GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORT PROJECT (HSSSP)
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Project ID No. P152799
The Republic of Turkey has applied for financing in the amount of US$ 134.3 million equivalent (EUR 120.00 million) from the World Bank toward the cost of the Health System Strengthening and Support Project (HSSSP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.
The Project consists of the following parts:
Ø Part I: Primary and Secondary Prevention
Ø Part II : Increasing Efficiency of Public Hospital Management
Ø Part III: Improving the Effectiveness of Overall Health Sector Administration
Part I: Primary and Secondary Prevention
Raising awareness (both of the population in general and among health care providers) on risk factors related to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and promoting healthy life styles and behavior changes, through the following activities:
(A) (i) developing public outreach materials, methodologies and targeting to raise population awareness about NCDs and the importance of healthy living; (ii) promoting physical activity in Healthy Living Centers, including rehabilitating community health centers to reconfigure for physical activity; and (iii) implementing a nationwide campaign on substance addiction and strengthening the infrastructure of the treatment and research centers for adults and children suffering from alcoholism and substance addiction.
(B) (i) improving the capacity of post-screening diagnosis centers; (ii) introducing and maintaining national cancer registry software and provision of training to health workers on said software; and (iii) developing guidelines, standards and training modules for palliative care.
(C) (i) strengthening the Family Physician Training Program, including through expanding the infrastructure and hardware of the distance learning system to nationwide coverage; (ii) improving service delivery and quality of care by family physicians through the analysis of current workload practices and procedures.
Part II: Increasing Efficiency of Public Hospital Management
(A) Strengthening public hospital management and clinical operations in: (i) clinical engineering; (ii) drug and medical supply management; (iii) clinical care processes; and (iv) administrative and financial information systems, by (a) providing training to public hospital staff; (b) developing national guidelines and classifications; (c)supporting public hospital teams to implement guidelines and standards; and (d) strengthening information systems.
(B) developing and implementing architectural and technical standards for health facilities; and
(C) strengthening the capacity of the General Directorate of Health Investments in managing public-private partnership ("PPP") contracts and administering PPP investments in engagement with the relevant stakeholders, including the Undersecretariat of Treasury and the Ministry of Development, and in developing in-house capacity in legal, financial, operational, and structural aspects of contract management.
Part III: Improving the Effectiveness of Overall Health Sector Administration
(A) (i) institutionalizing health sector performance assessments and harmonizing health sector data; (ii) developing and adopting national e-health standards and reviewing applicable legislation to improve quality of health data; (iii) developing and implementing a health management information system; and (iv) enhancing the technical audit capacity of the Ministry of Health and widening the use of evidence-based medical practice to improve the quality of health services.
(B) (i) developing a model for raising awareness about the Borrower's health sector; and (ii) developing pre-hospital trauma care systems for disasters.
(C) strengthening capacity for the health technology assessment.
(D) supporting the Project Management and Support Unit in Project implementation, including inthe areas of financial management, procurement, disbursement, and monitoring and evaluation.
Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (dated January 2011 (revised July 2014), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will beselected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment ofConsultants by World Bank Borrowers (dated January 2011 (revised July 2014).
Specific procurement noticesfor contracts to be bid under the World Bank's international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online and on the World Bank's external web-site as well as in the national gazette and/or in national newspapers and/or free accessible web-site of the Ministry of Health http://www.saglik.gov.tr.
Interested bidders/consultants, requiring additionalinformation, should contact the address below:
Project Management and Support Unit
Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey
Çankırı Caddesi No 57,
06060 Ulus, Ankara, Turkey
Contact person: A. Celalettin TARHAN, Project Director
Phone: +90 312 324 10 14 (ext. 4070)
Facsimile: +90 312 324 10 28
Email: trhealth@saglik.gov.tr
Website: http://pydb.saglik.gov.tr/