UNOPS has worked
in Kosovo* (*referred to throughout in the context of United Na...
UNOPS has worked
in Kosovo* (*referred to throughout in the context of United Nations Security
Council resolution 1244 [1999]) since 1999, helping partners achieve their
development and peace and security goals.
The UNOPS team in
Pristina provides sustainable project management, procurement, infrastructure,
administrative support, and advisory and fund management services. Prioritizing
major infrastructure project implementation, UNOPS provides project management
support to partners in the environment and rule of law sectors, and supports
partner personnel management, including for UN Environment and UNHCR.
Working closely
with communities and local authorities, UNOPS supports capacity development by
sharing knowledge and best practices with national counterparts. WHO requires assessment studies of the
physical conditions of office buildings owned by the organization, which are
located in several countries across the world. The United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS) has been requested by WHO office in Geneva to carry
out a project to conduct these building condition assessment studies.
The World Health Organization
(WHO) has operational activities in many countries across the world, in order
to manage these activities personnel are located in buildings owned and managed
by WHO. Within these buildings, there is a responsibility for facilities
management to ensure that all buildings meet minimum standards for safety of
personnel and efficient operations as well as ensure a timely and planned
response for repairs and remedial work. As country operations focus on a health
mandate, there is often a limed knowledge of building maintenance and
management to ensure that facilities that personnel work in remain in a safe
and operational condition.
The United Nations
Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has been requested by WHO (Geneva) through
an Interagency Agreement to carry out a project to conduct a comparable condition assessment of WHO-owned real estate
assets in order to know what condition the assets are in and what investments
are required over the next 10 years. WHO
also requires to validate that the investments required have a return: i.e.
that the buildings are fit for the foreseeable future purpose and that the
assets are worth the investment. The condition assessment reports should be of
a standardized, easy-to-understand, jargon-free style of the condition
assessments that can be shared with Member States and non-technical senior
managers. WHO requires justified
recommendations for any necessary investments with an estimate of probable
investment costs noting an accuracy tolerance of +/- 20%
The condition
assessments should focus on life safety, local code compliance, environmental
compliance, cost effectiveness, building-related MOSS compliance and the likely
presence of asbestos-containing materials.
Currently WHO has
a management system to determine what repairs are required on each asset and
this produces a master capital plan for allocation of available budget yearly
to allow repairs to take place. Whilst the system historically provides for the
capital budget master plan to be developed, annually it can often rely on
limited information coming from health practitioners in the country office. The
project will present a revitalized capital master plan that will ascertain the
likely life cycle of key building infrastructure components and spread out any
investments as efficiently as possible over the 10-year plan cycle,
prioritizing health, safety and security justified projects.
The scope of the project
services is to carry out a conditional survey of buildings owned by the World
Health Organization (WHO) in the following countries: Switzerland;
Equatorial Guinea; Egypt; Tunisia; Somalia; South Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo; Burkina Faso;
Afghanistan; Pakistan; Jordan; Philippines;