II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Nigeria has some of the greatest burden of health challenges globally, and the Government of Nigeria currently spends proportionately less on health than nearly every country in the world. This has the potential to get worse, with Nigeria facing a demographic crisis. The Lafiya contract aims to address this, to improve health outcomes for the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria. It will have a focus on targeted states (Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Yobe) and at the federal level. However DFID reserves the right to change geographic focus within the lifetime of the programme as it is possible that the context will change in the targeted states.
The contract is aiming to achieve 3 outcomes;
(i) outcome 1: increased resources invested in health, and prioritisation of health by Government of Nigeria (through civil society advocacy on human capital, community accountability for health; and use of data to inform government prioritisation of health);
(ii) outcome 2: improving effectiveness and efficiency of public and private basic health services (through health system strengthening, and working with the private sector to improve delivery of affordable health services for the poorest populations);
(iii) outcome 3: reducing total fertility rate (through addressing social norms, demographic impact analysis, and support to family planning demand creation and delivery of services).
The contract is part of DFID’s new flagship health portfolio (Lafiya: UK Support for Health In Nigeria), which plans to invest a total of 235 000 000 GBP over 8 years. The successful delivery of the Lafiya contract will require very close collaboration with the Government of Nigeria at Federal and State levels. It will also require collaboration and coordination with the other delivery mechanisms within the Lafiya portfolio, other DFID funded health programmes, and with interventions supported by other development partners.
DFID will award the contract to a single legal entity who will be responsible for delivering the outcomes of the Lafiya Contract. The supplier will provide programme management and programme delivery services to achieve the outcomes through the following outputs:
1) Increased political profile of human capital (focused on health, nutrition, WASH and education) by supporting civil society advocacy and community accountability;
2) Initiating a programme to communicate health data and strengthen government leaders' use of data in line with a “delivery approach” to improve Government of Nigeria's leaders' awareness, prioritisation and management of the health sector;
3) Providing targeted technical assistance to the Government of Nigeria to strengthen leadership and governance,strengthen health information systems, support the basic health care provision fund, strengthen budgeting and planning, make more efficient use of medicine products and enable efficiencies in human resources;
4) Providing technical support to the Government of Nigeria on improving the regulation of the private sector in delivering basic health services and strengthening networks of private providers and piloting new mechanisms for delivering low cost private health care services;
5) Working to increase the demand for, utilisation of and acceptance of family planning through addressing social norms, strengthen the delivery of family planning services, analysis and communication of the wider impact of demographics.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
140 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Are set out in the tender documents.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Contract initial term duration is 84 months from contract award with the provision to extend by up to a further 24 months and/or up to a further 40 000 000 GBP at the discretion of DFID, subject to satisfactory supplier performance, on-going programme need and availability of additional funding.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract will be governed by English Law.
Prices must be quoted in GBP. The value published is the maximum budget available and should any local or UK tax be applicable this must be incorporated into the maximum budget as published.
All payments for the contract will be made in GBP. DFID reserves the right to annul the process at any point and not award the contract.