The purpose of this BPA call order against the LCD BPA set up aid-685-E-15-00003 is to procure services of a senior health technical advisor to serve as a critical liaison to support and enhance…

This is a firm fixed price BPA call order awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to ARG to provide a Senior Health Technical Advisor to serve as a critical liaison supporting and enhancing USAID's capacity building efforts within the Ministry of Health, Health Systems Strengthening, and Global Fund activities in Senegal. The award period is from November 5, 2015 to November 4, 2016 with a not-to-exceed value of $71,300. The advisor will focus on providing technical and capacity building assistance to the Ministry of Health on implementing health system reforms, global health security, and providing strategic assistance to the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism. This contract does not have a set-aside designation.

The purpose of this BPA call order against the LCD BPA set up aid-685-E-15-00003 is to procure services of a senior health technical advisor to serve as a critical liaison to support and enhance USAID's capacity building efforts within the ministry of health, health systems strengthening (HSS) and global fund activities. This position will be CO-located at the ministry of health (MOH). The consultant will provide strategic technical assistance to the ministry of health and global fund CCM. Specific tasks are described below, with associated approximate percentages of the consultant's effort. These percentages are established as follow: task 1: provide technical and capacity building assistance to the ministry of health to implement and oversee health systems reforms (70%) - be CO-located to support the ministry of health to provide technical and strategic assistance in the design, implementation and oversight of health system reforms. - provide mentoring and coaching to ministry of health staff to establish and begin operations of the emergency operations center. - provide technical assistance and facilitate the implementation and coordination of the world bank-USAID performance based financing effort. - support private sector health initiatives at the MOH and provide direct technical assistance to the MOH PPP unit. - oversee the integration of USAID/senegal' S health program work plans into the GOS annual work-planning cycle. Task 2: provide technical and capacity building assistance to the ministry of health on global health security (25%) - support the design of ajoint GOS-USG global health security agenda action plan that addresses key ghsa targets and the GOS attainment of international health regulation standards. - provide guidance to the MOH and USG agencies to institutionalize biosecurity and pandemic preparedness at the MOH. - liaise with the MOH, ministry of livestock, ministry of environment and USG agencies to direct and implement ghsa in senegal. Task 3: provide technical and strategic assistance to the global fund CCM (5%) - provide management technical support and capacity building to the global fund CCM to improve communication of the CCM with the global fund. - provide technical expertise to the CCM team to improve grant implementation and help with governance, oversight and other CCM issues. Deliverables: the consultant will be expected to develop the following deliverables: - BI-monthly capacity building activity report. Sections include: (I) technical and capacity building assistance provided to the ministry of health to implement and oversee key USAID supported health systems reforms; (II) technical and capacity building assistance to the ministry of health on global health security; and (III) technical and strategic assistance to the global fund CCM. - private sector assessment (PSA) dissemination workshop report, including action items for the MOH PPP unit. - joint portfolio review (JPR): status report on preparation and coordination between MOH secretary general and dprs; and finalized USAID/health JPR presentation. - MOH communication strategy for community awareness of infection prevention and surveillance for ebola and similar threats. - revised infection prevention guides to enhance infection prevention and control for ebola and similar threats in health facilities. These tasks will be performed wtihin a period of tweleve (12) months. The start date is november 05, 2015 and the end date, november 05, 2016. This is a firm fixed price of CFA 40,768,000.00 not to exceed $71,300.00 for 196 work days. The contractor shall submit invoices with a completed SF 1034 under payment schedule. The payment will be made upon acceptance by the COR of deliverable/reports as sheduled below. The COR will review the submitted invoice and forward IT to the office of financial management. - COR : souleye wade