Expression of Interest (EoI) Recruitment of a Consultancy Firm to develop a Digital Health White Paper as a drive for digital transformation and to boost socio-economic development in Africa during and beyond COVID-19 at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in- Rwanda
Contract identification number: 83386398
Introduction
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
1. Context
Digitalization and technological change have contributed significantly to driving economic growth and raising living standards across the globe. However, digitalization has created challenges and its benefits have not been shared widely enough. In response, in 2019, the German government published its Digital Technologies for Development strategy, acknowledging that the Agenda 2030 with its sustainable development goals can only be achieved with the help and utilization of digital technologies.
In the same year, the Smart Africa Secretariat (SAS, based in Kigali) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) realized that in the rapidly changing, highly interconnected and digitalized world creating positive social, economic and environmental change requires the cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders from the digital society and economy. Both parties, SAS and BMZ, have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to address the challenges of the digital age as a basis for sustainable development and stability.
SAS and BMZ agreed to work together in a multi-stakeholder framework on the implementation of digital solutions for Africa’s social and economic challenges. The initial work plan details seven areas where German Cooperation and SAS collectively work towards developing Africa into a single digital market. Currently, more than half a dozen technical cooperation, as well as one financial cooperation projects, are involved in the implementation of the partnership.
Building upon the JDoI, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) is offering support for the elaboration of Smart Africa’s White Paper initiative on Digital Health through the Smart Africa Secretariat. In December 2019, the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) leading to severe acute respiratory syndrome was first identified in China and spread to become a global pandemic. This has caused stoppage of movement, curfews, lockdowns and adoption of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused massive losses globally with Africa taking a hard hit on its tourism dependent economies, oil-exporting economies and other resource-intensive economies.
As the world moves to a post Covid-19 recovery, The Digital Health White Paper Initiative seeks to bring awareness that digital health technologies can contribute to Africa post Covid-19 recovery journey. Africa needs to stimulate intra-African travel to ensure a quicker recovery as trade and tourism moves to picking back up in Africa through domestic and regional trade and tourism. The pandemic has amplified calls for digital health initiatives. This requires all the actors in the digital health value chain from governments to start-ups/private sector to civil society to work together to ensure safe trade and travel and re-open African economies.
The objective therefore, is to inform, raise interest, and propose solutions as a demonstration of what is possible in digital health in Africa.
1.Tasks to be performed by the contractor
The overall objective for the consultancy is to to prepare a white paper that will assist governments to be informed, interested and ready to accelerate the use and adoption of digital health technologies in Africa, providing information on milestones achieved, initial results and expected impacts, focused mainly on the technology in Africa.
The contractor is responsible for providing the following services:
Output 1: Conduct a desktop study on the overall landscape of digital health in Africa. Specifically:
Output 2: Propose strategic actions, relevant policies and regulations, projects/programs around digital health and recommendations for African governments during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
The following deliverables should be submitted:
The Consultant shall submit each final report in fifteen (15) paper copies and all working documents in soft copies, editable files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), in both French and English.
Certain milestones, as laid out in the table below, are to be achieved by certain dates during the contract term, and at particular locations:
Milestone | Deadline/place/person responsible |
Start of the project and adoption of a schedule for the execution of the mission with the dates of the deliverables | T0 / home based / Team leader / |
Landscape assessment report for the digital health landscape in Africa which includes challenges, best practices, digital health and the Covid-19 pandemic. | T0 + 6 weeks / home based // Team leader / IT-Expert / Socio-economist Expert |
In-depth report on the strategic actions and recommendations for African governments during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic and validation workshops/seminars | T0 + 12 weeks / home based / Team leader / IT-Expert / Socio-economist Expert |
Final Digital Health White paper and dissemination of the White paper to stakeholders. | T0 + 14 weeks / home based / Team leader / IT-Expert |
Estimated expert days (up to) | |
Team leader: | Up to 25 expert days |
Expert 1: | Up to 25 expert days |
Expert 2: | Up to 10 expert days |
The selected Consulting Firm must carry out the project within three (3) months from the project start date.
Period of assignment: From 15.08.2021 until 15.11.2021.
2.Concept
In the offer, the contractor is required to show how the objectives defined in Chapter 2 are to be achieved, if applicable under consideration of further specific method-related requirements (technical-methodological concept). In addition, the contractor must describe the project management system for service provision.
Technical-methodological concept
Strategy: The contractor is required to consider the tasks to be performed with reference to the objectives of the services put out to compete (see Chapter 1). Following this, the contractor presents and justifies the strategy with which it intends to provide the services for which it is responsible (see Chapter 2).
