Position : Consultant To Review Nigeria Supply Chain Policy for Pharmaceuticals -
Background of the assignment :
The National Product Supply Chain Programme is an arm of the Food and Drug Services Department of the FMOH saddle with the responsibility of harmonizing supply chains, determining policy direction and implementation of strategic plan for product supply chain including public health and essential medicines supply chains in the country.
WHO has been providing technical assistance to improve visibility and accountability in the supply chain system including aligning strategic plan to policy direction.
The National Supply Chain Policy was reviewed in 2016 whereas, the Supply Chain Strategic Plan was finalized in 2021. There were some non-alignment and new items introduced in the strategic plan which were not addressed in the current policy that requires action to ensure that the policy document and the strategic plan are aligned.
The Department of Food and Drug Services of the FMOH have therefore, request the support of WHO to review the National Supply chain policy.
Purpose of the assignment
To produce a revised Nigeria Supply Chain Policy for Pharmaceuticals and other Healthcare Products that is all encompassing and ensures efficient and sustainable supply chain management system that is measurable and result in positive health outcomes
Methodology :
The NPSMP will put together a core technical group that will support the process of the review. The core technical group should comprise of government and development partners involved in supply chain work in the country.
The consultants will work with the core technical group, NPSMP and WHO to carry out the task
Conduct desk review on policy documents, guidelines and other documentations that may influence supply chain activities in the country
Develop a policy brief that will serve as advocacy tool for the state level engagement, engender uptake / adoption of the policy for implementation at the state and LGA level
Lead the technical support in the development of the deliverables
Workshop facilitations
Support the dissemination of the policy at the national Level
Deliverables :
Develop an inception report detailing how the deliverables will be achieved
Validated revised Nigeria Supply chain policy that is aligned with the current National Supply chain strategy
Validated Nigeria Supply chain policy Implementation plan with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan
Validated Policy Briefs that will engender policy buy-in
Detailed end of consultancy report
Number of days and details as to how the work must be delivered (reporting requirement) :
The consultancy period will be from May 2022 to July 2022 with the actual 30 days for each of the consultants
1st Consultant
No. of days 2nd Consultant
Conduct desk review of policies, guidelines and SOPs, at national, sub-National levels that will support the situation analysis and the drafting of the National Supply Chain Policy
5 days
Revision of the National Supply Chain Policy
Develop the Implementation plan for the National Supply Chain Policy
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan
Development of policy briefs that will lead to policy buy-in and review strategies for the developed policy
Detailed end of contract report
Please note that the number of days allocated includes days for meetings and workshop
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Financial Implications :
The consultant will be paid daily rate at the level of NOC step1 for the 30 days.
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