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Details: 02 June 2023

NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD
ABERDEEN, LUMLEY BEACH ROAD, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
ENHANCED INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK
TIER 2 - SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION PROJECT
TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR NATIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL E-TOURISM PORTAL TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WITHIN THE SIERRA LEONE TOURISM SECTOR
Project Name and No: Enhanced Integrated Framework Tier 2 Sustainable Tourism Development and Promotion Project (EIF STDPP-TIER-2-SLE-001)
Financing Mode and Institution: Grant/ Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund (EIF TF)
BRIEF BACKGROUND ON PROJECT AND CONTEXT
Since 2009, EIF funding support to Sierra Leone is totaling more than USD 4.2 million, comprising the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Update, institutional capacity-building support, sustainability support and productive capacity development in sustainable tourism. Sierra Leone was notably one of the first countries with an EIF Tier 1 project. However, the country experienced significant setbacks during this period, in particular due to the Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016 and thereafter the COIVD-19 pandemic.
The ongoing project entitled "Sustainable Tourism Development and Promotion Project" was approved on 2 December 2019, followed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the 2nd of February, 2020, with a total budget of USD 1,499,990. Despite COVID-19 setbacks, 85% of the project activities were completion. Highlights to date include the development of the e-tourism strategy; the updated 1990 Tourism Act, which is now set for validation; a small grants programme underway to develop the eco-tourism sites on Banana Island, Wara Wara and Tiwai Island; the refurbishment of the Hotel and Tourism Training Centre; the formulation of an integrated tourism and hospitality curriculum and an updated new National Tourist Board and Ministry website. Work continues under this project, particularly in the development of the eco-tourism site, as part of an approved No-cost Extension (NCE) that is set to expire on 30th June 2023.
The National Tourist Board (NTB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA) Sierra Leone, has received funds from the Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund (EIF-TF) to implement the EIF Tier 2 Sustainable Tourism Development and Promotion Project. The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) is a multi-agency, multi-donor Aid for Trade partnership in action for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which supports LDCs to be more active players in the global trading system by helping them tackle supply-side constraints to trade. In this way, the programme works towards a wider goal of promoting economic growth and sustainable development and helping to lift more people out of poverty.
The tourism industry in Sierra Leone has shown tremendous potentials and vibrancy. However, the 2020 Tourism Census shows that out of a total of 459 accommodation facilities in the country (hotels, guest houses, restaurants, casinos, bars, night clubs), 56% of the facilities were registered with National Tourist Board (NTB) whilst the remaining 44% were unregistered. The study also revealed that guesthouses accounted for 44.4%, followed by restaurants at 26.2%, hotels at 18.6% and nightclubs at 10.8%. In addition, many of the unregistered businesses claimed to have limited knowledge about the services of the National Tourist Board (NTB) or the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA).
In common with other sectors and tourism in other countries, the industry needs to take stock of the revolution in communication technologies and adapt to the emerging ‘digital economy’. Some 25% of the country’s population are now able to access the Internet. This growing use of the Internet provides massive opportunities to reach new markets and to improve business efficiency. In addition, e-tourism can make the industry more robust and more able to respond positively to crises.
The tourism industry is hindered, however, by a lack of joined-up communication facilities. The principal challenge is its fragmented nature, reflecting the predominance of small businesses, making communication and consolidation of information difficult both within the industry and consumers. Therefore, national and Regional Tourist Boards (RTBs), Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) and Tourist Information Centers (TICs) need to harness new electronic marketing opportunities to make it easier for consumers to purchase the Sierra Leonean tourism product. To enhance its capacity to leverage on the current opportunities in the global tourism sector, the ministry of tourism and the national tourist board have supported the development of an e-tourism strategy to help showcase products and services within the Sierra Leone tourism sector and improve visibility at the global landscape. This Strategy sets out a framework within which tourism in Sierra Leone can make the best use of new information and communications technology. In turn, this will enable Sierra Leonean tourism to realize new opportunities, provide more effective visitor services, and enhance the industry’s performance and competitiveness.
