Consultancy: CAPACITY ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL STORES DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FAMILY PLANNING AND MATERNAL HEALTH COMMODITIES IN TANZANIA
Introduction
UNFPA, with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is implementing a five-year family planning project to increase access to family planning for all, including marginalized and vulnerable populations, focusing on the procurement of up to 32% of family planning commodities for Mainland Tanzania.
The Medical Stores Department (MSD) is managing the health supply chain and procuring for the Government of Tanzania mainland. UNFPA and other development partners procure and hand over reproductive health commodities to MSD for storage and distribution to service delivery points. UNFPA procures contraceptives and other life-saving maternal health commodities, with the support of the UNFPA Supplies programme and the FCDO Family Planning project. UNFPA also supports capacity building in supply chain management for key stakeholders from the MSD and at government health facilities, including in quantification, logistics management information systems, skills in the provision of specific family planning services, and meetings to review the status of reproductive health commodities at the various service delivery points in the health supply chain.
Purpose
The overall objective is to assess and build the capacity of the MSD to manage the supply chain of life-saving maternal health and family planning commodities in Tanzania. Geographical area and Scope of the Assignment
The assessment and capacity building will cover Tanzania Mainland, with a focus on national-level actors in the Central Medical Stores Departments, selected regional warehouses and service delivery points in Tanzania.
The duration of the consultancy should not exceed 30 working days within three months.
How to apply
The call for this consultancy is posted on the UNFPA Tanzania Country Office website accessible at https://tanzania.unfpa.org.Within the site the Consultancy detailed terms of reference (TOR) can be found at https/tanzania.unfpa.org/en/vacancies/conslutancy-capacity-assessment-medicat-stores-deportment-procurement-family-planning-and. Interested individuals with the required qualifications and experience should submit their application to [email protected] with the subject line “Consultancy Capacity Assessment of Medical Stores Department. Applications documents to be sent should include: 1. Application letter 2. Updated CV indicating previous assignment/s of similar nature 3. Concept note on the understanding of the TOR for execution of the assignment 4. Financial proposal to undertake the assignment.
The deadline to submit application documents is 01% October 2021 (4:30 pm Tanzanian Time).:
