Federal government of Nigeria
Federal ministry of health
New federal secretariat, phase iii
Ahmadu Bello way, central area
ABUJA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR ASSESSING PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1. The Federal Government of Nigeria has provided funds in the 2010 Appropriation for the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry intends to apply part of the funds to payments for provision of technical assistance for a research project involving assessing progress made towards the implementation of the National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP) in the country.
2. Scope of Services:
The services include:
2.1. Desktop Review of Relevant documents: The documents to be reviewed include the Immunization Coverage Surveys (ICS), Routine HMIS Report, 2010 Pilot Survey of Household and Health Facilities (where available), National Demographic and Health Survey report, Multiple indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), National Reproductive and Health Survey
(NARHS) and other related documents. Review of these reports should enable disaggregated analysis of findings with considerations for gender, geographic area of residence as well as socio-economic status distributions.
It is important that the findings are linked with those from the other activities.
2.2. Field Assessment Activities in States: These field assessment visits will provide qualitative data on how strategic objectives in the eight priority areas of the NSHDP and SSHDP are being met in the states. Two states per geo-political zone were selected for in-depth assessment. They are; North-east (Taraba and Yobe), North-west (Kaduna and Zamfara), North-central (Kogi and Niger), South-south (Edo and Bayelsa), South-east (Anambra and Ebonyi), and South-west (Lagos and Ogun).
2.3. Presentation of report for the Joint Annual Review (JAR) Process: A report (NSHDP PROGRESS REPORT 2010) will be regarded as the main output of this project. The report should detail qualitative and quantitative findings and should aim to provide reasons why observed patterns have occurred. It should also provide information on performance of states in each of the 32 strategic objectives of the NSHDP, comparing between and within regions.
A more detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) with the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be provided to interested organizations on request. Such requests should be directed by email to jar.nshdp@gmail.com
3. The Federal Ministry of Health now invites eligible Consultants to indicate interest in providing the above services. Interested Consultant must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. The information should include the firm’s profiles, description of similar assignments carried out that are verifiable, experience in similar assignments carried out that are verifiable, experience in similar condition, availability of appropriate skills among staff etc. Consultants, researchers or research consortia working within Nigeria are eligible to apply to this request for proposals. Organization outside the country wishing to apply must demonstrate evidence of having carried large-scale researcher activities within Nigeria or a sub-Saharan African Country
4. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the provisions of the 2007 Public Procurement Act and Public Procurement Regulations for Consultancy Services issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement.
5. Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information at the address below from 9.00am to 3:00pm Monday to Friday, except public holidays, Expressions of Interest must be submitted in two (2) hard copies to the address below on or before 11:00am of Monday 11th October, 2010 with the inscription on the Top Left side of the envelopes: Expression of Interest for Assessing Progress on NHSDP Implementation 2010. An electronic copy should be sent email to jar.nshdp@gmail.com
Director, Procurement,
Federal Ministry of Health
Room 1,1,-1.2, Podium G
1st Floor, New Federal Secretariat, Phase 111
Ahmadu Bello Way
Central Area, Abuja
