📋 Tender Overview
Deadline 24 October 2019The United States Agency for International Development USAID Mission to Uganda USAIDUganda is seeking applications from qualified entities for the Strengthening Supply Chain Systems Technical Assistance SSCS Activity funding opportunity.USAIDUganda supports a cluster of activities that together are designed to help the GoU improve the performance of its public health supply chain system. This SSCSTA will contribute to the combined effort in three different waysThe activity will provide specialized technical assistance TA professional development and other support required to strengthen the performances of USG and USG implementing partners IPs that are contributing to the effectiveness of the supply chain system in Uganda. This will include reinforcing complementing and helping USAID coordinate the performances of i IPs supporting Ugandan counterparts in the procurement and warehousing of medications and health commodities as well as ii IPs engaged more directly at the district level in supporting service delivery. There will also be instances in which TA capacity building and other support is provided directly to the GoU or other Ugandan counterparts in line with the national development plan.The activity will be USAIDs primary source of support for promoting good governance in the health supply chain system. This will include providing TA capacity building and other support to the GoU in i developing and building the political needed to implement policies and regulations related to improving health supply chain performance ii strengthening the horizontal and vertical institutional linkages between various supply chain actors at the national district health facility and community levels iii increasing transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain system and iv supporting the institutional changes required for the successful rollout of the USAID-supported Enterprise Resource Planning ERP platform intended to provide end-to-end visibility and improve supply chain management from the National Medical Stores NMS down to the health facility level storage and dispensing units.The activity will increase local capacity to plan finance and implement solutions to supply chain challenges with the aim of accelerating Ugandas Journey to Self-Reliance. This will include reducing Ugandas reliance on external donors for financing the procurement warehousing and distribution of medications and health commodities as well as further strengthening the capacity of the GoU and local institutions to manage and maintain a world-class supply chain system ultimately independent of donor support.ResultsResult 1 Targeted improvements along health supply chains boost system-wide performanceSub-Result 1.1 DHOs hospitals and health centers demonstrate improvement on competencies relevant to their respective supply chain responsibilitiesSub-Result 1.2 Regional Referral Hospitals RRHs demonstrate improvements in competencies relevant to their supply chain responsibilitiesSub-Result 1.3 National-level institutions demonstrate improvements in competencies relevant to supply their respective supply chain operations.Result 2 Advances in good governance improve the enabling environment for health supply chain performance.Sub-Result 2.1 Capacity to develop and update policies regulations and reforms strengthenedSub-Result 2.2 Performance in implementing policies regulations and reforms improvedSub-Result 2.3 Coordination among key supply chain actors increasedSub-Result 2.4 Transparency and accountability throughout the supply chain systems strengthenedResult 3 Ugandan self-sufficiency in planning financing and implementing solutions to supply chain challenges accelerates Ugandas Journey to Self-Reliance.Sub-Intermediate Result 3.1 Domestic resource mobilization for supply chain management and operations increasedSub- Result 3.2 Ugandan capacity to plan facilitate and accountability manage supply chain operations independent of donor support increasedAward InformationUSAID intends to award one 1 Cooperative Agreement pursuant to this notice of funding opportunity. Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency USAID intends to provide 18.5 million in total USAID funding for the award. USAID reserves the right to fund any one or none of the applications submitted.The entire period of performance is anticipated to be five 5 years from the effective date of the award. The estimated start date is oan April 2020.Eligibility CriteriaEligible ApplicantsEligibility for this NOFO is not restricted. In response to this NOFO any U.S. or non-U.S. organization non-profit or for-profit entity is eligible to apply. Organizations may submit applications individually or in partnership with other international or local organizations.USAIDUganda encourages applications from organizations that have not previously received financial assistance from USAID.To be eligible for award of a Cooperative Agreement in addition to other conditions of this NOFO organizations must have a politically neutral humanitarian mandate a commitment to non-discrimination with respect to beneficiaries and adherence to equal opportunity employment practices. Nondiscrimination includes equal treatment without regard to race religion ethnicity gender and political affiliation.Applicants must have established financial management monitoring and evaluation processes internal control systems and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards laws and regulations. The successful Applicants will be subject to a responsibility determination assessment Pre-award Survey by the Agreement Officer AO. The AO may determine that a pre-award survey might be necessary to assist in establishing the responsibility of the Recipient to receive U.S. Government funding.