Against this background, the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA) and the National Tourist Board (NTB) with support from Enhanced Integrated Framework is seeking the services of a tech consulting firm to develop an e-tourism Portal that can be utilized by players in the sector to showcase products and services and access new markets under the current competitive climate within the global tourism landscape.
OBJECTIVES
The overall objective of this assignment is to develop the Sierra Leone Tourism Stakeholders’ Portal for Ministry of Tourism and National Tourist Board and their member associations to use in their marketing efforts, deliver on their mandates and boost destination awareness locally and internationally. Internet technologies like web-based Portals are powerful tools in communicating what attractions there are in Sierra Leone; it is an innovative way to aggregate important information and to share the unforgettable story about our wonderful destination, but also to bring services closer to stakeholders.
One of the key and essential ways of promoting the destination Sierra Leone is through the dissemination of important information through the most effective channels. The e-Tourism Strategy demonstrates that well-designed and maintained web-based Portals serves as very important tools for any tourism business to attract potential customers and engage stakeholders, including our source markets.
Therefore, it is vital that all-inclusive and updated information on the tourism system in Sierra Leone is included and shared on this portal and which would serve our visitors better in terms of accessing information on Sierra Leone’s tourism. The Portal will be professional and with a great design and quality of content to reach visitors more effectively and ultimately to increase visitation to Sierra Leone.
The specific objectives of the consultancy include:
a) To provide a standalone Portal that promotes the tourism sector and National Tourist Board registered members; make them stand out from other players, improve their ability to attract customers, and generate brand awareness utilizing the influence that web portals have in creating a mental image of a touristic destination. In addition, the Portal will:
1. Enable the National Tourist Board, enhance its service delivery within the sector.
2. Mobilize effective organizational and technical responses to assist the industry, especially small tourism businesses, adapt to the new e-tourism environment.
3. Improve the collection and dissemination of comprehensive and appropriate tourism information to meet the needs of consumer growth markets.
4. Improve business processes for marketing, booking, and purchasing of tourism products and services.
5. Adapt the most relevant communications and technology solutions and management information systems at the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and its agencies, National Tourist Board to support efficient service delivery in the tourism sector.
6. Support efficient communication and collaboration between the MTCA and MDAs as well as other tourism stakeholders.
7. Establish an easy to use but sophisticated Portal for tourism sector players to interact and drive demand for their services.
8. Help tourists travel and hopefully provide them the answers they want when they search about Sierra Leone’s tourism online.
SCOPE OF WORK
In line with the above, the Ministry of Tourism and the National Tourist Board seek the services of a professional web/software developer to work with our team in the production of the said Portal.
The Consultant(s) tasks will include the following:
1. Provide a detailed and attractive proposal for the development of the Sierra Leone tourism stakeholders portal
2. Gather all the required information and content from Sierra Leone’s National Tourists Board, its members and stakeholders key for the creation and delivery of a complete and functional web portal.
3. Develop at least three mock layout designs (also called “samples”) of the web portal for the project team to critic and decide upon, before fully building the portal.
4. Custom-build a fully functional portal of international standard.
5. Must incorporate all the requirements from Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs/National Tourist Board
6. Use the latest development framework to develop the said portal making it user friendly and optimized for various devices.
7. Host the portal or recommend a web-hosting arrangement for the web portal with guaranteed reliability, integrity and security.
8. Provide the requisite user training of the Portal to Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs/National Tourist Board staff and all the other end users.
9. Ensure to show the work in progress to MTCA/NTB and incorporate any changes as requested by MTCA/NTB.
