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Population Services International
Technology Vendor Artificial Intelligence Coach Development
Request for Proposals
To Provide: AI Virtual Coach Development
Issue Date: August 22nd, 2024
Last Date for Receipt of Clarification Questions by PSI: August 29th, 2024 11:59 PM PST
Last Date for Responses by PSI: September 3rd, 2024 11:59 PM PST
RFP Closing Date and Place: September 12th, 2024 11:59 PM PST
Please direct all proposals/inquiries regarding to this RFP to:
dhm@psi.org
Introduction
PSI is a non-profit organization working to improve the health of people in developing countries. PSI has an annual budget of $400+ million, offices in 60+ countries, and 8,000+ employees. For further information on PSI’s size, scope, structure, and strategy refer to www.psi.org.
Scope of Work
Priority Health Area/Audience
PSI seeks to develop a digital health intervention to support men living with HIV in South Africa. The Virtual Coach is designed to provide psychosocial support, deliver accurate health information, facilitate service referrals, and offer practical assistance to men living with HIV in South Africa. The AI-driven tool will seek to emulate the role of an existing human coach model called Coach Mpilo (www.coachmpilo.co.za).
Goals
To increase access to psychosocial support, health information, and referral to additional services and support for men living with HIV in South Africa.
Objectives (Suggest listing specific activities or a class of activities that are mutually agreed upon and any monitoring requirements.)
Consultant/Vendor will:
Expected Deliverables/Measures
Consultant/Vendor will:
Language
All documents submitted in response to this RFP, as well as all correspondence in connection
with the RFP, shall be in the English language.
Clarifications
Inquiries concerning this RFP must be submitted in writing, to be received by the date shown on the Cover Page. Such inquiries shall be sent by email, directed to
Email: dhm@psi.org
Subject: Information Request: PSI_DHM20240402
PSI is under no obligation to consider or respond to questions that are not received by that date.
Bid Preparation
Bidders should submit their responses to this RFP to include:
A. Technical Proposal
B. Financial Proposal
A. Technical Proposal
Your proposal should provide basic information about your Company and relevant service
offerings. It should have a section addressing each of the following areas:
(a) Company Profile
(b) Approach
(c) Responsiveness to the Scope of Work
(d) References
Responses should include the following information:
a. Company Profile
b. Approach
c. References:
B Financial Proposal
Bidders pricing should be based on the following:
For Services performed during the Term, Consultant will be paid a fixed fee, to be determined during the contracting process (the “Fixed Fee”). Applicants should provide a budget and justification. The Digital Health and Monitoring (DHM) department issues deliverable-based contracts. Deliverables and payment amounts will be finalized during the contracting process.
As part of the RFP process, PSI may be providing confidential information to bidders. Consequently, bidders must complete the attached Confidential/Non-disclosure Agreement (Part 4) to participate in this process. Signed Confidential/Non-Disclosure Agreements must be submitted with the proposal.
Bid Submission
All proposals must be in writing, in the English language, and manually signed and dated by an authorized employee of the Bidder. They may be emailed as shown on the RFQ cover page.
Proposals may not be altered, corrected or withdrawn after the Date of Receipt, except that PSI, at its sole discretion, may permit correction of arithmetic errors, transposition errors, or other clerical or minor mistakes, in cases in which PSI deems that both the mistake and the intended proposal can be established conclusively on the face of the proposal. Other than the mistakes listed in the previous sentence, no mistakes alleged by a Bidder after the Date of Receipt will be permitted to be corrected.
Proposals must be valid for at least ninety (90) days from the Date of Receipt. #li-remote #li-lm1