INVITATION TO TENDER: Development of the Somalia Nutrition Cluster Strategy and Response Plan

INVITATION TO TENDER:

Development of the Somalia Nutrition Cluster Strategy and Response Plan

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SOM 1086-24 Project

Our Reference: SOM1086/2025/001/SC

Mogadishu, 24.04.2025

Project Title: Enhancing Nutrition in Emergencies Interventions in Baidoa District, Bay Region, Somalia.

Project Number: SOM 1086-24

Project Holders: WHH

ABOUT WELTHUNGERHILFE

Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organizations in Germany and has no political or religious affiliations. It was one of the first global initiatives in the fight against hunger when it was founded in 1962 as the German chapter of the Freedom from Hunger campaign, which was led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). From rapid disaster relief to reconstruction and long-term development cooperation projects with local partners, we provide assistance from a single source. Since its foundation, WHH has provided 2.25 billion EUR of funding for more than 6,600 projects in 70 countries.

Welthungerhilfe has been active in Somaliland (Awdal, Woqooyi, and Galbeed) since 2001 and has recently expanded into South/Central Somalia in 2022 through cooperation with local implementing partners. Whilst our strategic focus is on building resilience and strengthening local humanitarian leadership, our 2023-2024 activities will also seek to respond to the present drought crisis through humanitarian relief. Welthungerhilfe has active projects in Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West of Somalia. Humanitarian emergency assistance, Food Security, Resilience programs-agriculture, WASH and infrastructure rehabilitation and infrastructure restoration are the core areas of our work in South Central Somalia

About the project

Welthungerhilfe (WHH), through its local implementing partner GREDO, has been delivering nutrition interventions in

33992 communities, including 5 health facilities, covering 10636 children below five years and 1342 pregnant and lactating

women (PLW) in Baidoa. The project runs from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. And was funded by a private

donation, The project expands the Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) to provide essential nutrition services for displaced

and flood-affected communities in Baidoa improved nutritional status of children and PLWs in Baidoa through direct

treatment of acute malnutrition and enhanced capacity of the government and nutrition cluster partners to deliver quality

NiE programs.

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Purpose/Objective

The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a Nutrition Cluster Strategy and Response Plan that enables partners to respond effectively and efficiently to the evolving nutrition landscape in Somalia. The strategy will provide a clear framework for emergency response, protracted crisis interventions, and recovery efforts.

Further information can be found in the attached ToR (Terms of Reference)

Important Dates:

Tender publication date: 24.04.2025

The deadline for submitting a Bid is: 4th May 2025 at 5:00 PM EAT.

The deadline for submission of inquiries/questions is 6th May 2025: 05:00 PM EAT.

1.   Tender Overview

This is a Public invitation to express interest in the above-mentioned service provision.

The following documents constitute the tender dossier:

A. Tender invitation (this document)

1. Annexes:

2. Supplier Declaration Form

3. Terms and Conditions for International Procurement of Goods and Services III. Terms of Reference

4. Expertise of the evaluators

This evaluation assignment is open to evaluators with substantial experience in the services outlined. To be considered for the services described herein, the consultants must meet the following criteria:

Expected Profile of the Lead Consultant

• Advanced degrees in nutrition and dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, or monitoring and evaluation/ epidemiology/ statistic with a strong focus on emergency nutrition and nutrition indicators/ assessments, or a relevant area.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in nutrition programming and humanitarian response.

  • Demonstrated experience in developing sector-wide strategies and response plans.
    • Knowledge of WHO guidelines, Sphere Standards, and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.

• Strong skills in stakeholder engagement, multi-sector integration, and strategic planning.

  • Excellent analytical, writing, and facilitation skills.
    • Familiarity with the Somalia context and nutrition landscape is an asset.
    • Experience of working with local communities and non-governmental organizations (Essential).

• Knowledge of data protection regulatory requirements, including GDPR, ensuring the protection of personal data collected during evaluations.

