continue to work on
improving monitoring systems, addressing supply chain barriers and
improving care seeking by caregivers for their child’s diarrhoea
NI
is planning this situational assessment to evaluate the current
landscape in the procurement, provision and utilization of zinc
supplements to treat diarrhoea in children under five years of age
through both the public and private sector in all countries in Asia
where NI currently operates to guide in the design of its future global
strategy for Zinc and LO-ORS interventions.
General instructions and considerations
These
instructions should be read in conjunction with information contained
in the enclosed Terms of Reference (ToR) and in any accompanying
documents within this package.. The ToR can be found in below link:
NI
is not bound to accept the lowest priced, or any, proposal. NI
reserves the right to request any (or all) Respondent(s) to meet with
the NI to clarify their proposal(s) without commitment, and to publish
on its website answers to any questions raised by any Respondent
(without identifying that Respondent).
Conflict of Interest
Respondents
must disclose in their proposal details of any circumstances,
including personal, financial and business activities that will, or
might, give rise to a conflict of interest. This disclosure must extend
to all personnel proposed to undertake the work.
Where
Respondents identify any potential conflicts they must state how they
intend to avoid any impact arising from such conflicts. NI reserves the
right to reject any proposals which, in NI’s opinion, give rise, or
could potentially give rise to, a conflict of interest.
General Disclosures
Respondents must disclose:
If
they are or have been the subject of any proceedings or other
arrangements relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or the financial
standing of the Respondent including but not limited to the appointment
of any officer such as a receiver in relation to the Respondent
personal or business matters or an arrangement with creditors or of any
other similar proceedings.
If they have been convicted of, or are the subject of any proceedings, relating to:
- Criminal offence or other offence, a serious offence involving the activities of a criminal organization or found by any regulator or professional body to have committed professional misconduct.
- Corruption including the offer or receipt of any inducement of any kind in relation to obtaining any contract, with the NI, or any other contracting body or authority.
- Failure to fulfil any obligations in any jurisdiction relating to the payment of taxes.
Proposals need to be sent to:
Daniel Lopez de Romana (Email: dlopezderomana@NutritionIntl.
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