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Call for expressions of interest for consulting firms
Commissioning party
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ) GmbH
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
D-65760 Eschborn;Germany
Tel. ++49-(0)6196-79-0
Internet: www.giz.de
Your contact person is
MS Martina Wegmann
Tel. ++49-(0)6196-79-2182
E-mail: [email protected]
Brief project title
Project processing no.
Health Sector Support Programme (HSS II)
Output B: "Safe Blood Transfusion"
2013.2185.0-001.00
Contract no.
81174735
Country of assignment
Pakistan
Period of assignment
10/2014 -12/2015
Project description and
sector (up to three relevant
The Firm of Consultants will be responsible for the
implementation of the output B of the Health Sector Support
Programme (HSS II):
areas can be specified for the
reference projects of the
expression of interest)
The provincial health authorities in each province have
established a regulatory system for the supply of safe
blood and blood products, which is coordinated between
all provinces.
Modul Indicator
Number of blood banks that are a) registered and b) certified
according to the provincial quality standards
Output Indicator
Number of provinces that establish regulatory “Blood
Transfusion Authorities” that implement agreed provincial
quality standards for safe blood transfusion
The Pakistani blood transfusion service is not organised or
regulated on a consistent basis. There are still an unknown
number of blood banks operating independently under state or
private sponsorship, without registration and uniform quality
standards or regulations.
The level of training undergone by the staff entrusted with
blood transfusions or administration of blood products varies
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considerably between services. Blood products are often not
used appropriately, i.e. to a large extent doctors do not use
blood components rationally in accordance with the standard
recommendations issued by the World Health Organisation
(WHO). Consequently, patients are not always given the
correct product, potentially resulting in serious risks to their
health.
Blood products are administered which are of inadequate
quality and in some cases infected. This gives rise to the risk
of transmitting infectious diseases (i.e. HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B
and C) whose prevalence in Pakistan is estimated at 9%.
Preventing infection with these diseases by using safe blood
products for transfusion can curb the need for costly long-term
treatment of those infected and reduce the suffering of
patients.
It is frequently the case in Pakistan that blood products are
made available by family members or paid donors. With both
practices it is to be expected that an above-average proportion
of specific donor types will have a higher risk of infectious
diseases. The WHO recommends setting up a blood donation
system based on voluntary donors, as these are among the
safest blood donors. Concepts for recruiting voluntary,
unrecompensed blood donors do exist, but so far it has only
been possible to implement them in part and not on a
sustainable basis.
In March 2009 the Government of Pakistan adopted a national
framework plan for blood transfusion services (National Blood
Policy and Strategic Framework 2008-2012), which was drawn
up with support from GTZ. This plan aims at reforming and
restructuring the organisational setup and revising the legal
framework of a national blood transfusion system at the
federal and provincial level. Further it deals with the needs for
training of experts and managers at the respective private and
state-run institutions and refers to building a voluntary blood
donation scheme. The "National Safe Blood Transfusion
Programme" was established. With the amendment to the
constitution in 2011 (18th amendment) the mandate for the
health service delivery, including blood transfusion was given
to the provincial governments.
The firm of consultants is responsible to provide technical
support to federal and provincial partners in the
implementation of Output B of HSS II in following main
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intervention areas:
 Providing advisory framework for the development of
policy, law and standards related to provincial blood
systems
 Support and facilitation to harmonize and coordinate
provincial blood safety policies and laws
 Establishment of quality standards for the provincial
blood system including blood processing
 Establishment of management information systems
(MIS) (including feedback mechanisms)
 Establishment of an effective “Blood Donor
Organization” (BDO) Network
 Providing technical advice for establishing a regulatory
framework and for the design of accreditation
processes (via Pakistan National Accreditation Council)
applicable to secondary facilities i.e. blood banks and
professional associations of haematologists
 Concept design and implementation of human capacity
development in staff at the Regional Blood Centers
(RBCs), Hospital Blood Banks (HBBs) and Blood
Transfusion Authorities (BTAs)
Personnel: Specification of
inputs and necessary
qualifications
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One long-term expert (up to 15 person-months, fulltime) to provide consultancy services to the
national and the provincial "Blood Transfusion
Authorities (BTA)" and the "Blood Transfusion
Services (BTS)"
The expert offered by the Firm of Consultants must have a
postgraduate degree in public health and at least ten years of
experience in health system development with particular
emphasis on blood transfusion systems. Regional experience
and experience of working in a fragile environment will be of
advantage. English and German languages are mandatory.

