HCLFoundation invites proposals from NGOs, social sector organizations and CSR Uday by HCLFoundation

Application last date 10th September 2024

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (HCLF/RFP/Uday by HCLFoundation /Health HCLFoundation invites proposals from NGOs, social sector organizations and CSR Uday by HCLFoundation

RFP released by HCLFoundation

RFP Code HCLF/RFP/Uday/Health/ 21082024

Programme Name Uday by HCLFoundation

Date of RFP 21st August 2024

Last date for submission 10th September 2024

Location Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

HCLFoundation delivers the corporate social responsibility agenda of HCLTech in India through its flagship programmes and special initiatives. It is a not-for-profit organisation that strives to contribute towards national and international development goals, bringing about lasting positive impact in the lives of people, through long-term sustainable programmes.

HCLFoundation aims to alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive growth and development. Active community engagement ensures optimal long-term gains and upward accountability. It works through Life Cycle Based, Integrated Community Development Approach with a thematic focus on Education, Health, Skill Development and Livelihood, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. Child Protective Strategies, Inclusion, and Gender Transformative approaches remain central in all initiatives of HCLFoundation, thus ensuring comprehensive development.

At present, HCLFoundation is implementing five flagship programmes – Samuday, HCLTech Grant – Rural Development programmes; Uday and My Clean City – Urban Development programmes; Harit – Environment Action programme and four special initiatives – Power of One, Sports for Change, Academy and My E-Haat.

For more details, please visit our website – https://www.hclfoundation.org 

Vision To be the source code for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development.

Mission Nurture clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential in partnership with its employees, communities and stakeholders, while promoting volunteerism and establishing international standards of strategic planning, implementation and measuring impact.

Links HCLFoundation: https://youtu.be/EkxVM856rHk Uday: https://youtu.be/eMRYLnEun4s

Uday by HCLFoundation –

HCLFoundation’s flagship urban community development programme – Uday, seeks to create green, clean, healthy and empowered communities. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, it is developing an integrated solution to break the vicious cycle of urban poverty.

Defining Uday’s approach is its intrinsic belief that urban poor aspire to a life of dignity and selfrespect. With the right opportunities, they can take charge of their lives, dare to imagine a different future and work towards it. Our strategies are carefully designed, such that they speak both to their environment and to their ambitions. Uday’s unique ‘Convergence’ approach brings this philosophy to life. Uniting critical stakeholders– the state, nonprofits and HCL volunteers in a rich partnership, it meets its responsibility to the community and supports them in realizing their dreams.

Aligned to HCLFoundation’s vision statement, Uday aims to create source codes for urban socio-economic development, prototypes, using step by step approach, convergence and dialogue with duty bearers such that these can be adopted and scaled up by diverse set stakeholders, including communities themselves.

Uday addresses vital issues prevalent in urban areas like access to quality education, universal access to health, sustainable livelihood opportunities, improved water, sanitation and hygiene, environmental conservation including enhanced green cover and solutions to city waste, through 3 campaigns and on ground action for positive urban transformation. Child protective strategies, inclusion and gender transformative approaches remain fundamental. Currently, Uday is being implemented in 11 cities in partnership with like-minded organizations. Health & Well Being for All Promoting health and well-being for all individuals in India is a complex and multifaceted goal that requires concerted efforts from various sectors. The National Health Policy, 2017 involves several strategies and interventions to achieve the health of the nation. The policy is guiding document in shaping health systems in all its dimensions- investments in health, organization of healthcare services, prevention of diseases and promotion of good health through cross sectoral actions, access to technologies, developing human resources, encouraging medical pluralism, building knowledge base, developing better financial protection strategies, strengthening regulation and health assurance.

The urban poor in India face unique health challenges due to their socio-economic conditions and living environments. Many urban poor communities lack access to affordable and quality healthcare services. Urban poor often face a high risk of communicable diseases due to overcrowding, poor sanitation and inadequate access to clean water. Non Communicable Diseases [NCDs], including diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, are becoming increasingly prevalent among them. Maternal and child health remains a concern. Poverty, unemployment and social stressors act as risk for mental health. It is crucial to adopt a multisectoral approach to address the health needs of the urban poor. Tailoring interventions to their specific challenges and promoting inclusivity can contribute to improving health outcomes and reducing disparities among this population.

