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Consultancy to provide Technical support to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products

Issued by AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency) · via AUDA-NEPAD — Tenders

Published
4 Nov 2026
Closes
23 Nov 2026, 23:59 UTC
Sector
Financial & Professional Services

At a glance

AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency) has published a consultancy assignment in financial & professional services: “Consultancy to provide Technical support to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products”. Submissions close on 23 November 2026, 20 days from today. 2 documents are attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 27 notices from this buyer since 2026, 9 of them currently open. There are 10,713 open financial & professional services notices on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through AUDA-NEPAD — Tenders, not through FreeTender.

Details

Consultancy to provide Technical support to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products. PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 472/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026 Expressions of interest must be submitted to the email address below on or before 23rd November 2026 14:30 hours (South African Time). All EOI’s must be marked “327/AUDA/HCID/AFRICAHEALTHSECURITY/IC/2026’ – Consultancy to provide technical support to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products” in the subject line of the email. EOIs may be sent to the address or sent by email and interested Individual Consultants 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 12th November 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

Email: procurement@nepad.org ; and copy to bridgetk@auda-nepad.org

Attention of: Procurement Division

15. Bid Opening Bid opening will be held virtually on 23rd November 2026 at 14:35Hrs via Microsoft teams. For those who wish to attend you may join using link provided below

Join: Bid Opening Technical Support

Meeting ID: 338 308 412 194 398 8

Passcode: xH3Fk7JZ

Documents: Download File; Download File

— From AHSMI ToR_Consultant AU Champion Office Institutionalisation.pdf —

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

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Title of the Consultancy Technical support to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products Consultancy type Individual Consultancy Directorate & Division Human Capital and Institutional Development (HCID) Procurement Number (from procurement plan) 472/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026

Background and

Context The African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA -NEPAD), in partnership with UNITAID, is implementing the African Health Security

Manufacturing Initiative (AHSMI): a strategic partnership to

accelerate a resilient African pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, aligning investment, policy and innovation to safeguard health security and advance health equity, with an initial focus on maternal and newborn health. Africa continues to import the majority of the health products it consumes. Continental frameworks respond to this: Agenda 2063, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA), the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), the 24 Priority Medical Products Roadmap, the African Medicines Agency and the African Continental Free Trade Area. They converge on a shared target of manufacturing at least 60 per cent of Africa’s health product needs on the continent by 2040. The Assembly of Heads of State and Government has conferred on a serving Head of State the role of African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products, a mandate currently carried by Kenya through the Office of the President. The Presidential Declaration on Advancing Local Manufacturing of Health Products in Africa, adopted on 14 February 2026 in Addis Ababa on the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, reaffirmed this leadership and the 2040 target. The Champion provides contin ental political leadership for the local production agenda and a cross -government coordination role across AU Member States. The Africa Initiative for Medical Access and Manufacturing (AIM2030), launched in Nairobi in May 2026 and led by the World Bank Group and the African Union Commission with the International Financ

— From REOI - AHSMI ToR_Consultant AU Champion Office Institutionalisation.pdf —

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

Date of Issue: 3rd November 2026

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

Assignment Title: Consultancy to provide Technical support to the institutionalisation and

operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products

PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 472/AUDA/HCID/PMPA/AFRICAHEALTHSEC/IC/2026

1. AUDA-NEPAD has received funding from UNITAIDU toward the cost of the consultancy to provide technical support for the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Office of the African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products. AUDA -NEPAD intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance consulting services..

2. Background and Scope of the Assignment

The African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA - NEPAD), in partnership with UNITAID, is implementing the African Health Security Manufacturing

Initiative (AHSMI): a strategic partnership to accelerate a resilient Africa n pharmaceutical

manufacturing sector, aligning investment, policy and innovation to safeguard health security and advance health equity, with an initial focus on maternal and newborn health. Africa continues to import the majority of the health products i t consumes. Continental frameworks respond to this: Agenda 2063, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA), the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), the 24 Priority Medical Products Roadmap, the African Medicines Agency and the African Continental Free Trade Area. They converge on a shared target of manufacturing at least 60 per cent of Africa’s health product needs on the continent by 2040.The Assembly of Heads of State and Government has conferred on a serving Head of State the role of African Union Champion for Local Manufacturing of Health Products, a mandate currently carried by Kenya through the Office of the President. The Presidential Declaration on Advancing Local Manufacturing of Health Products in Africa, adopted on 14 F ebruary 2026 in Addis Ababa on the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, reaffirmed this leadership and the 2040 target. The Champion provides contin

Published by AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency). Submission instructions and deadlines are in the attached documents; the notice is listed at https://www.nepad.org/tenders.

Context for bidders

We hold 27 notices from AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency), going back to September 2026 — 9 of them still open. They buy mostly in Financial & Professional Services, Governance & Public Institutions and Healthcare & Pharma. There are 10,713 open Financial & Professional Services tenders. This one closes in 20 days.

Documents

  • AHSMI ToR_Consultant AU Champion Office Institutionalisation.pdfDownload
  • REOI - AHSMI ToR_Consultant AU Champion Office Institutionalisation.pdfDownload

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