Consulting Firms to Produce Documentary Film for JSDF Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

VIETNAM
Northern Mountain Integrated Child Nutrition Improvement Project
Grant No. TF0A2244

Assignment Title: Consultancy firm to develop short documentary videos about the project
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): VN-SC-250465-CS-CQS

The Save the Children has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Northern Mountain Integrated Child Nutrition Improvement Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting service.

The consulting service (“the Service”) includes:

Expected Deliverables

SCI expects the following deliverables to be provided for the Project team on 30 November 2021:

No.

Deliverable title

Description

Format and style

A 15 – 20-minute video

Basic information about the project: Project objective; Project duration and location; Project partners; Project components and objectives of each component
Project implementation method: collaboration between agriculture and health sectors in planning, implementing and monitoring.
The suitability of the project models/ interventions with local socio-economic conditions.
Results of project models/ interventions in i/ improving people’s child nutrition awareness and practices, ii/ diversifying household nutrition sources for children, and iii/ improving child nutritional status after four years of project implementation. Besides, the video should highlight i/ the integration of project nutrition-sensitive agriculture models into agriculture and forestry development plan (2021 - 2025) of the two project provinces (Son La and Yen Bai), and ii/ the mainstream of stunting reduction into socio-economic development plan of project communes.
The project lessons learnt for child nutrition improvement should be mentioned for further replication in other areas, especially disadvantaged mountainous areas, in the future.

Full HD (1920x1080p) or 4K (3840 x 2160) preferable;
Format: MP4; Deinterlacing: YES;
Video Codec: H.264 / AVC;
Frame rate: up to 30fps;
Frame ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: Vietnamese and English (Myriad Pro in white semi-bold face against a gradient at the bottom of the footage. Font size (height) should be at least 1/10 the height of the screen).
Music used must have copyright license for publishing on media platforms.
Logos, subtitles and details related to brand identity must comply with the Brand guidelines of Save the Children and World Bank.

A 5-minute video

Summarizing based on the full video

All expected deliverables shall be submitted to the Project team for review.

Tentative plan

No	Task	Time	Venue
1	Studying project materials; developing scripts and detailed work plan; participating in Child safeguarding sessions	07/10 – 12/10	Hanoi
2	Preparing for field filming in four project districts in Son La and Yen Bai province	12/10 – 19/10	Yen Bai and Son La
3	Filming in four project districts in Son La and Yen Bai province	19/10 – 02/11	Yen Bai and Son La
4	Post-production	02/11 – 29/11	Hanoi

Facilities provided by Save the Children
- Project relevant documents and communication materials (videos, articles, etc.)
- Transportation services for field preparation and field filming
- Review the relevant draft deliverables
- Help to contact with local partners for logistic arrangement and/ or any necessary support for field filming (local interpreter, interview arrangements, etc.)

The Save the Children now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are applied for film director and content creator (other positions are optional):

Bachelor degree or higher in producing videos/ films or relevant fields;
Experienced in producing creative products within the last five years (specify number of videos and films);
Priority given to those experienced in producing documentary films relating to agriculture/ health (specify number of videos and films);
Priority given to those experienced in working with international organizations or INGOs;
Experienced in producing videos with participation of ethnic minorities, particularly Hmong, Thai, Dao, Muong, within the last five years (specify number of videos and films);
Having at least one member able to communicate in English (particularly writing skills)

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011 (revised July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants Qualification Selection Method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the email address:
[email protected] [1]
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail) by 17:00 of 17 September 2021.
E-mail: [email protected] [1]

Job Details

Organisation Name:

Save the Children

Application Deadline:

Fri, 2021-09-17