NEPALHEALTHSECTORSUPPORTPROGRAMME-III(

NHSSP-
II
I)
TERMSOFREFERENCE:STRUCTURALENGI
NEER

Jobt
it
le St
ruct
ural
Engi
neer(
EmbeddedTeam atDUDBC)

NepalHeal
thSuppor
tSect
orProgramme–I
IIHeal
thI
nfr
ast
ruct
urewor
k
Wor
kst
ream
st
ream (
Retr
ofi
tt
ing&Rehabi
l
itat
ion)

Locat
ion Kat
hmandu,
Nepal

Repor
ti
ngt
o Seni
orEar
thquakeResi
l
ienceEngi
neer

Responsi
blef
or Notappl
i
cabl
e

LHSSPHealthInf
rastr
uctur
eTeam counter
par
ts,
Gover
nmentofNepal
Li
aisonwi
th count
erpar
tsinMinistr
yofHeal
th(MOH)andDepart
mentofUrban
Devel
opment&Bui l
dingConst
ruct
ion(DUDBC)

Cont
ract
ingAgency Mi
yamot
oInt
ernat
ional

Ty
peofcont
ract Fi
xedt
erm cont
ractunt
il31December2020.

Backgr
ound

TheNepalHeal t
hSect orSupportPr ogrammePhase3( NHSSP- 3)isani niti
ati
veoft heNepal
Minist
ryofHeal th( MOH)f i
nancedbyt heUKDepar t
mentf orInter
nat i
onalDevelopment( DFID)
.
TheNHSSP- 3i sintendedtosuppor tthegoalsofNepal ’
sNat i
onalHeal t
hSectorSt r
ategy( NHSS) ,
andassi sttheMoHi nbuil
dingar esili
enthealt
hsy stem t
opr ovidegoodqual it
yheal thser vi
ces
forall
.Fr om Mar ch2017t oDecember2020,t heNHSSP- 3wi l
lbeimpl ementedbyaconsor ti
um
l
edbyOpt i
ons,wi thHERD,OPM,andMi y
amoto,t hroughtheGener alHealthandI nfrastr
ucture
TechnicalAssi st
ance( GHITA)Pr ogramme.Thepr ogr ammehasf iv
ewor kstr
eams:heal t
hpol i
cy
and planning,pr ocurementand publ i
cf i
nanci
almanagement ,servi
cedel i
very,evidenceand
accountabili
ty,andheal thi
nfrast
ructure.Eachwor kst r
eam willbeintegrat
edandmanagedbya
team basedi nKat hmanduand“ embedded”wi tht heGoN.St affmember sf
rom eachconsor ti
um
part
nerar elocatedacr ossfourtechnicalworkstreamst oavoidasi l
oedappr oachtopr ogramme
deli
very.
TheNHSSP- 3Heal
thInf
rast
ructur
eworkstr
eam isimpl
ementedbytheInf
rast
ruct
ureTeam.The
I
nfrast
ruct
ureTeam workswit
hseniorof
fi
cial
sintheMoH,andwithit
stechni
calcount
erpar
tsi
n
theDepart
mentofUrbanDevelopment&Bui
ldi
ngConstr
uct
ion(DUDBC).
TheHeal
thI
nfr
ast
ruct
urewor
kst
ream hast
hreeKeyPer
for
manceAr
eas(
KPAs)
:

 KPA 1:Pol icy and St

andar ds Devel
opmentinvol
ves bui
ldi
ng a str
ong pol
icy
envi
ronment ,toensuret hattheMoH andDUDBC adoptandi mplementrel
evant
codes,standardsandguideli
nesforconstr
uct
ionandmaint
enanceofheal
thf
acil
it
ies
andinfr
astructur
e

1
 KPA 2:Capaci t
yEnhancementseekst oaugmentt hecapaci t
yofMOH,DUDBC andt he
priv
ate sector (
includi
ng cont
ract
ors and const
ructi
on professi
onals) t
o be eff
ici
ent
,
technical
l
y compet entand capabl
e ofi mpl
ementing resi
l
ientdesign,const
ruct
ion and
mai nt
enance
 KPA3:Ret rofi
ttingandRehabi l
itati
onofHeal t
hI nfrast
ructureai mst oensurethat
heal
thi nfr
astructur
ei sr etr
ofit
ted,r ehabi
li
tated,mai ntained and moni t
ored in
eart
hquakeaffectedandvulnerableaffecteddi
strict
s,andt hatfacil
it
iesareresi
li
entto
fut
ureseismicshocks,env
ironment ali
mpact sandot hernaturaldisaster
s.

UnderKPA 3,atl eastt wohospi

tal
swi l
lber etr
ofit
tedandr ehabi l
i
tated,andbet reat
edas
demonst r
ati
onmodel stoinf
ormr ol
l-outoft her etr
ofit
ti
ngandr ehabil
itat
ionprogr
ammeand
design worki nf uture.The two hospi t
als offeran oppor t
uni t
yt o documentand r ecord
developmentinreal-t
imecasestudi
es, provi
dingasol idfoundat
ionandpr ecedentsfort
hedesi gn
ofremaininghospitals.Theyal
sowi l
lbeusedf oron-sit
eskil
lstransferandlearni
ngbyMoHand
DUDBCt echnicalstaff,aswel
laspri
vatesectorconst ri
cti
oncontractorsandpr of
essi
onals.