The goal of HCLFoundation’s “Health and Well-being for All” portfolio is to create equitable, universal access to health for all and enhance health & well-being at all stages of the life. This leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all for people living below poverty line. This is done by strengthening the state health delivery systems. HCLFoundation has been working on the following pillars under the health domain

• Improving equitable and universal health access for all, especially in reproductive, maternal, child & adolescent health
• Reducing malnutrition through focused intervention in the first 1,000 days of life, adolescent girls and pregnant women • Improving demand of family planning services amongst urban slum population
• Augmenting early detection and referral management of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes and mental illness
• Reduction in overall disease burden including vector borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya, etc., substance abuse, mental health well-being and geriatric care
• Improving access and uptake of potable water and toilets in the communities and
• Upgrading the quality of urban health centres following the DAKSHATA and Indian public health standard (IPH) guidelines

HCLFoundation with the support of its NGO partners has been able to touch the lives of 6.5mn lives under the health thematic in the year 2023 – 24

Request for Proposals

Uday’s success is drawn mainly from the ‘convergence’ model where NGOs, duty bearers, communities and HCLFoundation come together and work towards integrated community development. This project is now in scaling up phase in all cities, where HCL has a presence.

The purpose of this document is to Request for Proposals (RfPs) in line with the standards of HCLFoundation. Respondents are requested to submit their proposals on the basis of detailed instructions given below to set up high impact projects under the Uday Programme in the proposed locations using innovative and sustainable models in the given thematic areas.

Scope of Work

Proposals are invited from Reputed NGOs/CSO/ Non-Profit Organizations for proposed interventions in location’s below:

1. Need/Situational Assessment

• Undernutrition, slum dwelling, indoor and air pollution are modifiable risk factors for TB disease
• Tamil Nadu has been identified as one among high TB burden states in India.
• The high prevalence of tuberculosis in Perumbakkam compared to the rates in the NFHS-5 survey for Tamil Nadu is concerning.
• Perumbakkam has a prevalence rate of 2.77 cases per 1000 individuals, which is notably higher than the state average of 1.83 cases per 1000 individuals and the urban area average of 1.77 cases per 1000 individuals. Similarly, in Kannagi Nagar, the prevalence rate of 1.85 cases per 1000 individuals is higher than both the state and urban area averages.
• These findings emphasize the urgent need for targeted interventions in both areas to address the elevated prevalence of tuberculosis and TB related comorbidities

Proposed Location: Chennai (Urban)

Proposed Intervention

1. Awareness- raising, behavior change communication, addressing stigma and discrimination

2. Early case detection, referral and treatment follow-up of TB TB patients, care givers, General public of selected communities

3. Addressing the nutritional and other livelihood requirements of TB cases

4. Facilitating the access to diagnostic and counselling services 6. Ensuring adherence to TB programme

Target group

TB patients, care givers, General public of selected communities

1. Need/Situational Assessment

2 Clubfoot is a congenital deformity that severely twists the Lucknow (Urban) Early Identification and Treatment:

• Children’s with the disability 6 foot downward and inward, making walking difficult or impossible. Two out of every 1000 children are born in every country in the world regardless of race or geographic region suffer from clubfoot.
• Over 2,20,000 children, in the developing world are born each year with clubfoot and India alone accounts for almost 1/4th of these children with a population of over 40,000 children born with clubfeet.
• Often mistaken as polio, one of most common birth deformity that plagues India’s children today are the ‘Clubfoot’. If left untreated, it can lead to a lifetime of deformity. Being one of the most common birth defects, India registers almost 50,000 cases of Clubfoot children every year
• Though completely eradicated from western developed countries through early identification and right treatment. Untreated clubfoot still remains one of the causes for permanent disability in rest of the world due to lack of treatment facilities and awareness among parents and especially among the medical practitioners up to some extent

Proposed Location: Lucknow (Urban)

Proposed Intervention

• Spreading awareness about the prevalence of clubfoot and the availability of the nonsurgical method of treatment in public hospitals and community.
• Identify gaps in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment methods and propose approaches to address them.
• Work in coordination with the States, National Health Mission along with the active participation of Rashtriya Bal Swastya Karyakram (RBSK) team.
• Provide children with the necessary assistive devices.
• Maintain, ensure functionality of 24*7 helpline at the district for easy accessibility of parents • Healthcare Givers, Service providers 7 Clubfoot children every year
• Training and Capacity Building
• Provide Training to the Doctor’s, FLWs, teachers etc. who can act as a referral for the early identification and screening of children
• Counselling the parents and guiding them along the process of treatment and follow -ups as required
• Awareness about the prevalence of clubfoot and the availability of the nonsurgical method of treatment in public hospitals Community Sensitization and Outreach
• Preparing training modules for training purpose of service providers
• Provide treatment materials
• Community awareness to ensure that every child born with clubfoot has access to timely treatment.

