UPDATED DEADLINE: Please note that the deadline for submission of proposals in response to this tender request has been extended to Monday 22nd October, 5pm GMT. All other details of the tender remain unaffected by this extension
IPPF is currently seeking a consultancy agency or individuals to manage and undertake Barrier Analysis studies to identify determinants that influence health seeking behaviour towards sexual and reproductive health and rights services.
This contract will be to implement initial studies in 3 countries (Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda) during a 3-month inception phase to be completed by February 2019 to inform social behaviour change communications and service delivery strategies.
The behaviour change focus for this three-country study is modern contraceptive use among young people under age 20 in marginalized areas, including married and unmarried females and males in at least 2 geographic areas in each country (e.g., rural/urban).
The successful consultancy agency or individuals will be required to design, implement and report on the Barriers Analysis studies.
Scope of Work
The consultancy agency or individuals will:
- Familiarize themselves with materials provided by IPPF to provide a comprehensive report that will reflect key areas for mass media and service delivery efforts
- Manage and implement all aspects of studies and preparation of final reports
- Coordinate with IPPF’s in-country partners to identify locations and participants
- Train people on the Barrier Analysis Methodology, including in-country enumerators and IPPF partners
- Develop and/or adapt and pre-test Barrier Analysis tools, incorporating a more qualitative focus to existing family planning Barrier Analysis questionnaires
- Conduct Barrier Analysis Surveys in three countries among target populations (young people under age 20 in marginalized areas, including married and unmarried females and males in at least 2 geographic areas in each country)
- Code and analyse data
- Present and submit detailed reports including recommendations
The deliverables for the consultancy are:
- Recruited and trained Barrier Analysis enumerators in each of the three countries
- Barrier Analysis surveys for the identified behaviours
- Interviews with 90 respondents (45 doers and 45 non-doers) for each of the identified populations in each country completed for a total of at least 2,160 interviews
- Collated, cleaned, and coded dataset
- Complete reports for each country*
Scope countries
The initial contract will be for Phase 1 to complete Barrier Analysis studies in three countries: Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda. Based on evidence and learning generated from the initial phase, there is the potential to expand to a total of 16 countries in Africa and Asia, incorporating a training-of-trainers approach to build the capacity of IPPF partners to implement the Barrier Analysis methodology.
In addition to Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda, WISH countries where additional implementations may be carried out through future contracts are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
If you have any questions, it may have been answered in this Q&A document.
The deadline for proposals is Monday 22nd October 2018 at 5pm GMT. Please email proposal and direct any inquiries to:
• Kate Gray: [email protected]
• Tia Jeewa: [email protected]
• Rebecca Koladycz: [email protected]
*Reports should be focused on recommended actions organized around a structure similar to the recommendations beginning on p 18 of the report: Perera, S. M., Masterson, A. R., & Advisor, R. (2016). Barrier Analysis of Exclusive Breastfeeding, Minimum Dietary Diversity and Early Antenatal Care Seeking Behaviors of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. Retrieved from ReliefWeb.
