Individual Contract, National Health Expert Consultant (Nature for Health (N4H)
About This Opportunity
UNDP - Call for individual consultants
This is a services contract in the agriculture and food security, finance and banking, information and communication technology, health and medical services and environment and climate sectors. Located in Angola, Africa, this opportunity is open to individual consultants. Proposals must be submitted before July 29, 2026.
Published through UNGM - United Nations Global Marketplace, part of the United Nations system, which follows UN procurement standards. UN-funded opportunities are typically open to vendors registered in the UN Global Marketplace for services in the agriculture and food security sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.
Description
Agency: UNDP | Reference: UNDP-AGO-00249,1 | Type: Call for individual consultants
Country: AngolaBackgroundThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through its Nature, Climate and Environment Unit, is implementing the Nature for Health (N4H) initiative in Angola.
N4H seeks to reduce the risk of zoonotic disease emergence and future pandemics by addressing the underlying biodiversity, ecosystem and land-use drivers that increase interactions among wildlife, livestock and humans.During the N4H Scoping Phase, UNDP Angola and national partners will identify priority biodiversity and ecosystem drivers of zoonotic risk, assess existing governance and surveillance systems, strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration and develop an investment-ready N4H Implementation Project Document aligned with the N4H Theory of Change.To support this process, UNDP seeks to engage a National Health Expert Consultant to provide technical expertise on public health, epidemiology, disease surveillance, zoonotic diseases and One Health governance.Scope of WorkThe consultant will provide technical support for health-risk assessment and systems analysis; review relevant public-health policies, surveillance systems and emergency-preparedness frameworks; contribute to the identification of zoonotic disease risks, hotspots and vulnerable populations; and assess linkages between biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, climate variability, land-use change and human health.The consultant will also support stakeholder mapping and consultations, facilitate cross-sectoral engagement among health, environment, veterinary, agriculture and local-government actors, contribute to systems-mapping and baseline assessments, and provide technical inputs to the N4H Scoping Process Report and Implementation Project Document.
The assignment will also include technical quality assurance, documentation of lessons learned and recommendations for strengthening preventative One Health governance in Angola.ObjectiveThe objective of the consultancy is to provide technical leadership and expertise on the human-health dimensions of the N4H scoping process, ensuring that public-health priorities, disease-surveillance systems, zoonotic-disease risks, health-sector governance and community-health considerations are adequately reflected in the risk analysis, stakeholder consultations, systems mapping and development of the N4H Implementation Project Document.Period of assignment/services:182 working days over a period of 10 months from the date of contract signature.Duty station:Home-based, with periodic in-person meetings in Luanda and travel to selected provinces as required.The proposal must be submitted directly through the portal no later than the deadline indicated in the system.Any request for clarification must be submitted in writing through the messaging functionality in the portal.
UNDP will respond in writing, including an explanation of the query, without identifying its source.Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system.This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements.Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system.Offers must be submitted directly in the systemfollowing this link:http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.orgusing the profile you may have in the portal.
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CONTACT:
• Email: etendering.ao@undp.org
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When does this tender close?
The submission deadline is July 29, 2026. You have 1 day left to prepare and submit your proposal to the contracting authority.
Who is the contracting authority?
This notice was issued by UNDP in Angola. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.
What type of contract is this?
This is a Services contract in the Agriculture & Food Security sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.
Where will the contract be performed?
The contract is for delivery in Angola. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.
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