Request for Proposal: Assessment of School Nutrition Environment (Nepal)

UNICEF intends to engage with national/International institutional contract to assess the school nutrition and food environment in Nepal and legal assessment of food environment at Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat district, Madhesh Province, Nepal.

Objectives

• To adapt the Nutrition Environment Assessment Toolkit for Schools (NEAT-S) and legal assessment on food environment toolkits to Chandrapur Municipality of Madhesh Province, Nepal.
• To assess the nutrition environment of schools at Chandrapur Municipality using the Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool for Schools (NEAT-S) and NEAT-S and legal assessment on food environment toolkits.
• To explore strategies to improve nutrition environment indicators based on the NEAT-S and legal assessment on food environment findings in a participatory stakeholder workshop at Chandrapur Municipality.
• To use the tool to advocate for improving school nutrition environment and food environment in 29 municipalities integrated within the routine school monitoring efforts.

Duration

• The Contract duration is 5 months from signing date of contract.
• The expected starting date is 01 June 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Qualification of contractor company or Institution:
  • 5 years of experienced company or Institute in behavioural/Implementation Science Research in the field of health and nutrition.
  • Having 5 reference report of similar nature of work that the company performed in past.
  • Having 5 references showing the company has previous work experience in the public health nutrition related research/study.
• Qualification of Key personnel/s:
  • NEATS Team leader (1 person):
    • Master’s or advance university degree focused on nutrition, epidemiology, global health and implementation science research, Ph.D is preferred
    • At least 3 years’ experience in public health and nutrition related survey, research and study.
    • Fluent in English and Nepali language.
  • Research Project Coordinator (1 person):
    • Master’s in public health, nutrition, clinical nutrition or equivalent degree.
    • At least2 years’ experience in public health and nutrition related survey, research and study.
    • Fluent in English and Nepali language.
  • Research Assistant (3 person):
    • Bachelor’s in public health, nutrition, clinical nutrition or equivalent degree. At least 1 years’ experience in public health and nutrition related survey, research and study. Fluent in English and Nepali language.
  • Lawyer (1 person):
    • Bachelor’s in law or equivalent degree.
    • 2 years’ experience in legal document translation.
    • Having license for official document translation from NOTARY.
    • Fluent in English and Nepali language.

Application Requirements

• Submission of Proposal (Technical & financial) in two separate files/attachment. And to assure that Vendors shall not include any financial price in their technical proposal.
• Legal Company Registration/Business Registration
• VAT registration (only for national firm/NGO/INGO (legally authorized to provide business services)
• Tax clearance certificate of last Fiscal Year or extension of timeline for VAT clearance certificate
• Power of Attorney to submit proposal (applies when joint partner)
• Vendor Registration form (for new vendor)
• Declaration Form (page 3-5 in the bid form) filled in. (all boxes must be ticked/answered)
• Financial Audit Report for the last 2 years.
• Declaration that Bidders have no Conflict of Interest
• Validity of Proposal is provided as per UNICEF Solicitation requirement

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