Historique

The “Horizons. Strengthening community resilience in Abkhazia” (Horizons) project is aimed to promote the social and economic resilience of local communities, especially youth, through improved access to high quality health and education services in Abkhazia. In doing so, the project aims to increase the space for reconciliation, confidence-building and social cohesion, thus expanding the ‘horizons’ of local communities affected by 1992-1993 conflict. The project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The 5-year project intends to achieve its goal through reaching targets within and across three primary objectives of the program:

• Improved access to quality health services for vulnerable populations in Abkhazia;
• Improved access to quality education, skills development and social participation opportunities for children and youth;
• Enhanced dialogue across respective youth and professional groups.

The Horizons project will focus on the following key outputs: improving the healthcare system through expanding HIV/AIDS prevention and providing screening on STIs, Hepatitis B and C, and TB; improving maternal and child health care services; and expanding learning and social participation skills and opportunities for youth in Abkhazia.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager, Head of Office in Abkhazia, the hired Engineer will be responsible for conducting an overall assessment of the healthcare system in Abkhazia in terms of its ability to comprehensively utilize equipment provided by international community and ensure resource allocation based on population needs. Considering that there is a pressing need to train local maintenance experts and contribute to their knowledge building and knowledge management for better maintenance of modern electronic equipment the hired Expert will also provide a comprehensive training for a group of selected local engineers. In addition, the Expert is required to check the equipment previously provided to 3 leading hospitals, HIV/AIDS center, Narcological Center and Tb treatment facilities by UNDP, UNICEF and other international organizations and donors.

The Expert will work in close collaboration with the UNDP and local healthcare related stakeholders and other national partners, if required.

Summary of Key Functions:

Assessment report on electronic equipment availability, maintenance and utilization within the healthcare system in Abkhazia (at least 3 leading hospitals targeted):

• Pre-departure evaluation of the type and number of equipment available in targeted healthcare institutions in Abkhazia (to be provided by UNDP team in Abkhazia);
• On-site Diagnostics, including visits to targeted institutions, and consultations with key medical experts on major maintenance and utilization issues;
• Technical, logistical and human resources assessment of the leading healthcare institutions, including HIV/AIDS, Tb clusters;
• Drafting of a paper containing description of the healthcare system, its key challenges relevant to an access to modern electronic equipment, its maintenance and comprehensive utilization;
• Summary of key findings and recommendations.

Training for local selected engineer specialists:

• Comprehensive training on repairing and maintenance of electronic medical equipment;
• Joint visits to healthcare institutions for practical sessions

On-site repair of key equipment at visited healthcare institutions (within 4 consecutive days).

Compétences

Core Competencies:

• Ability to produce analytical reports/assessments in written;
• Skills for providing quality trainings to local peer experts;
• Good communication skills.

Functional Competencies:

• He/she should have strong communication and analytical skills in civil engineering;
• Proven strong professional abilities and knowledge in civil engineering related subjects;
• Ability of interpretation, development and analyses of related documentation;
• Ability to work under pressure with several tasks and various deadlines;
• A pro-active approach to problem-solving;
• IT literacy.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• Bachelor's degree: engineer-technical (minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree -14 points; Master's/specialist's degree - additional 6 points).

Experience:

• Al least 3 year working experience in providing maintenance and repairs services of medical (including laboratory) electronic equipment (minimum requirement: 3 years - 25 points (depending on intensity of experience; international exposure etc.);
  more than 3 years -additional 5 points (depending on nature of expertise, relevance, international nature of work etc.), more than 5 years – additional 5 points);
• Experience in conducting trainings for peer experts on maintenance of medical equipment (minimum requirement: 2 trainings – 10 points, 3-5 trainings additional 3 points, and more than 5 – additional 2 points)
  Minimum requirement: 10 points;
• Up-to-date knowledge in maintenance and repair of modern electronic equipment;
• Knowledge of healthcare system maintained in the post-Soviet space is an asset

Language Requirements:

• Proficiency in Russian language. Fluency in English is an asset.

Evaluation: 

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on Cumulative scoring analysis, against combination of technical and financial criteria. Technical evaluation stage encompasses desk review of offers. Offerors not meeting any of minimum technical qualification requirements will be automatically excluded from the list of offerors for further technical evaluation. Maximum obtainable score is 100, out of which the total score for technical criteria equals to 70 points (70%) and for financial criteria 30 (30%). Offerors who pass 70% of maximum obtainable scores as a result of technical evaluation (i.e. 70 x 70% = 49 points) will be considered as short-listed Offerors.  The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

• p = y (µ/z), where;
• p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
• y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
• µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
• z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

Financial Proposal:

Short-listed Offerors will be requested to provide financial proposal. The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, living allowance, etc.).All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. UNDP will not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

Deliverables:

• One written assessment on the technical conditions of the healthcare system in Abkhazia with explicit evaluation of key equipment availability, maintenance and distribution per medical institutions and per population needs;
• One training on maintenance and repair of medical electronic equipment for local engineers including joint site visits to healthcare institutions.

Description of deliverables, timelines and corresponding percentage of payment due per output:

• Analysis of the equipment list - evaluation of the type and number of equipment available in targeted healthcare institutions in Abkhazia (from home): 1 day;
• On-site diagnostics, including visits to targeted institutions, and consultations with key medical experts on major maintenance and utilization issues: 4 days;
• Following the field evaluation drafting a paper on equipment availability and utilization; on technical, logistical and human resources engineering issues with a proposal on several scenarios (outsource, training locally, provide development trainings etc), including match to a number of people applied (working from home): 4 days;
• On-site repair of selected equipment: 4 days;                                                 
• Training for selected engineer specialists: 3 days;
• Joint visit to selected institutions for joint equipment examination- 3 days;
• Final version of the report (from home): 1 day;

Total 20 working days. The Consultant must send a financial proposal based on lump-sum amount (with indication of specific sub-components of the payment, including daily fee, travel costs, living allowance, etc.). The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all cost components required to perform the deliverables identified in TOR. Payment will be made in installments upon satisfactory completion and submission of deliverables and approval by the Programme manager.

Method of payment: 100% to be paid upon submission of all deliverables approved by the Programme Manager.