National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

agencies for taking up inspections and has been involving independent experts
in bid evaluation process.
The Directorate of NVBDCP, under the Directorate General of Health Services of
MOHFW, is the nodal organization to decide policies, develop evidence based
intervention strategies with the support of the research and development
organizations, prepare operational tools and guidelines, as well as provide
technical guWorld Bank nce and resource support to States which are
responsible for the implementation of the program. The Directorate is also
responsible for budgeting of centrally financed component and monitoring the
program implementation. For effective coordination with the states, the
Directorate has various divisions, one of them is the procurement division for
procurement under domestic budget support (DBS) and also procurement of
insecticides, drugs and equipment under the externally assisted component
(EAC). Even if most of the procurement at central level shall be handled by
UNOPS, the Directorate will still is responsible for drafting the technical
specifications, demand forecasting and procurement planning, coordination
with UNOPS and EPW, monitoring the state/district level procurement,
inventory management, capacity building of the states, collecting the data
regarding the contracts issued under the project and monitoring the end use of
supplies made etc.
Under NVBDCP, the Regional Offices for health and family welfare, located at
various state capitals, are responsible for coordination and supervision of all
activities at the state and below level. They are also responsible for monitoring
the therapeutic efficacy of anti malaria drugs, insecticide resistance to vectors
as well as internal quality assurance of microscopy including training of
laboratory technicians. As there is no procurement to be handled at
decentralized level initially, the role of the Regional Directorates, state
integrated NRHM health societies and District health societies will be only
limited to implementation of the project. Services of NIMR, RMRI and other
ICMR Institutions will be utilized for carrying out technical studies.
MOHFW in association with the World Bank and DFID is in the process of
assessing the procurement capacities of selected state level agencies including
having adequate systems and procedures, internal controls etc. Based on this
assessment, a plan shall be developed by NVBDCP with collaboration with
World Bank for strengthening the capacity in identified areas of weakness.
Following this process, these state level agencies could be entrusted with
responsibility to handle the procurement under the project at decentralized
level as and when mutually agreed by World Bank, MOH and NVBDCP.
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