REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Republic of Lebanon
Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476)
Consultancy Services for
Third-Party Administrator
(Loan No. 87710-LB; Contract Code: LB-MOPH-159410-CS-QCBS)
The Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) is a five-year project funded by the World Bank. The project is designed to support the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) strategy to establish a pro-poor Universal Health Coverage program. The project aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese identified by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) through the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP), based on a proxy-means testing targeting mechanism. All identified individuals will benefit from comprehensive packages of defined health services delivered at 204 Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) selected from the MoPH PHCCs network. If the beneficiary requires further services as defined by MoPH referral criteria and clinical protocols, that are not provided at the PHCC level, he/she will be referred to one of the 31 MoPH contracted public hospital (listed in Annex I) for the delivery of outpatient clinical services.
The objective of this consultancy is to perform technical and financial verification of services provided to beneficiaries at PHCCs and at referral public hospitals. The work will include the following steps: (i) Checking the eligibility of beneficiaries to receive services under LHRP; (ii) Verifying the delivered services at PHCCs by calling a random sample of beneficiaries; (iii) Receiving the referral request through the Health Information System (PHENICS) which will include: referral form, medical record and medical justification; (iv) Verifying outpatient hospital referrals for enrollment eligibility and clinical appropriateness of services; (v) Reviewing and verifying referral documents, results and bills uploaded by the hospital on PHENICS; and (vi) Verifying the delivered services at public hospitals by calling a random sample of beneficiaries.
The MoPH hereby invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services (dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017 and August 2018).
Interested Consultants are requested to provide the following information:
- A duly signed Cover Letter stating the Interest of the Applicant in providing the mentioned services.
- A presentation of the firm(s) (brochures, statements of type, property, and key tasks etc...).
- A copy of the applicant’s registration as a firm, and documentation showing financial capabilities of the applicant and associated partners.
- List of relevant similar Projects, ongoing and/or completed within the last 10 years, indicating the provided services, the role of the consulting firm, percentage of participation in JV consortiums (if any), and the size of relevant contracts (in USD and if possible equivalent in Man-Months).
- List of available professional key personnel for the envisaged Services and organization structure.
Expression of Interest must be delivered electronically or by hand to the address below not later than 12:00 noon, Beirut local time on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020:
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)
Attention: Ms. Ghada Al-Hachem
Title: Administrative Assistant to the office of the Minister
4th floor – MOPH - Beer Hassan – Lebanon.
Tel: +961-1-843772
E-mail: ghada.elhachem@moph.gov.lb
Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office working hours (from 8:00 to 13:00 Beirut local Time).
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)
Attention: Ms. Ghada Al-Hachem
Title: Administrative Assistant to the office of the Minister
4th floor – MOPH - Beer Hassan – Lebanon.
Tel: +961-1-843772
E-mail: ghada.elhachem@moph.gov.lb