GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Country:

Ghana

City/Locality:

Accra, Ghana

Notice/Contract Number:

Credit No. 39516-GH

Publication Date:

Jul 16, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 27, 2008

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survivial
Ministry of Health

Original Language:

English

Address:

Joycelyn Azeez
Head Procurement Unit
Ministry of Health
P. O. Box MB 44, Accra - Ghana
ACCRA
Ghana

Telephone:

233-21-674033//233-21-668782

Fax:

233-21-227887

Email:

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REPUBLIC OF GHANA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH

HEALTH SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAMME

NUTRITION AND MALARIA CONTROL FOR CHILD SURVIVAL PROJECT
(Credit No. 39516-GH)

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

1. This general procurement notice is being published in current Development Business. The Government of Ghana has applied for credit from the World Bank in the amount of US$25 Million towards the cost of the Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project, and it intends to apply the proceeds of this credit to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

2. The project will include the following components:
(i) Component1- Institutional Strengthening for Coordination and Implementation and Outcome. The specific objectives are: (i) to develop effective inter-sectoral coordination, ownership and accountability for nutrition towards the establishment of a coherent national program and (ii) to strengthen the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service to effectively coordinate implementation of the community based health and nutrition program supported by the project. This component will finance technical assistance, training and workshops and incremental operating costs for specified activities.

(ii) Component 2- Community based Health and Nutrition Service Delivery: The objective is to scale up community based health and nutrition services for children under two and pregnant women based on a community level package of Essential Nutrition Actions. This component will finance technical assistance, training, workshops and goods for community-based health and nutrition services and service providers, and incremental operating costs for specified activities.

(iii) Component 3 - Malaria Prevention: The objective is to increase utilization of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Bed Nets in order to reduce malaria related morbidity and mortality among children under five and pregnant women. The component will finance technical assistance, goods and incremental operating costs for specified activities.

3. The goods to be included in the project are as follows:

(i) Supply of (i) Six Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Three (6,143) units of Infant Weighing Scales
(ii) Three Thousand and Seventy-One (3,071) units of Adult weighing Scales

4. Procurement of contracts financed by the credit will be conducted through the procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (current edition) and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (current edition)

5. Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures and for large-value consultants’ contracts will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and dgMarket and in local newspapers.

6. Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive an invitation to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of the advertisement requesting expressions of interest for large-value consultants’ contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below.

The Procurement Unit
Room No. 5
Ministry of Health
28th February Road
(Near Department of National Lotteries)
P. O. Box MB 44, Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233- 21- 674033 or +233-21-668782
Fax: (233) (21) 664032
E-MAIL: procurement@moh.gov.gh

Attn: Joycelyn Azeez

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