Invitation to Bid - Selection of a Research Institute at the Society for Family Health (SFH)

The Society for Family Health (SFH) is a Nigerian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working in partnership with communities, government, donors and the private sector for universal health coverage and social justice of all Nigerians. We deploy health system strengthening and total market approaches in a bid to unify the private and public health sectors to scale an Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) offering of good quality to all Nigerians. Our activities focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health (Malaria, Water and Sanitation, Nutrition and Diarrhoea control).

• Increasing married adolescent girls’ knowledge of, intention to use, and believe in the relevance of contraceptives in pursuing their life goals.
• Increasing married adolescent girls’ self-efficacy in contraceptive decision-making.
• Supporting married adolescent girls to use contraception in line with their fertility preferences and aspirations, including to continue contraceptive use as long as they desire.
• Changing the knowledge of, attitudes towards, and acceptance of married adolescent girls’ contraceptive use by their key influencers.
• Increasing willingness to and support from key influencers for married adolescent girls to use contraceptives.

• A household survey targeting married adolescent girls (15-19) in catchment geographies where A360 implements MMA and comparison areas where A360 does not implement. The intervention and comparison areas will have substantial geographic separation to reduce spillover effects.
• A key influencer survey fielded as a complementary module of the household survey questionnaire that is concurrently fielded to consenting married partners of adolescent girls and key influencers in the same study locations where the household survey is conducted.

• Serve as an external thought partner for the effectiveness research.
• Co-create an evaluation protocol for the effectiveness research.
• Support the process of seeking ethical approval from the Nigeria National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) and PSI Research Ethics Board (REB) and approvals from other regulatory authorities in Nigeria.
• Develop a detailed study execution plan for the baseline and end-line surveys.
• Design and pre-test data collection tools, recruitment materials and standard operating procedures for the study.
• Support recruitment and training of study personnel aligning with SFH and PSI procedures.
• Conduct field data collection activities following strict quality assurance procedures and in observance of PSI’s guidance on COVID-19.
• Conduct data processing, and analysis following an agreed data analysis plan.
• Develop draft baseline and end-line reports.
• Generate and submit final evaluation reports incorporating feedback from the A360 team.
• Participate in results sharing activities with the A360 donors and other stakeholders.

• Certificate of Incorporation/ Registration of Business Name.
• Organisational Profile.
• Evidence of audited financial statements for the years ended 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Copy of Tax Clearance Certificates for 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Evidence of the availability of qualified personnel for carrying out the service (include Curriculum Vitae of technical personnel’s)-maximum 5 pages.
• Evidence of previous similar services carried out (to include, Contracts/Service Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, Purchase Orders, Letters of Award/Engagement, e.t.c).

• SFH reserves the right to appoint or not to appoint any of the institutes as it may deem fit. Any research institute appointed shall be subject to terms of engagement that may be entered on appointment as the service provider.
• Bidders should take account of the expected submission date and are responsible to ensure that bids are received at SFH by the due date and time. Lost or misdirected courier packages received after the due date and time will be considered as having been submitted late.
• Bids are to be submitted in a sealed envelope; SFH will not be held liable for the outcome of any bid received unsealed.
• All costs incurred by bidders because of this process and any subsequent requests for information shall be borne by the bidding research institute. This would include any costs incurred during functional demonstrations and subsequent meetings and negotiations.
• This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of SFH to appoint any institute nor shall it entitle any institute to claim any indemnity from SFH.
• Bids sent via email will not be considered.
• SFH is Value Added Tax (VAT) exempted.
• SFH will deduct the applicable taxes on this transaction, in line with the current statutory revisions.
• Only successful bidders will be contacted.