PURPOSEANDOBJECTI
VES

NHSSPi sundertakingRetrofitti
ngandRehabi li
tati
onoft wohospi t
al sasperKPA3oft heNHSP3.
Fort hisacti
vit
y,West ernRegi onalHospi tal
,Pokhar aandBhakt apurHospi t
alhasbeensel ected.
Preli
mi naryassessmentoft hebui ldi
ngshasbeencar ri
edoutt ofindoutthetypeofi nterventi
on
thathast obeexecut edundert hisactivi
ty.Besidesst ructuralandnon- str
ucturalr etrofi
tt
ing,
functionalretr
ofit
ti
ng i soneoft hei mportantact iv
iti
es.Fort his,NHSSP env isagest o hire
StructuralEngi
neer( EmbeddedTeam) .TheSt ructuralEngineer(EmbeddedTeam)suppor tst he
product i
onofcodes,gui delinesandst andardsonbui l
dingear thquakeresil
ience,aswel las
suppor ti
ngt hedesi gnandi mpl ement ati
onoft hepr iori
tyhospi talsconstr
uctionpr ogramme
withintheDepar t
mentofUr banDev elopment&Bui l
dingConst ructi
on( DUDBC).

Thi
sposti slocat
edi ntheEmbeddedTeam wi t
hintheRet rofi
tting&Rehabili
tat
ionTeam,located
wit
hi nthe DUDBC and wor k closel
y with HealthI nf
rastructure Team.The Ret r
ofi
tti
ng &
Rehabili
tat
ionTeam compr i
sest hreeunit
s–Desi gnTeam,Const r
uctionTeam andEmbedded
Team,and i sdrawn f rom Optionsspeci al
isttechnicalpar tner,MiyamotoInter
nati
onal.The
Retrofi
tt
ing&Rehabi l
i
tationTeam i ncl
udesseniorspecial
istsdr awnfrom Miyamotoint
ernati
onal
off
ices,aswellaslocalstaff
.TheEmbeddedTeam i ssi
tuatedi ntheDUDBC.

TheStruct
uralEngi
neer(EmbeddedTeam)isalsorequi
redsupportacti
vi
ti
esf
orski
l
lst
ransf
er
andcapaci
tyenhancementofDUDBC-basedengi
neer
sintheseworkst
reams.

TheStructur
alEngi
neer(
EmbeddedTeam)repor
tstotheSeni
orEart
hquakeResi
l
ienceAdvisor
,
andtheact i
vi
ti
esassoci
atedwi
ththi
spostareli
nkedtodeli
ver
abl
esacrossKeyPerfor
mance
Areas1,2and3i ntheRHITAacti
vi
typl
an.TheKPAt ar
getsarei
ncludedaspartofthisjob
descr
ipti
on.

2
Mai
ndut
ies

Thepositi
onwil
lprovi
detechnical
assi
stanceasagreedwithChi
efofHealt
hsection(CHS),
DUDBCandt heInf
rastr
uctureLeadAdvi
sor(LA)andSeniorEar
thquakeResi
li
enceAdv i
sor(SERA)
from NHSSP.Theposit
ionwill
alsoworkclosel
ywit
hSERA, CHSandLA.Thi sposit
ionis
responsi
blef
orsupport
ingtheDUDBCandNHSSPRet r
ofi
tt
ingTeam wit
hthefol
lowingtaskswith
SERA.

Speci
fi
cresponsi
bil
i
ties:
 Suppor tDUDBCcount er
par
tsi
nthepr
oduct
ionandadopt
ionofcodes,
gui
del
i
nesand
standardsonbui l
di ngear thquaker esi
liencei ntoMoHandDUDBCheal t
hinfrastruct ure
practi
ceandpr ogr ammes.
 Suppor tDUDBCcount erpartsinunder st andi ngandadopt ingt heear t
hquaker esili
ence
measur esaspar toft heRHI TACapaci tyBui l
dingandPol i
cyDev elopmentpr ogr ammes, and
parti
cipat eint rainingev entsandcapaci tyenhancementact i
vitiesasr equi
red
 Providet echni cal assi stancet oDUDBCi nt her et r
ofit
tingoft wopr ior
ityhospi tal
s,incl uding
 Condi tionassessmentoft hepr i
or i
tisedhospi t
als
 I nv estigations( i
ncludingdamageassessment s,geo- techni cal andstruct ural element s
test s)andr esul tsev al
uat i
on
 On- sitemappi nganddr awingsofhospi t
al bui
ldings
 Sel ectionofappr opr i
ater etrof
itsol utions
 Pr oduct i
onofdet ai
leddesi gns, consul t
at i
onwi thandpr esentat i
onst oGON
count erpar ts,hospital staffandot herr elevantst akehol der s
 I nput si ntot enderpr ocesses( includi ngt enderdocument sandbi deval uati
ons)
 Suppor ti
mpl ement at i
onandconst r
uct i
onwor ks
 Par ticipatei nr egularpr ogressandsi temeet i
ngswi thcl ients,contractors,
const ructionmanager s, andsiteengi neer s
 Pr ov i
dei nput sandmat eri
alasnecessar yt osuppor tproj ectclose-outandr ecor ding

