CARPHA and the European Union (EU) recently concluded an Agreement for the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programme of Support for Health Security Strengthening for Prevention and Control of Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The four-year Project is aimed at strengthening health security in the region and is valued at €8 million of which approximately €5 million will be used to support a direct response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Caribbean.
The Project will be used to support Caribbean countries to respond to COVID-19. More specifically, resources under the Project will be used to, among other things_
- Procure vaccines and/or other treatment for COVID-19
- Procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Procure equipment for CARPHA's Laboratory and CARPHA Member States (CMS) to support testing for COVID-19 and other Communicable Diseases
- Procure diagnostic test kits, reagents and consumables for diagnostic testing for COVID-19 and other Communicable Diseases
- Consultancy to support the management and implementation of quarantine and isolation procedures in CMS and of contact tracing for COVID-19 – capacity-building, training
- Consultancy to support and promote the use of COVID-19 Guidelines and Protocols among public health professionals in CMS through capacity-building and training
- Consultancy to support the deployment of CARPHA rapid response teams to CMS
- Consultancy to develop two new modules of the Caribbean Regional (CR) Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Programme (FELTP) – (i) a virtual infectious disease simulation exercise which health practitioners can utilize to train in the principles of outbreak investigation; (ii) course for medical practitioners who are on the frontline of dealing with patients
- GUIDELINES:
(i) Applicants must comply with the eligibility criteria. See A2a form_ https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/annexes.do;JSESSIONID_PUBLIC=2F-YDrPyM8MKaPi_mFeih0BAx4_e8h9TBubVaor01_w5r11x7U2G!2054967613?chapterTitleCode=A
(ii) Applicants must ensure they are not in any of the EU Restrictive Measures see_ www.sanctionsmap.eu Â
(iii) Applicants must not be in any of the Exclusion Clauses. See Procurement Guidelines_Â https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/
- FORMS TO BE SUBMITTED_
(i) Expression of Interest form (Annex 1 Form)
(ii) Registration legal entity (copy)
(iii) Provide Information of having executed at least three (3) contracts/assignments for laboratory items and/or the supply of PPE’s above €50,000 in the past three (3) years. (Section 4 of Expression of Interest below – Annex 1 Form)
(iv) A brief financial summary that the firm has the financial resources and management strength to execute contracts similar in details to point (iii) above, and that the firm can provide evidence of such capacity. (Section 5 below- Annex 1 Form)
- DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Expressions of interest must be delivered in English by email to the address below by    Tuesday 12th May 2020 at 12.00 am (midnight) Atlantic Standard Time (AST) to_
E-mail: lalkhash@CARPHA.ORG
Caribbean Public Health Agency
Procurement Officer
16-18 Jamaica Boulevard
Federation Park
St. Clair
PORT OF SPAIN
Telephone: Â 1-868-622-4261/2
Fax:Â 1-868-622-2792