Zimbabwe COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Country: ZIMBABWE

Name of Project: Zimbabwe COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

Grant No. TF0B6705 and TF0B6709

Project ID No. P176141

Cordaid Zimbabwe has received financing in the amount of US$ 6,575 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Zimbabwe COVID-19[1] Emergency Response Project (ZCERP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) (US$1,575million) and Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund (HEPRTF) (US$5million).

The project will include the following components:

Component 1. Vaccine Deployment and Related Risk Communication and Community Engagement (HEPRTF: US$3.52 million)

Component 2. Climate Friendly Related Health System Strengthening (ESMAP: US$1.575 million)

Component 3. Overall Response Coordination and Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (HEPRTF: US$1.48 million).

The project will support the following major procurement:

• HEPRTF: (i) ICT equipment, (ii) purpose-built public address branded vehicles; (iii) PPE in health facilities and vaccination centers; (iv) IEC materials (v) public address equipment; (vi) genomic sequencing machine
• ESMAP: (i) cold chain energy generation including solar direct drive refrigerators; (ii) refrigeration of vehicles, and (iii) solar for health infrastructure such as installation and maintenance of the solar system in health facilities. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing (IPF) Borrowers November 2020, and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations.[3] After project negotiations, 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 on www.healthprojectzim.org. and in Zimbabwean National newspaper.

Prequalification/Initial Selection of suppliers and contractors will be required for the following contracts: Not applicable.

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:

Cordaid Zimbabwe

Wadzanai Chidiya, Procurement and Logistics Officer

15 Connaught Rd, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe

+ 263 (0) 772 161 806/7, [email protected]

www.healthprojectzim.org

[1] COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease 2019

[3] Occasionally contracts may be financed out of tied trust funds that would further restrict eligibility to a particular group of member countries. When this is the case, it should be mentioned in this paragraph.