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General Information
Country:   Egypt
Publication Date:   Sep 19, 2002
Funding Agency:   World Bank
Buyer:   Population Project. Ministry of Health and Population.
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Dr. Atef El Shitany
Executive Director
Egypt Population Project
3 Magles el Shabb St.
From Kasr El-Aini St.
Cairo
Egypt
Telephone:   (20-2) 794-1647
Fax:   (20-2) 792-25 74
Email:   Click here

Goods, Works and Services

 

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******POPULATION PROJECT

General Procurement Notice
Publication Date: 17 September 2002
Last Updated: 19 September 2002

EGYPT

Loan No. 28300

The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt has received a loan from
the International Development Association in the amount of USD
17,200,000 equivalent toward the cost of the Population Project, and
it intends to apply the proceeds of this loan to payments for goods,
works, related services and consulting services to be procured under
this project. Bidding for contracts financed by the International
Development Association will be governed by the procurement rules of
the World Bank.

The overall objectives of the Population Project are to help Egypt: 1)
better manage population growth and prevent avoidable population
growth by giving the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) the
institutional capacity to play the lead role in the population sector;
and 2) improve the conditions and status of women and children in
areas where fertility remains high, mainly in rural areas of Upper
Egypt, by stimulating additional demand for smaller family size and
for family planning services. These objectives will reinforce and
expand the goals of the national family planning program. The project
consists of two major components: 1) capacity building, which will
help install capacity in the population and Family Planning Sector of
MOHP for a set of key functions including policy and program
development, business planning, sectoral manpower development and
training, research programming, planning, resource mobilization,
supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and public/nongovernmental
organizations/local community program coordination; and 2) population
activities program, which will include projects to increase awareness
of population issues, to strengthen motivation for couples to plan
their families, to facilitate access to and use of reproductive health
services, and to educate and motivate people in such related areas as
child nutrition, safe motherhood, male awareness, and delayed age of
marriage.

The project will include the following goods, works and services:

- Supply of vehicles (Motor vehicles)
- Supply of medical equipment and furniture (Medical devices)
- Supply of office equipment (Office equipment)
- Consultants’ services (Legal, accounting, auditing, business,
management and related services)
- training (Training services)

1. Part (A) consists of the provision of ambulances for maternal care,
medical equipment and materials, consultant services and training to
facilitate the efficient carrying out of its key population and family
planning functions as well as developing the integrated/comprehensive
village hospitals in Upper Egypt and 2. Part (B) consists of the
provision of small grants for micro development activities
commensurate with the population and family activities by local
community organizations and relevant public and private sector
agencies. This program will be targeted mainly to rural areas of Upper
Egypt with unfavorable demographic indicators.

Procurement of contracts financed by the loan will be conducted
through the procedures specified in Procurement under IBRD Loans and
IDA Credits[1] of the World Bank, and is open to all bidders from
eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines. Consulting
services will be selected in accordance with Selection and Employment
of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers[2] of the World Bank.

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under
international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures will be announced,
as they become available, in the Development Gateway Market.

Interested eligible bidders can contact the implementing agency
directly at the address below, to obtain additional information, or to
be included in the mailing list.

The Ministry of Health and Population.
Dr. Atef El Shitany
Executive Director
Egypt Population Project
3 Magles el Shabb St.
From Kasr El-Aini St.
Cairo
Egypt
Tel: (20-2) 794-1647
Fax: (20-2) 792-25 74
E-mail: epproject@hotmail.com[3]



[1] http://www.worldbank.org/html/opr/procure/guidelin.html
[2] http://www.worldbank.org/html/opr/consult/contents.html
[3] mailto:epproject@hotmail.com
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