Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative RFP for Database Development
Release Date: 11th June 2012
Application Due: 5:00pm 22nd June 2012
Request for Proposals
Introduction
This is an announcement for a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP), Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI).
This RFP seeks for immediate engagement of an organization or individual consultant (IT Agencies or other similarly skilled organizations/Individuals) that can support NURHI in the development of health related database. In particular, the agency (or individual) will work with NURHI to develop a robust web-based database that will capture all NURHI supported activities including facility level service statistics, commodity logistics statistics, media activities, trainings, workshop e.tc.
The submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Understanding of the assignment
Creative approach to the assignment
Previous experience in managing similar activities
Detailed plan on how the agency/individual will adhere to strict deadlines and deliverables
NURHI Background
The Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) is a five-year project (2009-2014) with goal of increasing contraceptive prevalence rate by 20 percentage point by reducing barriers to family planning/childbirth spacing use in six Nigerian cities; Abuja, Benin, Ibedan, llorin, Kaduna and Zaria. The NURHI project team is made up of three consortia partners: the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP), the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) and the Center for Communication Programs Nigeria (CCPN).
NURHI is tapping into the potential of Nigeria’s dynamic urban environment to improve reproductive health services, promote healthy lifestyles and reduce pressures on the urban health infrastructures in the country. NURHI intends to bring together private and public sector resources to strengthen the delivery of family health services. NURHI’s approach tests novel public-private partnerships and innovative private-sector approaches to increase access to and use of family planning/child spacing, especially by the urban poor. In particular, the project will develop cost-effective interventions for integrating quality family planning with maternal and newborn health, HIV and AIDS counseling and post-partum care programs by focusing improving the quality of family planning services in high volume clinical settings. To support improvements in service delivery. NURHI emphasizes health promotion and education to create demand for and sustain use of family planning service in urban areas.
Overall Goal of the Project
The goal of the NURHI project is to increase modern contraceptive prevalence rates (CPR) in selected urban areas by at least 20 percentage points. NURHI will support services in six identified cities: Abuja, Benin, Ibadan. Ilorin, Kaduna and Zaria. The NURHI project aims to achieve its goal by:
Developing cost-effective interventions for integrating quality family planning with maternal and child health, HIV and AIDS, and other related services;
Improving the quality of FP services in high volume clinical settings;
Testing innovative public-private partnerships and approaches;
Developing dynamic interventions tor creating demand for and sustaining use of family planning; and
Increasing funding and supportive policies to ensure access to family planning supplies and services in urban areas,
NURHI believes that if modern family planning is consistently available in a supportive social environment, then family planning use will increase in urban areas and the practice will spread to more rural areas. NURHI operates with the principle belief that as demand grows, demand will drive supply, leading ultimately to long-term sustain ability that b market-driven.
Overview of the Proposed Database
NURHI envisages a robust web-based database that will store large volumes of information (routine and periodic) with quick and flexible retrieval of information using varying criteria, A database that allows definition of data input constraints, validation rules with cross-referencing that will ensure internally consistent and accurate data, which provides access to multiple users concurrently and offers functionality for data security and access authorization. The central database will be domiciled in Abuja with linkages to six (6) NURHI supported cities.
The Task for this RFP
A bidder must respond to both phase one and two scopes below in order to be considered for the tasks that NURHI intends to support.
Phase One: Develop a concept that addresses the following:
Phase 1(Preliminary design, development and testing)
- Review of application’s specifications and working requirements
- Analysts of User Requirement Specification and design of the initial model base on this specifications
- Design of the database schema and table structures for the application
- Design and implementation of the user interface for all data entry page application setup, trouble shoot and Help modules
- Coding of business layer
- Application testing
- Data export to Microsoft Excel
- Data exchange/transfer module for interoperability with other applications
- Data digitization for the purpose of statistical analysis with STATA and SPSS
- Inbuilt data quality checks
- Inbuilt query wizard
Phase 2 (Reporting and automated generation of graphs)
- Implementation of additional business rules as identified during the review process
- Design and implementation of standard reports and adhoc queries
- Design and implementation of dashboard/automated graph generation module
- Export generated graphs and charts to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for presentation purpose
- User acceptance testing and deployment
Evaluation Criteria for Reviewing the RFB Bids
The criteria for evaluation of all bids will be scored out of a maximum of 100 points. The points will be assigned as follows:
1. Agency/Individual background and relevant experience (10 points)
2. Qualification* and or management of assigned staff (20 points)
3. Strategic approach to the overall requirements of the RFP (20 points)
4. Proposed plan of action and timetable (5 points)
5. Creative approach to the Database Development Task identified in the RFP Phase One and Two (45 points)
6. Budget (10 points)
NURHI is looking for innovative, creative ways to capture all activities in a database that allows easy retrieval and manipulation of the information to inform decision. NURHI will place significant value on the creativity of the proposal.
Preparation and Submission of Bids
All bids should be presented in the following format:
A one-page cover letter signed by a responsible official of the bidding agency or individual. The letter should contain the full mime of the IT agency or individual, telephone number e-mail addresses, key contact persons and geographical locations.
Experience of the agency or individual consultant in health related database development.
A brief proposal on the tasks outlined minis RFP(Phase 1 and 2 tasks)
A list of current clients, the date that the agency started working with them, the period that the agency worked with the client and brief description of the main services that the agency performed on behalf of the client.
A list of three former or current clients for whom similar work has been done, brief description of the main services together with their contact person(s), addresses and telephone/cell phone numbers as references
A list of similar database developed with brief description of each of the databases.
The winning agency (or individual) will initially work with the NURHI project for 8 weeks starting from June 2012. After the expiration of this period . NURHI will either send out another call for proposals or continue with the winning agency or individual depending on its performance.
If you have any questions concerning this request for bids, please contact the NURHI St. James House”, Second Floor, Suite 5, Plot 1109/No.167, Koubia Close, Cadastral Zone A08, Off Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, 900288 on or before 18th June, 2012 after the release of this request or send an email to nurhiproject@nurhi.org . We will send you a reply, but will copy the reply to every other company or individual who submitted a bid. in the interests of neutrality and fair competition.
The allowed period for questions will be from 11th to 18th June, 2012.
NURHI Reserves the Right to:
Add or delete information, or otherwise amend the contents of this RFP during the period of preparation of proposals
Extend the period specified for presentation of proposals
All proposals , once submitted, shall constitute firm offers and may not be retracted for a period of ninety (90) days following their submission. NURHI has no any financial obligation for the cost of preparation and submission of proposals.
Submission of Bids
The Bidder should present the entire package of materials for this proposed database with their proposal as pdf flies on a CD and with five complete sets of hard copies on or before Friday 22nd June, 2012 to:
Project Director
Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI)
St James House”, Second Floor, Suite 5,
Plot 1109/No. 167, Koubia Close, Cadastral Zone A08,
Off Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja, 900288.
Please not that NURHI will only accept emails as backups to the delivery of the proposal in the above formats. These emails must have a sent time and date within the above deadline. The back-up email address is nurhiproject@nurhi.org . the subject line should read “Database RFP Submission)
