SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- The Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Advisor (SSCLA) is an offshore US or TCN Personal Services Contractor located in the Health Systems Team of USAID/Malawi’s Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) Office. The SSCLA reports to the Health Systems Team - SUPPLY CHAIN ADVISOR
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Malawi USAID-Lilongwe, Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, 20521-2280
- ZIP Code
- 20521-2280
- Solicitation Number
- AID-612-17-000002-
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2016
- Point of Contact
- Catherine Masi, Phone: 26599496255
- E-Mail Address
-
cmasi@usaid.gov
(cmasi@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- Supply Chain Advisor Solicitation Supply Chain Advisor Cover Page ● Serve as principal USAID advisor on all supply chain issues, including policy, strategy, and technical issues, while ensuring USAID supply chain strategic direction responds to priorities of HPN Teams and USG leadership. Advisees include HPN teams for Health Systems Strengthening, Malaria, HIV, and Family Health; the USAID Mission Director; officials from other USG Agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country Director and the U.S. Ambassador to Malawi; and officials from other donor agencies as requested. ● Provide technical assistance to supply chain and logistics actors from the GOM, Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), and other relevant entities, in order to strengthen key governance, financing, and operational functions of the supply chain at the national, district, and facility level (including procurement planning and management, forecasting, distribution and storage, and logistics management information). Provide technical guidance on the planning and mobilization of resources for the commodities procured under various global alliances and donor-funded efforts, including the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. ● Serve as Activity Manager of USAID/Malawi's Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) activity, which is expected to average $35 million annually, and/or as Activity Manager or Agreement/Contracting Officer's Representative (A/COR) of other supply chain and logistics activities. As Activity Manager and/or A/COR, the SSCLA will: engage HIV, PMI, and Family Health Teams to ensure Implementing Partner (IP) activities reflect priority program needs; review, approve, and ensure compliance with annual work plans and budgets; provide input to IP Performance Monitoring Plans (PMPs); conduct regular site visits to monitor activities and verify asset use; guide IPs to adhere to USAID and USG policies and procedures; review all written reports and furnish feedback; maintain program files; and other duties and responsibilities as outlined in USAID rules, regulations, policies, and guidance. ● Supervise the FSN Supply Chain Management Specialist and provide guidance to any other managers of HPN supply chain activities. ● In collaboration with HIV, PMI, and Family Health Teams, manage and coordinate the forecasting, quantification, and procurement of USAID-purchased commodities (and other USG agencies as requested). ● Oversee drug supply and distribution among IPs and coordinate and advise across USG health programs. This includes ensuring that all procurement activities are implemented in compliance with relevant USAID, USG, PEPFAR, and PMI guidelines, policies, regulations, and procedures. ● Provide technical and programmatic input to USG program designs, budget allocations, strategic and operational planning documents, and reports, including input into other HSS related projects and activities. Provide USG leadership in fostering strategic partnerships and coordination with the GOM and among donors to ensure effective supply chain technical assistance and timely and consistent supply of medicines. Serve as Co-Chair of the MOH Technical Working Group on Drugs and Medical Supplies, as requested by the MOH, and represent USG in other technical and high-level fora related to supply chain issues, such as the Central Medical Stores Trust Reform Monitoring Task Force and the oversight committee of the Malawi Global Fund Coordinating Committee
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USAID/Malawi, Malawi
- Record
- SN04316833-W 20161102/161031234701-d26be4e24bb31bb606236a46b9677192 (fbodaily.com)
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