The contractor is required to present the actors relevant for the services for which it is responsible and describe the cooperation with them.
The contractor is required to present and explain its approach to steering the measures with the project partners and its contribution to the results-based monitoring system.
The contractor is required to describe the key processes for the services for which it is responsible and create a schedule that describes how the services according to Chapter 2 are to be provided. In particular, the contractor is required to describe the necessary work steps and, if applicable, take account of the milestones and contributions of other actors in accordance with Chapter 2.
The contractor is required to describe its contribution to knowledge management for the partner and GIZ and promote scaling-up effects (learning and innovation).
Other specific requirements
The mission will be carried out by the Consultant in collaboration with the Smart Africa Secretariat and two (2) multisectoral teams composed of senior government officials to be made available by the Ministry in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) or the Government Agency in charge of the Development of Smart Cities of each selected member country.
Also, the Consultant's methodological approach will consist of:
Project management of the contractor
The contractor is required to explain its approach for coordination with the GIZ project.
The contractor reports regularly to GIZ in accordance with the AVB of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH from 2018
The contractor is required to draw up a personnel assignment plan with explanatory notes that lists all the experts proposed in the offer; the plan includes information on assignment dates (duration and expert days) and locations of the individual members of the team complete with the allocation of work steps as set out in the schedule.
The contractor is required to explain its approach for coordination with the GIZ project.
3.Personnel concept
The contractor is required to provide personnel who are suited to filling the positions described, on the basis of their CVs, the range of tasks involved and the required qualifications.
The below specified qualifications represent the requirements to reach the maximum number of points.
Team leader
Tasks of the team leader
Qualifications of the team leader
Expert 1: IT expert with a focus on Digital Health
Tasks of expert 1
Qualifications of expert 1
Expert 2: Socio-economist expert
Tasks of expert 2
Qualifications of expert 2
Soft skills of team members
In addition to their specialist qualifications, the following qualifications are required of team members:
4.Costing requirements
Assignment of personnel
Team leader: Assignment in country of consultants’ residence for 25 expert days
Expert 1: Assignment in country of consultants’ residence for 25 expert days
Expert 2: Assignment in country of consultants’ residence for 10 expert days
Travel
The assignment is based in Kigali. Due to the ongoing global pandemic and the established modus operandi of mobile working, the assignment does not require travelling to Kigali and/or abroad. Should the contractor deem travel necessary, s/he is required to calculate the travel by the specified experts and the experts it has proposed based on the places of performance stipulated in point 2 and 4 and lists the expenses separately by daily allowance, accommodation expenses, flight costs and other travel expenses.
5.Inputs of GIZ or other actors
GIZ and Smart Africa Secretariat are expected to make the following available:
6.Submission and evaluation of EoI
Please indicate this assignment number in your submission email: 83386398
EoI will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
The EoI should contain the following:
For Technical Proposal:
The structure of the offer must correspond to the structure of the ToRs. In particular, the detailed structure of the concept (Chapter 2) is to be organised in accordance with the positively weighted criteria in the assessment grid (not with zero). It must be legible (font size 11 or larger) and clearly formulated. The offer is drawn up in English (language).
The complete offer shall not exceed 10 pages (excluding CVs).
The CVs of the personnel proposed in accordance with Chapter 4 of the ToRs must be submitted using the format specified in the terms and conditions for application. The CVs shall not exceed 4 pages. The CVs must clearly show the position and job the proposed person held in the reference project and for how long.
If one of the maximum page lengths is exceeded, the content appearing after the cut-off point will not be included in the assessment.
For the Financial Proposal:
The Financial Proposal indicates the contract price, supported by a breakdown of consultancy fee per day + all other costs such us (if needed) daily allowance, accommodation expenses. The cost must be in RWF and VAT excluded.
Please submit electronically your EoI (technical & Financial offer) in 2 separated PDF files to this email: RW_Quotation@giz.de until latest Friday 30 July 2021 at 4:00 pm,
Please indicate this assignment number in your submission email: 83386398
Join a Focused Community on job search to uncover both advertised and non-advertised jobs that you may not be aware of. A jobs WhatsApp Group Community can ensure that you know the opportunities happening around you and a jobs Facebook Group Community provides an opportunity to discuss with employers who need to fill urgent position. Click the links to join. You can view previously sent Email Alerts here incase you missed them and Subscribe so that you never miss out.