Federal Ministry of Health

Sudan COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

Sudan COVID-19 Emergency Response Project GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Project ID No. (P174352) The Federal Ministry of Health, Republic of Sudan has received a grant from World Bank (WB) Multi-Donor Trust Fund in the amount of US 21.99 and administered by the World Bank towards the cost of the Sudan COVID-19 Emergency Response Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, consulting and non-consulting services to be procured under Sudan COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (P174352)project. The Project Development Objective is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen the national systems for public health preparedness in Sudan. The specific objectives of the project, aligned with the national COVID-19 Plan, are to: (i) strengthen case detection and confirmation and conduct contact tracing; (ii) improve clinical care capacity; (iii) raise public awareness and promote community engagement; and (iv) bolster coordination, planning, logistical support, and reporting. While the focus is on the coronavirus response and preparedness, the activities to be supported are expected to have cross-cutting benefits for addressing other disease outbreaks. The project aims to help Sudan immediately respond and mitigate the risks associated with the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on the Sudan Preparedness and Response Plan, the project will aim to fill critical gaps in implementing evidence-based interventions, such as: points of entry (POE) interventions; leadership and coordination; risk communication and community engagement; national laboratories; infection prevention and control; case management and gender-sensitive isolation; and operational support and logistics. These areas are identified to immediately strengthen the local capacity to respond and address the current COVID-19 challenges in a timely manner, while working within the country’s existing systems and providing technical assistance as needed for local health institutions at the federal and state levels. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening capacities at both the federal and state levels through a balanced approach. This plan is designed to leverage the capacities of other key stakeholders to engage multiple actors and sectors active in Sudan, such as the Ministries of Social Development and Education. Description of some of Goods, Works, consulting and non-consulting services to be procured through open international competitive and other relevant procurement methods are: | GOODS AND NON-CONSULTING SERVICES | Supply of Computing and ICT Equipments and furniture and accessories and vehicles for establishment of COVID-19 PIU offices | Supply of Goods, include contracts for ICU Equipment, ICU Consumables , Isolation Areas, Lab Equipment, Consumables, Reagents, Corona-related Medicine, the provision of medical equipment and supplies to comply with WHO standards for COVID-19 supportive treatment, | Supply of items and materials necessary for the Preparation of Isolation Areas | Procurement of drugs[1], other operational expenses , infection Control | Personal Protection Equipment and states WASH Intervention Supplies and Procurement, service and maintenance of COVID-19 diagnostic equipment including purchase of testing kits, reagents, sample | Training for staff at PIU ,FMOH and other States and Offices ,Training of core teams and district teams in rapid response and contact tracing, Training of laboratory staff for testing of COVID-19, | Campaigns for general (COVID-19 awareness, WASH on TV and Radio | Supply of Ambulances and mobile Clinics | Blood bank supplies | | CONSULTING SERVICES | Short-term contracts for project staff on Project management, Financial Management, Procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Environmental and Social Safeguards | hiring of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) agent and auditor | Risk communication and community engagement campaigns to raise awareness of COVID-19 | The development and validation of treatment guidelines/manuals and the clinical training of health personnel. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018; ‘) (Procurement Regulations,) Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants’, revised as of July 1, 2016; and the provisions stipulated in the Legal Agreement. ,, and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. The World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and national newspapers in Sudan. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below: Name: Hamed Elshiekh Hamed Title: Procurement Specialist Address: Khartoum – Sudan Email: [email protected] Phone: 0912407132 – 0123419123