Background

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) (Cooperative Agreement No.

7200AA19CA00002) is a global project funded by the United States Government with a period of

performance from April 15, 2019, to December 30, 2027. EpiC and its consortium members

implement HIV, Global Health Security, COVID-19, and other health activities in more than 50

countries across the world. The project delivers high-quality technical support at the community,

facility, district, regional, and national levels and builds relationships with relevant partners

working to address HIV, global health security, maternal, newborn and child health, nutrition, and

malaria. Our ability to respond quickly to program, technical, and procurement needs leverages

our deep bench of country-based clinical, program, and community experts.

EpiC is led by FHI 360 with core partners Right to Care (RTC), Palladium International, and

Population Services International (PSI), and draws upon regional and local partners.

The US Government in Liberia awarded EpiC Project to implement MNCH activities in-country

for the period of August 30, 2025, to September 30, 2026. The US Embassy in Liberia in

collaboration with Ministry of Health has identified three objectives to be implemented for the

initial period of ending on September 30, 2026.

1) Strengthen access and quality of lifesaving MNCH services in priority facilities.

2) Strengthen essential health systems for high-quality MNCH service delivery to include

mSupply chain management (using the open version), data use for decision-making and

strengthen the Maternal, Newborn, Perinatal, and Stillbirth Death Surveillance and Response;

3) Strengthen the continuity of MNCH services between communities and health facilities.

Scope of the MNCH EpiC Liberia

FHI 360 EpiC Project is looking for services of two civil society organizations to support Ministry

of Health in Liberia through the collaboration of Family Health Division (FHD), Community

Health Department with the aim of supporting improvement of maternal, neonatal, and child health

(MNCH) services through inclusive community-based approaches. Preventable maternal, newborn

and child morbidity and mortality remain high due to delays in identification of danger signs,

limited access to services and timely referrals, and gaps in the entire spectrum of MNCH services

from pregnancy through delivery and newborn care, and services for children under-five years

including gaps in immunization. FHI 360 recognizes that partnering with local organizations on

MNCH services is very critical to improving MNCH activities. The program will provide funding

and technical assistance to local civil society organizations selected through a competitive process

to work with FHI 360 and MOH to achieve improvements in MNCH services.

The critical priorities will include facilitation of pregnancy mapping, identification of pregnant

mothers at risk, referring them for skilled facility deliveries, immediately tracking newborns who delivered outside health facilities and missed newborn care, facilitate early infant diagnosis for

mother-baby pairs who missed opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV,

support the country’s efforts on triple elimination by making sure that mothers tested for HIV are

also screened for Syphilis and Hepatis B, tracking under-five children who need critical medical

attention and referral from communities. This proposal should include a data management plan to

track MNCH-related activities at community level and inform the national system by channeling

data through the health facilities in the respective community catchment areas.

Interested organizations should articulate community based MNCH interventions they will

implement in Montserrado, Nimba, Bong and Lofa counties through coordination with the existing

community health workers structure in Liberia, trained traditional midwives (traditional birth

attendants), and village, town, and other community structures. The proposal should explicitly

respond to how the following deliverables will be addressed.

1. Basic package of essential MNCH services the CSO partner will provide within the

community setting.

2. Package of services the partner will track and refer from community to health facilities,

describing the referral pathway and key entities involved in the referral process.

3. Present a data tracking flow to clearly show what is happening at community level and how

it feeds into the national system through the respective catchment health facilities.

4. Present the plan and strategy of working with trained traditional midwives, community

health assistants and community health services supervisors and other community leaders

to achieve the MNCH goals.

5. Present a plan and strategy of supporting triple elimination of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B,

early HIV diagnosis for infants who missed opportunities through regular prevention of

mother to child transmission (PMTCT) program and link them to HIV treatment.

Applicants may not exhaustively propose or outline all activities to meet specific deliverables and

during the EOI process FHI 360 will help coordinate with shortlisted applicants to ensure that all

the key activities are being addressed as the selection process is being concluded. Interested

applicants should think creatively about additional activities that use innovative strategies not

mentioned in this EOI to address key MNCH issues in Liberia.

Anticipated Period of Performance:

June to September 2026, but with potential extension depending on funding availability.

