RFP FROM ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO REGISTER AS SUB-SUB RECIPIENTS (SSR) WITH ALLIANCE INDIA FOR SAMAGRA (VIHAAN)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO REGISTER AS SUB-SUB RECIPIENTS (SSR) WITH ALLIANCE INDIA FOR SAMAGRA (VIHAAN) - THE GFATM SUPPORTED PROGRAMME

Introduction

India HIV/AIDS Alliance (Alliance India) as Principal Recipient (PR) has been awarded the Grant funded by Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), for the programme known as SAMAGRA (Previously known as VIHAAN) care and support programme for People Living with HIV across India.

Background of the programme:

India revised care and support strategies in 2013 under NACP IV and under the new strategy, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) is providing all treatment including treatment for opportunistic infections through Govt. healthcare facilities and a civil society organisation will provide care and support services to all needy PLHIV. India Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM) selected the India HIV/AIDS Alliance as the Principal Recipient (PR) to implement care and support programme across the country.

The programme is being named as ‘SAMAGRA’ is providing care and support services to needy PLHIV since June 2013. Until March 2024, the programme reached about 1.68 million PLHIV provided with care & support services through 310 care and support centres. The programme is being implemented in close coordination with NACO, SACS and ART centres at national, state and district levels respectively.

Alliance India has received approval from Global Fund for programme continuation from April 2024 to March 2027. During this period, care and support centres (CSCs) exclusively supported by Global Fund will be functional to cater for the service needs of PLHIV enrolled in ART centres across the country.

India HIV/AIDS Alliance (Alliance India) is a Principal Recipient (PR) for 11 states and is providing the hand holding support to the 75 CSCs and will be collecting the applications of the interested NGOs/CBOs

Scope of Work of Care & Support Centre 2.0

CSC 2.0 will prioritise outreach services for 11 specific groups. The ART centre will provide CSC 2.0 staff with a monthly list outlining outreach service requirement. Additionally, priority cases, including follow-up of Positive Pregnant women and HIV-exposed infants and weekly follow-up of those awaiting viral load results, Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) cases, MIS cases, and Lost to Follow-Up cases for which line list & outcomes will be shared on a weekly basis. Following the completion of outreach services, CSC 2.0 will update the ART centre with outcomes for inclusion in the white card and master line list. Each priority population will receive specialized follow-up from the Community Health Liaison (CHL) within specific time frames.

Eligibility Criteria for NGO/CBO Setting Up CSC

• Organisations that have been discontinued are not eligible to apply.

• The agency should be a non-profit organisation and legally registered under: o The Societies Registration Act of 1860 or an equivalent Act of a State; or o The Charitable and Religious Act of 1920; or o Indian Trusts Act of 1882 or an equivalent Act of a State; or o Section 25 C of the Companies Act, 1956 (Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013)

• It should have a clearly defined organisational structure.

• The agency should also have all statutory requirements including 12A and 80G certificates.

• It should have established administrative and management systems.

• It should have a sound financial track record with an established financial management system (latest three years' audit reports and audited accounts required in the case of NGOs and one year report for CBOs).

• It should have a minimum of three years of experience in managing public health programmes or allied programmes in health.

• Experience in the field of HIV/AIDS, especially in the area of care and support, be an added benefit.

• The organisation should have been working for a minimum of three years in the case of NGOs and one year in the case of CBOs in the same district and have a good track record in providing services.

• Readiness to make available adequate infrastructure deemed necessary to carry out all the activities planned in CSC

How to Apply 

• Interested NGOs/ CBOs can submit proposals/applications on Alliance India Email ID: ssrselection2024@allianceindia.org  by 10 September 2024 with the subject line: Application for SSR for SAMAGRA under GFATM. 

Queries and Responses 

• Queries regarding this RFP should be sent only to ssrselection2024@allianceindia.org  by 31st August 2024. Responses to questions shall be compiled and sent to all the applicants who raised the queries through email only by September 2024. 

Applicants wishing to respond to this RFP are required to submit their applications in the prescribed format (Form 1) with supporting documents by or before 10 September 2024. 

Form 1 is available as Annexure A

 

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