REQUEST FOR SERVICES: CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP A COSTED OPERATIONAL PLAN OF THE WINDHOEK DECLARATION TO ELIMINATE MALARIA IN SADC COUNTRIES BY 2030
REFERENCE NUMBER: E8-CPA-001/2021.
1. The SADC Malaria Elimination Eight Secretariat (E8 Secretariat) is inviting services of an Individual Consultant/Contractor to submit their CV/Proof of expertise and Financial Proposal for the following services:
The development of costed operational plan of the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC region by 2030
The Terms of Reference defining the minimum technical requirements for these services are attached as Annex 1 to this Request for Proposal.
2. Consultants/Contractors are eligible for this assignment provided that they fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
a) they are not bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into arrangements with creditors, have suspended business activities, are being subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are being in any similar situations arising from similar procedures provided for in the national legislation or regulations of the SADC member states;
b) they have not been convicted of offences concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata; (i.e. against which no appeal is possible);
c) they have not been declared guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which E8 Secretariat can justify;
d) they have fulfilled obligations related to the payments of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established or with those countries where the contract is to be performed;
e) they have not been the subject of a judgment which has the force of res judicata for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental to the E8 Secretariat' financial interests; or they are not being currently subject to an administrative penalty.
3. The estimated period for completion of the work is 30 days spread over 6 weeks and therefore proposals must be designed with the above-mentioned consideration.
4. Your Proposal must be presented as per Standard Proposal Forms attached as Annex 2 to this request for proposals, in the English language and be accompanied by copies of all the indicated supporting documents. If the supporting documents are not in English, these shall be accompanied by a certified translation into English.
5. Your proposal must be sent by email to procurement@elimination8.org in PDF and must be password protected. It must be clearly marked “REFERENCE NUMBER E8-CPA-001/2021. with “DEVELOPMENT OF COSTED OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE WINDHOEK DECLARATION TO ELIMINATE MALARIA” in the subject line of the email.
6. The deadline for submission of your proposal, to the address indicated in Paragraph 5 above, is 15 May 2021 at 17:00 hours. The password should be sent on the Bid Closing Date, after 17:00 hours in a separate email to procurement@elimination8.org
7. Your proposal will be evaluated against the Technical criteria in Annex 2.
8. Your proposal should be submitted as per the following instructions and in accordance with the annexed Technical Proposal format in this Request for proposals.
i. PRICES:
The financial proposal shall be inclusive of all expenses deemed necessary by the Individual Consultant for the performance of the contract.
ii. EVALUATION AND AWARD OF THE CONTRACT:
Proposals determined to be formally compliant to the requirements will be further evaluated technically.
A Proposal is considered compliant to the requirements if:
• It fulfils the formal requirements (see Paragraphs 2,3,4,5 and 6 above),
• The financial proposal does not exceed the proposed number of days available for the contract.
iii. VALIDITY OF THE PROPOSAL:
Your Proposal should be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of deadline for submission indicated in Paragraph 6 above.
9. CONTRACT AWARD
i. The E8 Secretariat entity reserves the right to accept or reject any Proposal, and to annul the solicitation process and reject all Proposals at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Consultant or any obligation to inform the affected Consultant or Consultants of the grounds for the E8 Secretariat’s action.
Prior to expiration of the period of proposal validity, the E8 Secretariat will award the contract to the qualified Consultant whose Proposal after being evaluated is considered to be the most responsive to the needs of the organisation and activity concerned.
An interview with consultants may be held during evaluation process, if deemed necessary.
ii. E8 Secretariat’s reserves the right to vary requirements at time of award.
The E8 Secretariat reserves the right at the time of award of contract to vary the quantity of services and goods specified in the request for proposals without any change in price or other terms and conditions.
iii. Signing of the contract
Within Five (5) days of receipt of the contract the successful Consultant shall sign and date the contract and return it to the E8 Secretariat.
10. Your proposal is received on the basis that you fully understand and accept these terms and conditions.
11. The assignment is expected to commence within seven (7) days from the signature of the Contract.
12. Additional requests for information and clarifications can be made until five (5) working days prior to deadline indicated in the paragraph 6 above, from:
The Procuring entity: SADC Malaria Elimination Eight Secretariat
Contact person: Mr Dumisani Shaba, Acting Head of Finance, Grants and Operations
Telephone: +264 61 242 849
E-mail: procurement@elimination8.org
Copy: bphulu@elimination8.org
Clarifications will be sent to all invited Consultants before the deadline for submission of the proposals.
