(TOR) Consultancy Service for Public-Private Partnership Project Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Development of Engagement Strategy, and Private Sector Mapping

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Section II: Schedule of Requirements RFP: 2020/14166 Terms of Reference (TOR) Consultancy Service for Public-Private Partnership Project Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Development of Engagement Strategy, and Private Sector Mapping

1. BACKGROUND Founded in 1919, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) comprises 16 Regional and State Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 9 Border Trade Associations, 76 Affiliated Associations, 30,555 companies based in Myanmar, 1,879 enterprises, 259 cooperatives and 1,631 foreign companies. UMFCCI focuses on business and industry advocacy, and supports business communities by facilitating between the state and private sector, providing training, seminars, workshops, forum, business matching, study tours and information dissemination. It has been a member of the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility Network (ACN) since 2014.

Through the UMFCCI-CSR Department, UMFCCI is a member of the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility Network (ACN); the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Network Myanmar; the Business for Peace (B4P) Initiative the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine (UEHRD). MBCA is involved in the Myanmar Private Sector Disaster Management Network, promoting public-private partnerships for effective disaster preparation and management. It is also collaborating with Sprouts Foundation to support the Better English Supplementary Teaching (BEST) programme which aims to improve English language teaching to underprivileged students, and to augment English language teaching capacity across Myanmar. MHDC is currently collaborating with the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Malaria Alliance (APLMA) on malaria elimination, private sector engagement and health security issues in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and is working with local private sector entities to explore electrification of off-grid health facilities in remote areas of Myanmar in support of Universal Health Coverage. It is also involved in the development of the Myanmar Health Financing Strategy.

Programme Overview UMFCCI is a strategic hub for private sector engagement in Myanmar, with its mandate, reach, network and capacity to facilitate with other Chambers of Commerce within the region. As a key player in the government’s efforts to promote and implement public private partnerships (PPPs), UMFCCI assumed control of the Myanmar Business Forum – a PPP and forum established by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with the governments of Myanmar, Australia, Britain and Japan to promote public-private dialogue in 2017.

UMFCCI has a long history of private sector engagement and advocacy, including in malaria control and elimination. Some key events and activities are outlined below:

In November 2013, UMFCCI organized the first-ever Public Private Partnership (PPP) Malaria Forum in Myanmar together with the Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid (MBCA), the Myanmar Health and Development Consortium (MHDC) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) with the goal of engaging the corporate sector to discuss malaria control activities for their workforce and to support the containment UNOPS Asia Region Tel: +66 288 1137 208 Wireless Road Bldg. Fax: +66 2 288 1013 16/F, Unit 1602 Email: [email protected] Lumpini, Pathumwan www.unops.org Bangkok 10330 Thailand

Page 2 of 7 RFP/2020/14166 of artemisinin resistance. Over 170 representatives from the private sector attended, including business associations and coalitions, representatives from the oil & gas, agriculture, palm oil & rubber plantations, fisheries, pharmaceuticals, banking, infrastructure (including construction and Special Economic Zones), timber association, forestry, and hotel & tourism sectors along with civil society, government, multilateral and bilateral agencies, research departments and media.

In September 2014, UMFCCI participated as a Speaker in the “Opportunities for Corporate Sector Engagement in Malaria Control in the Asia-Pacific” Forum which was co-hosted by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, the Asia-Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and the Global Business Coalition-Health (GBCHealth) in partnership with MHDC, Malaria No More and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with support from Sanofi.

A consortium led by UMFCCI’s CSR Department will engage the non-health corporate sector to support malaria control and elimination activities in Myanmar by leveraging technical and operational capabilities of the partner organizations as mentioned below.

1) Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid (MBCA): MBCA promotes private sector sustainability through health, responsible business practices and CSR projects. Since MBCA was founded in 2002, it has reached over 210,000 people through community projects and workplace awareness sessions including in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. MBCA has also assisted UMFCCI to promote CSR activities including UNGC. MBCA works through its own “Board of Governors” in eight regions to guide local offices and advocate with local leaders and government agencies.

