Request for Proposal (RFP): Consultancy service to support System Orchestration (SOS) initiative of CARE Nepal

Request for Proposal (RFP)

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Consultancy service to support System Orchestration (SOS) initiative of CARE Nepal

Background: CARE is a leading humanitarian organization committed to saving lives and fighting poverty and social injustice. It has been working in over 100 countries across the globe. Working alongside a vast network of partners globally, CARE works to rebuild and improve the lives of the most disadvantaged, poor, and vulnerable communities.

CARE started its operations in Nepal in 1978 and is one of the first international aid agencies to work in the country. During the last 4 decades, CARE Nepal has been working with the most vulnerable communities of Nepal to address the issues of poverty and social injustice, along with challenging harmful social practices, building capacities and empowering livelihoods. Today CARE Nepal works to address systemic and structural causes of poverty and social injustice such as discrimination based on gender, caste, class, ethnicity, or geography. CARE supports humanitarian actions to address vulnerabilities from climate change and natural disasters. CARE works with marginalized women and adolescent girls to ensure their empowerment, wellbeing and dignity through social transformation and access to quality social and economic services.

CARE Nepal’s System Orchestration Initiative: CARE’s System Orchestration Initiative emphasizes the role of CARE COs in convening, supporting, and partnering with multiple local actors and diverse stakeholders – such as government, civil society, private sectors, development partners, and community-based organizations – to ensure that best-in-class interventions are ultimately adopted, implemented, and paid for by local system actors through systems integration that ensures sustained impact on people’s lives. In June 2022, CARE-USA Impact at Scale team initiated a Systems Orchestration and Model Country Office (CO) transformation effort with CARE Nepal, supporting the CARE Nepal team to develop a Systems Orchestration Strategy (SOS) for scaling Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) programs. The aim was to guide the country team in transitioning from being a mere funder and implementer to achieving full ownership and operation of FFBS programs by local system actors within the country. This approach, which envisions local government, civil society, and private sector structures taking responsibility, demonstrating capability, and committing scaling and evolving these programs over time, is critical to sustainability of impact and outcomes. 

CARE Nepal is seeking a qualified and eligible candidate to support this initiative to undertake systematic coordination and collaboration with the partner agency and government stakeholders across local, provincial, and federal levels and ensure robust technical support to the actors for institutionalizing SOS approach to drive FFBS model in selected municipalities of Nepal.

TO APPLY:

Interested and eligible Individuals are requested to submit a cover letter highlighting past experience relevant to lead the responsibilities along with expected remuneration (per day), copy of VAT Registration certificate, copy of Latest tax clearance certificate and updated CV via email to npl.carenepal@care.org. To download detailed terms of reference, Click Here. The deadline for submission of the proposal is 4 April 2025.

CARE reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal received without giving reasons and is not bound to accept the lowest, the highest or any bidder. Only the successful applicant will be contacted.

CARE places human dignity at the centre of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE’s efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (PSHEA) of vulnerable adults, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE initiates rigorous investigation of complaints that indicate a possible violation of this policy and takes appropriate disciplinary action, as warranted.