• Excellent writing, editing, attention to detail and organizational skills (Essential).

1. Documents and information to be submitted

• Design of the proposal (Technical Proposal) in connection with ToR (Incl. methodology for performing the services, work plan or timetable, Short profile, including CV, certificates of relevant fields)
  • Company Profile - Brief introduction of the company/consultant (attach registration of the consultancy/firm).
  • Financial offer (Financial Proposal) for conducting the assignment
  • previous relevant experience (examples of projects and clients; reference contacts).
  • Attach atleast 2 Sample Evaluation/Study reports/Strategies developed.
  • Please complete the "Supplier Declaration" attachment. (Submit the signed Supplier Declaration form.

1. Participation

Open to all interested consultant firms.

1. Anti-Terrorism Policy

The Contracting Authority renounces all forms of terrorism and will never knowingly support, tolerate or encourage terrorism or the activities of those who embrace terrorism or money laundering. Consistent with numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions, including S/RES/1269(1999), S/RES 1368(2001), and S/RES1373(2001) and the European Union, the Contracting Authority is firmly committed to the international fight against terrorism and, in particular, against the financing of terrorism. The Contracting Authority's policy ensures that none of its and its donor funds are used, directly or indirectly, to support individuals or entities associated with terrorism or money laundering. Therefore, the Contracting Authority will regularly match their suppliers and Service providers against the Sanctions lists. By submitting an offer, suppliers and service providers agree to this.

1. The language of the bid

The tender, all correspondence, and documents related to the tender exchanged by the bidder and the Contracting Authority must be written in the language of the procedure, which is the English language.

1. Contradiction or errors in the bid documents

If the bidder notices contradictions or errors in the bid document or unclear specifications, the bidder must clarify the issue by making queries before the deadline for submitting inquiries/questions.

The principle hereby agrees to clarify all queries to all interested bidders upon request in email/ messaging form in the given email shared by the procurement department.

Bidders may alter or withdraw their tenders by written notification through [email protected] before submitting the bid document. No bid may be altered after this deadline. Withdrawals must be unconditional and will end all participation in the tender procedure.

No bid may be withdrawn in the interval between the deadline for submission and bid opening of bids and the expiry of the tender validity period. Any correction of information must be explicit and confirmed in email/messaging form.

1. Errors in Calculations

Bids submitted by interested bidders will be checked for any arithmetical errors in computation and summation.

Errors will be corrected by the evaluation committee as follows:

• Where there is a discrepancy between figures and words, the amount in words will be considered.

• Where there is a discrepancy between a unit price and the total amount derived from the multiplication of the unit price and the quantity, the unit price as quoted will be the price considered.

• Amounts corrected in this way will be binding on the bidder. If the bidder does not accept them, its bid will be rejected.

1. Deliverables and Timeframe

The assignment is expected to commence starting immediately as soon as a consultant is recruited and is expected to take a maximum of 6 weeks, which includes desk-review, preparation, stakeholder consultation and report-writing.

1. Prices

All prices in your proposal must be indicated in the USD currency only. Quotations stated in other currencies will not be considered in the awarding process.

1. Confidentially

All documents and data acquired from documents during interviews and meetings are confidential and used solely for the feasibility study. Interview partners will not be quoted in the report without their prior permission.

The documentation and all material linked to the study (produced by the consultants or the organization itself) are confidential and always remain on the property of the contracting party.

Note:

All interested and qualified companies/firms or individual consultants must submit their corresponding documents (CVs, sample reports, technical proposal, Financial Proposals and three professional referees) to [email protected] with the subject line of application of “Development of the Somalia Nutrition Cluster Strategy and Response Plan”- not later than 6th May 2025 at 5:00 PM EAT.

1. Appeals

Tenderers believing that an error or irregularity has harmed them during the award process may file a complaint at [email protected]

This invitation for expression of interest remains valid without signature validation!