USAID pepfar/safe

To all interested Offerors:

On behalf of USAID/Zambia, please find attached the Request for Proposal for PEPFAR Supporting an AIDS Free Era (SAFE) and related documents.


Closing Date: February 8, 2016 6:00 a.m. local Zambia time
Questions due date: January 14, 2016 6:00 a.m. local Zambia time
Past Performance Information Data Reference Sheet: January 25, 2016 12:00 pm local
Zambian time 

USAID/Zambia welcomes feedback on the draft SOW, evaluation factors, and proposed instructions to offerors.  As it is critical that this award be in place by June 1, 2016, we are considering a 30-35 day response time for a November 23, 2015 RFP release date.  USAID/Zambia is also open to feedback on the  proposed response time.

The purpose of SAFE is to reduce HIV mortality, morbidity and transmission, while improving nutrition outcomes and family planning integration in the six USAID-supported provinces. The SAFE contractor will primarily utilize a technical assistance approach to strengthen services at the district and facility level, and a direct service delivery model at the community level. SAFE activities are informed by analyses including gender, policy, and cost-effectiveness analyses, and consultation with the Zambian government, U.S. Government agencies, civil society, private sector, research institutions, donors and other stakeholders.

In general, after five years of implementation, SAFE will have achieved its intended purpose by having:

● Reached 80 percent of eligible HIV-positive adults and children with antiretroviral treatment across SAFE districts;
● Reduced HIV-related deaths by 50 percent;
● Improved the quality of life for HIV-infected people by maintaining viral suppression for 90 percent of beneficiaries on HIV treatment;
● Lowered the incidence of new HIV infections by 50 percent;
● Reached 90 percent of the HIV positive adults and children with NACS; and
● Reduced wasting by 50 percent among HIV positive adults and children.

USAID/ZAMBIA anticipates releasing the final RFP between November 13 - November 20, 2015.