Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia Project (“Damal Caafimaad”): Provision of Third Party Monitoring Services

Project ID: P172031

Project Title: Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia Project (“Damal Caafimaad”)

Borrower Bid Reference: SO-MOH-FGS-014-CS-QCBS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) 

Federal government of Somalia      

IMPROVING HEALTH SERVICES IN SOMALIA (Damal Caafimaad) PROJECT

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: P172031 

Assignment Title:      Provision of Third-Party Monitoring Services

Reference No.            SO-MOH-FGS-014-CS-QCBS

The Ministry of Health and Human Services has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Improving Health Services in Somalia (Damal Caafimaad) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia, through the Federal Ministry of Health, is implementing the Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia under the “Damal Caafimaad” Project, with financing from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group. The four-year project will contribute to Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS 2020) implementation aimed at improving the coverage of essential health and nutrition services in project areas and strengthen the stewardship of the Ministries of Health in Somalia. The Damal Caafimaad Project, funded has three key components: (i) Expanding the coverage of a prioritized EPHS in selected geographic areas; (ii) Strengthening Government’s stewardship to enhance service delivery; and (iii) Project Management, M&E, Knowledge Management, and Learning. The Project will focus on expanding an essential package of high-impact health and nutrition services across the population in project target regions within available resources and service delivery capacity. It also aims to develop the Federal and State Ministries’ of Health capacity to act as stewards of the health sector.

The overall objective of this assignment is to ensure consistent, robust, high quality data are available and used to monitor EPHS service delivery in Somalia to generate service delivery improvements.  Specifically, the third-party monitor will design, execute, manage, analyze data, facilitate data use, and present results for the following monitoring methods, as well as develop Government capacity, with a focus on strengthening the Government’s ability to monitor health sector performance and act as the steward of the health sector. 

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can obtained on request through email: procurement.damalcaafimaad@gmail.com.

The Ministry of Health and Human Services now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are: qualifications and experience of the firm; such as core business and years in business, relevant experience, technical and managerial capability of the firm. The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest under paragraph 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations]. 

Consultancy firm or the institution may associate with other firms/institutions, if necessary, to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

The Consultancy firms or the institutions will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9.00 A.M.– 4.00 P.M, Mogadishu Time, Saturday to Thursday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by Sunday, 13th March 2022 at 16:00 hours E.A.T.

The Senior Programme Coordinator

Improving Health Services in Somalia (Damal Caafimaad) Project

Ministry of Health and Human Services

Federal Government of Somalia

Corso Somalia Street, P.O. Box 22, Shangani, Mogadishu, Somalia

Email Address: procurement.damalcaafimaad@gmail.com

with copies to: dgoffice@moh.gov.so; pciu.damalcaafimaad@gmail.com

Submit your application with the following as your subject: Provision of Third-Party Monitoring Services; Ref No. SO-MOH-FGS-014-CS-QCBS

CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization/Department Federal Government of Somalia Ministry of Health
Name Nur Ali MOHAMUD
Address Federal Government of Somalia Ministry of Health Corso Somalia Street, Shangani, Mogadishu, Somalia
City 
Province/State Somalia
Postal Code 
Country Somalia
Phone 252615816412
Email pciu@moh.gov.so