Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-04-28
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71317210 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2021-05-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The technical cooperation (TC) module ‘Promotion of primary healthcare in Kyrgyzstan’ is commissioned by the BMZ with a duration of 3 years (01/2021-12/2023) and a total value of EUR 4 000 000. The objective of the new TC module is ‘an improvement in the quality of health services in the field of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), particularly at the primary level of health care, in the focus regions of Chui and Osh’. The TC module aims at improving three module objective indicators at PHC level in the target regions Chui and Osh: an increase in the proportion of registered pregnant women who receive a package of prenatal examinations at the primary level of care; an increase of the average satisfaction level of women with the quality of the pregnancy and family planning counselling in the health facilities to 5 points on a standard scale of 1-10; a decrease of 6 % in the number of eclampsia cases in pregnant women in each target region.
The first work package is focused on the quality improvement part of the TC module, including the introduction of the new model of PHC and implementation of further quality improvement measures, incl. the development and institutionalisation of a mentoring approach for MNCH and SRH at PHC level. GIZ project staff will be responsible for the overall policy dialogue and advice to the MoH at central and decentralised levels, incl. the participation in relevant Technical Working Groups (WGs). Furthermore, GIZ will be in charge of the support to the quality committees at the health facilities, i.e. addressing the managerial aspects of internal quality improvement processes. While the contractor may support these processes on demand, its tasks mainly involve the clinical staff and focus on the improvement of the healthcare services. The tasks of the consultants will include assessing the needs for improving the quality of PHC services, developing concepts and a roadmap for the introduction of the new model of PHC and the improvement of the quality of services, as well as the preparation and implementation of concrete training and capacity-building measures at PHC facilities in the target regions. Key activities will include development of a concept for the introduction of a new model of PHC, execution of a needs assessment and development of quality approaches at the PHC level, development of a sustainable mentorship programme and monitoring and operational research on the new model of care.
The second work package is focused on the competencies of PHC staff regarding people-centred/integrated care and task shifting. Similar to work package 1, GIZ project staff will oversee the overall policy dialogue and advice to the MoH. This includes advisory services on the revision of job descriptions and the development of a task shifting model at PHC level. The contractor will be responsible for the development and implementation of training measures related to the new job descriptions and task shifting at PHC facilities in the target regions. Key activities will include developing and implementing training measures for healthcare workers in the context of task-shifting and monitoring and operational research on the effects of task shifting.
The third work package focuses on the digitalisation process at the PHC level following the new model of care. The contractor will assess the digitalisation needs at PHC level and support the implementation of digital tools at the PHC facilities in the target regions in line with the MoH eHealth in Kyrgyzstan Strategy and Action Plan and based on the pre-identified needs. The contractor will work closely together with GIZ project staff, who will be the contact persons for the MoH and the national eHealth centre. The GIZ project staff will be responsible for advisory services on the new digital PHC concept, incl. support on DHIS2, telemedicine and evidence-based policies in the area of digital health. They will also support the development of a new strategy for the eHealth centre. Key activities will include development of a roadmap on the introduction of the digital PHC concept, adaptation of digital applications for quality management and technical support and provision of training measures to the PHC facilities.
GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.
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1) Average annual turnover for the last 3 years (last-but-4 financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: EUR 1 000 000;
1) The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of EUR 300 000.00;
2) At least 2 reference projects in the technical field ‘Quality and digitalisation at primary healthcare level’ and at least 2 reference projects in the region in Central Asia in the above mentioned field in the last 3 years.
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