National Consultancy to Develop the Technical Specification Tender, Uzbekistan - 34416344

Procurement Summary

Country : Uzbekistan

Summary : National Consultancy to Develop the Technical Specification

Deadline : 16 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34416344

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATION CHILDREN'S FUND
16, “Poytaht” Business Center, ul. Sharaf Rashidov, Tashkent - 100029 Tel: (+998 71) 233-95-12, 233-97-35 Fax: (+998 71) 140-65-08
Uzbekistan
Email :tashkent@unicef.org
URL :www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Uzbekistan: National Consultancy to Develop the Technical Specification for Intranet for Immunization Program.

UNICEF works in some of the world-s toughest places, to reach the world-s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

Timeline & Deliverables:

GAVI funded Health System Strengthening project is focused on development of sustainable fully functional cold chain system with trained staff. The building of the network is one of the major tasks which will allow increase effectiveness of communication and experience exchange among immunization program staff at all levels.

At this moment, all employees of the Ministry of Health have established electronic communication, however, limited access to global resources including webinars and on-line courses. National Immunization program comes out of GAVI and other donors' support at the end of 2020, which means that country should have stable and constant access to worldwide resources.

Therefore, it is important to build the intranet that will connect employees of immunization program to improve communication between different specialties and different levels, to have a common platform for information and knowledge exchange, discussion of future plans, development of joint actions, etc.

Thus, national consultant will do the following:

Assess the current situation with connectivity and electronic communication means within immunization program and in the country in general (in terms of existing capacity and strategic directions for development;
Assess current system requirements and limitations
Develop and agree with the MOH the necessary features for intranet site by following the principles of co-creation or human centre design
Develop the Terms of References and selection criteria for the selecting of IT company
Contribute to the technical assessment of bidding documents
As a result of this work, consultant will provide the following deliverables:

1. Assessment of the current situation with electronic communication means in healthcare -ToR for selection of the company for development of intranet for immunization program - 10 days

2. Develop and agree with the MOH the necessary features for intranet site -Detailed criteria for selecting the company - 10 days

3. Contribution to the selection process (technical assessment) - Report with inputs and recommendations to technical assessment of companies-participants of tender - 5 days

Required qualifications and areas of expertise

Bachelor and/or Master degree in IT programming and/or software development
Three to five years' experience of system analysis / business analysis
Working experience in software development
Implementation of up to two similar projects in the past
Experience of work with UN or international organizations is an asset
Knowledge of English language
Reservations

UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if deliverable(s) incomplete, not finalized or for failure to meet deadlines. UNICEF will reserve copy right of all developed materials and own primary data collected through this assignment. The materials cannot be published or disseminated without prior written permission of UNICEF. UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future. The contractor must respect the confidentiality of the information handled during the assignment. Documents and information provided must be used only for the tasks related to these terms of reference.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=523595

Documents

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