Dear Potential Bidders,
Nutrition International (NI) has been supportingthe Ministry of Health (MoH),
Government of Indonesia in strengthening VitaminA Supplementation (VAS) program
in Indonesia since 2006. NI through ISG fund is now continuing itssupport to
the VAS program at the national level to increase the coverage ofthe VAS
program.
In 2018, NI supported the MoH to conductan assessment of the quality assurance
system of VAC supplies in two provinces,West Java and Banten. The purpose of
this assessment was to support MoH toimprove the quality assurance system of
VAS program in Indonesia. Even thoughVAS program has been implemented quite
well in Indonesia, particularly in WestJava and Banten provinces, still some
gaps related to QA/QC system of VAC alongits supply chain, ranging from
procurement, storage, distribution todocumentation and reporting procedures
were found in this assessment. Findingsand recommendations from this assessment
including proposed revisions to SOPs(e.g., SOP for receiving of VAC supplies,
storage, inventory and distributionprocess (at PHO, DHO and Puskesmas level)
have been reported to both MoH andPHOs.
The quality assurance of VAC along itssupply chain is very important to
maintain and assure quality of VAC which inturn determines the safety and
efficacy of VAC for end users. NI plans toconduct meetings with the Public
Drugs Directorate of MoH to propose revisionsto the VAS SOPs to improve VAC
supply chain management at all levels based on theassessment conducted by NI in
2018.
Theobjectives of meeting/s with MoH are to propose revisions to the VAS SOPs
toimprove quality assurance system of VAS program in Indonesia.
Specificsobjectives are as follows:
a. Share key findings and recommendations from theassessment of VAC quality
assurance conducted by NI in West Java and Bantenprovinces in 2018.
b. Propose revisions to the VAS SOPs at province, districtand Puskesmas level
and make necessary changes in those SOPs based on inputsfrom MoH.
c. Advocate with MoH to accept the proposed revisions to theVAS SOPs and
make necessary changes to improve the quality of VAS programparticularly supply
chain management. NI is to seek a suitable agency tosupport Nutrition
International to conduct meeting/s with the Public DrugsDirectorate of MOH to
propose revisions to the VAS SOPs and advocate with themto accept the revisions.
Kindly find detailed RFP along with TOR and BudgetTemplate in the link as
follows:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x3b1O6zKQ5Gxl9p3W1lJfEGlW9fga_aD?usp=sharing
Thesubmission deadline for proposals is Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 by 17:00
HRS. West Indonesia Standard Time.
The Technical and Financial Proposal in two separate files put into acovering
email specifically indicating the subject line “Organize Online Meetingswith
the Public Drugs Directorate of MOH to Propose Revisions to the VAS SOPs”
andshould be sent by email to:
proposalsindonesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Regards,
NutritionInternational
