Job Description

Heifer International Kenya

Project / Activity: TRANSFORM PROJECT

Agresso Work Order

Country: Kenya

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: SBCC ASSESSMENT FOR TRANSFORM PROJECT IN KENYA

Funded By: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

RFP Release Date: 6th August 2021

Performance Period: 35 Working Days

Proposal Submission Deadline: 23rd August 2021

Question / Inquiry Submission Deadline: 10th August 2021

Electronic submission to the attention of: Heifer Project International Procurement

Electronic submission: procurement-ke@heifer.org.

Contact information for inquiries about this RFP: procurement-ke@heifer.org.

Terms of Reference

I. General Information

This document is being issued to solicit applications from potential consultants [partners or contractors] to conduct a Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Assessment for the TRANSFORM Project.

The term of reference contains background information related to TRANSFORM Kenya (TKP) including the study objectives, the desired methodology, the timeframe for conducting the Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Assessment, and a list of deliverables.

This document also contains information about the expertise that Heifer is seeking for this activity and
provides guidance on how to submit a proposal for review, survey management, and intellectual property.

Heifer anticipates awarding a fixed award for the SBCC study and will make payments based on submission and Heifer’s approval of deliverables.

The award agreement will include a payment schedule with specific deliverables; all payments require ten (10) business days processing after approval of deliverables

II. Background Information

a) Heifer International

Heifer Project International (HPI) is a global non-profit working to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way supporting and investing alongside local farmers and their communities.

Heifer was founded on the simple belief that ending hunger begins with giving people the means to feed themselves, generate income and achieve sustainable livelihoods.

Since 1944, Heifer has helped 20.7 million households – more than 105 million people – in over 125 countries, through community-based training, appropriate technologies, and agricultural resources, enabling communities to lift themselves out of poverty and hunger on to a path of self-reliance and economic prosperity.

In Kenya, the organization started its operations in the year 1981 and has over the years been implementing market driven development interventions in dairy, poultry and beef value chains aimed at improving the livelihoods of small-holder farmers.

More Info on Heifer is available at: www.heifer.org

b) TRANSFORM Project

In alignment with the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Heifer International is participating in the implementation of the Transformational Strategies for Farm Output Risk Mitigation Project – (TRANSFORM).

TRANSFORM is a 5-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Cargill Inc., in partnership with Heifer Project International, Ausvet and the International Poultry Council (IPC) in Kenya, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The project seeks to engage global market actors from backyard and industrial farmers to their respective governments in sustainably strengthening the animal sourced food system and enhancing global health security by preventing emerging zoonoses, transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in major animal agriculture value chains in Kenya, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The proposed strategy takes a systems approach including policy, practices, and data utilization. The approach seeks to prevent threats by eliminating the environmental factors that enable them through economically advantageous biosecurity measures, nutrition, and health management.

It will provide farmers and governments data to build, monitor, and maintain low-risk environments and to mitigate threats that breach safeguards. Further, it seeks to establish policies that ensure appropriate antimicrobial use and best practices.

c) Problem Statement

Antibiotic resistance is one of today’s greatest threats to human health. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that the problem is “so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine.

A post-antibiotic era—in which common infections and minor injuries can kill—far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century.”

Additionally, zoonotic diseases are a threat. Scientists estimate that more than 60% of known infectious diseases in people and 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases in people are spread from animals. 3 Moreover, human and animal health authorities in Low or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are also concerned about TADs, including foot-and-mouth disease, classical and African swine fever, rinderpest, peste des petits ruminants (PPR), and Rift Valley fever.

AMR and zoonoses do not just threaten human health; they, along with TADs, threaten farmer livelihoods, too. Large and medium scale farmers (sector 1-3 farmers) face decimation of their flocks or herds, such as the approximately 6 million swine lost to African Swine Fever in Vietnam alone in just one year. Small-holder farmers (sector 4 farmers) may be additionally challenged to provide for their families and communities.

Often operating without savings, insurance, or other formal safety nets, the loss of animals – or a reduction in their productivity – can be catastrophic for small farm families. Livestock producers across all farm sectors need to dramatically evolve practices to decrease the risk of zoonoses and TADs, which both directly and indirectly affect rising AMR, while still providing animal-source protein to their families and a growing global population and maintaining the economic viabilityof animal husbandry.

For a detailed Terms of Reference, access this link: ToR For Social and Behavior Change Communication in Kenya

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