REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR HIRING CONSULTING FIRM/ORGANIZATION FOR “DESIGN AND RUN MHEALTH PILOT APPLICATIONS IN DACOPE UPAZILA, KHULNA, BANGLADESH” Name of the Purchaser World Vision Bangladesh Abedin Tower,Level-2, 35 Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Dhaka -1213, Bangladesh Contact Person Md. Ruhul Mobin, Supply Chain Manager Email [email protected]RFP Ref No: WVB-NJP-RFP-17/03-006 Issued on: 01 March, 2017
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR
HIRING CONSULTING FIRM/ORGANIZATION FOR
“DESIGN AND RUN MHEALTH PILOT APPLICATIONS IN DACOPE
Type of Service : Consultancy on „Design and Run mHealth Pilot applications‟
RFP Ref: WVB-NJP-RFP-17/03-006, Date: March 01, 2017
Eligibility
Criteria
Experience and Eligibility Requirements of the consultancy
firm/Organization:
Education: Advanced university degree (Master‟s degree or equivalent) in
Mobile Technology. Public health or nutrition backgrounds a plus.
Work Experience:
- Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in the field
of mobile technology and application developing for health and nutrition
management information system.
- Experience in designing, developing and finalizing trainings and materials
is essential.
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- Experience in designing and developing mHealth systems for the
/government
- Experience in developing mHealth systems for nutrition and growth
monitoring
Languages: Fluency in oral and written English and Bengali
Other Skills: Proficient written and communication skills together with
computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications. Ability to
work independently is necessary.
Documents
Required A. Technical proposal should set out all the issues stated in Section. II (I.
Technical proposal submission format) and Section. III (Terms of
Reference) Scope of work'. Must provide details information in
Technical Proposal in light of evaluation criteria, including:
Applicants must provide information, experience certificate, CV and
documentary evidences to establish that they have met eligibility criteria
for this service.
Applicants must clearly indicate in their CVs past evaluation work they
have conducted, with names of references for each.
Acknowledge and complete „Section IV to section VII‟.
Provide legal establishment / registration (up to date -Trade license,
VAT registration, TAX certificate) and any other additional supporting
documents (if applicable).
B. Financial proposal should set out details breakdown following
Section. II (2.Financial Proposal Submission Format) and must provide
details Financial proposal separately.
ONLY SUBMISSION OF CV WITHOUT TECHNICAL & FINANCIAL
PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR EVALUATION. Proposal Proposals must offer services for the total requirement. Proposals offering only
part of the requirement will be rejected. The consultant/s is expected to
examine all corresponding instructions, forms, terms and specifications
contained in the Solicitation Documents. Failure to comply with these
documents (Technical and Financial proposal) will be at the consultant/s risk
and may affect the evaluation of the Proposal. Sending only CV without details
Technical and Financial proposal will not be considered as complete proposal. Validity The offer shall remain valid for 90 days from the closing date of receiving of
Proposal by WVB.
Language The language of all correspondence and documents related to the proposal shall
be in English.
Proposal
currency
All prices shall be quoted in BDT or USD (in case of Int‟l consultant/s).
Consultancy
Timeframe:
Maximum 6 months from after signing agreement WVB.
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Payment
Terms Payment shall be made through Account Payee Cheque or Straight to
Bank (S2B)/ online transfer after successful completion of services and all
deliverables as required and approved by the WVB representatives.
The Consultant(s)/Firm will be paid the agreed upon amount for
successful completion of the assignment, this will include
accommodation, food, T/A, D/A, logistical support and all other cost
relevant. VAT/TAX will be deducted from as per GOB rules from the
total amount. Payment will be made either in installments or after
successful completion of the assignment (as agreed upon).
B. THE RFP DOCUMENTS
Procurement
Queries
Md. Ruhul Mobin, Supply Chain Manager, Nobo Jatra Program
Name of the Consultancy Firm/Organization: __________________________
SI Line Item Cost
I. Professional Service Fees (Consultant/s)
II. Travel and Per Diem
III. Supplies and Equipment
IV. General Administrative Costs
V. Assignment Related Costs
Total Cost including applicable taxes and others costs as
per country law
We understand you are not bound to accept any proposal you receive.
Signed
In the capacity of:
Duly authorized to sign the proposal on behalf
of the applicant Consultant/s
Date:
N.B. Please add detailed cost breakdown documents for summery of cost. Above line items are
mentioned as example for understanding. Please add separate sheet or more Column & Row for
detail information, if necessary.
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Section III. Terms of Reference (TOR)
Terms of Reference (TOR)
For
Hiring consultant to design and run mHealth pilot
applications in Dacope Upazila
I. Project Background World Vision Bangladesh (WVB), a Christian humanitarian organization is dedicated to
the wellbeing of children, especially the most vulnerable children, their families and
communities. It is committed to serve and partner with people in need regardless of
religion, ethnicity, gender and ability.
