Engagement of a Consulting Firm to Undertake a Pre-feasibility study of establishment of manufacturing plants of essential medicines and health commodities in SADC under the Pharmaceutical value chain

Item Description:

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat has set aside funds for the operation of the Secretariat during the financial year 2018/19. It is intended that part of the proceeds of the fund will be used to cover eligible payments under the contract to engage a Consulting Firm to Undertake a Pre-feasibility study of establishment of manufacturing plants of essential medicines and health commodities in SADC under the Pharmaceutical value chain.

The SADC Secretariat now invites sealed proposals from eligible and reputable recruitment firms interested to bid for the Assignment.

The procurement method used for this contract is Quality and Cost Based Selection under the Open Bidding as defined in the revised SADC Secretariat Procurement Policy and Guidelines available at the following website: http://www.sadc.int

The RFP with Terms of reference and supporting Annexes can be obtained from the following website: http://www.sadc.int/opportunities/procurement/open-procurement-opportunities/

The closing time and date for submission of the proposals at the address indicated in the RFP document is Friday, 18^th January 2019, 16:00 Hours local time.”. Proposals received after this time and date, or submitted otherwise than indicated in the RFP Document shall not be considered and shall be returned unopened.

The procurement opportunity is open to all firms which satisfy the eligibility and qualification requirements stated in the RFP.

All notifications concerning this procurement process, including: or cancellation notices, Requests for clarification and the respective responses will be published on the following website: http://www.sadc.int.

Interested companies/firmsmay seek clarification or/and additional information concerning this Request for Proposal, only in writing (or by email) and by latest 14 working days before the submission deadline indicated in 5 above from the following contact points:

Attention:

Mr. Gift Mike Gwaza, Head of Procurement

Email: ggwaza@sadc.int

With a copy to:

Mr. Calicious Tutalife,

Email: ctutalife@sadc.int

Attachments

• Final RFP for engagement of a firm to undertake prefeasibility study.doc
• Final RFP for engagement of a firm to undertake prefeasibility study.pdf