LRPS-2026-9205369 Support for the implementation of Strategic Goal 4 of the National School Nutrition Reform through community engagement, behaviour change and…

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the Support for the implementation of Strategic Goal 4 of the National School Nutrition Reform through community engagement, behaviour change and capacity-building interventions as fully detailed in the Terms of Reference/Statement of Work attached at Annex B. This RFP is open to Ukrainian bidders (Private Entrepreneurs (FOP/Non VAT tax payers).

Balanced nutrition is fundamental to children's healthy development, influencing physical growth, cognitive development, emotional well-being, learning outcomes, and long-term health. Healthy eating behaviours established during childhood contribute to improved educational outcomes and reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases later in life.

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to affect children's well-being, family coping mechanisms, and access to healthy diets. Recent behavioural evidence indicates that unhealthy eating behaviours are increasingly used by children and adolescents as a coping mechanism for stress and anxiety. A UNICEF-supported behavioural study on mental health found that 25% of girls and 20% of boys aged 10–17 consume sweets in response to stressful situations, highlighting the need for interventions that address both knowledge and behavioural drivers of nutrition-related practices.

In response to these challenges, the Government of Ukraine approved the National Strategy on School Nutrition Reform 2023–2027. UNICEF has supported the reform since its inception in 2020, recognizing that improving school meals alone is insufficient to achieve sustainable nutrition outcomes. Children, adolescents, caregivers, and educators need the knowledge, motivation, skills, and enabling environment to adopt and maintain healthy eating behaviours.

Establishing a culture of healthy eating is one of the 4 strategic goals of the National Strategy. Social and behaviour change approaches are central to achieving this goal by promoting positive social norms, strengthening nutrition literacy, increasing motivation for healthy food choices, and creating supportive environments for behaviour change. Through strategic communication, community engagement, digital and edutainment approaches, and capacity building, SBC interventions help make healthy nutrition relevant, practical, and actionable for children, adolescents, youth, caregivers, and educators.

To support the implementation of Strategic Goal 4 of the National School Nutrition Reform, UNICEF seeks a partner to design and implement community engagement, social and behaviour change, and capacity-building interventions that promote healthy eating behaviours and strengthen awareness, engagement, and support for the School Nutrition Reform among children, adolescents, youth, caregivers, educators, and communities.

This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system.

By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html .

In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission.

Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering.

Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated.

All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.

Pre-bid conference will be held online on 5 august 2026 15:00, Kyiv time.

Interested bidders are required to register for Pre-Bidding Conference by submitting their company name, list of attending representatives and their contact information via the 'Correspondence' tab in the UNICEF e-submission system

Subject: Pre-Bidding Conference Registration

You can join the meeting using the following link:

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