REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
CONSULTANCY TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRACKING FINANCIAL FLOWS TO FOOD
SYSTEMS (3FS) METHODOLOGY IN KARNATAKA OR
ODISHA, INDIA
Issued by
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
I. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF WORK
1. ABOUT GAIN
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.
We build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. We are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition. Through alliances, we provide technical, financial and policy support to key participants in the food system. We use specific learning, evidence of impact, and results of projects and programmes to shape and influence the actions of others.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has representative offices in Denmark, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, we have country offices in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. Programmes and projects are carried out in a variety of other countries, particularly in Africa and Asia.
2. BACKGROUND
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) and will be the administrative lead organisation for Tracking Financial Flows of this RFP is to engage the services of a Service Provider to implement the tracking financial flows to food systems (3FS) methodology in the state of Karnataka or Odisha, India,
3. SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES
The successful applicant shall establish operational institutional coordination arrangements for 3FS implementation in Karnataka or Odisha, develop a documented inventory and mapping of relevant food systems expenditure, and prepare a cleaned, tagged, apportioned, and validated expenditure database for the agreed financial years. The assignment will also include technical analysis of public financial flows to food systems, with clearly documented assumptions and limitations, and the development of evidence-based recommendations to inform policy, planning, investment decisions and the continued tracking of food systems expenditure.
3.1. OBJECTIVES
- Establish an institutional coordination mechanism and engage relevant Karnataka or Odisha government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in food systems-related work. Showcase a strong relation with the state governments of Odisha or Karnataka for the smooth execution.
- Identify relevant MDAs and obtain comprehensive budget and executed expenditure data from these entities, typically covering a three-to-five-year period.
- Clean and review the expenditure data to identify and tag expenditure lines relevant to food systems.
- Map and classify relevant expenditures against the five expenditure components of the 3fs methodology.
- Produce a quality-assured, validated, and reproducible Karnataka or Odisha's 3FS expenditure database, documenting data sources and classification processes.
- Analyse food systems’ expenditure levels, composition, trends, gaps, and opportunities.
- Develop evidence-based recommendations and a roadmap for institutionalizing the 3FS methodology in Karnataka or Odisha, including potential replication in other subnational contexts.
SUBMISSION
Proposals should be submitted electronically by email.
Send the technical and financial proposals electronically to rfp@gainhealth.org. No hard-copy submission is proposed, subject to confirmation of GAIN procurement requirements.
Email copy: rfp@gainhealth.org
Email subject: rfp – _Mention the name of the_ 3FS implementation consultancy
DEADLINE
Completed proposals should be submitted to GAIN before 2nd November 2026, 12 PM Indian Standard Time (IST). Proposals may be postmarked on the due date, provided that an email of the proposal is submitted by the deadline.
For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below.