Delivery of Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) Capacity Building Package to 40 BARMM Local Government Units focused on a) Nutrition Leadership and Governance, b) Primary Health Care and c) Data, Monitoring and Evaluation

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals] in order to select a supplier for the provision of Services Malnutrition poses one of the biggest threats to Filipino children's health and well-being. Data from past National Nutrition Surveys shows a co-existence of contrasting and confounding undernutrition (including stunting and wasting), micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. Stunting has remained high in the Philippines for the past two decades. The 2021 Expanded National Nutrition Survey with the latest prevalence estimates shows that 26.7 per cent of children 0–5 years are stunted – a prevalence rate considered “high” according to global standards. The prevalence of wasting is decreasing but the recurrence of disasters and emergencies could increase the prevalence. Moreover, micronutrient deficiencies co-exist with other forms of malnutrition. There is an enabling environment to address malnutrition in the country. The Government of the Philippines has enacted legislations that promote and protect children's nutrition including, the landmark Republic Act (RA) 11148 – the Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay, also known as the First 1000 Days Law, RA 10028 – the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion law, and RA 11223 – the Universal Health Care Law. In addition, the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) provides the strategic framework to address malnutrition and its underlying factors. This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.