Web Developer

SPECIFIC PROCURMENT NOTICE

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Republic of Lebanon

Ministry of Public Health

Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476)

Consultancy Services for

Web Developer

(Loan No. 87710-LB/ Ref.: LB-MOPH-402811-CS-CS-INDV)

The Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) is a five-year project funded by the World Bank. The project is designed to support the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) strategy to establish a pro-poor Universal Health Coverage program. The project aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese identified by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) through the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP), based on a proxy-means testing targeting mechanism. All identified individuals will benefit from comprehensive packages of defined health services delivered at 204 Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) selected from the MoPH PHCCs network.

The Ministry of Public Health is seeking to recruit a Web Developer to support the MoPH to develop and manage system components related to digital health solutions planned and implemented at the level of Primary Health Care Centers.

The MoPH hereby invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services.

A Web Developer will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services (dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020)

Interested Consultants are requested to provide the following information:

• A CV showing relevant similar experience, and previous academic and professional achievement.

Expression of Interest must be delivered electronically to the address below not later than March 21, 2024. The subject of the e-mail should be: “Lebanon Health Resilience Project – Web Developer”.

Ministry of Public Health

Attention: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP)

Title: Project Management Unit (PMU)

E-mail: lhr.covid19@gmail.com

Lebanon Health Resilience Project

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Web Developer

1. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

The Government of Lebanon (GoL) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP). The LHRP is a seven-year project that aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese and displaced Syrians in Lebanon and to strengthen the Government’s capacity to respond to COVID-19. This project will: (i) provide subsidized packages of essential healthcare services to 210,000 vulnerable Lebanese living under poverty line identified by the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Project; (ii) strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs), and public hospitals; (iii) cover the hospitalization bills for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 claims at private and public hospitals for uninsured Lebanese; and (iv) strengthen the Government of Lebanon’s capacity to respond to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Strengthening Lebanon COVID-19 Response Project (SLCRP) is a 2-year project financed by the World Bank. The project will finance payment of hospitalization bills for COVID-19 and related health conditions to public hospitals and eligible private hospitals, using provider payment methods as agreed with the World Bank. The project will also finance the procurement and the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and the operations that support the vaccination rollout, goods needed for the prevention, detection and case management of COVID-19 and related health conditions for public hospital. The project will support the procurement of new medical equipment or the maintenance of old equipment in public hospitals providing COVID19 and related health conditions medical services. The Web Developer will be based in Beirut at the MoPH.

1. Objectives

The Web Developer will support the MoPH to develop and manage system components related to digital health solutions planned and implemented at the level of Primary Health Care centers.  The Web Developer will report the PHC Director as well as the PMU Project Manager. He/She is expected to work closely with the PMU, the IT department and the PHC staff.

2. Scope of Work

The Web Developer shall fulfill the following scope of work:

• Collaboration in the planning and conduction of activities related to the integration between PHENICS and Daem system (platform developed by Impact and used by MoSA to stratify population vulnerability).
• Develop, Implement & monitor a patient single page application.
• Assist in the development and implementation of the enrollment process in RIAYA project on PHENICS
• Assist in the integration of the M&E framework of RIAYA project on PHENICS
• Assist in the extraction of data from PHENICS and the development of reports and dashboards at the level of PHC centers
• Assist in the execution of other technical tasks as necessary including ad-hoc verifications activities with beneficiaries as needed.

3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The Web Developer will report to the PHC Director as well as the PMU Project Manager. He/She will be guided by the Ministry IT staff working on PHENICs. The Web Developer is also expected to work closely with the PMU and the PHCC staff regarding monitoring of PHENICS platform, extraction of data and reporting deliverables

Deliverables

Timeline

Monthly progress report: Daily activities performed and targets achieved

15 days after the end of each month

Semi-annual progress report: Monthly activities performed and targets achieved

Semi-annual

Other deliverables

As required

Deliverables must be submitted to the PMU Project Manager and a copy to the PHC Director. Deliverables must be reviewed within 15 working days of submission. In the absence of any comments/response within 15 days, the deliverables are considered acceptable and approved. The PMU Project Manager has the final approval on all deliverables submitted within the timeframe of 15 days from submission.

4. Duration

The contract period is for one year, extendable upon satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The first six (6) months will be considered as probationary period, based on which the consultant’s performance will be evaluated. The contract may be terminated with no remedy if the performance was evaluated as not satisfactory.

5. Qualifications

Education

• University degree in computer science

Experience and Technical Skills

At least two years in web software development using:

• SQL Server
• Web Development: MVC over ASP.Net using C#, VB.net
• Back-end Development (APIs)
• Security protocols (JWT, OAUTH)
• HTML/CSS, JQuery, JavaScript, Typescript
• backbone.js, Angular.js

Previous experience in the development of PHENICS elements is a plus.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Strong project management and analytical skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, public speaking, and strategic planning skills;
• Strong English writing skills;
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks efficiently;
• Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail.