Job Description

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people.

At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious and safe food. We work to understand and deliver specific solutions to the daily challenge of food insecurity faced by poor people. By understanding that there is no “one-size-fits-all” model, we develop alliances and build tailored programmes, using a variety of flexible models and approaches.

GAIN has developed an innovative method to holistically assess the combined nutritional value and
environmental footprint of foods. The methodology consists of two integrated components: (i) the Nutritional Value Score (NVS), and (ii) nutritional Life Cycle Assessments (nLCAs).

The Nutritional Value Score is a novel nutrient profiling system designed to capture the nutritional value of single foods, food groups, meals, and whole diets, based on nutrients of global health priority and dietary factors associated with non-communicable disease risk.

The main purposes of the NVS are to (i) serve as a tool for guiding policy and programmatic
decisions aimed at improving nutritional and health outcomes, and (ii) serve as the nutritional functional unit (nFU) in environmental impact and affordability assessments. This approach allows for a more nuanced and nutritionally relevant understanding of foods’ environmental footprints, as opposed to using traditional energy or mass-based functional units. Building on these previous efforts, GAIN now seeks to expand the application of nLCAs using NVS scores as the nFU to local foods in multiple countries, toward generating actionable, evidence-based insights to inform policies and programs that promote healthy and sustainable diets at national and subnational levels.

The purpose of this RFP is to engage the services of a Service Provider to adapt and apply t he established nLCA methodology to local foods in several provinces in Indonesia.
The list of foods to be analyzed and related NVS scores will be provided by GAIN. The Service Provider will be responsible for collecting and analyzing environmental impact data for the selected foods, prioritizing local or regional data sources to the extent possible. The analysis will consider a comprehensive set of environmental impact categories, and will encompass the full life cycle of foods, from production to consumption and waste management.
In addition to the nLCA analysis, GAIN also wishes to assess the climate vulnerability of selected local foods supply chain in selected provinces. The service provider will be responsible for collecting and analyzing climate exposure data, sensitivity of the selected foods, and adaptive capacity of supply chain actors.

The results of the study will be used by Bappenas to guide the implementation of RAN PG and RAD PG in selected regions.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) and will be the administrative lead organisation for this RFP.

Benefits

Applicants are required to provide GAIN with a detailed fee percentage proposal. The final budget amount will have to be approved by the organisation prior to starting the project

Job Requirements

FORMAT FOR PROPOSAL
The proposal needs to be formatted as follows:
– In their proposal the consultant should propose the design of the study
– The proposal needs to be formatted as two separate documents:
1) Technical proposal
– Detailed proposal on how the areas of work mentioned in Scope of Work will be addressed,
including risk and mitigation strategy and timeline
– Description of previous relevant work
– Composition of team with names and brief biographies of all key staff (CVs may be included
in an annex)
– Three References and contact information

2) Financial proposal:
– Budget
– Detailed budget justification
– Offer of services

How to Apply

Originals should be submitted as follows:

Email copy:

ibudiman@gainhealth.org and Eyunindio-sari@gainhealth.org.

Email Subject:

Consultant for Study on sustainable and resilient local foods in Indonesia

Please direct all inquiries and other communications to the contact below. Reponses will not be confidential except in cases where proprietary information is involved.
ibudiman@gainhealth.org and Eyunindio-sari@gainhealth.org

Deadline submission: 16 July 2025

For detail RFP, please visit:

https://www.gainhealth.org/consultant-study-sustainable-and-resilient-healthy-local-foods-indonesia