La Embajada Británica en Argentina está buscando a un consultor/consultora

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La Embajada Británica en Argentina está buscando a un consultor/consultora que pueda realizar un estudio del sector de salud en Argentina.

Solicitante:

Ministerio de Comercio Internacional

Embajada Británica

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Requisitos indispensables a ser cumplidos por el ofertante:

El ofertante debe acreditar contar con la experiencia para preparar el estudio de mercado requerido, y haber realizado en los últimos 2 (dos) años por lo menos 2 (dos) estudios del mercado argentino, preferentemente en idioma inglés.
Como acreditación, el ofertante (o la entidad a la cual pertenece) presentará su perfil y CV con evidencia de los análisis realizados.

Información detallada del pedido:

El solicitante requiere que el estudio de mercado sobre el sector salud en Argentina sea realizado en idioma inglés y que sea entregado en forma electrónica en un formato que pueda ser editado *doc y *pdf hasta el 31 de enero de 2022. El ofertante además elaborará y presentará al solicitante:

La versión resumida del estudio de mercado del sector de salud en Argentina en idioma inglés en forma electrónica (formato *doc).
Una presentación en PowerPoint que resuma el estudio de mercado del sector salud en Argentina, en idioma inglés, que el ofertante deberá exponer en un webinar en la segunda quincena de febrero de 2022.
El estudio debe contener datos/información de 3 años contados a partir de la fecha de la presentación de la respuesta a esta solicitud de oferta y debe incluir las siguientes temáticas detalladas en inglés:

Argentina – Health Sector Market Research

A) Health System

Overview of the health system
Structure (public, private and social health schemes)
Size of the sector (number of public and private hospitals, clinics)

B) The Pharma Sector (drugs & medications)

Overview of the sector and size of the market
Main stakeholders (local and foreign laboratories, market share)
Local manufacturing capacity in the public and private sectors
Opportunities of science & innovation collaboration agreements
Demand of imported products (products and countries of origin)
Product registration process
Imports and exports –statistics
Trade barriers

C) The Health-Tech Sector (medical technology – devices & supplies

Overview of the sector and size of the market
Main stakeholders (Local and foreign companies, market share)
Local manufacturing capacity in the public and private sectors
Opportunities of science & innovation collaboration agreements
Demand of imported products (products and countries of origin)
Product registration process
Imports and exports – statistics
Trade barriers to import

Webinar:

El ofertante presentará un resumen del estudio de mercado en inglés, destacando las oportunidades que ofrece el sector en negocios, ciencia y cooperación. El público incluirá a referentes del sector salud en el Reino Unido.

Fecha límite de presentación de la oferta:

La oferta debe ser enviada antes de las 13hs del viernes 24 de setiembre, a Marisa Leoncini, email: baires.askcomm@fcdo.gov.uk.

Información adicional:

Presupuesto: Se aceptarán ofertas de hasta USD 13,000 (IVA incluido). El ofertante deberá poder facturar el servicio en USD, para lo cual tendrá que contar con una cuenta en USD en Argentina.
El monto será abonado por transferencia bancaria al ofertante en base a la factura presentada por el ofertante por dichos servicios, posterior a ser dado de alta como proveedor de la Embajada Británica y una vez realizado el trabajo.
Se firmará una carta de oferta de la Embajada con el ofertante seleccionado.
Si la carta de oferta no es firmada y enviada en forma electrónica a baires.askcomm@fcdo.gov.uk dentro de los 5 (cinco) días hábiles de haber sido recibido por vía electrónica se considerará que el ofertante desistió de hacer el análisis de mercado. El solicitante elegirá a otra oferta.
El ofertante que elabore el estudio de mercado le cederá al solicitante todos los derechos del autor del mismo, incluido el derecho a ser utilizado parcial o totalmente según lo estipulado en la Ley de derechos del autor. Los detalles estarán estipulados en la carta de oferta redactada por el solicitante.
Se evaluarán únicamente las ofertas que cumplan con los requisitos estipulados en esta solicitud de oferta. Si la oferta está incompleta o no cumple con los requisitos indispensables no será tomada en cuenta.
Si el ofertante decide ampliar el estudio de mercado a otros temas esto no influirá en su evaluación.

La Embajada Británica en Buenos Aires se reserva el derecho de no seleccionar al ofertante y de no expresar los motivos de su decisión

Published 9 September 2021

Foreign Secretary Statement: 9 September 2021

Press release

Statement from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on the departure of British nationals on a flight from Kabul.

The Foreign Secretary said:

We are grateful to our Qatari friends for facilitating a flight carrying 13 British nationals from Kabul to safety in Doha today.

We expect the Taliban to keep to their commitment to allow safe passage for those who want to leave.

ENDS

Published 9 September 2021

Milton Keynes and Sheffield awarded £1.4 million to deliver more homes

Sheffield and Milton Keynes win funding to help kickstart regeneration and build homes in each area.
£1.4 million awarded through the New Development Corporation Competition.
Funding to help spur economic growth and create thousands of new jobs.

Milton Keynes and Sheffield have been awarded funding of £1.4 million to develop proposals to unlock a significant number of homes and jobs through the New Development Corporation Competition (NDCC).

As part of the government’s efforts to level up the country, the NDCC enables councils to develop locally-led proposals to accelerate economic growth opportunities and kickstart the delivery of thousands of new homes.

