EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP) CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI #1 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO06-2020-EC1001- EBONY STATE
EOI #2 REFERENCE NUMBER: EOI NUMBER IHP-TO07-2020-EC1001- FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
TITLE: BASELINE ASSESSMENTS IN EBONYI STATE AND THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY UNDER “USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM

1. OVERVIEW
USAID’S INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP) would like to invite eligible Research Firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) with respect to the technical, managerial and other aspects of the baseline assessment described below. IHP is considering engaging a Nigeria-registered Research Firm to conduct and manage data collection, analysis and reporting for Baseline Assessments in Ebonyi State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This will involve managing the fieldwork component of the assessment at the Local Government Areas (LGAS). Ward Development Committees (WDCs). Health Facilities and Community levels, ensuring the availability and functionality of required human and material resources necessary to implement the data collection, conduct preliminary data analysis and produce a preliminary report.

The proposed assessment seeks to establish baseline estimates and institutional capacity status for planning, capacity building and institutional strengthening. The assessment will assist IHP to evaluate the health system holistically starting from the community and ward, to the facility, to the LGA through to the State level. It will involve community level actors (the WDCs), the health facilities (providers and systems, WDCS, and clients), the Local Government Health Authorities (LGHAS) (systems supporting primary health care), and the MDAS associated with Health in Ebonyi State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The specific objectives of the baseline assessment are:
1. To determine the coverage of key RMNCH + N interventions in the private and public facilities
2. To evaluate the capacity of the health system at all levels to support the provision and scaling up of RMNCH +N services
3. To assess the readiness of primary health facilities, general hospitals and private health facilities to provide proven high impact RMNCH+N interventions
4. To document the key facilitators and barriers to the provision and utilization of effective, integrated and quality RMNCH+N services

Successful Research Firms will manage the fieldwork component of the assessment across Ebonyi State and the FCT at the LGA/AC, WDC, Health Facility and Community levels.
This EOl is open to Nigeria-registered Research Firms who may or may not be resident in any of the IHP states but who are technically capable of providing the required services and willing and able to conduct and manage data collection, analysis and reporting in Ebonyi State and the FCT. This will be a Contract that pays for pre-defined milestones and deliverables.