2) Myanmar Health and Development Consortium (MHDC): MHDC was founded in 2012 comprising local and international health experts and is one of the main partners in co-organizing several key malaria meetings and forums with UMFCCI and partners to identify opportunities for private sector engagement in support of regional malaria elimination. MHDC has worked for public-private partnership (PPP) in health in Myanmar through expansion of private sector engagement (e.g. a total of 104 companies have signed up to a voluntary malaria accreditation scheme in 4 states and regions), business and workforce mapping in 3 cities in southern Myanmar, and building evidence for a strong business case for malaria control and elimination in Myanmar and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) region (e.g. development of investment and business case studies for private sector engagement in the GMS, Regional Malaria Advocacy Strategy, etc.). MHDC also conducted Stakeholder Consultations and Country level Dissemination of Actions and Investment to defeat Malaria (AIM) for the RBM Partnership. Project Overview The UMFCCI-CSR Department is serving as the sub-recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s RAI2E Grant Package #6.3, with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as principal recipient. Under the grant, UMFCCI-CSR Department will implement the project “Engaging the Non-Health Corporate Sector to Support Malaria Control and Elimination Activities in Myanmar”.

The project has two phases:

● The first phase is to conduct corporate sector gap analysis and development of corporate sector engagement strategy. ● Based on the findings and analyses, the second phase (“Implementation phase”) will implement the following six components:

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(i) Utilizing the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Supply Chain for Malaria Elimination; (ii) Mobiles for Malaria; (iii) Digital Wallets and Mobile Money System; (iv) Forums to Support Dialogue and Innovation; (v) Engage Corporates with large workforces affected by malaria; and (vi) Public-private partnerships to support elimination.

2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF SERVICES The main objective of the consultancy is to better understand the private sector situation in the project implementation areas in order to implement a public-private partnership for malaria elimination. These activities will be done through a mixed methods approach collecting relevant primary data and qualitative information on the malaria situation, the private sector situation and the public health infrastructure that will be relevant to the project components. The entire exercise will require to take into context the specific national, regional and local business and public health situations along with relevant human and health geographies of the project implementation areas.

● Developing a detailed data collection plan that includes the data collection team, sampling frame, no. of respondents for each target audience, and data collection techniques (mix of qualitative and quantitative methods). ● Co-developing the questionnaires with UMFCCI-CSR Department RAI2E project team for data collection, pre-testing these questionnaires and revising them accordingly for information collection. ● Ensuring quality data collection ● Conducting a qualitative assessment and mapping of project-relevant public health situation and public health infrastructure in the project implementation areas including the malaria situation (including the risk of imported malaria), and the Rural Health Centers – their catchment areas and transport situation from the township hospital to the RHCs. ● Conducting desk review of townships’ business and non-health private sector landscape and then verifying the establishments at the townships; ● Mapping business establishments, their logistic distribution networks and private sector situation in the project implementation areas (and relevant state/regional administrative and logistics hubs); ● Identifying sectors and enterprises with high potential for outreach and cooperation for the project; ● Undertaking a corporate sector gap analysis to prioritize business sectors able to support elimination such as infrastructure, telecommunications, financial services, FMCG and Tourism; ● Developing a matrix of corporates by business sector and expertise, who can support supply chain, services and marketing/advocacy. ● Analyzing the opportunities, barriers and gaps for public-private partnerships and private sector involvement in malaria elimination activities; ● Exploring and developing avenues to ensure and facilitate the dissemination of information that improves private sector awareness on artemisinin-resistant malaria and how they can become involved in malaria elimination activities; ● Developing a viable private sector engagement strategy based on the mapping and gap analysis.

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● Gathering relevant data and qualitative information from the intended stakeholders (at the regional and local - township and village) in this project - the Ministry of Health and Sports; the non-health private sector, and communities to be served. ● Engage and communicate effectively with the stakeholders on issues within the project’s scope. ● Private sector information

In assessing the private sector landscape and situation, the service provider must cover at least three businesses that meet of the following qualifiers (i.e. at least three per qualifier):

1) Commercial businesses that involve timely and legal transportation of commodities between the principal town (i.e. the town where the township hospital and government departments are located) of the project implementation area and villages where rural health centers are located, 2) Commercial businesses that are at risk of malaria due to operations, workforce nature, location, etc. 3) Commercial businesses that are classified as “Small and Medium” enterprises 4) Commercial businesses that could support or be involved in the implementation of one of the project’s components.

In assessing the relevant public health situation and infrastructure, the service provider needs to provide Information such as service delivery readiness and RHC staffing situation, coverage population, GPS coordinates, electrification and communications status, transportation situation (including travel time and distance). The information must cover at least three functioning rural health centers (RHCs) in each project implementing area (township) with the following qualifiers:

1) one RHC must cover at least 1,000 persons in its catchment area; 2) one RHC must be hard-to-reach – the Consultant shall consult with the respective township medical officer to identify an appropriate hard-to-reach RHC; 3) one RHC that has not reported a malaria case in 2018. ● Stakeholders

The service provider must also garner the input of the following stakeholders in order to develop a comprehensive analysis of the requested information:

1) a responsible person from the respective state / regional public health department; 2) the township medical officer of the respective project implementation area townships; 3) the key private sector informants, and state/regional chambers of commerce and industry.

