United Nations Children's Fund
Experience: 5 to 10 Years
Skill Required: Project and Program Management
Apply By: 23-05-2023
The Product Innovation Centre (PIC) within Supply Division (SD) works closely with internal and external partners to drive R&D and scale of new innovative products to improve the lives of children. This is done by identifying needs not appropriately met by products currently available and then scanning the market to see if there are products that can meet this need. If yes, we procure and scale the products, if no, we drive R&D utilizing develops product profiles to specify the performance a product has to deliver and incentivize R&D, using our procurement and implementation power. In addition, PIC is mandated to push the envelope of the organization in terms of coming up with new innovative concepts to influence R&D of products beyond UNICEF’s procurement, evolve the global thinking around product innovation for development/humanitarian contexts as well as to develop new ways of driving scale of products. Key to these ambitions is an aim to ensure most impact for disadvantages children for the resources available, always pushing for value for money of products.
The Product Innovation Centre operates within public procurement practices to drive research and development (R&D), validation and implementation of new products to address programmatic and/or emergency needs. In instances where there are no products in a procurable form on the market, a Product Innovation Project (PIP) is initiated with the ultimate goal of enabling procurement of fit-for-purpose and value-for-money supplies across all UNICEF program areas.
Key Tasks:
Under the supervision of the Disability & Innovation Specialist, Product Innovation Centre, and working closely with the Health Technology Centre at UNICEF, the objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support throughout the tendering process for a full range of Vision products - from the creation, review and finalization of tender specifications up until Direct Order Long Term Arrangements (DO LTAs) are in place for these products
Deliverables:
The consultant will be responsible for ensuring the following deliverables are achieved:
Pre-tender deliverables 45% :
Deliverables during tender process and technical evaluation 45%:
Other duties (10%):
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