REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(RE-ADVERTISED)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK HUMAN CAPITAL, YOUTH AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH, SECURITY AND NUTRITION DIVISION

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Producing knowledge tools for sustainable capacity building on Value for Money in health ;

2. The services to be provided under the Assignment are as follows :

The Value for Money (VfM) Programme of the African Development Bank (AfDB) aims to contribute to the improvement of coverage, quality, equity and sustainability of social service delivery in Africa through various strategies aiming at improving the way resources are being utilized. As part of this, AfDB intends to produce a guide to provide in-depth knowledge to relevant officers of ministries of finance and health and their decentralized entities, as well as CSOs and relevant parliamentarians. The Guide is also meant to help sustain and further advance the thinking on value for money. It is envisaged to produce a Guide on improving VfM in the health sector in Africa. The services of a Consultant are being sought to develop this guide in collaboration with relevant staff of the AfDB and selected partner development agencies of the Harmonisation for Health in Africa (HHA).

The VfM Guide is envisaged as a user-friendly tool to help identifying and resolving bottlenecks toward better VfM. As such it should address, inter alia, the following questions and issues: where and how should resources be invested to ensure value for money (High impact interventions and evidence based planning); efficient transfer and tracking of resources to ensure value for money; equity; input market in health (improving value for money in HRH and pharmaceuticals); income protection; health financing; public finance management (issues in budget formulation, execution and evaluation); as well as governance, accountability and community voice to improve VfM in health.

3. The AfDB’s Public Health, Security and Nutrition Division invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Expected to have a demonstrable track record of experience in VfM analysis and training, interested eligible Consulting Firms or associations of Consulting Firms shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services, experience in comparable Assignments, availability of qualified staff, etc.) ;

7. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Procurement Policy for Recruitment of Corporate Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist ;
8. The estimated duration of services is a total of 120 days of expertise to be delivered over a period of 6 months and the estimated starting date is the 3 December 2018.
9. Interested Consulting Firms may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time (GMT) ;
10. Expressions of interest must be received by e-mail or post at the address below no later than 18 October 2018 at 5:00 p.m. local time (GMT) and specifically mentioning “Producing knowledge tools for sustainable capacity building on Value for Money in health” ;
11. For the attention of: Mr. Fabrice Sergent African Development Bank Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department Immeuble CCIA – Avenue Jean Paul II-Office – Office 15J Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire Tel: +225 20 26 30 67

E-mail: f.sergent@afdb.org

With copy to:

Ms. Abena Marfo: a.marfo@afdb.org