National long-term experts for a total of up to 45
person-months
The experts offered by the Firms of Consultants must have the
necessary sociocultural skills. Client and partner orientation,
efficient work practices, interdisciplinary thinking and training
experience are mandatory, especially for the long-term
experts. Fluency in verbal and written English is mandatory.
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In particular:
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Senior health expert with not less than ten (10)
years of experience in organizational development,
health systems development, and experience in
coordinating a team of experts at national level.
This senior expert will assist and support the team
leader in his technical and management tasks.
One (1) qualified health professional with a degree
in Quality Management in health care with working
experience of not less than 5 years in this area
after the post graduate degree
One (1) qualified health professionals with proven
experience in capacity development (Human
Resources for Health); an expert in health care
with at least 5 years of practical working
experience in this field after the post graduate
degree.
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International short-term experts for up to a total of 8
person-months
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National short-term experts for up to 4 personmonths
All short-term experts must have a post graduate degree in
relevant subjects, at least 10 years of experience in the
respective area of expertise and a proven track record of
similar assignments in other countries. Fluency in verbal and
written English is mandatory. Further details on profile and
qualifications of short-term experts as per task-setting of the
assignment.
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If you are interested in implementing the above project please complete the following
document and return it no later than 7th July 2014 to the following e-mail address: [email protected]
To obtain automatic confirmation of receipt of your expression of interest at GIZ, please enter
"expression of interest" and the contract no. in the subject line when returning this form.
The evaluation of the expressions of interest is expected to be completed by 10th July 2014.
If we are unable to consider you, we shall send you brief notification to this end.
Please note: The application of the Capacity WORKS management model is an integral
component of the contract and therefore forms part of the Terms of Reference. In the
technical assessment of the offers, emphasis is placed on ensuring that Capacity WORKS
has been adequately taken into account. It is important that the relevant personnel (team
leader, backstopper) undergo training with a GIZ-accredited provider before the start of the
project.
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Expression of interest
We herewith declare our interest in bidding in the scheduled GIZ invitation to tender
below:
Brief project title
Project processing no.
Contract no.
Country of assignment
Period of assignment
Deadline for submission
Per email to
Health Sector Support Programme (HSS II)
Output B: "Safe Blood Transfusion"
13.2185.0-001.00
81174735
Pakistan
10/2014 – 12/2015
07.07.2014
[email protected]
To ensure efficient processing, please observe the notes at the end of this document
1.
Company name and address / Entry No. in Commercial Register
2.
Commercial details
2011
2012
2013
Average 2012
Average 2013
Annual turnover in €
Operating profit in €
Equity capital in €
Outside capital in €
3.
Number of employees
Average 2011
Permanent staff
Staff on limitedterm project
contracts
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4.
Brief company profile (max. 20 lines) if your company has not worked for the
GIZ before/within the last two years
5.
10 reference projects in the last 5 years in the sector and/or in the region
Project title and Focus / scope of
Region
Period
Order value in
client
tasks
€
6.
Brief profile and name of key staff member for backstopping the above project
at your company headquarters
7.
Contact person for queries
name:
e-mail:
phone:
We herewith affirm that the above data are true and complete
Notes on completing the expression of interest
Please limit your expression of interest to max. four pages and do not submit any further
attachments (curriculum vitae etc.).
If you are declaring your interest within the framework of a consortium, please supply the
details requested above for each partner separately, and name the lead partner.
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