To enable you to submit a proposal, please find attached the following documents:
ANNEX 1: Terms of Reference
CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A COSTED OPERATIONAL PLAN OF THE WINDHOEK DECLARATION TO ELIMINATE MALARIA IN SADC BY 2030
Contract title: Individual Consultant
Post level: International / National
Cluster/Project: SADC Malaria Elimination Eight (E8)
Duty Station: Home Based / SADC Malaria Elimination Eight Secretariat (E8S)
Assignment: Develop a Costed Operational Plan of the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in SADC by 2030
Duration: 30 Working days
Start Date: 26 May 2021
Reporting to: Head of Communications, Partnerships and Advocacy – E8S
1. Background
The Malaria Elimination Eight Initiative (E8) is a subsidiary of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) serving as the regional Malaria Desk of SADC. Formed in 2009, the E8 provides a platform for the coordination of regional malaria efforts, and facilitates the malaria control and elimination agenda in the SADC region with the support of all Malaria partners at the regional and global level. The E8 is reinforcing regional collaboration towards malaria elimination with the aim to accelerate zero local transmission in four low transmission “frontline countries” – Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and South Africa by 2025 and to pave the way for elimination in four middle to high transmission “second line countries” – Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe and the whole SADC countries, through a phased approach beginning in the southern part of the SADC region and moving towards the northern parts with the ultimate goal of covering the entire region by 2030.
Malaria remains one of the major causes of death in the region, due in part to several factors such as high degree of interconnectivity among countries, which fuel the transmission of malaria across borders.
In addition, cross-border movement of mobile and migrant populations contribute to parasite movement and affect progress towards malaria elimination, as progress of one country’s efforts is limited by the failure of another.
In 2018, the 16 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State signed the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC by 2030 by endorsing 4 bold actions: i) Prioritizing malaria elimination on the agenda of all 16 member states, ii) Intensifying resource mobilization, iii) Promoting a supportive policy and legislative environment, and iv) Reinforcing accountability among member states.
To deliver on these commitments, an operational plan is required to guide implementation of the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC by 2030. It is against this background that the SADC Elimination 8 through its Secretariat is seeking the services of an Individual Consultant (IC) to support the development of a comprehensive costed Operational Plan for the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC by 2030.
2. Purpose, scope and objectives
The purpose of the assignment is to develop an Operational Costed Plan of Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in SADC by 2030. The objective of the Consultancy is to come up with a comprehensive Operational Plan for all 16 SADC countries developed through a consultative process. The Operational Plan should have a clear Logical Framework outlining strategic pillars and vision of SADC in malaria elimination, Development Outcomes, Strategies, Programmes, Baseline and Targets, Main Activities, Key Performance Indicators, Costs, Responsible Institution/Party and Timelines. Specific objectives are:
1. To conduct a desk-based review of existing policies and strategic plans including the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC by 2030 in view of developing an operation implementation plan.
2. To formulate a comprehensive costed Windhoek Declaration Operational Plan to Eliminate Malaria in SADC countries by 2030.
3. To undertake validation meetings as necessary, to build consensus and country buy-in on the costed Windhoek Declaration Operational Plan to Eliminate Malaria in SADC countries by 2030.
4. Scope of work/key deliverables
The Operational Plan should take into account existing Strategic Plans and should be modeled over a period from 2022 to 2030. It is important to note that the Operational Plan should facilitate and serve as a tool for accountability and strengthen monitoring of progress as well as sharing of experience, including successes, challenges and lessons learned in accelerating the implementation of malaria interventions towards 2030. The scope of work include:
• Conduct a desk-based review of existing policies and strategic plans including the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in all of SADC by 2030.
• Through a consultative process and application of an appropriate tool of analysis, identify challenges or bottlenecks that will affect effective operationalization of the Windhoek Declaration to Eliminate Malaria in SADC countries by 2030.
• Develop a results framework based on the Logical Framework to aid costing of the operational plan.
• Develop a costed Windhoek Declaration Operational Plan to Eliminate Malaria in SADC countries by 2030.
• Undertake stakeholder mapping and analysis to support validation of the draft costed Windhoek Declaration Operational Plan.