Loan No. 2172: Second Urban Primary Health Care Project

The Government of Bangladesh has received a loan and a grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of the Second Urban Primary Health Care Project. The loan and grant was approved on 31 May 2005.

The Project will improve the health status of the urban population, especially of the poor, and will cover all the six city corporations of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Barisal, and five municipalities of Bogra, Comilla, Sirajgonj, Madhabdi, and Savar. The specific project objectives are to improve: (i) access to and use of urban primary health care services in the project area, with a particular focus on extending provision to the poorest; (ii) the quality of urban primary health care services in the project area; and (iii) the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and institutional and financial sustainability of primary health care to meet the needs of the urban poor.

Procurement

Procurement of ADB-financed goods, related services, and civil works will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement and local procurement may be conducted in accordance with Bangladesh Public Procurement Regulations (2003), acceptable to ADB.

Consulting Services

Consultants and consulting firms will be recruited under ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for recruitment of local consultants, which may include Bangladesh Public Procurement Regulations (2003). The consulting firms will provide: (i) management support for the PMU and management training, (ii) quality assurance training and supportive supervision, (iii) health management information systems development and implementation, (iv) behavioral change communication and marketing, (v) financial management and performance auditing, (vi) project performance monitoring and evaluation, and (vii) design and supervisory engineering services for construction.

The management support firm will be responsible for recruiting one long-term international consultant (6.5 years), one long-term national consultant (6.5 years), two short-term international consultants for a total of 20 person-months (HIV/AIDS specialist for 12 person-months and management information specialist for 8 person-months); and nine short-term national consultants for a total of 150 person-months (poverty specialist for 24 person-months, institutional development specialist for 24 person-months, gender specialist for 12 person-months, environment specialist for 6 person-months, resettlement specialist for 3 person-months, procurement specialist for 36 person-months, HIV/AIDS specialist for 24 person-months, nutrition specialist for 6 person-months, and management information specialist for 15 person-months).

Partnership Agreement

The Project will finance 24 partnership agreements, each covering 200,000-300,000 people. Each partnership agreement area will consist of one comprehensive reproductive health care (CRHC) center, at least one primary health care (PHC) center per 30,000-50,000 people, and at least one satellite or mini-clinic per 10,000 people. PHC centers will provide a full range of essential services, including basic emergency obstetric care. The CRHC centers will provide comprehensive emergency obstetric care, newborn care, and specialized ESP+ services. The Partnership Agreements will be awarded to eligible private sector participants including NGOs in accordance with competitive bidding procedures acceptable to ADB and on similar terms to that used in Urban Primary Health Care Project I (two of the 24 would be run by the Chittagong City Corporation). The award of contract will be subject to the bidder demonstrating to the satisfaction of Local Government Division and ADB that it has the necessary expertise and resources to provide the PHC services.

Interested bidders from ADB's member countries who wish obtain additional information may contact:
Director General and Chief Coordination Officer
Local Government Division
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
Government of Bangladesh
Secretariat,
Dhaka

Project Director
Urban Primary Health Care Project
Room # 620, Nagar Bhaban
Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Fax: +880-2-9667791
Tel: +880-2-9667791
Email: pduphcp@bangla.net


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