10. Fix any bugs in the website within one month from the date the portal goes live in addition to providing bug fixes and maintenance support for at least the first 12 months after handing over the portal to MTCA/NTB
11. Carry out minor changes and updates to the portal as will be necessary for at least the first 12 months.
12. Integrate with a customer relationship management (CRM) system for use by MTCA/NTB in managing of their members and in communicating and engaging them as its relates to their statutory obligations.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS, DELIVERABLES AND DURATION
The consultant(s) is required to use their professional expertise and originality to ensure the delivery of globally attractive web portal with a basis of promoting tourism.
The key deliverables of this assignment include:
1. A detailed proposal in presentation format. The detailed presentation must include functions and other applications of the portal as well as its integration with third party applications including secure payment options.
2. A finished website layout design
3. Present draft website to MTCA/NTB at the end of the development for incorporation of comments
4. Finalize the production of a fully functional final website ready for launching
5. Host the portal or recommend a web-hosting arrangement for the web portal with guaranteed reliability, integrity and security within this contract. The hosting facility must be reliable, secure and robust.
6. Provide source code and CMS access of the website to Sierra Leone’s National Tourists Board Members and it shall be the property of MTCA/NTB
7. Accommodate minor changes to the portal for at least 12 months after its public launch.
8. Provide best and creative ideas to enhance the portal
The recommended features will include but not limited to the following:
1. Landing Page
2. Content Pages
3. Banner(s) with image slider(s)
4. Menu bar for contents
5. Contact page
6. Social media integration
7. Links of other MTCA/NTB websites and/or stakeholders
8. Multiple content managers with different privileges directly or indirectly representing players along the tourism value chain
9. Registration and login menu for content managers and/or users
10. Newsletter or blog and/or function
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
In consideration of the fees paid, the Consultant expressly assigns to MTCA/NTB any copyright arising from the works the consultant produces while executing this contract. The consultant may not use, reproduce or otherwise disseminate or authorize others to use, reproduce or disseminate such works without prior consent from MTCA/NTB. The completed and/or uncompleted portal and any other products, drafts and deliverables shall be the property of the National Tourist Board, and as such MTCA/NTB reserves full copyright of both the drafts and final portal.
TIMELINE
This assignment must be completed within 2 months from the date of signing of contract. Aftersales support shall run for up to a period of 12 months after delivery.
Reporting
The consultant will report to the General Manager of SLTB. SLTB will liaise with the Marketing Manager on an ongoing basis and meet to track performance and discuss progress on the tasks assigned and work through any issues that is faced by the consultant.
Competencies
Corporate Responsibilities and Teamwork:
- Plans, prioritizes and delivers tasks on time;
- Participates effectively in a team-based, information-sharing environment, collaborating and cooperating with others.
People Skills:
- Recognizes and responds appropriately to the ideas, interests, and concerns of others;
- Ensures others’ understanding of, involvement in, and adaptation to a change process.
Innovation:
- Critical thinking;
- Ability to make new and useful ideas work.
Leadership:
- Ability to persuade others to follow.
Delivery:
- Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement;
- Excellent ability to multi-task in a high-demand and fast-paced work context.
Technical/Functional
Communication:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- Promotes a knowledge-sharing and learning culture in the office;
- Ability to conceptualize, write and present in a clear and concise manner.
Job Knowledge and Expertise:
- Expertise and knowledge in the field of digital transformation, preferably with focus on digital economy and digitalization of the business sector.
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Qualifications/Education:
- Advanced university degree in economics, public administration, business administration, ICTs for development, or other relevant field;
Experience:
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in the area of digital transformation, e-governance, digital economy, internet-based companies, innovation hubs in the region.
- Proven experience in provision of technical advice and collaboration with the public sector .
- Understanding of digital transformation trends in the region.
Languages Requirements:
- Fluency in languages of peoples of Sierra Leone and English language.
Other Requirements:
- Solid knowledge of the governance system of Sierra Leone;

