The Avian and Pandemic Influenza Initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), implemented by Abt Associates, is inviting relevant organizations, companies and/or groups of consultants to submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) for the design and implementation of the final evaluation of the project’s Community Based Surveillance (CBS) model. The anticipated timeframe for the work is around Dec. 2011 – Jan. 2012.
The CBS model engages both human and animal health workers as village level collaborators and fills an important gap in the national surveillance system by providing up-to-date grassroots level information through active and passive surveillance. The model was developed and piloted in 123 communes within 18 districts of five provinces (Can Tho, Kien Giang, Quang Tri, Hung Yen and Ha Nam) including training of trainers, diffusion training for CBS collaborators, establishment of local networks, monthly meetings, epidemic detection, and immediate reporting.
Scope of Work
The evaluation will assess the CBS model operations, relevance, effectiveness (including cost-effectiveness), efficiency, sensitivity, and linkages to the existing higher level (provincial-national) surveillance systems, as well as the level and nature of collaboration between the human and animal health sectors at the village and commune levels. The evaluation will also assess the scope for wider adoption, adaptation and replication of the model and provide recommendations for dissemination and advocacy work to help further institutionalize and sustain the CBS model beyond the lifetime of the project.
The consultants will work closely with an international expert who will act as a team leader on the following set of activities and deliverables:
1. Meetings and discussions with key stakeholders to draft the evaluation strategy
2. Desk review of relevant documents
3. Finalization of the evaluation proposal, including budget, for approval
4. Data collection, processing and topline analysis
5. Presentation of the draft evaluation report and submission of the final report (incl. all raw and processed data) for approval
6. Briefing and debriefing with USAID as/if requested
Interested organizations are requested to submit: (1) Letter of interest; (2) Organization’s profile with details on the past three service provisions; (3) CVs of proposed core members to be involved in this assessment; and (4) Other supporting documents on previous works completed.
Shortlisted organizations will be invited to meet with USAID’s Avian and Pandemic Influenza Initiative for further discussion.
Questions/clarifications and applications should be addressed to [email protected] [1] with the email subject “LOI Final Evaluation of CBS model” no later than November 11, 2011.