Date posted January 12^th 2024

The Freehearts Africa Reach Out Foundation invites interested vendors / organisations to indicate interest by submitting RFP documents for the following works:

Freehearts Africa Reach Out Foundation (FAROF): (www.farof.org) is a non-profit organization, established  in 2013, with an active Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC; and, certified by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in the FCT-Abuja, Nigeria (MBNP/NGOIC/S.1320/1). FAROF has a strong presence is in the North West and the North Central region of Nigeria, with multiple sister orgnisations in North East, implementing programs that are focused in Education, Health- Maternal Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition MNCHN Programs). with FAROF’s over 13 years track record of implementing programs in Northern region of Nigeria to improve health and human development programs. We have a broad management team of experts and partners, implementing projects with international best practice. FAROF has received grants from varied donors/Grantors, such as U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), grant number GH12-1210 GH000922– Friend for Global Health Initiative in Nigeria (FGHIN), US Embassy, Abuja (SNI01419GR0054); with technical supports from UNICEF-Kaduna, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Global funds, Catholic Relief Service-CRS and other national and international partners. FAROF who is also a current grantee of the TY Danjuma Foundation under a five (5) year grant period on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Program (2022-2027) being implemented in Kaduna state, targeted at providing service to the 23LGAs through partnership with the Kaduna state Primary Health Care Board (KDSPHCB).

Applications are invited for:

Title: Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the Supply of Auto-Rickshaw Emergency Transport System Sparts in Kaduna

Background
FAROF is implementing the Partnering Effectively to Strengthen the Primary Health Care system for an Improved Maternal and Child Health in Kaduna state, Nigeria. (PIMACH Project”. The Overall goal is to Improve accessibility, utilization, availability and affordability of quality maternal and child health services in Kaduna state .

. The following broad objectives for this programme are:

• To train frontline health workers to effectively provide safe, sensitive, high quality maternal and child health services and create a platform for all health workers trained to share experience and address challenges in Kaduna state.
• To refer/link/escort at least 10,000 pregnant women and newborn across targeted Local Government Areas LGAs to take up Antenatal care service, PMTCT service, Childbirth and, timely immunization for under 2years at the facility level, while strengthening the referral system for an improved access to the nearest health facility in Kaduna state.
• To Increase the attendance of women by 85% to Antenatal care and child birth by skilled attendants at the facility level in Kaduna state.

Every day, Nigeria loses 2,300 under five-year-old children and 145 women of child bearing age, according to the 2018 Nigeria Demography Health Survey (NDHS) and World Health Organization (WHO), the Maternal Mortality Ratio MMR of Nigeria is estimated at 512 (per 100, 000 live births) and 814 (per 100,000 live births) respectively, and, the lifetime risk of a Nigerian woman dying during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum or post-abortion is 1 in 22. Northern Nigeria has the highest child mortality rate and the highest fertility rate, using hard to reach communities in Kaduna State as project location, these communities recorded that pregnant Women attendance to antenatal care at facility level was less than 43.8%, while more than 59% of women delivers at home,

Sustainability

The sustainability of the project will be measured on both the programmatic and operational levels. Programmatically, the office’s problem solving and catalytic support will be conducted in a way to ensure widespread ownership and broad-based implementation of identified activities.

Scope of Deliverables

The vendors shall provide the following:

Expected Vendor
The vendor should be willing to supply to designated location approved by FAROF in Kaduna state Nigeria and should have the following:

• The vendor should have prior experience supplying Authoricshaw parts and/or vehicular parts/motor cycle parts to organisations, most especially International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) with good recommendations from clients.
• The interested vendor must have a legal right to operate in Nigeria, must be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and have a TIN number.

Application Closing Date
1^st February 2024.

Submission of Documents
Interested vendor should send an expression of interest including reasons for interest in the task, qualifications, quotations and prior experience in undertaking similar supply to: info@farof.org and cc osaro.edomwonyi@farof.org. Please use the subject line “Quotes for ETS Spare parts” when responding.

Click Here(PDF) for a detailed description of the RFP.

FAROF -request-for-Quotation (RFQ) for the Supply of Auto-Rickshaw Emergency Transport System parts in Kaduna