Mr. Oscar Alonzo, Project Coordinator, Idb/Moh Health Policy Reform Project, Ministry of Health and Sports, Belmopan, Belize, C.A.

99 -- BELIZE: S80 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH POLICY REFORMS POC Tel 501-8-22497 FAX 501-8-22942 The Government of Belize and the inter- American Development Bank (Idb) have signed a non- reimbursable technical cooperation agreement whose purpose is to cooperate in the financing of the design and implementation of Health Policy reforms the Ministry of Health and Sports is the executing agency of this Project the Project will be executed over a period of thirty-six months its objectives are (a) to increase the ability of the Ministry of Health to identify, design, implement and evaluate strategies and policies to improve the efficiency, equity and quality of the Health care system; (B) to assist the Government of Belize to prepare a Health sector investment Project and the required documentation for a loan request to Idb the Project has three components (1) technical assistance for design and implementation of Policy reforms; (2) training; (3) preparation of an investment Project the Government of Belize invites prequalification applications from consulting firms for the consulting services required for the Project only consulting firms from member countries of Idb will be eligible for consideration for shortlisting and possible selection to determine the nationality of a consulting firm the criteria applicable to the utilization of Idb financing will be used consulting firms applying for prequalification must be competent in the English language applications will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria (1) General background and organization (2) similar work experience (3) prior experience in countries with similar conditions (4) financial capability (5) the utilization of local consultants (6) fluency in the English language consulting firms must be registered with the Idb firms who are not registered are advised to fill out and complete a ''dacon'' registration form with the Idb expressions of interest must include a copy of the ''dacon'' registration form. Firms wishing to prequalify May obtain prequalification documents, including questionnaires, from the address above every application for the prequalification document must be accompanied by a non-refundable fee of USDOLS 50 to cover shipping and handling costs the completed and sealed prequalification questionnaire should be clearly marked '' prequalification for consulting services for the Health Policy Reform Project'' and must reach the Ministry of Health and Sports no later than 1400 hours on Friday June 30, 1995 prepared by econ/comm asst. Efrain R. novelo Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS-TOP), American Embassy, Belize, Department of State, Washington DC 20521-3050, Refer to T0002.. (0143)

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