Local councils submit transformational proposals to win a share of the funding to explore their ideas further. Proposals are delivered by local people who know their community best.

Milton Keynes will receive £665,000 to help explore how a locally – led development corporation can support the delivery of up to 60,000 homes by 2050 and create economic opportunities to support 50,000 to 90,000 jobs over the next 30 years.

Meanwhile, Sheffield will receive £763,000 to explore an innovative delivery mechanism to enhance economic opportunities in the region whilst delivering 8,000 homes and creating up to 4,000 jobs by 2040.

Funding across both regions will support the government in its mission to help drive regeneration in towns and cities while helping people across the country on to the housing ladder.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP said:

We’re levelling up the country and supporting local councils to put in place innovative and exciting proposals which will help regenerate our much-loved towns and cities.

I’m delighted to award the latest funding from the New Development Corporation Competition to Sheffield and Milton Keynes – two areas with huge potential for economic growth.

Both proposals will help deliver the new homes this country needs and create new jobs for people in the local area.

This latest funding follows on from £2.8 million awarded to Carlisle, Exeter, Tewkesbury and the Wirral to develop proposals for innovative delivery vehicles such as development corporations to deliver transformational regeneration or housing delivery in the areas of the country where it is needed most.

The New Development Corporation Competition is a £10 million competitive fund launched in October 2019 to support up to 10 local places with exploring delivery models that have been less commonly used in a contemporary context, such as development corporations.

Development corporations can help boost developments by providing focus, help coordinate plans for new development across different council boundaries and give builders the confidence to invest in sites.

Historically development corporations have helped over 20 new towns rise from the ground including Milton Keynes and Telford, as well as delivering transformational urban regeneration projects such as Canary Wharf.

See more information on the scheme, assessment criteria and how to apply.

Chief of the Air Staff speech on Sky Guardian

Thank you for your confirmation of the near £100 million investment in RAF Waddington’s state of the art operating and training facilities for Protector.

It’s a clear demonstration of the UK government’s commitment to this exciting programme and our ambition to be the International Training Centre for some of the 30 allied Air Forces who have already expressed interest in Protector and the Sky Guardian.

The Sky Guardian aircraft that you’re about to see get airborne is representative of the 16 Protectors that we’ve ordered and there’ll be based and operating from RAF Waddington as you’ve just heard from 2023.

Protector is a giant leap forward in technology and aircraft performance over its predecessor Reaper; it can fly further for longer, for many more places around the world with a much wider range of potential missions from flood monitoring to maritime patrol, to strikes on violent extremists who would do us harm.

Equipped with cutting edge sensors, automatic take-off landing and flight modes and UK weapons, this aircraft will enable our government to act on a world stage within hours at range and precisely.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be working with the Civil Aviation Authority, civilian authorities, and allies to confirm our ability to operate this aircraft freely in UK and international airspace.

We will also confirm its enormous operational utility from assisting local authorities to supporting maritime operations in the North Atlantic. This aircraft offers significant opportunities, it offers opportunities for collaboration with our international allies with widespread interest in this aircraft in NATO and around the world, the opportunities for future collaboration are vast.

The International Training Centre will help us train alongside our partner air forces, starting with the Belgian Air Force, and provides us with this valuable opportunity to share our years of combat experience operating these remotely piloted air systems.

I’m also delighted that the Protector programme is investing substantially in UK industry. The collaboration between the Royal Air Force, General Atomics and 12 UK industry partners will see £400 million reinvested into the UK economy, with the potential to rise to £1 billion over the course of the programme.

UK industry has contributed to every part of the aircraft system, from computer modules to the V tails, to engine development, weapons and logistical support.

As a military leader, and as you’ve just heard from Secretary of State, I need to be ready to provide our decision makers with operational choice and ultimately, the ability to fight and win when deterrence and political discourse has run its course.

That requires a Royal Air Force able and willing to pioneer advances in technology like Protector and integrate it swiftly and seamlessly into our force.

UK and Switzerland strike deal to secure healthcare access and other benefits for citizens living and travelling abroad

Press release

The UK and Switzerland have signed a landmark agreement which will benefit citizens who live and work abroad in either country

UK and Switzerland deal will ensure citizens living or working in either country can receive healthcare and an uprated state pension
UK and Swiss citizens will have access to necessary healthcare when visiting either country

The UK and Switzerland signed a landmark agreement today which will benefit citizens who live and work abroad in either country by ensuring they are able to receive healthcare cover and uprated state pensions, amongst other social security entitlements. It will also allow eligible individuals travelling to either country to access necessary healthcare when abroad using a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or its UK successor, the Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC).

The Convention on Social Security Coordination, which benefits citizens of both countries also supports business and trade by ensuring that cross-border workers and their employers are only liable to pay social security contributions in one state at a time.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister, Nigel Adams who signed the agreement today said:

I am pleased to be able to sign the UK-Switzerland Convention on Social Security Coordination. This will help give people certainty over their future incomes, ensure our citizens can continue to receive reciprocal healthcare and support business and trade links between our two countries.

The agreement covers a wide range of social security benefits for eligible individuals. Those living abroad in either country will be able to receive healthcare, uprated pensions and other benefits. This includes healthcare cover for UK state pensioners, those exporting maternity allowance, and certain categories of cross-border workers.

Published 9 September 2021