Health Enhancement And Lifesaving (HEAL) Ukraine Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

HEALTH ENHANCEMENT AND LIFESAVING (HEAL) UKRAINE PROJECT

Health care area

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Loan No. 9468-UA

Project ID No. P180245

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine (“Borrower”) has received financing in the amount of US$ 100,000,000 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Health Enhancement and Lifesaving (“HEAL”) Ukraine Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following parts:

PART 1. ADDRESSING NEW AND URGENT HEALTH NEEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION

Subcomponent 1.1 Scale-up of mental health and rehabilitation services:

Provision of Payments for Program of Medical Guarantee (“PMG”) Services to selected health facilities for the expansion of (a) mental health services, and (b) rehabilitation services under the mental health and rehabilitation packages of the Program of Medical Guarantees.

Subcomponent 1.2 Preparing for scaled delivery of mental health and rehabilitation care:

Delivery f quality mental health and rehabilitative care services through:

1. Training to medical staff at inpatient, outpatient and community level, including those working in supervisory capacities;
2. Support to the Ministry of Health (“MoH”) and National Health Service of Ukraine “NHSU” to: (i) define the scope and standards f services provided t inpatient and outpatient facilities; (ii) update verification of electronic medical records; nd () develop concepts and implementation plans f organization and scale up of mental health and rehabilitation services through primary health care and specialized facilities; and
3. Providing (i) essential equipment and vehicles in support of rehabilitation services; and (ii) rehabilitation works for facilities providing mental health and rehabilitation services.

PART 2. FURTHER IMPROVING AND STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Subcomponent 2.1 Restoring and improving the delivery of essential primary health care (“PHC”) services

Restoring essential health services at the primary health care level through the provision f Payments for PMG Services for:

1. Expanded health examination f patients receiving primary health care services including screening for noncommunicable diseases and infectious diseases, and monitoring of disease management;
2. Childhood vaccination; and
3. Expansion of the Affordable Medicines Program.

Subcomponent 2.2 Recovery of the PHC network

1. Procurement of equipment and other PHC facility needs, as well as small civil works to restore the functioning of PHC facilities selected as per the criteria set forth in the Project Operational Manual (“POM”);
2. Renovating and providing equipment to up to 80 damaged PHC facilities that require significant renovations and procurement and installation f solar panels in t least 100 PHC locations selected as per the criteria set forth in the POM;
3. Setting up, training, and deploying mobile teams to deliver essential health services in areas mostly affected by the ongoing emergency, as well as in remote areas; and
4. Developing a medium-term recovery and reconstruction plan for the primary health care network in Ukraine, including the development f technical specifications f new expanded primary health care model, or PHC Plus.

PART 3. RESTORING AND MODERNIZING HOSPITAL CARE IN LINE WITH REFORM DIRECTION

Restoring and strengthening service delivery in hospitals through:

1. Developing the sectoral planning the hospitals network, technical specifications and design documentation to support the selection f hospitals 10 be renovated and f th renovation work.
2. Renovating selected hospitals using the technical specifications prepared under Part 3(a), which may include, inter alia: improving energy efficiency and providing access 10 alternative sources f energy, constructing new buildings s part f existing facilities that will not require new land acquisition.
3. Strengthening pre-hospital emergency services through, inter alia, procurement of vehicles, relevant equipment, and civil works to organize additional stations for ambulances.

PART 4. SUPPORTING ACITY BUILDING, DIGITALIZATION AND INNOVATIONS

Subcomponent 4.1 Digital development and innovations

1. Developing core e-Health modules, including (i) health worker register, (ii) patient’s data portal, (iii) e-Health modules for disability and rehabilitation, (iv) improvement of cyber security for health-related data, (v) integration of digital health systems with neighboring countries, and (vi) strengthening of e-Health systems of the health institutions more broadly.
2. Implementing a digital instrument to track requests of patients at different levels: facility, local level (hromada, rayon, oblast), and national level (MoH and NHSU).
3. Introducing new functions for resilient and innovative service delivery, including implementation of the enterprise resource planning and risk management to strengthen Central Procurement Agency (“CPA”), the system f analytical prediction of the service utilization for the NHSU targeted planning of resource use and financing, the system of distance learning, hardware and software solutions 10 scale up the use of telemedicine, and other activities to improve accuracy of data and move to e-based records keeping.

Subcomponent 4.2 Strengthening f institutions

(a) Strengthening the capacity f MoH, NHSU, e-Health gen, and Center for Public Health, or any other institution in the health sector selected in accordance with the criteria described in the and agreed with the Bank; (b) use of third-party monitoring, implemented by non-government organizations, for improved governance and accountability; and () standardization and improvement of the quality of services.

Subcomponent 4.3 Project management

Providing support for Project implementation and management including: (i) support for procurement, financial management, environmental nd social risk management, monitoring and evaluation, external audit and reporting; (ii) recruitment and Training of Project implementation Unit (“PIU”) and technical consultants; and (iii) Operating Costs.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, dated November 2020 (Procurement Regulations), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.

Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website, Borrower’s website https://moz.gov.ua/ and https://prozorro.gov.ua/.

Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine

7 Hrushevskogo Street, Kyiv 01601Ukraine

Telephone: +380 (44) 253 61 94

E-mail: moz@moz.gov.ua, copied to moz.wb.procurement@gmail.com

Website: https://moz.gov.ua/