Consultant Supporting the Installation and Maintenance of Solar Cold Chain ??Equipment... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Comoros

Summary : Consultant Supporting the Installation and Maintenance of Solar Cold Chain ??Equipment in the Union of Comoros

Deadline : 26 May 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 33080687

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
B.P. 497 Hamramba - Moroni Tel: 773 0993 / 773 0369 / 773 5573 Fax: 773 0069
Comoros
Email :moroni@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultant Supporting the Installation and Maintenance of Solar Cold Chain ??Equipment in the Union of Comoros.

Job Supervisor: Immunization Specialist, Mawutondji Dekoun

Program: CSD

Location: Moroni, Anjouan and Moheli (Central and Regional Level).

Duration: 30 working days

Deadline for submission of applications: May 26, 2019

I. Background and rationale

Since 2017, the Comoros have been implementing a plan to extend the cold chain of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), which aims to increase the availability of quality vaccination services by bringing them closer to target populations.

One of the major choices of this plan is the transition to SDD-type solar refrigerators for intermediate storage points and service delivery points. In this context, eight (08) equipments were acquired and installed throughout the territory by contracting with a local group with the support of the logistics section of the National Coordination of the EPI. However, the monitoring shows the occurrence of recurring breakdowns on this equipment.

The country has just acquired 20 additional equipment that must be installed. The Program has therefore agreed, with the support of UNICEF, to recruit a specialist cold chain consultant for this facility, who will be responsible for installing the new equipment with the local actors, transferring the practical skills related to the installation. and the maintenance of such equipment, to support the updating of the national plan for the rehabilitation, extension and maintenance of the cold chain and to propose standard operating procedures for installation and maintenance.

II. objectives

Main objective

Provide technical support for the installation and maintenance of solar cold chain equipment in the Union of the Comoros.

Specific objectives

§ Supervise the national logistician as well as regional logisticians who will have previously received formal training in the installation and maintenance of cold chain equipment as well as the relevant EPV focal points for the installation and commissioning of the 20 existing cold chain equipment solar.

§ Ensure the transfer of necessary skills to local actors for subsequent quality installations and preventive maintenance of equipment

§ Update with the support of the logisticians and the team of the National coordination of the EPI a plan of rehabilitation, extension and maintenance of the equipment of the chain of cold

§ Develop, in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders, standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the installation and preventive and curative maintenance of cold chain management equipment

§ Evaluate on behalf of the National EPI Coordination, local service providers who can provide curative maintenance services for equipment and make motivated recommendations

§ Elaborate the final report of the mission

§ Debrief the mission to national immunization partners

III. R e Expected results

§ An installation report of the 20 solar refrigerators and briefing of the agents in charge of their management, indicating the transfer of skills to the national logistician and regional logisticians is available

§ An updated version of the rehabilitation, extension and maintenance plan for the cold chain is available

§ Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) drafts for installations and maintenance of solar CdF equipment are available

§ Local service providers able to provide curative maintenance services for equipment were evaluated

§ A final mission report with practical recommendations for the implementation of the plan and the operationalization of the SOPs is available.

IV. Expected products, deadlines and payment methods

Slice

Expected product

(Also specify format, number, etc.)

Date or deadline for submission in days

Percentage of the total amount to be paid for each product

(Exclude Insurance, DSA, tickets, fees)

1

Deliverable 1: Installation report of 20 refrigerators and stakeholder training

20 days

50%

2

Deliverable 2: Updated version of the equipment rehabilitation, extension and maintenance plan

Deliverable 3: PON sheets for installations and maintenance of the equipment of the CdF

Deliverable 4: Evaluation report of the local maintenance companies of the CdF with motivated recommendations

Deliverable 5: Final Mission Report

10 days

50%

Total

100%



V. Qualifications and skills required

1. University degree in one of the following fields: health logistics, vaccine logistics, cold chain management, electromechanics, solar energy or any related and relevant field;

2. Five (05) to Eight (08) years of professional experience in health logistics management including vaccine logistics and / or management / maintenance of cold chain equipment

3. Previous successful experiences of similar equipment installations of solar cold chain

4. Proven experience in drafting standards and standards documents

5. Proven experience in supporting health / immunization programs;

6. Verifiable experience in building the capacity of health actors (certification or diploma training, design of training modules, workshop facilitation, etc.â € |)

7. Excellent writing skills and good command of French;

8. In-depth knowledge of computers, and commonly used software

9. Good interpersonal skills

10. Skills in the field of gender equality

11. Previous previous work experience for an international organization or the UN will be an asset.

VI. Working conditions

The contract will be of the SSA type which is governed by certain conditions according to the rules and procedures of UNICEF. The consultant can only start work if the contract is signed by both parties (UNICEF and the provider). For contracts with international providers no travel is allowed before the signature of the contract and the travel authorization.

For Unicef, the Supervisor, with support from the technicians associated with the management of the consultation, will organize a first briefing session at the Bureau and preliminary meetings with national partners, provide all reference documents and tools ; provide ongoing technical support; organize transport for field missions; evaluate and approve the final deliverables submitted.

VII. Submission

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application by May 26, 2019, composed of the following documents:

1. A cover letter

2. A CV

3. A completed P11 form (which can be downloaded from the link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc.

4. Copy of the most relevant diplomas and certificates

5. A technical proposal understanding the terms of reference and methodology of work for the realization of the mission.

6. A lump sum financial proposal including only fees

All files must be submitted online on the Unicef ??recruitment platform.

Only the application files including all the above documents can be selected for selection.

The feminine candidacies are deeply encouraged.

UNICEF is a non-smoking environment.

UNICEF does not tolerate any form of sexual exploitation, abuse or sexual harassment in its activities.

VIII. Selection

Technical selection

The selection will be made on the basis of the following criteria scored out of 100 as follows:

criteria

Points

University degree in one of the following fields: health logistics, vaccine logistics, cold chain management, electromechanics, solar energy or any related and relevant field

Elimination

Relevant professional experiences

25

Previous successful experience of installing solar ECDF

25

Experience in writing standards and standards documents

15

Experience in support of health programs / vaccination

15

Experience in capacity building of health actors

10

Quality of the methodology proposal

10

Total

100



Will be declared technically valid and selected for the next phase of the evaluation, technical offers having received a mark of at least 60 points / 100 in the technical evaluation.

Financial Selection

The only financial offers will be open to applicants who have obtained at least 60 points / 100 in the technical evaluation. Each financial offer will receive a score of 100. A financial offer of the lowest bid will be awarded a score of 100 points. The respective financial ratings of the other bidders will be calculated as follows:

100 * Bid amount of the bidder bid / bid amount evaluated.

This will allow each bidder who has passed the technical evaluation to be awarded a financial evaluation score.

Final selection

The final evaluation will combine the two previous evaluations with a weighting of 70% for the technical evaluation and 30% for the financial evaluation. The final grade will be calculated as follows:

Technical note * 70% + Financial score * 30% .

The candidate with the highest final mark will be selected for the assignment. The financial offer will be analyzed and possibly negotiated with the tenderer within the available budget limits.

Advertised: May 17, 2019 E. Africa Standard Time
Applications close: 26 May 2019 11:55 PM E. Africa Standard Time

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