The Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health (MoH) 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 standard operations of the national medical liquid oxygen (mLOX) hubs and liquid-gas-gas cylinder filling facilities.
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. This includes building capacity of MoH to ensure sustainable operations of the critical mLOX infrastructure as part of the national medical oxygen ecosystem. Therefore, the Government of Lesotho Ministry of Health with support from CHAI under EpiC Lesotho Market Shaping Activity funded by USAID, seeks proposals from technical services providers for building the technical and operational capacity of the MoH for sustainable mLOX hubs and cylinder filling station operations.
The selected vendor will be expected to enable full implementation of the Ministry of Health National Standard Operating Procedures for mLOX hubs and Cylinder Filling Stations by providing operational capacity building, mLOX hubs operations and cylinder filling management oversight, and mLOX refills oversight. When preparing your bid please be guided by the requirements and technical specifications in Annex A and Annex B, and by the CHAI code of conduct and ethics for suppliers in Annex C.
Additional Information/Clarifications
Request for more information or clarifications via the email lesothoprocurement@clintonhealthaccess.org quoting “RFP/CHAI/LES01/24” in the subject line on or before 18/11/2024, 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/LES01/24” 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 18/11/2024, 1pm SAST.
Submissions after the deadline will not be considered. All services must be assessed against CHAI’s quality and procurement policy. Vendors may be requested to submit additional information and/or cooperate with a site visit.
