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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Technical Consultant - Preliminary Regional Assessment and Project Concept Development, PPP Unit
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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
TheGovernment of Uzbekistan (GoU) is investing in its healthcare system in aneffort to provide more access to better healthcare for its citizens. As part ofthis investment, GoU is considering rationalising its healthcare infrastructureand providing newly build, modern facilities to replace a number of outdatedand single specialty hospitals in Samarkand, Jizzakh and Kashkadaria oblasts (theOblasts). It envisages delivering newhospitals through a Private Finance Initiative (PFI), one of the infrastructurePublic-Private Partnership (PPP) models, whereby a competitively selectedprivate partner is expected to design, build, finance and maintain the newmultidisciplinary greenfield hospital, while the public partner will continueto be responsible for the provision of all clinical services (the Project).
Inthis context, IFC’s PPP Transaction Advisory is supporting the Ministry ofHealth (MOH), and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), together the Client,in defining and structuring this PPP as well as attracting a qualified privateinvestor for the above-noted purposes.
TheProject will be implemented in three phases:
·Phase 0 – Preliminary Regional Assessmentand Project Concept Development (supply and demand, defining the new hospitals andaffordability assessment),
·Phase 1 – Project Structuring, and
·Phase 2 – Tender Process.
At this stage, IFC isrecruiting a technical consultant (the Consultant) to carry out the preliminaryanalysis (Phase 0) which includes an assessment of the demand and supply of healthcareservices in the Oblasts with forward-looking estimates till the end of theproject term, review of existing hospital infrastructure (including clinicalprofile and condition, regional plans), demographics that will impact the Projectand identify the most appropriate existing facilities/hospital operations thatshould form part of the Project
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
- BB: Bank Budget
- TF0B7494: IFC
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility restrictions apply:
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now
NOTES
Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.
Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.
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