Overview

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking to engage suitable agency having knowledge and competency on developing innovative BCC strategy and designing various tools & materials for its workplace nutrition project titled ‘SWAPNO’ (Strengthening Workers’ Access to Pertinent Nutrition Opportunities). Interested agency is requested to submit the full proposal as specified in this RFP.

Brief overview of GAIN’s SWAPNO Project

GAIN, a non-profit organization, was launched at a UN Convention in 2002 to tackle human suffering caused by malnutrition. Its purpose is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. GAIN is a global, Swiss-based foundation that mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical supports to deliver nutritious foods. Working with partners, GAIN aims at making healthier food choices more affordable, more available, and more desirable. Continuation of this attempt in Bangladesh, GAIN has been rolling out a program in Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector with a view to increase consumption of safe and nutritious foods for the female workers in collaboration with private sectors (RMG factories) for a sustained investment in nutrition. GAIN experienced that improved meal intervention is feasible in the sector that can be scaled up in addition to do an advocacy and effective communication at policy and factory levels. The project will build the case on a sustainable investment for businesses by providing technical supports to improve existing food provision (lunch or snacks) run by the factories, alongside communication activities for good nutrition. The expected outputs and the scaling up strategy includes increased and regular provision (by factories) and consumption (by RMG workers) of healthy and safe foods which contribute to healthier diets. The evidence generated will contribute to a collaborative advocacy effort, along with relevant partners, through a unified nutrition voice to influence existing policies and guidelines to include nutrition for the workers. It is expecting international buyers will be influenced to explore the strategy to increase more investment.

Proposal submission

Qualified agency is encouraged to submit technical and financial proposals together. The proposals shall be put into a covering letter with the subject line “SWAPNO-Consultancy to Develop Communication Strategy and Materials” and drop to GAIN Country Office, Flat- A2 & A3, House – NE(B) 2/1, Road- 71, North Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Bangladesh with a CD contains all softcopies. Please note that all proposals must be submitted in English. Only those are short-listed will receive an acknowledgment. Late proposals will not be accepted under any circumstances and proposals received after the due date and time will not be considered. The proposal shall be submitted on or before 30 August 2018, CoB 17:30 Dhaka time.

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