Company Profile

The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance—as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.

At Abt Associates, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.

Job Description

Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Supply of Stationery Items
 

Background and Purpose
In December 2022, USAID awarded Abt Global (Abt) the PMI Evolve Project. The purpose of this contract is to support PMI, as well as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions and Bureaus, with planning, implementing, and monitoring malaria vector control programs, including entomological monitoring, indoor residual spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) distribution, and larval source management (LSM). PMI Evolve will strengthen the capacity of local institutions, including national malaria programs (NMPs), district health offices, and research institutions to independently conduct vector control programs. In Ghana, the project collaborates with NMEP to implement IRS, conduct entomological monitoring and implement school based insecticide-treated net (ITN)

Abt Global (Abt) is contracted by USAID Washington to conduct high quality Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) programs in multiple Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) supported countries in Sub Saharan Africa and the Mekong region in Southern Asia. This accomplished through what is called the PMI Evolve Project. The purpose of this project is to achieve the targets in Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) through implementation of a high quality IRS program, conducting comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of the IRS program, and developing the national capacity to conduct IRS. Activities are carried out in full collaboration with the National Malaria Control/Elimination Programs (NMCP/NMEP).

The Purpose of this RFQ is to obtain quotes and eventually enter into a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with one or more firms for “Supply of Stationery Items” for the PMI Evolve Project.

Product Description and Specifications:

Required Skills or Experience

Required Documents

1. Completed quotation form (bid sheet as in Appendix A)
2. Business Registration Certificate
3. VAT Registration Certificate
4. Tax Clearance Certificate
5. Completed “List of Exception (if applicable)
6. Completed “Submission Check List” (Attachment C)

Please note that if you fail in submitting any of the required documents and or fail to use the proposed file naming convention as stated in bullet point 9 in this RFQ, you will be disqualified for selections.