New Job Vacancy at USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Consultancy Procurement
|
| USAID GHSC-TA-TZ Project |
Jobs in Tanzania 2021: New Job Vacancies at USAID (GHSC TA-TZ) Project 2021
Consultancy Procurement
Statement of Work
Purpose:
Provide Consultancy Services For The Procurement, in bound logistics
and contract management Module Of The Zanzibar Holistic Supply Chain
Review
Provider(s):TBD
Period of Performance: February and March 2021
Place of Performance: Zanzibar and virtual desk work
Recommended:
PAST PAPERS ZA DARASA LA 7 MPAKA FORM SIX | NECTA AND MOCK EXAMS 1988 – 2019. CLICK HERE!
BACKGROUND
The
Ministry of Health, Social Welfare, Elderly Gender and Children
(MOHSWEGC) Zanzibar embarked on the reform process from the beginning of
1990’s and through these reforms; the ministry became fully fledged in
the early 2000’s. The Zanzibar health care delivery system has been
divided into tertiary, secondary and primary care services; the primary
health care services being spread throughout the islands (Pemba and
Unguja)s. The primary health care services have been transferred to
President’s Office, Regional Administration, and Local Government
Special Department (PORALGSD). The distribution allows good access to
primary services to 95% of the population living within or less than 5km
to the nearest public health facility.
Through the Chief
Pharmacist Office (CPO) and the Central Medical Stores (CMS); MOHSWGEC
is responsible for procurement of commodities in collaboration with the
Procurement Unit. The CMS is responsible to store and distribute
commodities to all public health facilities. The health procurement and
logistics systems are challenged by limited qualified human resources
and issues related to contract management including order processing,
delivery and payment terms. All these issues impact the efficiency of
the health procurement system hence compromising availability of health
commodities.
In November 2013, the MOHSWEGC conducted a
strategic review of the national supply chain for health commodities.
The review examined broader systems issues affecting the availability of
commodities, the performance of the supply chain, and CMS’s ability to
fulfill its responsibilities. Supply chain partners and stakeholders
proposed interventions in five key areas: financing, policy, and
planning; warehousing, inventory management, and distribution; system
design and the LMIS; procurement and the private sector; and human
resources. The review recommended CMS transformation; and implementation
of the recommendations and resulted to CMS achieving a semi-autonomous
status.
Some additional and notable benefits of the 2013 review
include storage capacity increase, and improved distribution of health
commodities. This improved availability and accessibility at all times.
The MOHSWGEC has continued to strengthen collaboration between
alternative medical practitioners and health institutions in areas of
drug monitoring and research. The cold storage system for drugs in
Unguja and Pemba was also strengthened. Whilst a lot has been achieved
to date, there are still some gaps that require immediate attention as
noted below:
- The procurement system
for health commodities and supplies is still challenged with lengthy
procurement processes, poor specifications for some health commodities,
inadequate and unpredictable funding for medicines and inadequate
infrastructure contributing to shortages of drugs - The increase
of demand for health services has led to increase in number of health
facilities and hence it is recommended to strengthen security at HFs
premises, health commodity monitoring compliance of rational drug use
practices by health providers - Recent initiatives such as
digitization of the Zanzibar health system, decentralization of the
health care services and modernization of logistics system requires RGOZ
to also ensure that the public health supply chain system is upgraded
to meet the new expectations
Despite the positive
development of the overall Zanzibar health supply chain performance,
there are still areas to improve. Based on Zanzibar Annual performance
review reports of 2015/16; Zanzibar had experienced stock outs of
essential commodities. There was an increase in the proportion of
facilities experiencing stock out of tracer drugs from 37% in 2013/14 to
68% in 2015/16.
In addition, according to the performance
analysis of the Zanzibar Supply chain action plan 2017/2020, factors
such as inadequate funding, inadequate quantification skills, poor
planning and coordination, inadequate tracking mechanisms and tools, as
well as inadequate pharmaceutical human resources at the facility level
lead to poor availability of health commodities. Capacity at health
facilities to use the Integrated Logistics System (ILS) remains
inadequate (knowledge, time, supervision). Overall record keeping
(inventory control, prescribing, dispensing) is weak which facilitates
leakages of supplies to the private sector. Adherence to good storage
practices varies.
Therefore, the MOHSWEGC conducts a holistic
review of the health supply chain in order to fully address the observed
challenges identified in the entire system. In this case the review
will assess the current situation, analyse options available to address
areas requiring improvement and develop strategies to strengthen the
health supply chain. It is expected that the review will lead to
improving management of health commodities ensuring 100% stock
availability of essential medicines in all primary health facilities in
the country.
Scope
Below eight areas of Supply chain have been identified for the review:
- Products specifications, Selection, and demand planning,
- Costing, funding, and financing strategies
- Procurement and contract management
- Warehousing, storage and spaces management, distribution, and transportation network at CMS
- Inventory
management (inventory analysis – SKUs (Stock keeping units),
weight/volume, stock location, stock control policies, throughput
analysis) - Information management systems
- Human resource capacity for supply chain management
- Supply chain oversight, governance, and accountability
- The
goal is to have a robust supply chain system that is both flexible and
adaptable to frequent changes and evolving demands of the health sector
while ensuring that the health commodities reach clients timely, cost
effectively and with guaranteed quality.
CHECK SCHOLARSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY ABROAD CLICK HERE!
