Social Accountability of covid19 Emergency Funds: Global Partnership for Social Accountability... Tender

THE WORLD BANK GROUP has floated a tender for Social Accountability of covid19 Emergency Funds: Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Third Party Monitoring of World Bank Operations. The project location is Tajikistan and the tender is closing on 20 Jan 2021. The tender notice number is 1272272, while the TOT Ref Number is 49074461. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Procurement Summary

Country : Tajikistan

Summary : Social Accountability of covid19 Emergency Funds: Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Third Party Monitoring of World Bank Operations

Deadline : 20 Jan 2021

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 49074461

Document Ref. No. : 1272272

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : THE WORLD BANK GROUP
48 Ayni Street, Business Center "Sozidanie", 3rd floor, Dushanbe Tel:+992 48 701-5810
Tajikistan
Email :tajikistan@worldbank.org
URL :https://www.worldbank.org/en/

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Social Accountability of covid19 Emergency Funds: Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Third Party Monitoring of World Bank Operations.


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Selection Information

Assignment Title

SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF COVID19 EMERGENCY FUNDS: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (GPSA) THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF WORLD BANK OPERATIONS

Publication Date

06-Jan-2021

Expression of Interest Deadline

20-Jan-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time - Washington D.C.)

Language of Notice

English

Selection Notice

Assignment Country

· TJ - Tajikistan

Funding Sources

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under:

· TF0B4721 - Third Party Monitoring of World Bank COVID-19 Operations in Tajikistan

· BB - BANK BUDGET

Individual/Firm

The consultant will be a firm.

Assignment Description

The Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 (TEC-19) Project is financed by an IDA grant from the World Bank at the amount of $11.3 million and implemented by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan. It aims to support the country`s efforts to respond effectively to the health and social risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank is hiring a Contractor to perform third party monitoring of the TEC-19 operation.

The goal of using third parties is to assess the performance of the TEC-19 Project, and provide an unbiased perspective and make recommendations for improvement. Engaging local communities and CSOs, can both improve social accountability and complement and/or verify the governments monitoring activities, and the World Banks supervision activities.

For the carrying out of the assignment, Civil Society Organization(s) registered to operate in Tajikistan are strongly encouraged to apply.

Attachments

· Optional TOR File

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TERMS OF REFERENCE
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF COVID19 EMERGENCY FUNDS: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (GPSA)
THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF WORLD BANK OPERATIONS
GPSA OVERVIEW
The Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA), is a multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) established in 2012 by the World Bank-s Board of Directors, to expand opportunity for civil society and governments to work together to solve pressing governance problems and improve development outcomes. The GPSA Secretariat is situated within the World Bank with the role of implementing GPSA-financed activities and reporting to World Bank management and donors on the activities of the Partnership.
The GPSA-s ‘collaborative social accountability- model facilitates engagement of citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) with state institutions to promote transparency and accountability of government policies and services, and improve their performance and responsiveness, in alignment with the Bank-s country priorities.
Through 40 grants in 32 countries, GPSA has mediated extensive collaborations with CSOs and governments on a scale and depth that is unprecedented. The GPSA-s active grants total US$12 million, while 8 grants are under preparation in FY21 for a GPSA contribution of US$4.1m, and additional donor contributions of US$4.9m.

PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 (TEC-19) Project is financed by an IDA grant from the World Bank at the amount of $11.3 million and implemented by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan. It aims to support the country-s efforts to respond effectively to the health and social risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes four components: (i) Strengthening Intensive Care Capacity; (ii) Multi-sectoral Response Planning and Community Preparedness; (iii) Temporary Social Assistance for Vulnerable Households, and (iv) Project Implementation and Monitoring. A brief overview of all components supported under TEC-19 can be found on this link: https://bit.ly/2Ep32fr
A process is currently ongoing to supplement TEC-19 Project with additional financing (AF) of around US$21.5 million (potentially structured in several AFs) to fill two critical gaps of the parent TEC-19 Project: the currently small scale of the emergency cash transfer assistance and current focus of health-sector investments predominantly on critical care provided in Intensive Care Units (ICU). An AF will provide financing for the initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. An AF will also provide emergency financial support for the procurement of routine vaccines, whose supply has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
An AF will also further strengthen the Government-s risk communication efforts, including additional advocacy campaigns with information about vaccine itself, information about the Government vaccine delivery strategies and plans, with a special emphasis on the prevention and mitigation of potential risks of vaccine hesitancy as well as expand the emergency cash assistance for vulnerable households. The list of target hospitals to accommodate the ICU units and renovations is enclosed in Annex B.
In line with the multi directional tasks of TEC-19 the Third-Party Monitoring will engage the following areas under both the original project financing and the proposed Additional Financing activities:
a) Health care and epidemiological health sector: Third Party Monitoring will verify the timeliness, quality and quantity of the training for health care workers, delivery of PPEs and medical consumables and ICU units in line with agreed targets and specifications. A list of target hospitals to accommodate the works and installations is presented in Annex B.
b) Social support for vulnerable groups of the population: TEC-19 will expand the emergency cash assistance for vulnerable households within the population, and the TPM will help by monitoring the effectiveness, transparency and delivery of this social support to the final beneficiaries, considering the expansion of the range of recipients of the emergency social assistance (details to be provided from the TEC-19 AF, but this is expected to include a broader range of households than the first TEC-19 operation). The TPM will assist to monitor adherence to the targeting criteria and expected delivery of these transfers to eligible groups.
c) Multi-sectoral information and communication activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: The TEC-19 AF will strengthen the Government-s risk communication efforts, and the TPM will help by monitoring the multi-sectoral information and communication activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will include monitoring the delivery and effectiveness of communication on COVID-19 related risks, beneficiary feedback and grievance redress mechanisms including hotlines, and MOHSP communication materials (including the MOHSP website, posters, brochures, end electronic messages (SMS) on optimal child nutrition and stimulation) that are disseminated to the emergency cash beneficiaries, local government agencies, and the branches of the Amonatbank.
Please note that the AF(s) have not been finally negotiated. The TPM will monitor selected activities included in the scope of the AF(s) and will, therefore, be adjusted to the actual content of the final AF.
OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The goal of using third parties is to assess the performance of the TEC-19 Project, and provide an unbiased perspective and make recommendations for improvement. Engaging local communities and CSOs, can both improve social accountability and complement and/or verify the government-s monitoring activities, and the World Bank-s supervision activities.
CSO-led third-party monitoring (TPM) can represent an entry-point to develop capacities of diverse key actors to collaborate and jointly develop solutions. TPM can lead to the development of a continuous dialogue between key stakeholders and strengthen their capacities for designing sustainable collaborative social accountability mechanisms .
The Third Party Monitoring of World Bank COVID-19 Operations Project (P175904) has the potential to help government strengthen dialogue with various stakeholders and, when action is taken based on the information generated from the Third Party Monitoring, it can build accountability and trust in government. The project will provide government with valuable feedback, enabling course-correction and can protect projects against risks.
For the carrying out of the assignment, Civil Society Organization(s) registered to operate in Tajikistan are strongly encouraged to apply.
SCOPE OF WORK
Third-party monitoring will focus on linking the flow of funds with the delivery of goods and services related to TEC-19. The Contractor will engage in monitoring the following areas of World Bank support to the Government of Tajikistan:
A. Health care and epidemiological Health Sector:
Monitoring activities to complement the efforts of the MOHSP to strengthen the system-s capacity to treat individuals infected with COVID-19, in particular:
• Investment in approximately 68 new, fully equipped Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in 10 health facilities across Tajikistan
• Procurement and distribution of supplies to help detect and prevent COVID-19, including test kits, laboratory reagents, and personal protective equipment for medical personnel
• Procu

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