Requests for Proposals

Background/Context of the Consultancy

Nutrition is vital throughout all life stages and is a key aspect of the right to food and health in Kenya. While progress has been made in reducing malnutrition, including a drop in stunting among children, rising obesity rates among women and malnutrition among adolescents remain pressing issues. Current dietary practices show that a large majority of Kenyans do not meet recommended nutrition standards.

The Ministry of Health's National Guidelines for Healthy Diets and Physical Activity, established in 2017, have been instrumental in promoting healthy eating. However, gaps exist in addressing specific nutritional needs across different life stages. This consultancy aims to revise these guidelines, integrate insights from the FAO’s Food Composition Tables, and explore the transition to Food-Based Dietary Guidelines through stakeholder consultations.

In late 2022, GAIN launched the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) programme. The goal of NFP is to strengthen and support the implementation of these food system pathways in 10 focus countries (Benin, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Indonesia) so they can accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe nutritious food for all, especially the most vulnerable, produced in a sustainable way. One of the workstreams under NFP aims to develop and test a diagnostic tool that can be used to identify areas of food systems policy coherence and non-coherence among food system policies (i.e., a “policy coherence diagnostic tool”), and suggest options policymakers have to improve coherence. 

The FSPC diagnostic tool is meant to be practical and feasible to use, within a reasonable amount of time, by someone who is knowledgeable on food systems policy within a given context but not an expert in FSPC or with extensive analytical experience. It is meant to give actionable recommendations for ways in which food systems policy could be improved. GAIN, working with a partner, has developed a draft of the FSPC tool, which consists of one cross-cutting module, focusing on the processes and systems that support policy coherence, plus a module focused on coherence among specific policies. The FSPC tool is completed using a combination of document review (primarily of food-related policy documents) and key informant interviews.

The FSPC tool was pilot-tested in one country (Nigeria), and revised based on that. It is currently being applied in an additional 

In late 2022, GAIN launched the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) programme. The goal of NFP is to strengthen and support the implementation of these food system pathways in 10 focus countries (Benin, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia) so they can accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe nutritious food for all, especially the most vulnerable, produced in a sustainable way. One of the workstreams under NFP aims to develop and test a diagnostic tool that can be used to identify areas of food systems policy coherence and non-coherence among food system policies (i.e., a “policy coherence diagnostic tool”), and suggest options policymakers have to improve coherence. 

The FSPC diagnostic tool is meant to be practical and feasible to use, within a reasonable amount of time, by someone who is knowledgeable on food systems policy within a given context but not an expert in FSPC or with extensive analytical experience. It is meant to give actionable recommendations for ways in which food systems policy could be improved. GAIN, working with a partner, has developed a draft of the FSPC tool, which consists of one cross-cutting module, focusing on the processes and systems that support policy coherence, plus a module focused on coherence among specific policies. The FSPC tool is completed using a combination of document review (primarily of food-related policy documents) and key informant interviews.

The FSPC tool was pilot-tested in one country (Nigeria), and revised based on that. It is currently being applied in an additional 5 African countries. GAIN seeks a consultant to apply the tool in Bangladesh and report on the results.

In late 2022, GAIN launched the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) programme. The goal of NFP is to strengthen and support the implementation of these food system pathways in 10 focus countries (Benin, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia) so they can accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe nutritious food for all, especially the most vulnerable, produced in a sustainable way. One of the workstreams under NFP aims to develop and test a diagnostic tool that can be used to identify areas of food systems policy coherence and non-coherence among food system policies (i.e., a “policy coherence diagnostic tool”), and suggest options policymakers have to improve coherence. 

The FSPC diagnostic tool is meant to be practical and feasible to use, within a reasonable amount of time, by someone who is knowledgeable on food systems policy within a given context but not an expert in FSPC or with extensive analytical experience. It is meant to give actionable recommendations for ways in which food systems policy could be improved. GAIN, working with a partner, has developed a draft of the FSPC tool, which consists of one cross-cutting module, focusing on the processes and systems that support policy coherence, plus a module focused on coherence among specific policies. The FSPC tool is completed using a combination of document review (primarily of food-related policy documents) and key informant interviews.

