Dear Tako

Thanks again for sending the MoU. Please find the attached with a few comments.

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

Dear Colleagues,

We are hopeful that the MoU will receive early consideration, as the concerned tests are subject to reallocation to other country.

Thank you for the understanding.

Regards,

Tako

Tamar (Tako) Ugulava, MD, PhD
Health Specialist
UNICEF Georgia
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Dear Nino

Please kindly review and let me know if you have any comments.

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

Deputy Minister

თამუნა,

აქვე გიზიარებ მსოფლიო ბანკთან დასადები MoU-ს დრაფტს. თუ შენიშვნები არ იქნება თქვენი მხრიდან, მაშინ უკვე საბოლოო ვერსიას გამოგიგზავნით ხელმოსაწერად.

პატივისცემით,

თაკო

Dear Tako

Can you please share with MOH for approval?

Best regards

Amy

Dear Amy,

Please find attached the draft WB agreement with its annex (CE10022109 R1) for review and clearance by the Government of Georgia, and further for the partner to request non-objection from the WB.

Appreciate if you could inform us as soon as the approval and non-objection are received so that we provide you with:

- the final version of the agreement ready for signature, and

- the Delegation of Signature (DoS) from the Director, Supply Division that will allow the UNICEF Rep to sign on behalf of the Director.

Please note that the agreement cannot be signed before we share the DoS with you.

Kindly do let us know if you have questions or need our support.

Dear Ewelina

The requested information is below:

Partner Name

1. Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
2. Address: 144, Ak. Tsereteli Ave. Tbilisi 0119

World Bank Project details

1. Project number and name: P173911 - Georgia Emergency COVID-19 Response Project

2. Project closing date (dd/mm/yyyy): 30/04/2022

World Bank Financing Agreement

5. The Grant/Credit/Loan number: 9113-GE

6. The closing date of the Financing Agreement (dd/mm/yyyy): 30/04/2022

Government Representative: Giorgi Tsotskolauri , Deputy Minister, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, E-mail: gtsotskolauri@moh.gov.ge

UNICEF Representative: Dr. Ghassan Khalil, Representative, gkhalil@unicef.org +995 591 22 52 81

World Bank Country Task Team Leader: name and contact details - Volkan Cetinkaya – vcetinkaya@worldbank.org , Maddalena Honorati -mhonorati@worldbank.org

Looking forward to receiving the draft agreement as soon as possible.

Best regards

Amy

Dear Amy,

As per Lena’s email, we will need following information for including in the draft MoU: 

1. Partner details (e.g. MoH)

1.1 Partner name:

1.2 Partner address:

2. World Bank Project details

2.1 Project number and name:

2.2 Project closing date (dd/mm/yyyy):

3. World Bank Financing Agreement

3.1 The Grant/Credit/Loan number:

3.2 The closing date of the Financing Agreement (dd/mm/yyyy):

4. Government representative: name, title, email and phone

5. UNICEF representative: name, title, email and phone

6. World Bank Country Task Team Leader: name and contact details

Once the draft Agreement is ready, we will share it with you for acceptance/clearance by the government and non-objection by the WB.

The Agreement can be signed by UNICE Rep in the country, once Supply Division provides you with Delegation of Signature.

Please do let us know if you have any questions at this point.

Thanks Babatope for copying us in.

Dear Amy,

Understanding that the funding for this transaction will now be WB, we will have to reissue the Cost Estimate under a WB MoU reference, and package it into a WB MoU.

We will need some additional information, e.g. WB loan/credit/grant number, project reference etc. My colleague Ewelina will be the focal point for the MoU. She will check what we already have in the draft you shared with Babatope, and reach out to obtain what is missing.

On the handling fee: The COVID-19 reduced HF is a ceiling of 5%. For some products, the standard handling fee is already lower than 5%, and in such case we maintain such lower handling fee. Hence, the handling fee for this transaction will remain 4.5%.

Best regards,

Lena

Dear Amy,

Thank you for sharing the draft agreement with us.

Since the agreement is for procurement services, it will be reviewed and managed by our colleagues in the Supply Division.  Our Team takes care of outputs-based programme agreements.

I hereby put you in contact with our colleague, Ms. Lena Romer, Procurement Services Manager,  Procurement Services Centre,  copied in this email, for further guidance and support.

Best regards,

Babatope

Dear Babatope

I am seeking your guidance on a WB funding agreement for procurement services on behalf of the Government of Georgia. I have downloaded the standard template and have started completing based on the information we currently have. The cost estimates do not seem to adhere to the agreed rates in the standard template (refer to attached CE). WB expects COVID-19 related standard fees but I could not find any information on what standard fees have been agreed. Could you kindly advise?

Thanks in advance and best regards

Amy

Amy Clancy
Deputy Representative
UNICEF Georgia
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