Extended deadline: January 15, 2020

Internews intends to continue to support media literacy campaigns to reach under informed communities through Moldova (excluding Chisinau city). Implementation period is estimated to be January – December 2020.

To achieve this, Internews will contract a company that will have 3 main tasks:

1. To perform qualitative and representative field research (for instance, focus groups, etc.) in order to adapt/redesign the posters with infographics in Romanian and Russian. 
2. To print posters with infographics, place, monitor and maintain the posters in buses and minibuses (and potentially in other transportation means) throughout Moldova;
3. In collaboration or partnership with a recognized research company or researchers to set up and implement a monitoring system, based on scientific methodologies in order to estimate and measure the impact of the transport information campaign.

Therefore, Internews in Moldova is inviting experienced and specialized companies to participate at the present RFQ as follows:

Description

• Be legally registered entity in Republic of Moldova for at least 3 years;
• Have a professional reputation and previous proven experience working with international donors and organizations;
• Able to adapt/ design (based on consumer feedback) and print posters with infographics, place, monitor and maintain the posters in buses and minibuses (and other transportation means) throughout Moldova;
• Place the posters on the backs of the seats in the minibuses or buses (and potentially stick onto the public transportation windows);
• Have long term contracts with transportation companies around the country and with the affiliated ministries and other relevant institutions;
• Jointly with research companies, create a functional monitoring system to be able to report to Internews the data on impact regarding this media literacy campaign.

The description of services should be as follows:

• Organizations responding to this RFQ are requested to submit a copy of their official registration or business license and bank information;
• Taxes and VAT: procurement is made under the technical agreement between Moldova and U.S. Governments and it does not permit financing taxes, VAT, tariffs, duties, or other levies imposed by any laws in effect in the Cooperating Country of Moldova.

Offer Deadline and Protocol: Offers will be sent no later than January 15, 2020, COB, by email to in-chisinau@internews.org. Questions can be addressed by phone +373 60500570.

Offers must remain valid for not less than sixty (60) days after the offer’s deadline.

NOTE: All the prices are to be in Moldovan Lei, with a 0% VAT rate.

Offers received after the specified time and date are considered late and will be reviewed only at the discretion of Internews.

Background information

Project “Support for Media Literacy in Moldova to Counter Disinformation” is implemented with the financial support of the United States Department of State through U.S. Embassy in Chisinau. The long-term project goal is to promote the development of an informed citizenry that is able to demand independent, high-quality information that provides access to a diversity of perspectives and use this information to participate in civic life. The specific project objective that will be achieved during this project is to build consumer ability to evaluate media content and identify reliable and high-quality news and information through targeted media literacy activities.