Agency: WHO | Reference: UNITAID/P/0009707 | Type: Request for proposal
RFP 2026.09 Long-Term Agreement for Technical Services for GO₂AL Country Support and Medical Oxygen Market AssessmentsIn order to access the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents, please log-in as a registered Supplier (Account registration accessible on https://www.ungm.org/Account/Registration).
If any Bidders experience difficulties in accessing the RFP documents after having registered and expressed interest, please send an email to:unitaid-rfp@who.intObjective of the consultancy:To identify qualified multiple providers to deliver technical services for the GO₂AL Country Support Platform, covering public sector support and industry engagement, and/or Unitaid’s country-level medical oxygen assessments and analysis.Bidders may submit proposals for one or more of the following scopes:• Work Area A, Lot 1: Public Sector-facing Support, comprising core support and country-specific medical oxygen Roadmap (costed oxygen strategy/plan) engagements;• Work Area A, Lot 2: Industry Engagement & Market Solutions, comprising core support and country or multi-country Industry Communities of Practice (CoPs);• Work Area B: Unitaid Country Deep-Dive Assessment and Analysis on Medical Oxygen, comprising separately commissioned country assessments, including primary data collection.Qualification of Firm and Consultants:Proposals must be submitted by a legally registered entity.
Individual consultants are not eligible to submit proposals.
Bidders may propose a team drawn from a single organization, a consortium or subcontracting arrangements.a) General requirements (all bidders)• Strong team project leadership and technical expertise, demonstrated through proposed team member profiles.• Ability to mobilise multidisciplinary expertise rapidly across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in multiple regions, including countries where the bidder may not already have an established presence.• Demonstrated ability to work with Ministries of Health, national technical bodies, development partners and multi-stakeholder partnerships.• Experience coordinating with other implementing organizations and operating within partnership-led delivery models.• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication and technical-writing skills.• Ability to work effectively in English, and to mobilise appropriate language capacity for country assignments, including French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese where relevant.• Demonstrated systems for quality assurance, safeguarding of confidential information, conflict-of-interest management and delivery oversight.• Ability to operate effectively in government-led and multilateral partnership environments, including appropriate management of institutional sensitivities, confidentiality, stakeholder relationships and organizational mandates.b) Work Area A, Lot 1: Public Sector-facing SupportEssential:• At least 10 years of organizational or senior-team experience in public health, health-systems strengthening, strategic planning, programme design or country technical assistance.• Proven experience supporting government-led national strategies, roadmaps, implementation plans or comparable planning processes in LMICs across multiple regions.• Demonstrated track record of working directly with Ministries of Health and national health authorities and coordinating technical and partner inputs around government-led processes.• Ability to translate assessments and evidence into prioritised, feasible and implementable actions.• Experience in institutional strengthening, implementation coordination and facilitation of multi-stakeholder technical processes, including approaches that strengthen country ownership, sustainability and transition from externally supported processes.• Capacity to mobilise relevant technical specialists, including biomedical/clinical engineering expertise where required, without relying on large-scale primary data collection as the default delivery model.Desirable:• Experience with national medical oxygen roadmaps, strategies, policies and planning tools.• Demonstrated networks with Ministries of Health, national regulatory authorities and other relevant public- and private-sector stakeholders.• Experience linking country plans to costing, investment prioritisation, domestic financing or resource mobilisation.• Experience facilitating peer learning and cross-country exchange, including targeted exchanges between countries facing similar strategic or implementation challenges.c) Work Area A, Lot 2: Industry Engagement & Market SolutionsEssential:• At least 10 years of organizational or senior-team experience in health-product markets, supply chains, market shaping, private-sector engagement or related fields.• Demonstrated network and ability to engage manufacturers, distributors, service providers and other relevant private-sector actors.• Strong understanding of medical oxygen markets, technologies, supply and service ecosystems; direct oxygen-sector experience is strongly preferred.• Demo
DOCUMENTS AND LINKS:
• RFP 2026.09_LTA_Technical Services for GO₂AL Country Support and Medical Oxygen Market Assessments.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131248
• RFP 2026.09_LTA_Technical Services for GO₂AL Country Support and Medical Oxygen Market Assessments.docx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131249
• RFP 2026.09_Appendix 1_UNGM Guide.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131250
• RFP 2026.09_Appendix 2_General Conditions of APW Contract.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131251
• RFP 2026.09_Appendix 3_LTA template.docx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131252
• RFP 2026.09_Annex_5_Financial_Proposal_Template.xlsx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131253
• RFP 2026.09_Annex_10A_Technical_Proposal_Template_Lot1.docx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131254
• RFP 2026.09_Annex_10B_Technical_Proposal_Template_Lot2.docx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131255
• RFP 2026.09_Annex_10C_Technical_Proposal_Template_Work_Area_B.docx: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=320631&documentId=2131256
CONTACT:
• Email: unitaid-rfp@who.int
