RFP 2024.16 Mid-Term Review of Unitaid’s 2023-2027 Strategy

RFP 2024.16 Mid-Term Review of Unitaid’s 2023-2027 Strategy

Note: Unitaid may conduct a virtual tender briefing within the first 2 weeks of the posting of this RFP (exact date will be updated in UNGM). Interested bidders are invited to attend the briefing.

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Objective of the consultancy:

To identify a suitable provider with relevant experience to conduct the mid-term review of Unitaid’s 2023-2027 Strategy.

Qualification of Firm and Consultants:

The successful bidders will propose a multi-disciplinary team of experienced reviewers, including the team leader. The team leader must have at least 15 years of experience leading strategic reviews of a similar scope and complexity and a strong understanding of the global health landscape and interventions to increase equitable access to health products in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Core team members should have at least 5 years of individual experience in their respective areas of technical expertise.

The proposed review team shall meet the following requirements:

1. Experience conducting strategic reviews in the field of global health, with a focus on innovation and catalytic investments;

2. Significant experience in evaluations and reviews (at least 15 years for team leader and at least 5 years for other team members), with evidence of understanding of evaluation global standards, approaches, and methods.

3. Substantive knowledge of the Unitaid core disease areas (HIV and co-infections, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cervical Cancer and MNCH) across the cascade of care – prevention, diagnosis and treatment - and expertise in product introduction, market access and inherent challenges in scaling up;

4. Strong understanding of emerging topics in the global health response (for example: climate and health, local and regional manufacturing, pandemic preparedness and response) and emerging topics relevant to each;

5. Expertise in global health architecture and governance, including the main drivers, influential actors and how it is evolving, including knowledge of other relevant organizations’ approaches, practices and processes (including civil society);

6. Include an appropriate representation with regard to sex, a broad mix of backgrounds, skills and perspectives, and national and international experience, including in resource-limited settings;

7. Strong inter-personal skills and ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders;

8. Strong commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results, i.e., credible evaluations/reviews that are used to improve strategic decisions;

9. Proficiency in English and French (knowledge of other UN languages an asset); final deliverables must be submitted in English;

10. (Desirable) Familiarity with Unitaid and its operating model;

11. (Desirable) Presence or existing network of contacts in countries where Unitaid has an extensive portfolio and/or a formal agreement (e.g. Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa)

In light of the sensitive nature of the review and the corresponding need for the findings and recommendations to be as credible and useful as possible, it is imperative that the selected team of reviewers be unencumbered by relationships with entities of any kind that might hinder an impartial, objective assessment of the topic under review, or by involvement in the Unitaid strategy development, strategy implementation or functional review processes.

Bidders are invited to submit a proposal for the above mentioned RFP in accordance to the documents attached in the "Tender Document" tab. Proposals must be submitted via UNGM, through the “RFP documents” tab and upload documents in “My Tender Return” no later than 17:00 hours Geneva time on 19 December 2024.