Invitation to Tender: Strengthening Capacities of Family Medicine Teams on the Use of Clinical Guidelines and Protocols of 5 Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Health for All is a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) implemented by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), through the HAP Center. Its overall goal is that the Albanian population benefits from better health due to improved and inclusive Primary Health Care (PHC) services.

HAP is seeking the services of one consultancy organization/company to provide 1) Continuous Medical Education (CME) on i) everyday use of Clinical Guideline and Protocols (CGPs) for diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, asthma, and COPD; ii) on monitoring of family medicine teams regarding implementation of CGPs for 5NCDs, and, 2) coaching of health authority teams during implementation of their monitoring activities related to the use of CGPs of 5 NCDs by family medicine teams.

The terms of reference can be found HERE.

The interested providers in submitting offers must address and provide the following:

The offer should include:

1. The profile of the organization (CV), proving that: 1) it is a PHC provider or other organization with experience in PHC in Albania ; 2) has an experience in provision of CME activities to Primary Health Care (PHC) providers (physicians and nurses) in the last three years (2 to 3 pages);

2. The CV of the trainers (at least 2 (two) Family Doctors and 2 (two) Family Nurses) the provider will deploy, proving a minimum of 5 years as PHC providers, and a minimum of 3 years of experiences in development of training materials for PHC providers and provision of accredited training.

3. The fee for training day with two trainers present during all the training day, in ALL, VAT included, including the preparatory work to master training materials provided by HAP and development of the respective PPT and any other eventual working materials/tools. The number of trainers present during one training day should be two.

4. The fee for 1 (one) coaching cycle in ALL, VAT included. One coaching cycle should be provided by one Consultant.

5. Transport cost for trainers/coach in ALL/km, VAT included.

6. The registration documents of the organization (NIPT, QKB, etc) and Certificate of tax liability, stating whether they are subject to VAT or not.

The proposals must be delivered within 23rd of May 2024, 4pm, in sealed envelopes (in hard copies and scanned in CD/USB), with clearly marked Strengthening capacities of family medicine teams” to the address below:

HAP Centre

Rruga “Themistokli Gërmenji”, Pallati Helios, Kati II, Ap.5, Tirana, Albania