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3. DELIVERABLES The following is the time frame for the submission of deliverables:

Serial Deliverable Delivered by

1 Inception report Within (5) days after signing contract

2 Private sector mapping report Within (14) days after submitting Inception report

3 Gap analysis report Within (28) days after submitting draft private sector mapping.

4 Private sector engagement Within (28) days after submitting draft private sector strategy report mapping.

5 Final report Within (13) days after submitting draft gap analysis and Private Sector engagement strategy

Inception report: detailing the service provider’s understanding of the task and the methodology to be employed to complete the consultancy. Private Sector mapping: Detailed mapping of the non-health private sector in the project implementation areas. Gap analysis: Corporate Sector Gap analysis to: (1) prioritize business sectors able to support elimination including infrastructure, telecommunications, financial services, FMCG, Tourism (including aviation sector); and (2) Develop a matrix of corporates by business sector and expertise, who can support supply chain, services and marketing/advocacy. Private sector engagement strategy: Corporate Sector Engagement Strategy that includes key “selling points” for engagement including investment cases for the Private Sector; communication mechanisms for engagement including activities that facilitate discussion between the corporate sector and project implementers; and concise checklist of elimination activities that corporates can support. UMFCCI-CSR Department will then provide feedback and comments on the draft reports 4 days after receiving the drafts (i.e. after Consultant submits Deliverable 4). Final report: Final Consultancy report incorporating reviews and inputs from UMFCCI-CSR Department A deliverable will be considered submitted to UMFCCI-CSR Department when the Consultant emails the electronic version of the report to the designated UMFCCI-CSR Department email. The delivery deadline is 5:00 PM Myanmar Standard Time of the listed dates.

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The service provider should map and collect private and corporate sector business establishments in the abovementioned townships, including their logistics and distribution routes, and organizational / professional / business linkages with their respective state/regional capitals.

4. DURATION OF THE CONTRACT The consultancy is expected to be completed within 60 calendar days from date of signing contract. 5. GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE The service needs to be covered for the following townships: 1. Bilin Township (Mon State) 2. Chaungzon Township (Mon State) 3. Kyaikmaraw Township (Mon State) 4. Kyaikto Township (Mon State) 5. Mawlamyine Township (Mon State) 6. Mudon Township (Mon State) 7. Paung Township (Mon State) 8. Thanbyuzayat Township (Mon State) 9. Thaton Township (Mon State) 10. Ye Township (Mon State) Note: The geographic area (townships) may change at the time of consultancy implementation; however, the state/region will remain the same.

4. REQUIRED EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATIONS Qualification of the service provider:

● Proven experience in at least 2 similar consultancies related to Private Public Partnership or Corporate Social Responsibility activities in Myanmar; in previous 3 years; ● Adequate professional experiences related with the private sector; ● Academic qualifications in the field of social science or public health; ● Team structure and composition

Competencies requirement

● Previous experiences in working with the public and private sectors will be considered an advantage; ● Deep understanding of the malaria/health, economic and political landscape and the context of non-health corporate sector in Myanmar; ● Strong interpersonal skills, good track record to work effectively in a team with different cultures and professions to achieve expected objectives; ● Willingness to undertake field missions in difficult conditions; conflict prone situations ● Work or project experience involving the project implementation areas will be considered an advantage;

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● Ability to communicate effectively with senior government staff and other high-level officials and maintain professional conduct at all times; ● Excellent technical writing and persuasive oral communication skills in both Myanmar and English language; ● Fluency or ability to functionally communicate in one or more of the relevant respective ethnic minority languages in the consultancy areas will be considered an advantage. ● Ability to make rational judgements for the available information and analysis and probe for greater understanding of a problem. Ability to consolidate information from multiple sources; ● Local consultants and firms are strongly encouraged to apply.

5. PAYMENT TERMS Milestone payment will be arranged by UMFCCI_CSR Department based on the following schedule:

1) The first payment of 20% of the total contract amount – Within 30 days after inception plan was submitted, reviewed and approved by the Project Team. 2) The second payment of 20% of the total contract amount – Within 30 days after Private sector mapping is submitted and reviewed by the Project Team. 3) The third payment of 20% of the total contract amount – Within 30 days after draft reports are submitted and reviewed by the Project Team. 4) The final payment of 40% of the total contract amount - Within 30 days after receipt of approved Final Report.

The offeror needs to submit payment documentation (Original Invoice, Original Delivery note certified by respective focal persons of the destination areas).

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