Health Technical Assistance Project II (Bantu II)

The purpose of the Health Technical Assistance Project II (Bantu II) is to identify, recruit, hire, administer and support qualified individuals or organizations to provide short or long-term technical assistance as needed and requested by USAID Indonesias Office of Health and other offices, in particular, to support USAIDs Health program and CDCS strategies and priorities.

The Bantu II project will provide specialized, high-level technical assistance to USAID, USAID-funded programs, the GOI (e.g., the Ministry of Health (MOH), National AIDS Commission, Indonesian Commission for Hospital Accreditation, etc.) parastatal organizations (e.g., Eijkman Institute), sub-national government (e.g., district health office), non-government organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, and other research institutes as required.

The contract will support current and future areas of strategic interest, including USAIDs Locally Led Development Strategy, USAID s Climate Strategy, and other directives.

Bantu II will identify a pool of diverse Indonesian, expatriate, and regional health, governance, information technology (IT), management professionals and local organizations who are able provide specialized expertise that may be lacking in the health systems, but which are critical to the success of Indonesian public health programs and achievement of the Missions development objectives related to health.

Most of the technical assistance requests will contribute to achievement of specific health results as defined by USAIDs CDCS, but requests may also support the other three Development Objectives.

In addition, the Contract will support USAID to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of its local partners so that these organizations will be better able to fulfill their mandates.