Requests for Proposals

PROCUREMENT OF:

 •HOT AIR DRYER (ELECTRONIC CABINET DRYER) FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DRYING

•AUTOMATIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SLICER/CUTTING MACHINE

•AUTOMATIC WEIGHING AND FILL POUNCH DRIED FRUITS PACKAGING

SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES 

The service provider will work with GAIN to conduct vegetable safety analysis and disseminate findings to relevant stakeholders. The successful service provider shall work in the five project counties of Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos, Nakuru and Mombasa and provide the following services: 

1. Determine the key touch points for conducting the vegetable safety analysis.

 2. Recommend an appropriate and practical sampling strategy including schedules, sample size and sampling technique.

 3. Conduct vegetable safety analysis (Maximum Residue Level) tests (at least 140 samples) at various agreed touch points.

 4. Develop timely report on findings and document challenges, successes, recommendations, and learnings gained during the assignment.

 5. Participate in a dissemination workshop with key stakeholders in collaboration with GAIN.

Objective 

The objective of this consultancy is to provide driving services for GAIN Nigeria Country office, he/she shall support to oversee the vehicle to facilitate movement of staff and maintain vehicle in line with GAIN Nigeria Vehicle Use Policy and according to other GAIN policies and procedures for effective project implementation and shall provide the Services as referred to in this terms of reference.

CASCADE is a EUR 60m program implemented by CARE and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) between 2022-2026. It is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The program goal is to contribute to improved food security and the reduction of malnutrition of at least 5 million women of reproductive age (WRA) and children (<15) in Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.1 The program has two strategic objectives: • Strategic Objective 1: Increased access to and consumption of healthy diets among household members in the six program countries, particularly women of reproductive age and children. (Indicator: number of people with a more diverse and adequate diet). • Strategic Objective 2: Increased resilience of the nutritional situation of household members and particularly women of reproductive age and children to price and climate change-related shocks and stresses in the six program countries. (Indicator: number of people whose nutritional situation became more resilient to shocks).

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) and will be the administrative lead organisation for this RFP. The purpose of this RFP is to engage services of a Service Provider (SP) to develop Business Plan for GAIN in India (2025-29), which is aligned to the organizational vision and strategic values, and enables in reaching its larger goals. The SP would support in undertaking country context analysis, mapping existing and future program areas aligned to organizational aspirations/goals, and inform on resource and workforce mapping aligned to the proposed business plan. The SP is required to provide a detail plan of executing the ask. The duration of services is 2 months.

The consultant will work with GAIN to:

•  Conduct preliminary consultations with GAIN’s involved team members and understand how this work fits within their existing activities, as well as learn from prior approaches implemented by the GAIN environment and research teams.
• Perform a desk review and/or key informant interviews to identify which food value chains should be prioritized as the most impactful in terms of combined nutritional value & environmental impacts in the three regions. Reach agreement with GAIN on these value chains.
• Provide detailed recommendations on the prioritized value chains, emphasizing their environmental and nutritional impact, and DFI investment potential. The study should employ well-defined criteria for selecting value chains in the regions where a large number of SMEs operate within nutritious value chains, with potential for being invested in by DFIs. 
• Perform an environmental and nutritional impact analysis highlighting the sustainability of practices and the contributions of these value chains to improved nutritional outcomes at various stages of the value chain.
• Identify specific SMEs within each value chain to showcase as case studies. The identified SMEs should have a sufficient scale and financial viability to attract investment from DFIs.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 

The redesigned website for Nutrition Connect and IFSS should: 

• Improve User Experience (UX): Simplify navigation and enhance user engagement across all devices. • Modernize Visual Design: Adjust branding elements (fonts, spacing, etc.) for a fresh, modern look. 

• Optimize Content Delivery: Ensure all content, including resources, publications, and blog posts, is easily searchable and accessible.

 • Enhance Accessibility and SEO: Comply with web accessibility standards and improve visibility on search engines. 

• Support Strategic Communication: Showcase Nutrition Connects’ mission, strategic areas, and call to action effectively. Specific Redesign Requirements : Based on internal discussions & external comparisons, the following are the areas of focus, with the rest as highlighted by the service provider to be onbaorded.