USAID/Nepal Social Marketing and Social Franchising Program.

The purpose of this pre-solicitation notice is to notify that the U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) Mission to Nepal intends to award a five-year Contract through a full and open competition for the implementation of social marketing and social franchising activities in Nepal. USAID/Nepal has developed a social marketing and social franchising activity which aims to increase informed awareness, demand, availability, and use of selected family planning, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS/STI commodities and services. This activity will enhance the capacity of a social marketing organization and contribute to strategic behavior change communication for key health issues. The Contractor will be expected to assist Contraceptive Retail & Sales (CRS) to achieve self-sustainability for ongoing performance of high quality social marketing and social franchising activities in Nepal. CRS is a leading social marketing organization in Nepal. The Contractor will be required to provide technical assistance to CRS through training, mentoring, product diversification, market analysis and capacity-building to assist CRS to improve their financial management, long-term planning capacities, and overall level of sustainability. The technical assistance Contract will be linked with CRS through separate but coordinated activities as outlined in their respective work plans/performance monitoring plans and approved by the COTR. Contractor and CRS's performance indicator/targets will be separately identified and monitored by the COTR. The RFP for technical assistance is projected to be issued in October or early November 2009 on www.fedbizopps.gov. USAID will not entertain questions until after the RFP is issued. When the RFP is issued, any amendments thereof will be posted at www.fedbizopps.gov. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor the above website for updates concerning this procurement. Prospective Offerors are advised that this procurement is subject to the availability of funds. This pre-solicitation notice in no way obligates USAID to award a Contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.