RFP invites for Establishment of Waiting Hut for Pregnant Women in the inaccessible, remote and difficult to reach areas of the State through Public Private Partnership (PPP)

National Health Mission-West Bengal has been requested by the Government of West Bengal to set up huts for pregnant women on their behalf at various healthcare establishments of the Govt. of West Bengal.

National Health Mission-West Bengal (NHM-WB) hereby invites Request For Proposal (RFP) from eligible and qualified Tenderers for Operation and Management of 01 (one) waiting hut for pregnant women at Gosaba RH (Gosaba Block) in South 24 Parganas of West Bengal.

Intending Tenderer may download the tender document from the e-tender portal of Govt. of West Bengal at wbtenders.gov.in. The submission of bids should only be through online at wbtenders.gov.in. Earnest money to be drawn in favour of ‘West Bengal State Health & Family Welfare Samiti (A/C – RCH)’’ through Bank Guarantee issued from any scheduled bank payable at Kolkata.

Backdrop

The Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW), Government of West Bengal (GoWB) has taken several initiatives in the last three years to meet the increasing demand and expectations for improved health care services by the community at large. The vision, driving the DoHFW, focuses on improving the availability, accessibility and quality of health care services for the people in the state in general and for those, in particular, living in the remote and difficult to reach areas of the State. This is in conformity with the ‘Plan of action 2011-15’ of the DoHFW which inter alia focussed on the short term, medium term and long term goals of the Department.

Role and Responsibilities of each partner

a. Role and Responsibilities of the selected private partner

1. The private partner shall provide round the clock services to the pregnant women kept in the waiting hut seven to ten days prior to EDD for observation and waiting till delivery and shall be responsible for timely management of obstetric complications during these periods by getting the pregnant women examined and treated by on duty Medical officer of the health facility. A Doctors call book system to be maintained for this purpose.

2. The private partner shall be responsible for mobilization of pregnant women at the waiting hut before their EDD. The private partner shall collect list of women nearing EDD from ASHAs and ANMs and shall be required to undertake IEC activities e.g. calling up the families of the pregnant women at the 3^rd trimester and informing them of the facilities of waiting hut. The private partner shall also be required to coordinate with free transport services under JSSK / alternate transport focal points to help the women reaching the waiting hut. The private partner may also distribute leaflets in the catchment areas for publicity. For the above activities, the private partner shall use their own resources for increased utilization of the waiting hut.

3. The private partner shall comply with the prescribed services for taking care of the pregnant women kept in the waiting hut as per Annexure VI.

4. The private partner shall maintain all operational activities including deployment of required personnel for running of the services under this scheme;

Eligibility Criteria of the Organization for submission of application

The eligibility criteria for application of interested organizations for consideration of selection for operation and management of the Waiting Hut under PPP are provided as under:

An Organization (NGO / Trust) compulsorily registered under The Indian Trust Act, 1882 / The Societies Registration Act, 1860 / The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 / Section 25 of The Companies Act 1956 (as amended thereafter) and having an aggregated turnover of Rs. 20,00,000.00 (Rupees Twenty Lakhs) in the Financial Year 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17 and having experience of working in health programmes since last three calendar years (2015, 2016 & 2017).

OR

A Self Help Group (SHG) constituted and registered with the appropriate authority not later than 01.01.2015 and having an operative bank account in the last 2 calendar years (2016 & 2017) and having experience of working in health programmes since last three calendar years (2015, 2016 & 2017).

No litigation is pending on date and no penal measures were taken against the applicant under applicable Acts and Laws (Declaration duly Notarized needs to be submitted by the applicant on Rs.100.00 Non Judicial stamp paper).

Selection Process of Applicants

Selection process would involve short-listing of applicants based on eligibility criteria. It may be mentioned here that an Organization may be considered for operation and management of more than one Waiting Hut, if selected. However, the Organizations need to make separate applications for each of the Waiting Huts. 2. After short-listing of applicants as mentioned above, final selection of the Organization from the short-listed applicants would be made on the lowest offer made by an applicant for financial grant in the application for operation and management of the Waiting Hut through PPP on Monthly basis. 3. The Selection Committee can call for any further clarifications or information or documents at any point of time. The applicant may also be called for explaining or clarifying issues, if there be any.

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