Expression of Interest For Recruitment Of A Firm For The Development Of A Health Information Exchange System ... in Burkina Faso

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Expression of Interest for Recruitment of a Firm for the Development of a Health Information Exchange System Based on Norms and Standards to Ensure Interoperability and Security within the SNIS. 1. The Government of Burkina Faso has received a grant from the Global Fund through the Health Development Support Program and intends to use a portion of the proceeds to finance consulting services. 2. The objective of this assignment is to provide technical assistance to the Directorate of Information Systems (DSI) of the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso for the establishment of a functional information exchange system among the various platforms deployed within said Ministry. The specific objectives are: ü Design the HIS data architecture, aligned with the enterprise architecture; ü Implement the HIS data architecture; ü Develop and test interoperability functionalities among the various information systems of the Ministry of Health (MS), by designing connectors tailored to each data source; ü Build the capacity of technicians from the DSI and the DSSE in the R and Python programming languages, as applied to data science and to the design, deployment, and management of data pipelines on OpenHEXA (ETL/ELT workflows); ü Develop user manuals and system exchange administration procedures; ü Develop and implement the communication plan; ü Produce comprehensive and standardized technical documentation regarding processes and best practices. 3. The duration of the assignment is one hundred and twenty (120) days. 4. Interested candidates are invited to express their interest in providing the services described above by furnishing information demonstrating that they are qualified to perform said services. 5. This Call for Expressions of Interest is subject to the provisions of Decree No. 2024-1748/PRES/PM/MEF dated December 31, 2024, governing the procedures for the award, execution, and settlement of public contracts. Candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria: ü Be a consulting firm or design office holding a valid D5 technical accreditation in the field of information technology (IT) for firms established under Burkinabé law. Foreign firms must provide proof of their technical domain expertise and relevant regulatory authorizations in accordance with the regulations of their country of origin. ü Provide evidence of at least five (05) years of experience in the implementation of health information systems and/or interoperability architectures. Experience with data mediation platforms or interoperability layers (message buses, ETL flow orchestration engines, integration middleware) will be considered an asset; ü Have successfully completed similar assignments in Sub-Saharan Africapreferably within the Sahel regionover the past five (05) years; NB: - Only references for similar assignments substantiated by supporting documentation (legible copies of the cover and signature pages of similar contracts, certificates of satisfactory performance, and/or validation reports) will be taken into consideration; - The consultants with the highest number of completed similar contracts will be selected to proceed to the next stage of the selection process; - Personnel/experts will not be subject to evaluation during the pre-selection phase. 6. A shortlist of a maximum of six (06) candidates best demonstrating the aptitudes required to perform the services will be established by the Contracting Authority, in accordance with the provisions of Article 68 of Decree No. 2024-1748/PRES/PM/MEF dated December 31, 2024, regarding procedures for the procurement, execution, and settlement of public contracts. These pre-selected candidates will subsequently be invited to submit their technical and financial proposals, and one candidate will be selected using the selection method based on technical quality and cost. 7. Consultants may associate with other firms in order to enhance their qualifications, clearly indicating the type of association i.e., a consortium of consultants. In the case of a consortium, all partners within the consortium shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract in the event of an award. 8. Interested candidates may obtain additional information at the address mentioned below during the indicated office hours: from 07:30 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 16:00 (local time). ...at the Secretariat of the Directorate of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Health, located in the new central warehouse building of said Ministry, within the compound of the former Trypano site in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (03 BP 7009 Ouagadougou 03; Tel: (+226) 25 48 89 20). The Terms of Reference (TOR) may be consulted or collected at this location. 9. Expressions of interestsubmitted in writing in the French language, enclosed in a sealed envelope, and comprising one (01) original and two (02) copiesmust be hand-delivered to the address specified below no later than June 1, 2026, at 09:00 UTC, to the Secretariat of the Directorate of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Health, located at the address mentioned above. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : Burkina Faso

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