Eligibility Criteria & Selection

To respond to this EOI, an organization must meet all the following eligibility criteria:

• Locally registered as an NGO in Liberia (can be faith-based, community-based or local

NGO)

• Demonstrated experience in implementation MNCH services
• Disclose any conflict of interest or current affiliation with any other organizations working

with or receiving and funding or any assistance from any organization dealing with MNCH

or sexual and reproductive health space. The grantee’s other relationships, associations, activities, and interests should not create a conflict of interest that could prevent full

impartiality in implementation of the grant activities.

Applications will undergo a preliminary review for completeness and responsiveness. Incomplete

applications, applications judged to be unresponsive to the EOI, and applications submitted after

the due date and time will be considered ineligible and will NOT be considered for an award

Application Instructions

The application should be no longer than 7 pages, excluding budget and appendixes, and include

the following information:

Organizational Background (2 pages maximum)

The applicant should briefly detail the following in the organizational background:

• Name of the organization
• Contact person and full address (physical, postal, telephone and email)
• Signature and authorized representative of the applicant
• Numbers of grant opportunities implemented before and their types, Type of grant

program (FAA, Standard, In-Kind, etc.)

• Type of organization (non-government organization, Faith-based organization, or
• Community based organization). Indicate if it is a membership organization
• Current geographical coverage (Counties, districts, zones/clans)
• Organizational vision, mission and goal and objectives
• Current and past MNCH projects with technical areas of focus (include information on

target groups reached and numbers served). Please emphasize any work that you have

done related to MNCH

• Sources and funding levels for the last three years. Indicate if the organization receives

funding from U.S., Liberian, or other governments, and if any private donor/foundation

funding

• Organizational structure and staffing/membership level

Technical Proposal (5 pages maximum)

The applicant should briefly detail the following in the technical proposal:

1) Technical approach and key activities should include:

• The overall technical approach should clearly explain what the Applicant’s proposed

project will do, which activities will be implemented and how?

• The activities should be organized based on the thematic areas outlined
• Indicate willingness and capacity to cover any two of the four MNCH selected counties

of Montserrado, Nimba, Lofa and Bong

• How the MNCH activities will be implemented
• A clear timeline of when activities will be implemented before September 2026. 2) Management approach and institutional capabilities should include.
• How the management structure will ensure the successful implementation of the

project.

• How the organization can ensure rapid project startup and achieve the project’s

objectives

• Key personnel positions and who will fill these positions listing their areas of

expertise, with CVs attached

• Provide the structure of community volunteers/community workers who will facilitate

implementation of the scope of work

3) M&E approach should include.

• Description of how the M&E system will respond to the technical approach
• How the project will use the M&E data for continual project improvement
• The organization’s current capacity to collect and analyze data, share data with

community structures and national system through respective health facilities

• Description of any available tools that will be used or adapted to track community

MNCH efforts and appropriately feed to the national system through respective health

facilities

• Proposed targets, by geographic coverage of facility catchment areas:

Illustrative Budget

• Please submit a proposed budget for the period of performance

Maximum Page Limit of Applications: 7 pages

The following annexes should be submitted with the application (These will not count against the

page limit).• Current Certificate of Registration or Incorporation Papers and valid Tax clearance

• Audited Financial Statements, if available (if no recent audit has been conducted, a revenue and

expense statement and balance sheet for previous financial year must be attached), and

• personnel CVs and resumes for applicant managers and technical staff.

1. Evaluation Criteria

Table 1: Criteria for evaluation

All applications will be objectively reviewed and scored against the following criteria:

VII. General Instructions

These instructions to applicants will not form part of the application or of the grant agreement.

They are intended solely to aid applicants in the preparation of their applications.

• Applicants will not be reimbursed for the cost incurred in preparation and submission

of an application. All preparation and submission costs are at the applicant’s expense.

• Issuance of this EOI does not constitute an award commitment on the part of FHI 360.
• FHI 360 reserves the right to independently negotiate with any applicant, or to make

an award without conducting discussions based solely on the written applications if it

decides it is in its best interest to do so.

• FHI 360 reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications received.
• FHI 360 reserves the right to check an applicant’s donor references.

Application Submission Process and Timeline

The complete application packages are due to FHI 360 by 5:00 pm EST on May 5, 2026. An

electronic copy of package must be submitted via e-mail only to

Liberia.EpiC.recruitment@fhi360.org.

Please specify “MNCH Liberia Application” AND the name of your organization as the subject of

your email message. Only one application may be submitted by organization or consortium.

Table 2: Timeline for EOI process – key dates and times