[{"bbox": [90, 120, 1151, 228], "category": "Text", "text": "ensure the achievement of the specific objectives of PIMI I and PIMI II, and will provide the best value for money and flexibility in the implementation of PIMI III. IMVF is currently contracted by the World Bank, which is temporarily financing MCH activities, based on the Agreement between the MINSAP, the EU and the World Bank to ensure the continuation of phase II of the PIMI programme¹⁴."}, {"bbox": [90, 238, 1151, 504], "category": "Text", "text": "The recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because the action has characteristics requiring a specific type of beneficiary for its technical competence and its high degree of specialisation and administrative powers according to article 195(f) of the Financial Regulation (FR). As specified above, IMVF was already involved in the implementation of PIMI I and II and has the in-depth know-how, equipment, logistics and human resources already trained and readily available in the field. This particular type of action requires the immediate deployment of a team of medical and health technical experts in MCH, with comprehensive knowledge of the regions, local languages and the specific features of the targeted 144 public health centres. Moreover, IMVF knows well the challenges related to the supply of medicines and the control of their availability in the country. A change of beneficiary would lead to a dispersion of knowledge and loss of technical means with heavy consequences for the timing and transitional costs of activities."}, {"bbox": [167, 543, 591, 572], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [90, 598, 1102, 626], "category": "Text", "text": "Through procurement procedures, service contracts will be established for studies and analysis contributing to:"}, {"bbox": [128, 638, 1151, 958], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Output 3, for the specific activity: Support research and vital statistics institutions targeting women's health and nutrition, including the collection of disaggregated data. This will be done by researchers with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research, in order to allow evidence-informed policymaking. A service contract will be established with the University of Southern Denmark (USD/BHP), already involved in PIMI II, through the Bandim Health Project, a collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the University of Southern Denmark. The backbone of this project is the continuous health and demographic surveillance system, which includes collecting of data on pregnancies, births and use of health services. The data collection focuses on women of fertile age and children under the age of 5 years and follows a population of more than 200,000 individuals in urban and rural Guinea-Bissau. This provides a unique platform for conducting maternal health research. No other public or private operator would be able to operate with the same degree of capillarity and with such an extensive network of local surveyors supervised by an experienced and well rooted University."}, {"bbox": [128, 970, 1151, 1025], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Outputs 1, 2, and 4: Ad hoc technical expertise will be contracted via Framework Contracts to support both the implementing partners and the EU Delegation on specific activities."}, {"bbox": [167, 1063, 805, 1092], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Indirect Management with an International Organisation"}, {"bbox": [80, 1107, 827, 1134], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with the WHO."}, {"bbox": [80, 1146, 1163, 1253], "category": "Text", "text": "This implementation entails the activities related to Output 3: Improved general leadership, governance and regulatory capacities of MINSAP, including on gender issues. To this regard, efforts will be placed on improving public finance management in the health sector, thus making the link to priority 3.3 of the MIP (To develop a transparent and accountable economic governance)."}, {"bbox": [80, 1264, 1163, 1346], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria: Its experience in supporting and strengthening health governance (leadership, legal framework, policies, gender, etc.), the National Health Information System; its role in coordinating partners, especially in fighting Covid-19."}, {"bbox": [80, 1357, 1163, 1464], "category": "Text", "text": "The constant collaboration with WHO, in charge of coordinating the dialogue among the international donors, will ensure complementarity with other initiatives in the health sector, included those that will be promoted under the health component of the new regional programme focusing on health security along the One Health approach, sexual and reproductive health and rights, medicines regulation and availability, and the role of public health institutions"}, {"bbox": [80, 1475, 1163, 1529], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-mentioned entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in direct management in accordance with the implementation modalities identified in section 4.4.4."}, {"bbox": [80, 1618, 1163, 1664], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ Agreement of 17/3/2021 between the Minister of Public Health, the European Union and the World Bank to ensure the continuation of phase II of the PIMI programme until the first quarter of 2022 and the formulation of a phase III of PIMI."}, {"bbox": [1045, 1687, 1163, 1711], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 22"}]