Mott MacDonald Limited/ UK Department of Health: Request for Proposals for Fleming Fund Grants Programme in Nepal

Deadline: 31 January 2018

Mott MacDonald Limited, on behalf of UK Department of Health is seeking proposals from qualified licensed/registered legal entities in Nepal for its Fleming Fund Grants Programme to work toward strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance and response in Nepal in collaboration with the Government of Nepal’s Anti-Microbial Resistance Containment Multi-Sectoral Steering Committee (AMRCSC).

The aim of the Fleming Fund is to address critical gaps in surveillance of antibiotic resistant bacteria in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Countries in these areas are set to bear the highest burden of antibiotic resistant infections. Mott MacDonald Limited, a registered limited company in the United Kingdom, has been chosen to manage the Fleming Fund Grants Programme.

Objectives

The Fleming Fund Country Grants are aligned with the objectives of the Global Action Plan on AMR and will support the Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS). The objectives of the Fleming Fund Country Grants are:

Laboratory infrastructure enhancement.
Human resource strengthening and workforce reforms.
Surveillance systems strengthening.
Building foundations for AMR surveillance data use.
Promoting rational use of antimicrobial medicines.

Grant Length

Grant length should be planned for 18-24 months. Subsequent grants may be applied in later years and country support is expected to be for up to four years in total.
The expected start date will be no later than three months following submission of the proposal.

Eligibility Criteria

Potential grant applicants must satisfy the following eligibility criteria before applications will be assessed in detail. Applicants:

Must demonstrate they are competent organisations citing the appropriate track-record in supporting lab capacity development, disease surveillance, capacity building, and One Health in LMICS;
Can be a single organisation or consortia, though the latter must clearly identify a Lead Grantee with the appropriate governance and coordination mechanisms to manage sub-grantees;
Organisations can be:
- National institutes – such as a university or research institutes.
- Non-Governmental Organisations; UN Agencies; Private companies.
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions, provided they can establish that they are (i) legally and financially autonomous, (ii) operate under commercial law, and (iii) are not dependent agencies of national governments.
Must demonstrate that they are registered to work within the country, including essential documents such as articles of incorporation.
Should be able to provide all information required for grant-assurance checks, including clear evidence of financial standing and systems of financial management and control.
Should be able to provide evidence of suitability in the form of references from clients and donors for previous work undertaken within the last three years.
Where the application is from a consortium, the Lead Grantee must be able to provide the same information and assurances for all sub-grantees.