Job Description

Request for Bids 

Partners In Health, Sierra Leone 

Partners In Health is a global health organization relentlessly  

committed to improving the health of poor & marginalized people.

 Request for Bids 

Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support  Project (QEHSSSP) 

Specific Procurement Notice 

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PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINES & CONSUMABLES, LAB REAGENTS & DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICAL FURNITURE, BIG MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND  MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND DEVICES (ALBENDAZOLE 200MG, TAB, ALUMINUMS HYDROXIDE 500MG, TAB, AMOXICILLIN & CLAVULANIC ACID (CO-AMOXICLAV) 500MG & 125MG, TAB; CALIBRATOR SERUM , KIT REAGENT UREA LIQUICOLOR HUMAN  HUMALYZER; HOSPITAL BED, CART (TROLLEY), DRESSING, WHEELCHAIR; NEONATAL INCUBATORS, RADIOGRAPHY X-RAY  MACHINE; STETHOSCOPE,FOETAL ,PINARD AND THERMOMETER, DIGITAL, ORAL, DUAL SCALE (C/F), REUSABLE ETC.) 

Purchaser: Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone (PIH-SL) 

Project: Sierra Leone-Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project  (QEHSSSP) 

Contract title: Procurement of Medicines & Consumables, Lab Reagents & Diagnostics,  Medical Furniture, Big Medical Equipment and Medical Instrument and Devices (Albendazole  200mg, Tab, Aluminums Hydroxide 500mg, Tab, Amoxicillin & Clavulanic Acid (Co Amoxiclav) 500mg & 125mg, Tab; Calibrator Serum , Kit Reagent Urea Liquicolor Human  Humalyzer; Hospital bed, Cart (Trolley), Dressing, Wheelchair; Neonatal incubators,  Radiography X-ray machine; Stethoscope,foetal ,Pinard and Thermometer, Digital, Oral, Dual  scale (C/F), Reusable etc.) for Kailahun Hubs. 

Country: Sierra Leone 

Grant No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: TF-B7267; TFB7266 and IDA-D9380 

RFB Reference No: SL-PIH-SL-439416-GO-RFB 

IFB Issued Date: September 2nd, 2024 

IFB Closing Date: September 30th, 2024, Time 2:30pm 

1. Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost  of the Sierra Leone-Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support Project  (QEHSSSP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for  Procurement of Medicines & Consumables, Lab Reagents & Diagnostics, Medical Furniture, Big Medical Equipment and Medical Instrument and Devices (Albendazole 200mg, Tab,  Aluminums Hydroxide 500mg, Tab, Amoxicillin & Clavulanic Acid (Co-Amoxiclav)  500mg & 125mg, Tab; Calibrator Serum , Kit Reagent Urea Liquicolor Human Humalyzer;  Hospital bed, Cart (Trolley), Dressing, Wheelchair; Neonatal incubators, Radiography X-ray  machine; Stethoscope,foetal ,Pinard and Thermometer, Digital, Oral, Dual scale (C/F),  Reusable etc.). The Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s Procurement  Regulations.  
2. Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone Quality Essential Health Services and Systems Support  Project (QEHSSSP) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders to for the Supply of  Medicines & Consumables, Lab Reagents & Diagnostics, Medical Furniture, Big Medical  Equipment and Medical Instrument and Devices to be delivered to Jojoima Facility in  Kailahun District Sierra Leone within a delivery period of 120 days. Note that both domestic  and International suppliers are preference. Suppliers must have experience in supplying  Medicines & Consumables, Lab Reagents & Diagnostics, Medical Furniture, Big Medical  Equipment and Medical Instrument and Devices.  
3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for  Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”  November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined  in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from: 

The Procurement Specialist (Mr. Joseph Jenkins Toe) 

Procurement and Operations Office  

1st Floor Partner’s in Health Sierra Leone Office 

1 Oliver Street, Sir Samuel Lewis Road, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Telephone No. +23233-589-340 

Email: freetownprocurement@pih.org 

and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address  given above. 

Suppliers based outside Sierra Leone must submit their sealed bids at the above mentioned  addresses on or before the cut off time as indicated via DHL or any other means of Courier  services.  

5. The bidding document in English may be submitted by interested Bidders upon the  submission of a written application to the email address above. The bidding document may  be sent by via email upon request. 
6. Bids must be delivered to the address above on or before Monday, September 30th, 2024 by  2:30pm. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the  Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address above  on Monday, September 30th, 2024.  
7. Bids are allocated into five (5) Lots as follows: 

 Lot 1: Medicines and Consumables 

 Lot 2: Laboratory Reagents & Diagnostics 

 Lot 3: Medical Furniture and Consumables 

 Lot 4: Big Medical Equipment 

 Lot 5: Medical Instrument and Devices 

Bidders has the right to bids for one or all of the lots that they are dealing with. Also note that all  Medical Equipment should be “climate-smart equipment”. 

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration “And Valid Pharmaceutical  Board Import and Export License Registration Certificate.