The FSPC tool was pilot-tested in one country (Nigeria), and revised based on that. It is currently being applied in an additional 5 African countries. GAIN seeks a consultant to apply the tool in Indonesia and report on the results

In late 2022, GAIN launched the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) programme. The goal of NFP is to strengthen and support the implementation of these food system pathways in 10 focus countries (Benin, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia) so they can accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe nutritious food for all, especially the most vulnerable, produced in a sustainable way. One of the workstreams under NFP aims to develop and test a diagnostic tool that can be used to identify areas of food systems policy coherence and non-coherence among food system policies (i.e., a “policy coherence diagnostic tool”), and suggest options policymakers have to improve coherence. 

The FSPC diagnostic tool is meant to be practical and feasible to use, within a reasonable amount of time, by someone who is knowledgeable on food systems policy within a given context but not an expert in FSPC or with extensive analytical experience. It is meant to give actionable recommendations for ways in which food systems policy could be improved. GAIN, working with a partner, has developed a draft of the FSPC tool, which consists of one cross-cutting module, focusing on the processes and systems that support policy coherence, plus a module focused on coherence among specific policies. The FSPC tool is completed using a combination of document review (primarily of food-related policy documents) and key informant interviews.

The FSPC tool was pilot-tested in one country (Nigeria), and revised based on that. It is currently being applied in an additional 5 African countries. GAIN seeks a consultant to apply the tool in Indonesia and report on the results

Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) is an ambitious programme that seeks to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (particularly SDG2) by supporting inclusive and coherent food systems transformation in ten countries. This programme builds on work conducted during the UN Food Systems Summit, aiming to support and strengthen the design and delivery of national food systems transformation pathways. Young people are often not interested, organized or heard in a way that allows them to effectively contribute to food systems transformation. Youth Voices (a work package of NFP) aims to change that and is implemented in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Tanzania and globally through the ACT4FOOD youth movement.
Youth Voices builds on work that begin in Indonesia in 2021 to support young people to engage in food systems advocacy and demand better food labelling. The Health Heroes campaign used a meaningful youth engagement approach – training youth to be facilitators and peer educators – and combined both community and advocacy activities.

The Nigeria LSFF Innovation Fund aims to support innovative projects that strengthen the regulatory implementation of large-scale food fortification in Nigeria. The fund aims to support the three main regulatory agencies National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council (FCCPC) mandated for food fortification compliance monitoring to enhance their capacities to enforce fortification standards and improve the quality of fortified foods.

The Fund will serve as a platform for Innovations such as but not limited to introducing digital tools, testing and analysis equipment, innovative data processes, and new mechanisms for multi-stakeholder accountability. The appointed Fund Manager will oversee the financial management, disbursement, monitoring, and reporting of funds for these innovative projects, ensuring transparency and efficiency throughout the process.

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 to design and conduct a coverage survey of industrially fortified and biofortified foods in two regions (Kilimanjaro and Iringa) in Tanzania.

The purpose of this RFP is to identify and select qualified cleaning service providers to offer comprehensive cleaning services at our premises located at 37A, Patrick O. Bokkor Crescent, Jabi, Abuja. The goal is to ensure a clean, hygienic, and presentable environment for employees, clients, and visitors.

The purpose of this RFP is to identify and select an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that can provide high-speed, reliable Internet services to The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The selected ISP will be responsible for ensuring optimal internet connectivity, with minimal downtime and prompt customer support.

The SNiPS project1 is implemented in four focal states (i.e., Oyo, Kaduna, Benue and Nasarawa). It began in January 2021 and will be implemented until December 2025. The project was developed to add a nutrition lens to and deliver an integrated suite of activities to support GIZ’s Green Innovation Centre (GIC) in Nigeria. This nutrition project aims to strengthen the GIC priority value chains and improve food and nutrition security through improved diets for farmers, farm workers, other workers in businesses in these value chains, and among the wider population in Nigeria.

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