 Suppor tDUDBCcount erpar t

si nadopt ingtechni calimprovement st oi n-housepr act i
cesand
procedur esonear thquaker esil
ientdesi gnandi mplement ati
onf orheal t
hinfrastructure
 Suppor tDUDBCcount erpar t
st ost r
engt henqual it
yassur ancepr acticesandpr ocedur esin
design,tender i
ngandconst ructi
on
 Suppor tDUDBCcount erpar t
si nadopt ingtechni calimprovement st oi n-housepr act i
cesand
procedur esonear thquaker esil
ientdesi gnandi mplement ati
onf orheal t
hinfrastructure
 Ensuret hatmat eri
als,designsanddel iverablespr oducedar ev eryhighqual it
y ,t
echni cal
ly
soundandi ncorporatethenewst andar dsandcodesf oreart
hquake, envi
ronment aland
di
sast erresi l
iencethatar ebeingdev elopedunderRHI TA
 Ensuret hatr etrof
itdesignst akeaccountofgoodpr acti
ceinpat i
ent -centredconst r
ucti
on,
i
ncludingef fi
cientplanningandsequenci ngt omi nimisedisrupt i
on,st ronginfectioncont r
ol
measur es, andcl oseconsul tati
onwi t
hheal thmanagementandst aff
 Parti
cipat einnet worksandact ivi
tiestoensur ethatRHI TApr oduct sandpr ocessesar e
i
nformedbyandr elevanttot hepr ivateconst ructi
oni ndustr
y( contract orsandpr of essi
onals)
,
hi
ghereducat ioninsti
tuti
onsandt r
ainingor ganisati
ons

Ot
herdut
iesandr
equi
rement
s

3
 Maintai
nhighstandardsofprof
essionalpr
acti
ce,ensuri
ngthatdeli
verabl
esandpr oduct
sar
e
techni
call
ysoundandcompl ywithgovernmentrequir
ements,rel
evantint
ernat
ional
parametersandNational
Reconstruct
ionAuthori
tyguidance

 Part
ici
pateasanacti
vememberoftheNHSSPHealt
hInfr
astr
uct
ureTeam,cont
ri
but
ingt
o
oper
ational
planni
ng,
progr
ammingandbudget
ingpr
ocessesasrequi
red

 Producer
eport
s,materi
alsandi
nput
sforNHSSPdel
i
ver
abl
esasr
equi
redf
ort
heef
fect
ive
perf
ormanceoftheprogr
amme

 At
tendmeeti
ngs,
semi
nar
s,consul
tat
iveev
ent
sandwor
kshopsasar
epr
esent
ati
veoft
he
NHSSPprogr
ammeasrequi
red

 Befami l
iarwi
thandobserveNHSSPr equi
rementsonst
affbehav
iourandperfor
mance,
gri
evanceanddisci
pli
naryprocedur
es,ant
i-
corr
upti
onact
ionandotherrel
evantper
sonnel
condit
ionsofemployment

Rel
evantexper
iencesandRequi
rement
s

 Mast erDegr eei nSt ructuralEngineeringal ongwi t

hexper i
encesinbui l
dingsdesi gn,
regist
er edprof essi onal
 Minimum 5y ear spr of essi
onal experi
encei nseismicassessmentandr etrofi
tti
ngdesign
ofbuildingsespeci allyhospitalretr
ofitti
ngwi thsignif
icantexposureinpr ogrammes/
l
ar geprojects,pr ef erablyint hehealthsect or.
 Experience&Knowl edgeofmat er
ial
sspeci fi
cati
on,tenderdocument s,cont r
act
managementandr etrofitt
ingconst r
uct i
onwi thdecant i
ngplan.
 Goodwor kingknowl edgeofr el
evantnat i
onal andinternati
onaldesigncodesand
standar ds
 Subst anti
alexper ienceofst andardst ructural&CADsof twareandof fi
cepr ogrammes
 Effectivereportwr iti
ngandexcel l
entcommuni cati
onskill
sinEnglishandNepal i
wit
h
stronginter-per sonal skil
lsandabi li
tytowor kwithpeoplef r
om diversebackgr ounds
 Strongor ganisat ional ski
ll
s,wi t
htheabi li
tyt ohandlemul ti
plet
asksandact ivi
tieswit
h
compet i
ngdeadl ines

Ot
herRequi
rement
s

 Ri
ghtt
owor
kinNepal