Consultant Firms For: An Assessment of Donor Alignment

• Country: Tanzania
• Summary: Consultant Firms For: An Assessment of Donor Alignment
• TZT Ref No: 50550351
• Deadline: 08 Mar 2021
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 1273054
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• Expression of Interest are invited for Short Term Consultant(S)/Firms Contract in Tanzania For: An Assessment of Donor Alignment. REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SELECTION # 1273054 This Request for Expression of Interest is for a Firm Selection. Please log in as a valid Firm User if you wish to express interest in this selection. Selection Information Assignment Title SHORT TERM CONSULTANT(S)/FIRMS CONTRACT IN TANZANIA FOR: AN ASSESSMENT OF DONOR ALIGNMENT Publication Date 22-Feb-2021 Expression of Interest Deadline 08-Mar-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time - Washington D.C.) Language of Notice English Selection Notice Assignment Country · TZ - Tanzania Funding Sources The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under: · BB - BANK BUDGET · TF0B3684 - GFF COVID-19 SUPPORT TO TANZANIA Individual/Firm The consultant will be a firm. Assignment Description SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2 https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Assignment Title: 1273054 - SHORT TERM CONSULTANT(S)/FIRMS CONTRACT IN TANZANIA FOR: AN ASSESSMENT OF DONOR ALIGNMENT Assignment Countries: - Tanzania ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION Objectives Conduct a donor alignment assessment to understand the current degree of alignment of donors to government PFM systems, identify challenges in alignment and propose an actionable and realistic way forward. Tasks A Short-Term Consultant or firm is needed to conduct a donor alignment assessment to better understand the challenges faced by donors to align to government of Tanzanians system. This work will be conducted in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance. The approach, methodology and final results will be presented by both the consultant and government. The following activities will be required Prepare a presentation introducing the objective of that assessment and proposed methodology Conduct the Checklist for Assessing Alignment of Donor Financing Processes with Country Systems in Tanzania looking into enabling: a. Environment factors (governance, coordination mechanims, program design and implementation, operational policy and pr FUNDING SOURCE The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following: - BANK BUDGET - GFF COVID-19 SUPPORT TO TANZANIA ELIGIBILITY Eligibility restrictions apply: [Please type list of restrictions] INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE The consultant will be a firm. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group now 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. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html) NOTES Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, 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 receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. Attachments · Optional TOR File Qualification Criteria · 1. Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as health economics, health financing, public health, or health policy. · 2. At least 8 years of relevant experience in activities similar or related to those mentioned above, being resource mapping and expenditure tracking but also designing and reviewing donor funding database or government information financial management information systems as well as working on donor alignment agenda in various countries · 3. Experience working with the World Bank is an advantage. · 4. Excellent oral and writing skills in English.,Ability to work well in multi-cultural environments, and to work effectively in a team environment, Ability to operate independently with minimal support from senior staff. Terms of Reference (TOR) SHORT TERM CONSULTANT(S)/FIRM-S CONTRACT IN TANZANIA FOR: AN ASSESSMENT OF DONOR ALIGNMENT Background To address the elevated maternal health challenges, the government of Tanzania continues to strengthen its internal systems and work with partners for improving the quality and coverage of health services aligned with the Tanzania investment case - One Plan II. The investment case aims to provide guidance on the implementation of maternal, newborn and child health programs across different levels of service delivery and ensure coordination of interventions and quality services across the continuum of care. The GFF partnership played a critical role in mobilizing financiers increase funding in support of the Tanzania-s investment case and supports the improvement of data for decision making, including identifying data quality bottlenecks, developing a data visualization platform, and improving resource tracking. It also supports the government in implementing a five-year Health Financing Strategy which focuses among others in introduction of a single national health insurance bill. Tanzania is in the process of developing a new One Plan (One Plan III) which will continue to focus on RMNCHA while fostering health system functions to improve the provision of RMNCAH services at facility level as well as the resilience of the health system and its capacity to address epidemics outbreak. An essential component to the operationalization of the One Plan III will be the financing of the plan, including service delivery costs and related systems investments to reach coverage targets over time. Given the diverse set of financiers, purchasers, and implementers in a complex health system, it is critical that investments in health are not duplicative and well-coordinated on the most pressing gaps in One Plan roadmap implementation. Additionally, there is need to assess resource sufficiency to meet the ambitions which will be outlined in One Plan III; where funding shortfalls are projected, the government may choose to mobilize additional resources, assess opportunities for further efficiency savings, and/or choose to scale back the One Plan III targets to ensure feasibility of implementation. To that end, the Ministry of Health will need to conduct a resource mapping (RM) of One Plan III, providing funding gaps at national and decentralized levels on key priority areas. In this context, RM refers to the collection and analysis of forward-looking budget data from key health sector financiers and the ministry of health, captured along the framework of One Health Plan III-s interventions. The comparison of RM budget data against One Plan III costing data will produce a financial gap analysis for the new One Plan. This will enable the assessments of: 1) overall funding sufficiency of the new OnePlan, and the scale of the funding gap, if any; 2) areas of anticipated over-investment (i.e. duplication) or under-investment (i.e. shortfalls) in the OnePlan III, and therefore opportunities for greater allocative efficiency; and 3) opportunities for greater coordination and efficiency in OnePlan implementation across various health sector stakeholders who have related activities planned in their budgets (e.g. same intervention area, common geographic coverage, etc.). The resource mapping of One Plan II for 2019 and 2018 shows an improvement in domestic resource mobilization which increased in absolute and relative terms between 2018 and 2019. The Gov of Tanzania financed 20% of the IC in 2018 and 39% of it in 2019. The number of donors remains identical between the 2 years and donors contributions seems to have decreased both in absolute and relative terms. The cost of the One Plan II also decreased in 2019 which may explain lower needs and contribution. Data from the updated resources mapping were also used to understand the equity and efficiency of resource allocation around RMNCAH priorities and provinces. Given the MOH is in the planning phase of developing a OnePlan III, the RM could support the prioritization process of this document. Additionnaly, given the COVID-19 outbreak, it would be relevant to combine the resource mapping of the OnePlan III with the resource mapping of the COVID-19 Response Plan in order to assess whether funding for essential health services are maintained. Given the MOH in Tanzania is well advanced on the NHA and RM of previous One Plan, this scope of work will also encompass activities related to review the existing NHA-RM data collection process and apply it to collect data in the context of the RM of the new OnePlan. Additionnaly, two assessments will be conducted to support the MOH in fostering its dialogue on improved donor alignment with its partners. Those assessments will include a review of the external aid portal for the health sector and an assessment of bottlenecks preventing partners from aligning further with Government of Tanzania systems and policies. Objectives Conduct a donor alignment assesment to understand the current degree of alignment of donors to government PFM systems, identify challenges in alignment and propose an actionable and realistic way forward.
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