Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-01-29
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 80320000
Submission deadline: 2021-02-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Since gaining independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has introduced multiple health reforms in the areas of health care, governance and financing in order to improve efficiency while ensuring fair access. Health care in the country has remained largely in public hands, but the buildings and medical infrastructure date predominantly from the Soviet Union era. Necessary repairs, for which there is often no personnel on site, are an additional burden on hospital budgets. Over the past 15 years, the Government of Uzbekistan has invested heavily in upgrading the health infrastructure, with a particular focus on the nationwide network of emergency care facilities. Modern medical devices are being acquired for imaging procedures and minimally invasive surgical procedures.
The health reform for 2019-2029 demands a new concept of public health care development in which training and continuous education based on international quality standards are important goals. In the area of pre and postgraduate education, Continuous Medical Education (CME) is being introduced to enable a more efficient and professional use of modern medical equipment. In the technical field, the switch from reactive maintenance to secure and cost-effective health technology management (HTM) is another priority in the reform efforts.
The GIZ project ‘Management of advanced medical technology in Uzbekistan’ aims to improve the quality of medical and technical services in the use and management of advanced medical technology in Uzbekistan. The project focuses on systematizing the training and continuing education of medical and technical personnel based on international quality standards. Relevant stakeholders include the Ministry of Health and its downstream agencies which are responsible for pre- and in-service training of medical staff.
The measure has four outputs that aim at an improvement of the health situation of Uzbekistan's population, above all in the populous and high-fertility pilot regions, namely Tashkent, Samarkand, the Fergana Valley and the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
Output 1 aims to adapt the pre-service education of medical personnel in the use of advanced medical technology to international quality standards.
Output 2 aims to update standards for postgraduate training in the use of advanced medical technology in order to improve the quality of the medical and technical services in the public health system.
Output 3 aims to create prerequisites for the use of guidelines on supporting health technology management (HTM) by supporting the development of an HTM system and provide appropriate training courses.
The following medical specializations must be covered: endo-surgery, endo-gynaecology, neonatology, paediatric surgery, emergency medicine/intensive care, and diagnostic/medical imaging.
The overall duration of the GIZ measure is 4 years (April 2019 to March 2023) with a total value of EUR 8 000 000.
Work package 1: Advisory and supporting services to Tashkent Medical Academy (TMA) and Medical Institute of Republic of Karakalpakstan (MIRK) in the assessment and revision of selected bachelor and master curricula and the review and/or development of guidelines (standard operation procedures, SOP) based on international standards (output 1).
Work package 2: Conduct a capacity/training needs assessment for medical personnel (post-graduate in-service training of medical doctors, nurses and medical technicians) in the utilisation of advanced medical technology (output 2).
Work package 3: Advisory and supporting services to partner institutions in the revision of curricula and guidelines/SOPs based on international standards (output 2).
Piloting and (partly) implementation of the revised curricula, programmes and guidelines is also part of the tendered project.
The contractor shall complete these tasks with a team of nine international experts (short-term) and one national experts (short-term).
GIZ is entitled to extend the period for fulfilment of the original contract by unilaterally notifying the contractor. For details, please see the special terms and conditions.

Eligibility requirements: 1) Trading name and address, commercial register excerpt; 2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply; 3) Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable; 4) Association clause if applicable