USAID‟s Nobo Jatra (NJ)/New Beginning, a USAID Food for Peace (FFP) Program,
implemented by World Vision Bangladesh (WVB), World Food Programme (WFP) and
Winrock International in partnership with Bangladesh‟s Ministry of Disaster Management
and Relief (MoDMR). It is designed to reduce food insecurity and vulnerability for
856,116 direct households in 40 Unions in four Upazilas, Shyamnagar, Kaliganj under
Satkhira District and Koyra and Dacope under Khulna District, in the Southwestern
Coastal area of Bangladesh.
The program is implemented through an integrated approach building synergies across
six program elements: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Water Supply,
Sanitation and Hygiene, Market-Based Agriculture Production with Natural Resource
Management and Income Generation, Gender equity, community based Disaster
preparedness, and social accountability of service provision by the Local government
bodies. NJ is designed to seek and achieve immediate and lasting change in the lives of
children. It complements on-going programming of WVB and its partners.
Among three major purposes, one of the important purposes (P1) is to – “Improve
nutritional status of children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women and
adolescent girls”, which is mostly comprised of MCHN, WASH and Gender prevalent
activities.
Considering the broader aspects of the goal, NJ has taken the initiative to strengthen
real time monitoring and improvement in record keeping for growth monitoring and
promotion (GMP) interventions provided in the health centers especially in community
clinics and EPI outreach centers through piloting a mHealth application in Dacope, one
of its implementing Upazilas. Subsequently it will be expanded in the remaining three Upazilas after successful completion of piloting. Aiming to collect and report accurate,
sex disaggregated data for submission in Government led Health Management
Information System (HMIS) called District Health Information System (DHIS2), GMP
mHealth will save time, save human resources, and improve data quality.
II. A) Primary Objectives of the mHealth Pilot project
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9) Review the available existing Government systems/services to collect
information for different nutrition interventions, in particular for GMP.
10) Coordinate with relevant stakeholders (MOHFW) for collecting information
on existing systems and protocol for reporting, including determining the
existence of a referral mechanism/protocol between CC/ and referral facilities
and it’s functioning 11) Identify the existing tools and applications that the government uses for
digital data collection and reporting purposes
12) Identify the most optimal and cost-effective process of real-time data
collection taking into consideration the tools and applications that the
government currently uses
13) Develop or adapt technology based mobile application for collecting and
reporting accurate, sex disaggregated data for GMP
14) Identify mechanisms how the data can be easily integrated with the
government‟s existing health information systems
15) Develop a comprehensive training package/module with mobile technology
materials for its specific audience including direct program participants (CNF,
MCHN Officer, Organizer, M&E officer) and indirect project participants
(CHCP, HA, FWA)
16) Develop success criteria of the pilot based on which scale up decisions will be
made later.
B). Secondary objectives
3) To determine success criteria to assess the level of utilization of the mHealth application
4) To determine and functioning of supervisory and monitoring system for this whole application
IV. Scope of Services
1) Gather and review all documents related to GMP processes in the government 2) Identify and fill gaps of in GMP process, especially those related to collect and
submission of sex disaggregated data in existing system.
3) Liaise with other project stakeholders (e.g. MOHFW , USAID mission and WV
Bangladesh office, ) to establish the implications of this method throughout the
whole reporting and recording system
4) Review the existing method of monitoring and evaluation
5) Develop a customized training package for indirect and direct participants who do
GMP at CC and EPI OCs, to include training on taking anthropometric
measurements
6) Identify the approach and develop guidelines for promotion of this application to
its users
7) Data collection strategy, procedure for ensuring quality of the data collected 8) Develop or adapt the reporting format for GMP data to include a clear procedure
for entering data and cleaning the data, and making the data ready for analysis;
Data analysis plan. The protocol must also include a realistic timeframe for
completing of each step. 9) Develop the mHealth application and implement the pilot successfully
V. Deliverables:
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9) Report on findings of current processes and strategy for mHealth pilot
10) mHealth application developed for the purpose of this project
11) Comprehensive training modules developed
12) Conducted training for project staffs and health workers
13) Work plans and activities reports on the basis of work plans developed
14) Monitoring & evaluation plan developed about the use of this application
15) Implementation of mHealth pilot in the field
16) Final report with specific program recommendations
VI. Expected competencies
Education: Advanced university degree (Master‟s degree or equivalent) in Mobile Technology.
Public health or nutrition backgrounds a plus.
Work Experience:
- Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in the field of mobile
technology and application developing for health and nutrition management information
system.
- Experience in designing, developing and finalizing trainings and materials is essential.
- Experience in designing and developing mHealth systems for the /government
- Experience in developing mHealth systems for nutrition and growth monitoring
Languages: Fluency in oral and written English and Bengali
Other Skills: Proficient written and communication skills together with computer skills and use of
relevant software and other applications. Ability to work independently is necessary.
VII. Contact Person
Dr. Faisal Ahmed, MCHN Manager, Nobo Jatra , Khulna coordination office , House # 10/9,