Evaluation
Individual will be evaluated based on the following methodology:
Cumulative analysis
When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the candidate whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
* Technical Criteria weight-70%
* Financial Criteria weight- 30%
Interested candidated must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
Proposal:
- Personal CV, including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Qualified consultants may submit full technical and financial proposals, one original and two copies to including the following elements:
i. Cover Letter
ii. Understanding of the terms of reference
iii. Complete personal curriculum vitae with 2 referees
iv. Recently signed and dated ‘Statement of Availability’ to undertake the digital E-tourism portal from each key consultant included in the technical proposal.
v. Proof of similar assignment ( two samples of recent reports);
vi. Proposed budget;
In a sealed envelope labelled “Proposals for digital E-tourism portal of EIF Tier 2 Project” not later than 12:00 noon on 6th June, 2023 to the Procurement Committee, National Tourist Board, Lumley Beach Road.

Details: 16 May 2023

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Details: 02 May 2023

2023 Orange Social Venture Prize Competition

Details: 16 May 2023

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
CLEANING AND FUMIGATION SERVICES AT GIZ COUNTRY OFFICE, FREETOWN
PROJECT NO: 09.9222.2-001.00
COSOFT NO: 83438063
1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
GIZ is an Institution of German Development Cooperation whose main mission is the implementation of projects and programs in the areas of economic and social development.
To facilitate the coordination, the management of human and financial resources of the various projects and programs, a GIZ office has been created in Sierra Leone whose mission is to serve as support for the various projects / programs in the common areas of financial management. , human resources management, supplies and logistics.
To better carry out this mission, GIZ needs the services of a service provider for the cleaning, fumigation and gardening services of its country office in Sierra Leone.
2. PURPOSE
Through its projects and programs, GIZ wishes to recruit a reputable and experience company that will provide:
1. Cleaning both in and out of the offices building Monday to Friday from 6:30 am to 3:30 pm,
2. Fumigation of internal and external areas quarterly using environmentally friendly and EPA approved chemicals that are appropriate for internal and external areas.
3. Carry out gardening services within the country office compound.
3. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED
- The service provider provides proof of good standing, commercial qualification, payment of taxes and social benefits: Tax Clearance certificate of NRA and NASSIT.
- The service provider is based and registered in Sierra Leone: Certificate of Business Registration and Council Certificate.
- The service provider(s) should have a minimum of three (3) year experience in the tasks outlined and in the targeted areas in Sierra Leone and show a wide understanding of the topic: A brief company profile that holds details of their experiences in delivering on similar tasks is required.
4. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Service providers should submit their “Expression of Interest” the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. not later than 19th May 2023, 5:00 PM local time, clearly tittle with “EOI CLEANING AND FUMIGATION SERVICES AT GIZ COUNTRY OFFICE, FREETOWN” – “COSOFT NUMBER 83438063”
Only prequalified bidders will be contacted with detailed Terms of Reference and tender documentation for submission of technical and financial bids.
Please note, LATE BIDS WILL BE REJECTED

Details: 02 May 2023

2023 Orange Social Venture Prize Women’s Competition

Details: 05 May 2023

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Details: 25 January 2023

Expression of Interest (EoI)
Consultant Services to Support the establishment of the ECOWAS Rice Observatory (ERO) Competitive African Rice Platform (CARP) in Sierra Leone
PN: 21.2199.4-105.00
Cosoft No: 83430676

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH through the Market Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in The ECOWAS Region (MOVE) project invites qualified individual consultants to express their interest for the above consultancy work.
Background

The Market-Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE) project is commissioned by the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and co-financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the European Union (EU). The project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The overall objective of MOVE is to build market-oriented and resilient value chains (rice and cashew) that contribute to the creation of income and employment in the ECOWAS region. Specifically, the goals of MOVE are:
- Increasing the value creation of processing in the ECOWAS region
- Improving the economics/environmental sustainability of agricultural systems
- Improving the marketing of regional products
- Disseminating good practices in promoting inclusive business models
- Strengthening public-private cooperation in policy making

