EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI)


1. CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP REGIONAL HARMONIZED INTEGRATED

REPRODUCTIVE MATERNAL, NEW-BORN, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT AND HIV/AIDS

SERVICE PACKAGES, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, IN THE EAST AFRICAN

COMMUNITY

2. CONSUTANCY ON DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONIZED GUIDELINES ON

MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs) IN THE EAC

REGION

3. CONSUTANCY TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION

STRATEGY FORRMNCAH AND HIV & AIDS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

4. CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY TO

SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF EAC FRAMEWORK OF ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE

FINANCING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH AND HIV & AIDS


5. CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP THE EAC REGIONAL WEB - BASED KNOWLEDGE

MANAGEMENT PORTAL FOR SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH/ REPRODUCTIVE

MATERNAL NEW-BORN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS


1.    Introduction

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional organisation mandated by the governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to spearhead the East African economic, social and political integration agenda. The scope of cooperation among the five Partner States is clearly indicated in The Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community which was signed in November 1999 and entered into force in July 2000. The regional cooperation and integration envisaged in EAC is broad based - Article 5 (1) of The Treaty states that “The objectives of the Community shall be to develop policies and programmes aimed at widening and deepening cooperation among the Partner States in political, economic, social and cultural fields, research and technology, defence, security and legal and judicial affairs for the mutual benefit.” Article 118 of the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community calls for regional cooperation in health among the Partner States.

The EAC now invites eligible (consulting firms/INDIVIDUALS) to express their interest in providing the five consultancy services indicated above.

Interested (consulting firms/individuals) must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, evidence of experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.


1.    CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP REGIONAL HARMONIZED INTEGRATED

REPRODUCTIVE MATERNAL, NEW-BORN, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT AND HIV/AIDS

SERVICE PACKAGES, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, IN THE EAST AFRICAN

COMMUNITY

The EAC Secretariat is seeking Consultancy Firms to develop a Harmonized Regional Integrated Reproductive Maternal, New-Born, Child, and Adolescent and HIV/AIDS Service Packages, Standards and Guidelines, in the East African Community with the following objectives:

1.    document and identify key areas of harmonization in the existing partner states’ essential RMNCAH/HIV&AIDS service packages, standards and guidelines, health systems in supports, innovations, partnership models and coordination mechanisms, knowledge management efforts including research evidence

2.    identify key potential players/institutions and resources to support the implementation of the RMNCAH/HIV&AIDS harmonized service packages, standards and guidelines
3.    Develop a harmonized regional RMNCAH/HIV&AIDS service packages, standards and guidelines.


2.    CONSUTANCY ON DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONIZED GUIDELINES ON MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs) IN THE EAC
REGION


The EAC Secretariat is seeking Consultancy Firms to develop harmonized STI management packages, standards and guidelines for the EAC region. The objective of the assignment will include:-

i.        Document the STI prevalence in the region, segregated by age and sex;

ii.         Document policies guiding STI programming and management practices in the region;
iii.         Conduct sensitivity testing to establish sensitivity patterns for STIs in the region;

iv.        Document and identify key areas of harmonization in the existing partner states’ STI management and identify key potential players/institutions and resources to support the implementation of the harmonized STI management packages, standards and guidelines in the EAC region.
v.        Develop draft proposed harmonized STI management packages, standards and guidelines in the EAC region.



3.    CONSUTANCY TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION

STRATEGY FOR RMNCAH AND HIV & AIDS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY


The EAC is seeking individuals to provide consultancy services to develop a regional RMNCAH, HIV&AIDS Policy Advocacy strategy. The overall objective of the consultancy will be to develop an “Advocacy and Communication Strategy to provide guidance on advocacy and communication for scaling up uptake/support regional strategy of RMNCAH

and HIV& AIDS”.    The consultant i s e x p e c t e d t o : -

i.      Analyze and identify key advocacy and communication gaps, target audience and their priorities and most appropriate structures and channel to address them
ii.     Draft a complete advocacy strategy, outlining clear objectives, target activities, allies, deliverables and indicators, as well as five years implementation plan

iii.    Prepare final Advocacy and Communication Strategy of RMNCAH  and HIV&AIDS


4.    CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY TO

SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF EAC FRAMEWORK OF ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE

FINANCING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH AND HIV & AIDS

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a resource mobilization strategy to support the implementation of EAC Framework of Action (EFoA) on sustainable financing for Health and HIV &AIDS. EAC is seeking an individual consultant to undertake the service. The consultant is expected to:-

I.         Review the status in implementation of innovative health and HIV&AIDS sustainable

financing interventions / initiatives in the Partner States

II.         Develop a regional resource mobilization strategy to support implementation of the EAC Framework of Action on sustainable financing for health and HIV & AIDS

III.         Develop a framework for monitoring the implementation of the EAC Frame work of Action (EFoA) on sustainable financing.



5.    CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP THE EAC REGIONAL WEB - BASED KNOWLEDGE

MANAGEMENT PORTAL FOR SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH/ REPRODUCTIVE

MATERNAL NEW-BORN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS

The EAC Secretariat with support from Sida is seeking for an Individual Consultant to develop the EAC Regional Web - Based Knowledge Management Portal for Sexual Reproductive Health/ Reproductive Maternal New-Born Child and Adolescent Health and HIV/AIDS. This is expected to improve sharing of knowledge and innovations among Partner States and relevant global, regional and national Stakeholders.



Interested Firms for all the five assignments may Express their Interest provide the following information in the EOI bundles:-

(i)      Corporate profiles: Legal status of the firm, registration details, business details, Tax Identification references, Tax Compliance certificate, whether they have been involved in any Commercial Conviction, Curriculum Vitae for technical key personnel) of the lead firm and associates, general experience information over the last 5 years (including experience in East Africa), the firm’s history and overall personnel structure and capabilities;

(ii)     Financial information: audited accounts for the last 3 years, current assets and liabilities;
(iii)    Experience: General experience in the last 3 years and specific experience in the field of the assignment over the last 3 years provide a detailed list of similar consultancies previously done in the past three (3) years; provide evidence of at least (3) previous contracts / orders of similar assignments and
(iv)   Key Personnel: brief descriptions of at least three consultants’ key personnel showing their qualifications and experience.

Interested individuals may Express their Interest provide the following information in the EOI. General and specific experience in the field of the assignment over the last 3 years provide a detailed list of similar consultancies previously done in the past three (3) years; provide evidence of at least previous copies of contracts / orders of similar assignments.



Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 08:00hrs – 16:00hrs (East African Time). No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery and late submissions will be rejected.


Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by 10th April, 2017 at 11:00hrs labelled “Expression of Interest for the …………………. (Consultancy No) and …… (Description).

Attn: Secretary, Procurement Committee

East African Community (EAC) Headquarters,
Afrika Mashariki Rd. / EAC Close,
P. O. Box 1096, Arusha, Tanzania

Tel: +255-27-2162100
Facsimile (fax): +255-27-2162199

APPLY ONLINE THROUGH
E-mail: eacprocurement@eachq.org

For more information or clarification, please contact us on the address above or through e-mail: eacprocurement@eachq.org and eac@eachq.org . E-mail submissions will be accepted.


Any changes or modifications will be communicated on the EAC Website:  www.eac.int.

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