The World Health Organisation (WHO) were supporting the Romanian Ministry of Health (MoH) in Health Service reform activities as part of the WHO led project National Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) for Romania. Part of this work focusses on Human Resources for Health (HRH) and the development of a digital/IT solution to create a Registry of the Healthcare Professionals in Romania. WHO required complex IT tender experience under EU procurement and regulatory environments alongside cultural awareness and IT expertise to develop a statement of requirement as well as clarity on the key aspects that bidders will need to understand including technical, policy and scope.
We took the lead on producing the digital specification, including both the technical aspects of the programme delivering functional requirements for the Registry of the Healthcare Professionals in Romania and the procurement aspects working alongside Romanian lawyers to provide procurement advice to the Romanian procurement team. We delivered a specification for the National Registry with the following elements:
The digital specifications for the Registry of the Healthcare Professionals in Romania were completed on time alongside recommendations for further development to deliver an effective procurement. Due to the expertise provided on this Romanian project WHO have now engaged Acuity to work on specifications for the procurement of a National Workforce Registry in Greece.