Technical Support to Develop a Comprehensive/Sustainable Credentialing, Competency and Capability Framework for Allied Health Professions (AHP), Ministry of Health (MoH), Malaysia

WHO
Technical Support to Develop a Comprehensive/Sustainable Credentialing, Competency and Capability Framework for Allied Health Professions (AHP), Ministry of Health (MoH), Malaysia Request for proposal

Reference: WPRO/2022-09/MYS/182157
Beneficiary countries or territories: Malaysia
Registration level: Basic
Published on: 09-Sep-2022
Deadline on: 23-Sep-2022 17:00 (GMT 8.00)
Description

REQUIREMENTS

WHO requires the successful bidder, the Contractor, to develop a comprehensive/sustainable framework combining credentialing, competency, and capabilities for allied health professions in the MoH, in order to deliver safe, high quality and patient-centered care. This is to complement the existing guidelines related to credentialing, competency and capability of allied health professions in Malaysia.

  • Phase I: Review of Existing Guidance and practices
  • Phase II: Compare the findings with Global best practices
  • Phase III: Develop new comprehensive guidelines for all AH profession including specific recommendations for selected groups of AH professions
  • Phase IV: Obtain professional review from global experts and engagement with relevant stakeholders to create/increase awareness before implementation

 

WORK TO BE PERFORMED

To develop a comprehensive/sustainable framework combining credentialing, competency, and capabilities for allied health professions in the MoH, in order to deliver safe, high quality and patient-centered care. This is to complement the existing guidelines related to credentialing, competency and capability of allied health professions in Malaysia.

 

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Specific objectives are:

Phase I

  • • To review the local existing procedures, methods, guidelines, structures or paperwork related to credentialing, competency and governance mechanism for healthcare workforce in Malaysia.

Phase II

  • • To compare local and international workforce practice framework that include credentialing, competency, and capability for allied health professionals.
  • • To determine the possible methodology to develop the credentialing, competency and capability framework development for the allied healthcare workforce in Malaysia.

Phase III

  • • To conduct stakeholders’ meetings with various stakeholders (academics, training experts, professions) to develop the credentialing, competency and capability framework for the Malaysian context.
  • • To develop an effective framework for credentialing, competency, and capability for allied health professionals in the MoH.

Phase IV

  • • To obtain professional review from global experts in credentialing, competency, and capabilities for allied health professionals
  • • To create/increase awareness during relevant stakeholders’ meetings before implementation.       

Outputs/Deliverables

Output 1: Report/findings on the review of existing guidance and practises of AH professions in Malaysia

Deliverable 1.1:

The report/findings on the review of existing guidance and practises should be applicable for all AH professions including specific recommendations for selected groups of AH professions in Malaysia

Output 2: Comparison report/findings with the Global best practices

Deliverable 2.1:

The comparison report/findings between Global best practices and for all groups of AH professions for Malaysia

Output 3: Develop new comprehensive guidelines applicable for all AH professions including specific recommendations for selected groups of AH professions in Malaysia

Deliverable 3.1:

A new comprehensive guidelines developed; the guidelines should be applicable for all and selected groups of AH professions for Malaysia

Output 4: Obtain professional review from global experts and stakeholders’ engagements to create awareness for all/selected groups of AH professions in Malaysia

Deliverable 4.1:

To share the professional review from global experts in selected groups of AH professions in the stakeholders’ engagements to create/increase awareness before implementation. A report on the stakeholders’ meetings carried out

Place of performance

Malaysia

Timelines

7 October 2022 – 30 November 2023

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Mandatory:

  • • Proven experience in the field of training or competency and credentialing framework development.
  • • Previous work with WHO, other international organizations and/or major institutions in the field of  training or competency and credentialing framework development ;

Desirable:

  • • Experience in management, organizational/Business studies/human resources and development

 

SUBMISSIONS

Qualified and interested specialists should submit the following documents to the Supply Officer through WP RO UNGM at < wproungm@who.int > by 23 September 2022

  • • Company Profile {for institutional applications} and CV of project manager
  • • Technical proposal indicating solution, methodology and timelines, in addition to the below annexes: 
    • o   Annex 1: Acknowledgement Form
    • o   Annex 2: Confidentiality Undertaking
    • o   Annex 3: Proposal Completeness Form
    • o   Annex 5: Acceptance Form
    • o   Annex 6: Self-Declaration Form
  • • Financial proposal

Please use Tender Notice No. WPRO/2022-09/MYS/182157 as subject to all submission. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Last day of receiving queries for this tender is on 16 September 2022