Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Execution of Coverage Survey for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention at Malaria Consortium Nigeria

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.  Malaria Consortium has been implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programs in northern Nigeria since 2013, and the coverage survey will be conducted in the following States of Bauchi,Borno, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau and Sokoto.

The SMC protocol requires four to five cycles of drugs distribution, overlapping the rainy season when mosquitoes are most active and transmission is highest. During a drug distribution cycle all households in the states must be visited with all children under 5 treated at each cycle. This represents approximately 10 million children aged 3 to 59 months, receiving anti-malaria drugs (SPAQ) monthly, between July and November. This survey is planned to assess 2021 coverage of SMC in the eight (8) states as listed above, as well as the quality of implementation of the 2021 round (a round is when all 4-5 cycles are completed for a specific year) and the overall SMC campaign. More specifically, the survey will make it possible to:

• Assess self-reported SMC coverage among the targeted population 
• Identify the main factors associated with community drugs distributors’ visits and treatment administration during the round of SMC
• Measure adherence to the SMC protocol by the caregivers and community drug distributors (CDDs)
• Highlight the most common source of information on SMC
• Measure the degree of information given to mothers/ caregivers on what to do in case of adverse drug reaction to SMC.

• Bids received after the deadline will NOT be accepted.
• Questions must be sent by email to: tenders@malariaconsortium.org with the following bid reference in the subject: MC-SMC-2021-CS-NG - Question". 
• Responses to requests for clarification shall not materially change any of the elements of the proposals submitted. Unsolicited communications from Tenderers will not be entertained during the evaluation period. 
• All questions must be submitted by 14th of August, 2021.

• BRD Bidder Response Document MC-SMC-2021-CS-NG (MS WORD)
• Annex 3- RFP SMC Coverage Research Amid COVID-19 (MS WORD)
• Annex 1- RFP SMC Coverage Survey Protocol (MS WORD)

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