Period of Performance January to March 2018

Background:
MSH saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to
effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 40 country offices
worldwide, our staff from over 70 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity and commitment
to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s
poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) –funded Center of Excellence for Infectious
Disease (CEID) project, MSH is working with an alliance to build capacity within John F. Kennedy Medical Center
(JFKMC) to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease. MSH, through its alliance, will work collaboratively
with JFKMC to:
• Build the capacity of health care workers and health care students to prevent, detect, and respond to
infectious disease in Liberia;
• Improve national capacity for infectious diseases management in Liberia;
• Refurbish JFKMC hospital facilities in Monrovia to establish and equip an infectious disease clinical care
facility.
A: Description of Services to be provided
The construction engineer will have technical oversight of the CEID project site renovation activities including;
technical meetings, quality monitoring of the contractors work, cost management, time management and
documentation of renovation activities at the JFK hospital located in Monrovia, Liberia. The construction engineer
will be responsible for certifying that the renovation activities have been executed as per the design drawings,
specification standards, and all contract documents are implemented successfully. The construction engineer will
work in close coordination with the JFK Medical Center counterparts, and Liberia regulatory agencies such as MOH
Quality Management Unit and Infrastructure Units.
B: Responsibilities/Deliverables 1
• Represent MSH in all technical meetings related to CEID project refurbishment work and shared minutes.
• With support from the Project Director, carry out a quick assessment of at JFK to identify specifics for
refurbishment.
• Provide input into the design of agreed space and work for refurbishment and/or selection of contractors
as needed.
1 When submitting deliverables to MSH, the Consultant shall ensure that all related data sets are also provided. As used in this
agreement “Datasets” refers to supporting information that goes into creating a final deliverable, such as data contained in
spreadsheets (whether presented in tabular or non-tabular form) an extensible mark-up language (XML) file, a geospatial data
file, or an organized collection of these.
• Ensure that the renovation activities on the site are being undertaken as per agreed schedule and
according to the design drawings and specifications.
• Ensure quality control of the renovation materials, work methods and workmanship on regular bases as
per the MSH Quality Assurance Manual for Construction.
• Conduct sampling and testing of materials together with the contractor.
• Follow up to make sure that the costs are within the budget and that any quality issued are promptly
addressed to the satisfaction of the client.
• Provide documentation of periodic progress records, submittals and all relevant documents to Project
Director.
• Cooperate with Ministry of Health engineers and regulators on the quality control process.
• Enforce implementation of Health and Safety and Environmental Management Monitoring Plan (EMMP)
procedures.
• Proactively follow up with the Contractor on the progress, risks and for early decisions to avoid delays,
and cost overruns.
• Prepare weekly progress reports to the Project Director.
C: Delivery Schedule/Milestones
Deliverable or Milestone Expected Date of Delivery or Completion
1. Submit assessment report with clear specifics for refurbishment January 15, 2018
2. Minutes from all technical construction/refurbishment meeting
with JFK and other partners produced and shared
March 31, 2018
3. Design for refurbishment work completed and shared with Project
Director
January 20, 2018
4. Scope of work for all refurbishment work developed and submitted
to PD
January 31, 2018
5. Status report for construction/refurbishment work submitted
monthly
March 31, 2018
6. Weekly monitoring report submitted March 31, 2017