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
The
purpose of this scope of work is to analyse gaps in procurement,
in/out-bound logistics and contract management of health commodities
(essential Medicines, medical and diagnostic equipment/supplies) RGOZ
for improving supply chain management of health commodities.
Objectives
- Identify
weakness and strength of the procurement, in/out bound logistics and
contract management related to health commodities in the public system. - Develop options for effective procurement, in/out bound logistics and contract management of health commodities.
- Determine
compliance to requirements of the procurement Act, regulations and
procedures in contract management and procurement of health commodities. - Determine adherence to procurement plans of health commodities.
Specific tasks to be performed.
- In
this review the specific tasks will be carried out to determine/
analysing gaps in procurement and contract management of health
commodities. Key steps to perform the tasks include literature review,
data collection, data cleaning and analysis and report preparation and
dissemination. The tasks include: Conducting preparation and logistics,
Conducting the desk review/document review, Contract management
assessment report, available procurement contracts, Procurement reports,
assessment reports, audit reports, Procurement guidelines and Donation
guidelines, National Procurement framework, Inbound and outbound
logistics, Adherence to supply plan. - Conduct assessment (Data
tools development, Pre-testing of tools, data collection, data cleaning,
analysis, and report preparation. Key areas to include: Review the
procurement policies, guidelines, manuals for procurement health
commodities, Review the contract management policies, guidelines,
manuals for procurement of health commodities, Explore whether the
procurement conform to already quantified commodities, Review complies
to procurement plan, Explore whether procurement mechanisms/methodology
utilized in the country (centralized or decentralized across all program
commodities, essential medicines and diagnostic commodities, Check
whether the Procurement are conducted adhere generic names/INN
(International Nonproprietary Names), Check for availability and
adherence to procurement plan/cycle. , Check the method used for
procurement of health commodities whether Open tender, Restricted
tender, Competitive negotiation, Direct procurement, Check whether there
are mechanisms to check compliance between what was procured is what
was delivered/received, Check for whether the country aligns to the
Procurement guidelines and Donation guidelines, Check for availability
of contract management and explore possibility for improvement, review
coordination mechanism and information sharing between user departments
and PDMU of MOHSWEGC,Check for mechanisms/process that ensure that all
parties meet their contractual obligations after contract award and
during the period of contract administration and implementation for each
awarded contract, Contract Management Plan - Conduct a thorough review of the data, analysis work and report to ensure that it is of high quality before it is shared.
- From
the information gathered, propose different scenarios and options.
Options proposed can be analysed and based on the cost benefit analysis
discuss the appropriate modifications to the current systems or propose
new policies and their advantages. - Summarize the results of the analysed options in a formal report.
- Discuss the results with the task force or other identified authorities.
- Finalize and submit the final formal report to the taskforce and identified authorities.
Deliverable/outputs
- Technical report with recommendations.
- Draft and final review report (including selected options, plans/strategies and cost of implementing the options)
- Methodology and tools
Qualifications and attributes required:
- Applicant
for this consultancy should be Tanzanian national or lawful
resident/institution who possesses following minimum qualifications and
can provide documentation supporting capabilities and experience:
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2021 (1,319 POSTS)
Demonstrated technical capabilities.
- Be
a qualified professional or firm with a team comprised of qualified
experts with a demonstrated track record in procurement of health
commodities supply chain. - Experience developing procurement and contract management policies and have knowledge of Supply chain in Zanzibar.
- Extensive experience of working on supply chain of health commodities.
Demonstrated consultancy services.
- Demonstrated experience leading and supporting similar projects.
- Strong experience managing projects of this scope and size, including meeting deadlines and managing risks
- Experience in planning and executing communications efforts in support of projects of this scope and size
- Be able to participate and lead both virtual and in-person workshop(s) to review prototype materials, as needed
- Excellent verbal and written English and Swahili
- An
organization with knowledge of Zanzibar supply chain system and that
has worked on similar assignment in Zanzibar in recent years. - A
person with at least 10 years’ experience in Procurement of health
commodities (Medicines and Laboratory) including for HIV/AIDS, TB in a
resource limited setting. - A person with at least 10 years’
experience in supply chain of health commodities covering
Pharmaceuticals, laboratory commodities and biomedical equipment other
technical aspects. Experience working in resource limited setting is a
plus.
Proposal Submission and Timelines
- All submission have to be sent to ghsc.recruitmenttz@gmail.com, please indicate in subject line “Consultancy Procurement Module”
- Bid submission have to be submitted by February 22, 2021 17:00 EAT.
- All cost proposals should be broken down by daily rate.
- All travel costs will be covered by the project and therefore does not have to be included in proposal response
- The work is expected to start once the contract is signed by the contractor.
- We expect work to commence in February 2021.
- All proposals should be priced/quoted according to days and deliverables.
- All proposals should include references and contacts of institutions for which the bidder performed a similar work.
- Examples of past work are required and should be shown when needed.
- Estimated LOE is 20 days
- Duration of activity is from February to March 2021
Selection Criteria
Experience
health commodity supply Chain procurement. Documentation of experience
including sample of work and organization for which work was performed.
References checks.
-Quality of proposal
-Pricing
-The lowest price technical acceptable proposal based on the above criteria will be selected.
The post New Job Vacancy at USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Consultancy Procurement appeared first on Ajira - Nafasi za kazi Tanzania 2019.
source http://ajira-nafasizakazitz.com/32557/