MOVE is implemented in Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal, and represents the merger of two previously well-established regional projects: The Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew) and the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI). Both respective brands CARI and ComCashew are kept under the umbrella of the MOVE project.
This assignment is specific to the rice value chain (CARI). Rice is the fastest growing food source in Africa. Demand for rice has been growing faster than anywhere else in the world in recent years and far outstripping the sub-region’s population growth. In West Africa, local production covers only 60% of current demand and yield growth rates lag far behind population growth rates. For this reason, different donor organisations are currently investing in rice projects in West Africa to support ECOWAS Rice Offensive to achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2030. For this reason, the ECOWAS Rice Observatory (ERO) was established with the following three main objectives:
1. Coordinate government, private sector, and donor investments into market driven solutions in support of the ECOWAS rice offensive & its action plan
2. Provide input on policy harmonization from actors’ perspectives across the rice value chain, including women and youth.
3. Facilitate access to finance across the value chain
The ERO aims at helping key actors in the West African rice sector better coordinate policy, value chain development, financing, and R&D to work synergistically. The ERO has have a bottom-up structure, acting at a regional level on the strategic priorities identified by national-level stakeholders. Since the official establishment of the ERO in late 2021, the board members met on a monthly basis virtually to discuss and decide on key aspects of the ERO. Now, to connect the regional level to the national level of all ECOWAS countries, the national chapters – so called Competitive African Rice Platforms (CARPs) – need to be established to connect both bodies. So far, the national chapters in Ghana and Nigeria are established while the ones in Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire are in the pipeline. Sierra Leone is meant to join this list soon.
Overall goal
In light if the ECOWAS rice observatory, the national chapters will subsequently be established in all CARI partner countries. The argument was that increasing the competitiveness of locally produced rice is germane to improving the whole value chain. Therefore, a policy platform is needed to advocate for policies and standard practices that will promote sustainability of rice production and ensure competitiveness of the locally produced rice. This is also in line of the ERO, which is a multi-stakeholder platform that aims at involving the private sector of ECOWAS countries at regional level. Each ECOWAS country is expected to have established one national chapter.
To this end, MOVE requires the service of a consultant that will conceptualize the rice policy platform, identify and support the host organization and facilitate the soft launching of the Competitive African Rice Platform (CARP) in Sierra Leone.
Purpose and Timeframe
To ensure a successful implementation and institutionalisation of the intervention, a long duration of the contract is foreseen.
For this assignment, the Service Provider will be required to complete seven (7) clusters of implementation for the period spanning 20th February 2023 until 29th of February 2024
Geographic areas of implementation
There are three geographical zones of implementation under this intervention is mainly Freetown with expectations of traveling within the country if required.
Qualifications
- Education/training (2.2.1): Master degree in Business Administration, International Development, Economics, Agriculture or related field
- Language (2.2.2): Fluent English (C1)
- General professional experience (2.2.3): 10 years’ experience in the agricultural sector of Sierra Leone, preferably in the rice value chain
- Specific professional experience (2.2.4): 3 years of experience of private sector development; business development of food processing or supply chain development, or 3 years’ experience in working with multi-actor platforms/ stakeholder management
- Leadership/management experience (2.2.5): 6 years of experience in project management
- Regional experience (2.2.6): 7 years in Sierra Leone
- Development Cooperation (DC) experience (2.2.7): 2 years of experience in working with DC projects within the agricultural sector, value chains, private sector development, access to finance, agricultural extension or business advisory service provision
- Other (2.2.8): Specialist in rice production system in Africa and familiar with the rice sector in Sierra Leone
Submission of Expressions of Interest
Eligible experts should submit their “Expression of Interest” ONLY via Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. not later than 4th of February 2023 4:30 PM local time, clearly marked with “Consultant services to Support the establishment of the ECOWAS Rice Observatory (ERO) Competitive African Rice Platform (CARP) Cosoft No: 83430676”

Details: 05 May 2023

EU DEPLOYS ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSIONnvitation by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone ECSL), the European Union (EU) will deploy an EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the multitier elections scheduled for 24th June, 2023.

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has appointed Evin Incir, Member of the European Parliament, as Chief Observer of the 2023 EU EOM to Sierra Leone. The EU previously deployed EOMs to Sierra Leone in 2018, 2012, 2007 and 2002, as well as an Election Follow-up Mission in 2021.

High Representative, Josep Borrell, said: “Over the last 21 years, Sierra Leoneans have built a hard-won peace.

The forthcoming elections will be crucial for the future of the country as well as for the West Africa region. The EU, with the deployment of an Electoral Observation Mission for the fifth time, confirms its long-term commitment to supporting competitive, transparent and peaceful elections in Sierra Leone. Under the leadership of Chief Observer Incir, the EU EOM will provide an independent, evidence-based assessment of the electoral process and its final report will be an important contribution to Sierra Leone’s efforts and aspirations to strengthening its democracy.”

