Background:
Malaria Consortium
(MC) has recently announced a request for proposals to conduct the data
collection for the Thailand Malaria KAP survey 2014.
The KAP Survey 2014
will provide useful information on what the KAP of Thai citizens and
migrant/mobile populations are and, along with data collected in 2012, indicate
how KAP is changing over time. This data will be used by partner organisations to
tailor interventions to achieve maximum impact among these populations. The KAP
also provides data on specific performance indicators that will help
organisations evaluate contributions to malaria elimination in Thailand.
Project needs:
MC will be
responsible for overall study design; ethical approval; data analysis; and report-writing
for the KAP Survey 2014. MC will, however, hire a firm/institution to execute
the data collection portion of the study. Specifically, the firm/institution
will:
- Propose a methodology for data collection, based on the questionnaire provided by MC. The bidder is free to suggest any method of data collection; however, MC would prefer electronic means, where the bidder shall be responsible for obtaining and programming the device to be used.
- Undertake training of data collection staff under the supervision of MC.
- Pilot the final questionnaires under the supervision of MC.
- Obtain household lists for all villages/clusters in the final sample.
- Coordinate with local health officials to conduct community sensitization and data collection.
- Conduct data collection in the field using the questionnaire, under the supervision of MC.
- Submit bi-weekly reports to update MC on progress of training, data collection, etc.
- Complete data entry training (if necessary) under the supervision of MC and undertake data entry of all completed questionnaires (if paper-based).
- Provide datasets from the data entry activities to MC.
- Ensuring completed questionnaires (if paper-based) are safely delivered to MC.
Number and location of study participants:
- 1,250 households (1 person per household) in 82 villages across Thailand
- 60 households (1 person per household) in 4 refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border.
The proposal
must include the following information:
- Completed technical and price components
- Company qualification & references
- Any additional services that MC should consider in the bid
Selection
Criteria:
- Relevant experience of the bidder
- Qualifications and competence of the personnel proposed
- Adequacy of technical approach and proposed work plan
- Price
- Bid compliance to the RFP requirement
Submission:
All proposals are submitted to Mr. Alongkorn
Nuanyai via Email (a.nuanyai@malariaconsortium.org) or to the following address:
Malaria Consortium Thailand
(Chiang Mai Office)
268/10 Thung Hotel Soi 6
Thung Hotel Road
Watkate, Muang
Chiang Mai 50000
Important Dates:
- The proposal/bid deadline is 4th July, 16:00. All bids received after this time will not be considered.
- Winners will be informed within 30 days after the deadline
- Project duration: July – November 2014
Interested? The
full Request for Proposal document, with more details about proposal structure
can be found here.
If you have any
questions, or are interested in applying, please contact Paul (paul.ada@mahidol.ac.th), Tim (tim.mahidol@gmail.com), or Glad (gladgeorge.rot@mahidol.edu) at the Office of Research Services.
