The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community established to promote economic prosperity through enhanced regional integration, trade development, and market liberalization among its 21 Member States. As one of Africa’s premier regional integration organizations, COMESA seeks to create a fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community, equipped to harness its resources for the collective advancement of its people.
COMESA’s Vision is to be “a fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community with high standards of living for all its people.”
Its mission is to “endeavour to achieve sustainable economic and social progress in all Member States through increased co-operation and integration in all fields of development, particularly in trade, customs, transport, communications, information, technology, industry and energy.”
The COMESA Secretariat, based in Lusaka, Zambia, is the executive arm of the organization and is responsible for implementing the COMESA Treaty, supporting Member States, and coordinating regional programmes.
As a regional intergovernmental organization, COMESA is committed to fostering a productive and healthy working environment for its staff, who are drawn from across its Member States. The Secretariat employs both Professional and General Service staff under fixed-term contracts, as well as project and consultancy-based personnel aligned to donor-funded initiatives.
In line with its commitment to employee well-being and international best practices, COMESA is seeking to procure comprehensive Staff Medical Insurance Cover for its Secretariat staff and their eligible dependants. The tender aims to ensure access to high-quality, efficient, and globally recognized healthcare services.
More information on COMESA’s strategic priorities can be found in the 2021–2025 Medium-Term Strategic Plan, available on the COMESA website: www.comesa.int.
OBJECTIVES
The overall objective of the Tender is to facilitate identification and selection of COMESA Secretariat Staff Medical Cover/Insurance service provider, best suited to the circumstances and international character of the COMESA Secretariat and its staff.
The specific objectives are to achieve, for COMESA Secretariat staff a medical cover/ insurance, with the following attributes:
- International Cover;
- Value for money; and
- Cost efficient.
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