Consultancy to provide technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC)

Consultancy to provide technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC)

PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 437/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026

Expressions of interest must be submitted to the email address below on or before 16th October 14:30 hours (South African Time). All EOI’s must be marked “437/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026’ – Consultancy to provide technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) in the subject line of the email. EOIs may be sent to the address or sent by email and interested firms may also obtain further information or request for clarification from the address and email provided during office hours i.e. 0800h to 1700h South Africa time on or before 7th October 2026. The Chairperson, Internal Procurement Committee (IPC) African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Block F, Eco Origin Office Park, 349 Witch-Hazel Avenue, Eco-Park Estate, Highveld, Centurion, Gauteng

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Bid Opening Bid opening will be held virtually on 16th October 2026 at 14:35Hrs via Microsoft teams. For those who wish to attend you may join using link provided below

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From NEPAD to AUDA -NEPAD: 25 Years Shaping Africa's Development Agenda

Block F, Eco Origin Office Park, 349 Witch -Hazel Avenue, Eco -Park Estate, Highveld, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, 0144

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Date of Issue: 28th September 2026

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) CONSULTANCY SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION

Assignment Title: Consultancy to provide technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for

Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC)

PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 437/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026

1. The AUDA-NEPAD has received funding from Unitaid toward the cost of the Consultancy to provide technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

2. Scope of the Assignment

The African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD (AUDA- NEPAD), in partnership with Unitaid , a global health agency hosted by the World Health Organization, is implementing the African Health Security Manufacturing Initiative (AHSMI): a strategic partnership to accelerate a resilient African pharmaceutical manufacturing sector by aligning investment, policy and innovation to safeguard health security and advance health equity, with an initial focus on maternal and newborn health. Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) was established in October 2023, under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, to unlock new investment in Nigeria’s healthcare value chain through expanded private -sector participation and cross -institutional coordination. It works to expand domestic manufacturing of pharmaceutic als, diagnostics and medical devices and is organised

around five strategic pillars: policy and regulatory reform; skills and research and development;

technical support to private manufacturers; market -shaping and demand aggregation; and coordination across government, partners and stakeholders. A Presidential Executive Order created procurement incentives, including zero import duties on inputs and long-term offtake contracts, which underpinned Medipool, a long-term pooled-procurement and demand-aggregation arrangement that gives local manufacturers predictable demand. These incentive policies have helped attract investment and improve the viability of Nigerian manufact

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From NEPAD to AUDA -NEPAD: 25 Years Shaping Africa's Development Agenda

Block F, Eco Origin Office Park, 349 Witch -Hazel Avenue, Eco -Park Estate, Highveld, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, 0144

Tel: [contact details removed] | www.adua -nepad.org

Annex 2 – Terms of Reference

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Title of the Consultancy

Technical assistance to Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) Consultancy type Individual Consultancy Directorate & Division Human Capital and Institutional Development (HCID) Procurement Number (from procurement plan) 437/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026

Background and

Context The African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in partnership with UNITAID, a global health agency hosted by the World Health Organization, is implementing the African Health Security

Manufacturing Initiative (AHSMI): a strategic partnership to

accelerate a resilient African pharmaceutical manufacturing sector by aligning investment, policy and innovation to safeguard health security and advance health equity, with an initial focus on maternal and newborn health. Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) was established in October 2023, under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, to unlock new investment in Nigeria’s healthcare value chain through expanded private-sector

participation and cross -institutional coordination. It works to

expand domestic manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical devices and is organised around five strategic pillars: policy and regulatory reform; skills and research and development; technical support to private manufacturers; market -shaping and demand aggregation; and coordination across government,

partners and stakeholders

A Presidential Executive Order created procurement incentives, including zero import duties on inputs and long -term offtake contracts, which underpinned Medipool, a long -term pooled - procurement and demand -aggregation arrangement that gives local manufacturers predictable demand. These incentive policies have helped attract investment and improve the viability of Nigerian manufacturers, and they are increasingly cited as a governance model with lessons for other countries pursuing local production. Under AHSMI, AUDA -NEPAD will engage an individual consultant, embedded in PVAC, to provide sust

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