Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 6101
Country/Region: Haiti
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Partnership for Supply Chain Management
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $600,000

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Blood Safety (HMBL): $600,000

Linked to Activities 8159, 8160.

SUMMARY: The Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM), through the Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) Project, will ensure the supply chain management for the procurement and distribution of laboratory supplies for the National Blood Safety Program (NBSP). These supplies will be used by the Haitian Red Cross laboratory to screen all units of blood collected nationwide (approximately 15,000 units/year). Supplies will also be procured through this mechanism to support a network of 16-20 blood collection centers and blood banks around the country.

BACKGROUND: In the first three years of PEPFAR, the USG provided funds directly to the Haitian Red Cross to procure supplies for the NBSP; however in FY07, PFSCM will be funded to take on this task, in the interest of integrating the blood safety program's procurement system with the SCMS-supported system in place to supply chain management for other Emergency Plan commodities in Haiti. SCMS is part of a new initiative started in FY06 with PEPFAR funding covering the 15 focus countries and other bilateral country programs. Haiti is one of the first of the PEPFAR focus countries to have a fully functional PFSCM office that is managing all aspects of the supply chain for ARV and other drugs, as well as HIV rapid tests.

ACTIVITIES: Activity 1 - PFSCM will work with the Haitian Red Cross (HRC) to establish systems for accurate quantification of commodity needs at the central laboratory as well as the national network of blood collection centers and blood banks. PFSCM will procure the required commodities, manage the shipment, customs clearance and warehousing processes of the commodities and ensure timely delivery to the sites in support of Emergency Plan-funded blood safety activities in Haiti.

Activity 2 - PFSCM will ensure that there are adequate commodity storage conditions at the NBSP sites and that commodity stock managers are appropriately trained and supervised. PFSCM will work with the HRC to establish logistics information systems and procedures at the central and peripheral levels and train personnel in the maintenance of these systems to enable the HRC to carry out its own supply chain management at the end of PEPFAR funding.