Consultancy for the Development of Three New Tender - 43151785

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Country: Trinidad and Tobago

Summary: Consultancy for the Development of Three New Modules for Caribbean Regional (CR) Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Programme (FELTP) - Contact Tracing; Infectious Disease Simulation Exercise; Assessing Healthcare Practice Readiness for Handling

Deadline: 17 Jun 2020

Posting Date: 03 Jun 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 43151785

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Competition: ICB

Financier: Other Funding Agencies

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Tender Value: Refer Document

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71220000 - Architectural design services

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Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy for the Development of Three New Modules for Caribbean Regional (CR) Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Programme (FELTP) - Contact Tracing; Infectious Disease Simulation Exercise; Assessing Healthcare Practice Readiness for Handling Outbreaks.
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI):
CONSULTANCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE NEW MODULES FOR CARIBBEAN REGIONAL (CR) FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAMME (FELTP) - CONTACT TRACING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SIMULATION EXERCISE; ASSESSING HEALTHCARE PRACTICE READINESS FOR HANDLING OUTBREAKS CONSULTANCY
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the 11th EDF Programme of Support for Health Security Strengthening for Prevention and Control of Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean, is seeking to engage a consultant to develop and pilot (3) online courses/modules.
BACKGROUND
CARPHA-s mission is to provide strategic direction, in analysing, defining and responding to public health priorities of Member States in an effort to prevent disease, promote health and respond to public health emergencies. Regional outbreaks over the past decade such as Influenza A H1N1pdm01; Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of which was largely influenced by international travel and trade..
Over the past few years, there has been an increased interest in strengthening health systems within the Caribbean region, as most fall short of the requirements for implementing the goals of the International Health Regulations (IHR). Within the Region, a mean score of 54%, up from 50% in 2014, was reported for human resource capacity in the CARICOM States Parties Annual Reports to the 71st World Health Assembly, 2018. Of the 15 mentioned CARPHA Member States (CMS), 7 reported less than 50% for human resource capacity, 2 are at 50-79% capacity and 5 are at 80% and above. While there has been some progress, the Region still suffers from a low availability of critical skills and competencies in applied public health, and consequently, has limited capabilities to effectively respond to public health emergencies including outbreaks.
The CR-FELTP is a widely recognized professional development programme for public health professionals, that is based on service and on-the-job learning in applied epidemiology in the Caribbean. The CR-FELTP provides training in field epidemiology and laboratory practice at a Basic (Level I) and Intermediate level (Level II). To date, 14 CMS have engaged to varying degrees in implementing and rolling out the CR-FELTP. Training is offered on a tiered basis consisting of Frontline, Basic/Level I and Intermediate /Level II tiers, with technical complexity and expected competency outcomes increasing with each level.
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
To improve the public health of the Caribbean population and the sustainable development of the region.
ELIGIBILITY
If shortlisted and invited to submit a tender, Participation in tender procedures managed by the beneficiary(ies) is open on equal terms to all natural who are nationals of and legal persons (participating either individually or in grouping-consortium - of tenderers) effectively established in a Member State or a country, territory or region mentioned as eligible by the relevant regulations/basic act governing the eligibility rules for the grant as per Annex A2a - PART II to the practical guide.
Tenderers must state their nationality in their tenders and provide the usual proof of nationality under their national legislation.
The rule does not apply to the experts proposed under the service tenders financed by the grant.
GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION
If shortlisted and invited to submit a tender, tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the tender form, to the effect that they are not in any of the exclusion situations listed in Section 2.6.10.1. of the practical guide.
Tenderers included in the lists of EU restrictive measures (see Section 2.4. of the PRAG) at the moment of the award decision cannot be awarded the contract.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Processing of personal data related to this procedure by the contracting authority takes place in accordance with the national legislation of the state of the contracting authority and with the provisions of the respective financing agreement.
The Request for Expression of Interest (REOI), the tender procedure and the contract relate to an external action funded by the EU, represented by the European Commission. If processing your reply to the invitation to tender involves transfer of personal data (such as names, contact details and CVs) to the European Commission, they will be processed solely for the purposes of the monitoring of the procurement procedure and of the implementation of the contract by the Commission, for the latter to comply with its obligations under the applicable legislative framework and under the financing agreement concluded between the EU and the Partner Country without prejudice to possible transmission to the bodies in charge of monitoring or inspection tasks in application of EU law. For the part of the data transferred by the contracting authority to the European Commission, the controller for the processing of personal data carried out within the Commission is the head of legal affairs unit of DG International Cooperation and Development.
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OBJECTIVE OF THE CONTRACT

The objective of this contract is as follows:

To strengthen capacity for surveillance and response to outbreaks of Communicable Diseases, including

COVID-19, in the Caribbean

More specifically, a Consultant will be engaged to develop three (3) new online training

courses/modules for CR-FELTP, namely:

 “Contact Training for Communicable Diseases” targeted towards frontline public health workers

involved in the contact tracing and investigation of infectious disease cases in Member States.

 “Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Simulation Exercise” targeted towards public health

professionals working within the Caribbean Region.

 ‘Assessing Healthcare Practice Readiness for Handling Outbreaks- targeting health care

professionals in the Caribbean.

SELECTION CRITERIA

For Legal and Natural Persons

For Key Expert:

 Has a professional certificate appropriate to this contract, such as at least a Master-s degree in

Public Health/Epidemiology, International Public Health/Global Health.

 Minimum of three years- experience (more than 3 years will be taken into account) working in

online instructional design with experience in developing online training and exposure to the

Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle.

 Minimum of three years- experience (more than 3 years will be taken into account)

working in public health in the areas of field epidemiology, disease surveillance and infectious

disease control, disease/risk modelling, and outbreak investigation.

For Non Key Expert 1:

 At least a Master-s in Online Instructional Design or Educational Technology

 At least 3 years- (more than 3 years will be taken into account) specific experience working in

online instructional design with experience in developing online training and exposure to the

Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle.

 An understanding of public health issues

For Non Key Expert 2:

 At least a Master-s in Training and Development

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 At least 3 years- (more than 3 years will be taken into account) working in Training

Development, Evaluation and Assessment with experience in developing online training and

exposure to the Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle

 An understanding of public health issues

BUDGET:

The maximum amount for this activity is EURO 20, 000. (inclusive of all incidentals) (No travel

is required for this contract)

IMPLEMENTATION

The indicative period of the contract is: August 2020 to February 2021, a duration of 5 (five)

months.

INVITATION

CARPHA invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services.

Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform

the services (CV-s, brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar

conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, business profile, etc.). Suitably

qualified consultants will be short-listed and invited to tender for the Project through a

competitive procedure.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Expressions of interest must be delivered in English by email, to the address below by

Wednesday 17th June 2020 at 4.30 pm Atlantic Standard Time (AST) to:

E-mail: [email protected]

Following the assessment of the submissions, a shortlist of not less than three, and not more

than eight applicants will be provided with the terms of reference and invited to submit

technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. CARPHA reserves the right to

reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not

be bound to assign any reason for not short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs

incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest

Procurement Officer

Caribbean Public Health Ag

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