Technical Consultant -Digital Investment Case Tool for Women's Health

## REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

**Solicitation Period-** July 20, 2026 to July 31, 2026

**Consultant-** Technical Consultant -Digital Investment Case Tool for Women's Health -READVERTISEMENT

**Organization-** Pathfinder International

**Project-** Digital Investment Case Tool for Women's Health

**Start Date -** TBC

**Period of Performance-** 6 Months (output-based, milestone-driven)

The consultancy will require approximately 20 working days, distributed over a six-month, output-based engagement.

**Requisition Number -** 50302

**Supervisor -** Country Manager, Egypt -with technical collaboration from Project Officer

**Activity -** Design, develop, test, and prepare a Digital Investment Case Tool for Women's Health for pilot use with Kenya's/Egypt’s Ministry of Health and subsequent scale-up across MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.

## Background

Pathfinder International is developing a Digital Investment Case Tool for Women's Health ; an offline, user-friendly Excel-based tool that equips Ministries of Health (MoHs) to make compelling economic and fiscal arguments for increased domestic investment in family planning, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and primary health care (PHC).

The tool will be piloted in one country ;either Kenya or Egypt- to be confirmed upon contract signing and is designed from the outset as a country-agnostic solution, replicable across any country in MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa with minimal support. While the tool is intended to remain country-agnostic and adaptable across LMIC contexts, Pathfinder International has a preference for consultants or firms based in Kenya, or consultants with demonstrated experience working with the Kenya Ministry of Health, county health departments, or other public-sector health institutions. This preference is intended to support contextual relevance, practical engagement with government stakeholders, and effective alignment with Kenya’s health financing, SRHR, RMNCAH, PHC, and UHC priorities. Pathfinder is engaging a qualified Technical Consultant to design, develop, test, and prepare the tool for scale-up across a six-month period.

## Primary Objectives of the Consultancy

The primary objective of this consultancy is to produce a fully functional, offline Excel-based investment case tool that enables MoH staff to independently construct and communicate evidence based economic arguments for investment in women's health. The consultant will design the tool as a generic, country-adaptive solution piloted in either Kenya or Egypt but built for replication and will support its validation, capacity-building application, and preparation for scale-up across MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Specific objectives include:

- Build and validate a six-module Excel tool aligned with AfDB financing formats, pre-populated with Kenya/Egypt data but adaptable to any LMIC context.
- Develop advocacy materials enabling MoH and Ministry of Finance (MoF) engagement, including an investment brief, PowerPoint deck, and country-specific economic narrative.
- Facilitate pilot testing and build the capacity of at least 15 Kenya/Egypt MoH staff to use the tool independently.
- Deliver an end-of-pilot evaluation and a structured scale-up roadmap for multi-country roll-out.

**Scope of Work**

The consultant's responsibilities span five areas over the six-month engagement:

1. ## Tool Design & Development

- Build a fully functional offline Excel investment case tool explicitly designed as a generic, country-adaptive solution replicable across any LMIC context.
- Include six modules: investment calculator, global SRHR evidence library, generic country data input sheet (pre-populated with Kenya/Egypt data), customizable dashboards, scenario modelling (invest vs. inaction), and a plain-language guidance note.
- Ensure all assumptions are transparent and adjustable; outputs must align with AfDB financing formats.

1. ## Advocacy Materials

- Develop a fillable one-page investment brief template and a 10–15 slide MoF-ready PowerPoint deck.
- Produce a Kenya/Egypt-specific economic narrative applying tool outputs to Kenya's/Egypt’s UHC context, serving as the pilot application of a reusable country narrative template.
- Produce a standalone 'invest vs. do nothing' scenario analysis template with annotated guidance and placeholder sections, and complete the Kenya/Egypt version as proof of concept.

1. ## Pilot Testing & Capacity Building

- Facilitate at least one full-day hybrid workshop with Kenya or Egypt MoH staff (co-facilitated with Pathfinder staff); produce a usability and feedback report; revise the tool accordingly (v2).
- Design and deliver at least two training sessions for a minimum of 15 MoH staff, equipping them to use the tool independently.
- Prior to the first workshop (Month 1/2), contribute to a structured baseline capacity assessment of MoH counterparts to support pre-/post- measurement of changes in tool use and decisionmaker engagement.

1. ## Stakeholder Engagement Support

• Brief MoH staff for at least two MoF-level presentations; attend at least one engagement session; produce meeting summaries.

1. ## Evaluation & Scale-Up Roadmap

- Conduct an end-of-pilot evaluation; produce a structured 2-page scale-up framework covering country adaptation requirements, resource needs, rollout criteria, and funding pathways.
- Produce a final report contribution and submit a complete documentation package.

**Level of Effort and Deliverables Allocation**

The consultancy will require approximately **20 working days**, distributed over a **six-month, output-based engagement**. Consultants are expected to allocate the level of effort across the main deliverables as follows:

**Deliverable Area/Expected Level of Effort**

- Tool development, including technical specification, Excel tool architecture, investment calculator, assumptions logic, country data input structure, scenario modelling, dashboards, and user guidance - **10 days**
- Workshop preparation, validation session, user feedback review, and revisions to the tool - **6 days**
- Reporting, documentation package, final handover note, and submission of final revised tool - **4 days**

**Total - 20 days**

## Deliverables & Outputs

All deliverables are subject to review and acceptance by Pathfinder before payment is triggered. The timeline may be adjusted in writing by mutual agreement if scope changes are approved.

\#**Deliverable Due Format**

1

**Deliverable Due -** Technical specification + Beta Tool v1 (Excel, all 6 modules) + Advocacy materials (brief, PPT deck, scenario analysis) -End Month 1

**Format -** Excel / Word / PPTX

2

**Deliverable Due -** Pilot testing protocol + Workshop facilitation /(Kenya/Egypt MoH) + Usability & feedback report

\+ Revised Tool v2 + Training package & delivery/ (2 sessions) + Kenya/Egypt economic narrative - End Month 3

**Format -** Excel / Word / Report

3

**Deliverable Due -** Stakeholder briefing notes + Meeting summaries + End-of-pilot evaluation report + Scale-up roadmap + Final report contribution + Complete documentation package - End Month 6

**Format -** Word / PDF / ZIP

## Payment Milestones

Payment is milestone-based and tied to acceptance of deliverable groups. Consultants are requested to submit a financial proposal as part of their application.

**Milestone Trigger / % of Total Fee**

M1- Deliverable Group 1 accepted (40% of fee)

M2 - Deliverable Group 2 accepted (30% of fee)

M3 - Deliverable Group 3 accepted (30% of fee)

## Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience Essential

- Postgraduate degree in economics, health economics, public health, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years' health economics experience, with deep knowledge of SRHR and PHC investment evidence in LMICs.
- Proven track record building complex analytical and decision-support tools in Microsoft Excel , portfolio evidence required.
- Experience engaging MoH and/or MoF counterparts in LMICs; ability to