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Call for expression of interest: supporting COVID-19 response in ASEAN

The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the 2021 to 2022 ASEAN vaccine development and manufacturing research project.

• From: British High Commission Kuala Lumpur
• Published: 7 July 2021
• Last updated: 21 July 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

With the goal of better future resilience to pandemics, the ASEAN vaccine development and manufacturing research project aims to identify how the UK can support ASEAN countries in improving their regional capacity to develop, test, manufacture and distribute vaccines. This is in-line with the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on ASEAN vaccine security and self-reliance on 2 November 2019. The UK is committed to working together with governments, civil society, research-based organisations, and multilateral partners to support this regional effort.

Objectives

This research project will:

• enhance understanding of the capacity within ASEAN to develop, test, manufacture, and distribute vaccines with an emphasis on current/future pandemic response
• engage with various stakeholders (governments, regulators, businesses, multilaterals, civil societies) to identify the implementation gaps within ASEAN on the region’s ambition for vaccine security and self-reliance (eg: what would it take to establish an ASEAN Serum Institute?)
• identify opportunities and challenges for ASEAN including economical, political, regulatory, and logistical landscape surrounding vaccine security collaborations for the benefit of all ASEAN countries
• identify key influential actors in shaping the regulatory, policy or other barriers for entry in support of ASEAN countries improving their vaccine security
• produce a document reporting on the findings of the project
• organise one or two policy dialogues (through knowledge exchanges/webinars) to discuss the findings of this research

Assessment criteria

EOI will be assessed against the following criteria:

• alignment with the above mentioned objectives, detailed in the Terms of Reference.
• outcomes achievable within the funding period (by end of March 2022)
• project design with clear monitoring and evaluation procedures
• risk and financial accountability procedures
• organisation’s safeguarding policies ensuring protection of beneficiaries
• feasibility of project delivery under current circumstances (COVID-19 restrictions)
• overall value for money
• delivery approach

How to submit EOI

Send your EOI using project proposal form above £10k (ODT, 73.8 KB) and activity based budget template (ODS, 10.4 KB) to Aaron.Kual@fcdo.gov.uk by 11:59pm (local Malaysia time) on Tuesday, 27 July.

• see proposal guidance (ODT, 12.9 KB) on writing project proposals
• see the Terms of Reference of the project (ODT, 19.7 KB).

Published 7 July 2021
Last updated 21 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 21 July 2021

   Extended the deadline

2. 19 July 2021

   Extended the deadline to Friday, 23 July.

3. 7 July 2021

   First published.