The Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health is committed, through implementation of the National Medical Oxygen strategy and Scale-up Plan 2023 – 2028, to ensuring affordable and sustainable access to quality medical oxygen at all levels of care. This involves multi-partner efforts supporting operationalisation of the National Medical Oxygen Value Chain including ensuring sustainable sourcing of Medical Liquid Oxygen (mLOX).
Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) is an eight-year global project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). EpiC receives COVID-19 funding to prevent, prepare for, respond to and bolster health systems to address COVID-19 and reduce cases of re-emergence. In Lesotho, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is implementing the EpiC Market Shaping Activity aimed at enabling the MoH to sustainably improve affordability and availability of mLOX. Therefore, the Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health with support from CHAI under EpiC Lesotho Market Shaping Activity funded by USAID, is seeking reputable and capable suppliers to submit bids for the supply and delivery of medical liquid oxygen (mLOX) to Vacuum Insulated Evaporator (VIE) tanks in three health facilities.
The selected vendor will be expected to deliver mLOX at regular intervals to the three facilities under a long-term supply agreement spanning 3-5 years, for an initial period of up to 18 months. When preparing your bid please be guided by the product quantities, delivery locations and technical specifications in Annex A and Annex B, and by the CHAI code of conduct and ethics for suppliers in Annex C.
Briefing and Site Inspection
Briefing and site visits will be conducted on 18/11/2024. Site visits are not mandatory; however, any bidder interested in attending should send a written notification via email to lesothoprocurement@clintonhealthaccess.org by 14/11/2024, quoting “RFP/CHAI/LES02/24” in the subject line.
Additional Information/Clarifications
Request for more information or clarifications via the email lesothoprocurement@clintonhealthaccess.org quoting “RFP/CHAI/LES02/24” in the subject line on or before 20/11/2024, 1pm SAST.
Deadline for the Submission of Proposals
On or before 12 midnight 25/11/2024 via the email lesothoprocurement@clintonhealthaccess.org quoting “RFP/CHAI/LES02/24” in the subject line. Should your submission be large and cannot be sent by email, send an email to request an upload link with the subject ‘Requesting upload link’ to lesothoprocurement@clintonhealthaccess.org on or before 21/11/2024,1 pm SAST.
Submissions after the deadline will not be considered. mLOX supply and transport services will be assessed against CHAI’s quality policy and applicable laws and regulations. Suppliers may be requested to submit additional information and/or cooperate with a site visit.
