Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-28
Buyer: Procurement
Country: UK
Region: South Lanarkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 73220000 | 75211200 | 85100000: Health services | 85121291 | 85323000
Estimated value: 19000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-26
Award criteria: Technical weighting, Commercial weighting

Technical requirements: Technical weighting
Commercial weighting
The ICCM2 programme will provide health services at the community level to treat children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 24 counties across nine states in South Sudan. The recipients will be the Ministry of Health (MoH) — Republic of South Sudan. Direct beneficiaries are children under 5 years of age, community-based distributors (CBDs), community nutrition volunteers (CNVs), County Health Management Teams, health facilities and community units. The programme impact will be to improve health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to contribute to a reduction in under-five child mortality rate in South Sudan.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking to appoint a supplier to effectively manage and deliver the ‘Integrated Community Case Management Phase 2 (ICCM2)’ programme in South Sudan. DFID's mission is to help eradicate poverty in the world's poorest countries. The priority objective for DFID South Sudan — with the international community — is to support the peace, whilst recognising that prospects remain fragile and that even in a best case scenario, continued protection of and support to the most vulnerable (particularly youth, women and children) will be essential for years to come. The focus of the DFID South Sudan strategy is on sustaining high levels of humanitarian support and the provision of essential services, whilst looking for and supporting opportunities to embed peace, in areas where we have comparative advantage. The ICCM2 programme is part of the Essential Services portfolio. This programme will complement other areas of DFID health sector support in South Sudan such as the Health Pooled Fund programme and our humanitarian programmes. The programme will contribute to important UK Government manifesto commitments on malaria and nutrition, and will comply with the International Development Gender Equality Act (2014), in particular ensuring actions and services have meaningful and proportionate regard to the contribution our assistance is likely to make to reducing gender inequality or to gender-related differences in needs. DFID South Sudan is initiating a new 21 month (April 2017-December 2018) ICCM 2 programme to follow the current ICCM programme which ends in April 2016. The new contract is expected to start on 01 April though that date may be flexible depending on the contracting time-scale. The programme impact will be to improve health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and contribute to a reduction in the under-5 child mortality rate in South Sudan. The outcome, of UK support, will be the provision of lifesaving care to an estimated 883 000 children under 5 with a minimum of: — 1 300 000 treatments for malaria with Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) — 1 100 000 treatments for pneumonia with antibiotics — 900 000 treatments for diarrhoea with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and zinc — 100 000 children treated for SAM with Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) such as plumpy nut. There are no separate lots for this programme as the theory of change hinges on the ability of an overall supplier to coordinate the activities at a national level to create momentum for partner government capacity building. However, this does not preclude a consortium with a lead service provider.
The agreement will be governed by English Law. All prices must be quoted in GBP and all payments under the agreement will be made in GBP. DFID reserves the right to annul the process and not award the contract. DFID does not provide advance funding therefore suppliers will be required to pre-finance all programme activities before claiming reimbursement in arrears. The contract will include options to extend for up to a further 12 months.
Additional Information: Additional Information: Expressions of interest should be submitted via the DFID portal https://supplierportal.gov.uk/selfservice/ Terms of reference and background documents can also be found at this website address. Only Registered Suppliers can access these documents. Details on Supplier Portal and guidance to register can be found in: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Work-with-us/DFID-portal/ Expressions of interest should be via the DFID portal, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Working-with-DFID/Procurement/DFID-portal/ Programme staff should not be contacted directly. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Prices quoted must be in Sterling and all payments under the contract will be made in sterling. The contract will be governed by English law. DFID reserves the right to annul the tendering process and not award the contract. From 1.4.2001 all UK development assistance has been fully untied which allows suppliers from anywhere in the world to bid for DFID contracts. Where circumstances require further extensions beyond the original contract duration/agreed extensions DFID will consider doing so by means of the negotiated procedure where necessary conditions are met.