Target group

• Children’s with the disability
• Healthcare Givers, Service providers

Need/Situational Assessment

• Urban slums typically lack sufficient healthcare infrastructure resulting challenges in accessing timely perinatal care, skilled birth attendance, and essential immunizations contributing to higher maternal and child mortality rate
• The prevalence of High Risk Pregnancies [HRP] in Karnataka is 46.5%.
• There is a need for Institutional support for running hospital catering to high risk pregnancy

Proposed Location: Bengaluru (Urban)

Proposed Intervention

1. House to house survey to identify high risk pregnancies in urban slums

2. Regular check ups, treatment and follow up for the mothers

3. Referral to hospital

4. Covering the treatment cost of their treatment.

Target group

1. Pregnant women of selected community

2. Local health care workers

3. Institution medical staff

Please note that the above list is indicative and organizations are free to submit suitable activities keeping the purpose of RFP in mind.

Reputed NGOs/agencies may submit proposals as per their strength and area of expertise.

Submission Details & Deadlines

All proposals must be submitted as per the prescribed Proposal Format along with Annexure A (Budget) and Annexure B (Gantt chart).

All proposals must be submitted by 10th September, 2024 to people as mentioned in table below S.N Location Mail to CC to

1 Chennai chethana.thirt@hcltech.com parvathiv.gopal@hcltech.com

2 Lucknow chethana.thirt@hcltech.com kavita_ku@hcltech.com

3 Bengaluru chethana.thirt@hcltech.com sjoshua.l@hcltech.com 

• All enquiries regarding this RfP should be made by 10th September, 2024 via email to people mentioned in table above:
• Please send in your submissions with Subject Line in the given format: HCLF/RFP/Uday by HCLFoundation /Health/21082024/
• Proposals must be submitted along with the Budget and Gantt chart in the formats shared on the link below. Proposals not shared in the given format are liable for rejection. Proposals received after the due date and time will not be considered.

Link for HCLF proposal format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1- 4gvuBYgrVygsutWK6NptQKDXRPLoOds/view?usp=drivesdk Budget: Budget must be submitted as per the attached template. Please provide detailed breakup of each line item and all sub-line item costs with clear budget explanatory notes. Any taxes including Service Tax, Sales Tax, Value Added Tax or any other applicable tax, duty, cess or levies, must be quoted separately from the price of goods and services. The terms of payment along with a tentative timeline must also be attached.

Gantt chart: The Gantt Chart must detail the comprehensive list of activities proposed in the proposal along with a tentative timeline. A sample Gantt chart can be downloaded from the link above. NGOs/Implementation Agencies may make the required changes in the Gantt chart as per the activities proposed by them. 10 Kindly provide an LFA with key objectives, activities, inputs, outputs, outcome and impact & a risk assessment and mitigation plan.

Terms & Conditions Duration of the Project: Duration of the project may vary from 12 to 15 months.

Deadline: Proposals received after the designated deadline may be subject to rejection by HCLFoundation.

Validity: Your proposal must remain valid for a minimum of six (6) months from the date of receipt by HCLFoundation.

Negotiations: The most competitive proposal is requested. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded on the basis of merit of proposal. However, HCLFoundation reserves the right to request responses to questions and conduct negotiations with any potential organization/subject matter expert prior to awarding a contract.

Rejection of Proposal: This document is a request for proposals only, and in no way binds HCLFoundation to make an award. HCLFoundation reserves the right to reject any and all offers received and/or to cancel the RFP. HCLFoundation will not be obliged to either inform or provide a justification for rejection of proposals.

Incurring Costs: HCLFoundation will not be liable for any cost incurred during preparation, submission, or negotiation of an award for this RFP. Financial Responsibility: Proposals must certify the financial viability and adequacy of resources of the organization to complete the proposed assignment within the agreed time frame and in conformity with the agreed terms of payment. HCLFoundation reserves the right to request and review up to the last three financial statements and audit reports including schedules and annexures, as part of the basis of the award if required.

Branding Aligned: HCLFoundation has set brand guidelines that should be incorporated and followed while demonstrating the HCLF brand.

Copyright and Patents: HCLFoundation shall be entitled to all copyrights, patents and other proprietary rights and trademarks with regard to the products or documents and other materials which bear a direct relation to or are produced or prepared or collected in consequences of or in the course of the execution of the contract. All plans, reports, recommendations, estimates, documents and data compiled by the service providers under the contract shall be the property of HCLFoundation and shall be treated as confidential. All confidential documents should be delivered to the relevant people within HCLFoundation during the project duration and upon completion.