Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which works to save children’s lives by increasing access to immunization in poor countries, is requesting quotations from public relations agencies.  

Gavi, originally Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, is an international public-private partnership that seeks to improve access to vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries. Since its founding in 2000, the Geneva, Switzerland-based organization has helped immunize more than 981 million children in 73 lower-income countries against some of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Gavi is looking for an agency that can provide public relations and media relations services on a retainer basis for the purpose of boosting the organization’s visibility and media engagement in the United States and Canada.

Scope of the work includes: Providing news alerts on critical stories around topics related to Gavi’s work (including COVAX, the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccinations, immunizations, outbreak response, pandemic preparedness and global health); pitching interviews and op-eds to media on major announcements or when Gavi senior leadership is traveling to the U.S. or Canada; maintaining regular contact and building relationships with major print and broadcast news outlets and making recommendations, providing creative ideas and identifying opportunities for media engagement; drafting briefs and written media responses; and providing crisis communications counsel when necessary.

Terms of the contract calls for the work to cover the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024.

Responses are due by 23:59 (Central European Time) on April 21 and should be emailed to: [email protected].

Download the RFQ (PDF).