The Chief Observer, Evin Incir, said: “It is a great honour for me to lead this Election Observation Mission, which I assume with a great sense of responsibility. I look forward to engaging with various electoral stakeholders and trust that state authorities, political parties and candidates will play their part in promoting inclusive, credible and peaceful elections.”

Credit: EU Press Release-Sierra Leone
Date Issue: 3/5/2023

Details: 30 November 2022

Call for Expression of Interest (EoI)
Consultancy to develop the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre manual (Handbook) in Sierra Leone and Liberia using the WHO PHEOC Framework
Project Number: 19.2059.4-007.00
Cosoft No: 83427365

The Regional Programme support to Pandemic Prevention in the ECOWAS Region -RPPP was implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in the region, initially for 5 years (from 2016) with funding appropriated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European union. This phase ended in June 2021. A second phase has been approved and started on August 2021 as a technical cooperation (TC) follow-up module "Support to pandemic prevention in the ECOWAS region" – RPPP2. It is commissioned by BMZ with a duration of three years (07/2021 to 06/2024) and co-funded by the European Union with the aims to improve disease protection for the population in the ECOWAS region (programme objective). Under the objective "Promoting priority health strategies and pro-grammes", the project’s target indicators reflect Priority Programme 3 of the West African Health Organization's (WAHO) Strategic Plan: Epidemics and Health Emergencies.

The current TC module makes a direct contribution to the programme's overall objective by strengthening the One Health (OH) focused pandemic prevention and control system in the ECOWAS space with the official beneficiaries being the Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC), the Regional Animal Health Centre and corresponding state member National Coordinating institutions.

The RCSDC at the regional level and the NCIs at the national level play a central role in a functioning regional pandemic prevention and control system. The RCSDC advises and supports the NCIs in ECOWAS member states in building and strengthening core capacities in accordance with the IHR (2005), such as pandemic preparedness and response, risk communication, crisis management, laboratory capacities, human resources and disease monitoring and control. Despite improvements in the implementation of the IHR (2005) core capacity building attained since 2016, insufficiency in the functionality of EOC remain within member states NCIs across the region. This has the potential to hamper the capacity of NCIs to perform epidemic and pandemic prevention and mitigation functions as well as the emergency preparedness and response coordination capacities of the NCIs.

The RPPP2 project is supporting the roll out of Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS), in Ghana and Nigeria.

The project has a direct focus on NCIs in six (6) countries, including Liberia; Togo Guinea; Burkina Faso; Mali and Sierra Leone in which the module mandate relates to strengthening selected International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities including those in relation to multisectoral coordination, Risk Communication and Community Engagement and public health emergency operations (fully functional emergency response centres). In pursuing this mandate, the RPPP aims to support the standardization of normative technical guidelines pertaining to the functionality of the Emergency Operations Centre.
To this effect, therefore RPPP is seeking a highly experienced and resourceful consultant to align national PHEOC operating manual (handbook) in Sierra Leone and Liberia, to the regional WHO framework for Public Health Emergency Operations Centre including the legislative context which legitimizes the emergency preparedness and response function and authority of the EOC.

1. Prequalification
The following prequalification documents are required from prospective bidders:
a) A copy of their resume
b) A copy of the highest academic degree achieved
c) Reference of international organisation for which candidate has worked
Submission of Expressions of Interest

2.
Eligible experts should submit their “Expression of Interest” ONLY via Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. not later than Monday 12th December 2022, 4:30 PM local time, with email subject “Recruitment of a Consultant for the Adaptation of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Handbooks in Sierra Leone and Liberia Cosoft No: 83427365”.
Only prequalified bidders will be contacted with detailed Terms of Reference and tender documentation for submission of technical and financial bids. The eligible candidates should also be able to demonstrate their ability and willingness to travel to Liberia to attend and/or moderate in person consultancy related workshop.

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