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 Special Services Agreement (SSA) (for special projects like NPSP,
RNTCP and NLEP)
Based on provisions in the work plan, national consultants
are engaged by WHO under an SSA to provide the
services of both medical and non-medical experts (for a maximum period of one
year at a time).
Requests for engaging national consultants under SSA are to
be submitted as early as possible to WHO, preferably
in the beginning of the biennium, so as to derive maximum benefit from the
consultant's services.
The proposal, to be submitted by the NPM, should contain the
following information:
a) Project identity (SO,
OWER, RER, OSER, Product,Activity).
b) Proposed terms of
reference and expected deliverables.
c)
Proposed remuneration including contingency, if any, and place of assignment.
d) Duration of assignment
with indication of starting date.
e) Detailed bio-data of
proposed candidates (preferably three) for WHO's
consideration.
On receipt of the proposal,
WHO will engage the services of the mostsuitable
candidate as per the following procedure:
a) Only qualified and
suitable candidates who are interested and available, and have been proposed
by the Government/WHO, will be considered.
b) If sufficiently
qualified candidates are not available, placing advertisements in daily
newspapers to invite applications may be considered.
c) Screening and final
selection of candidates will be done by the respective NPM/institution and by
a representative of the WHO Country Office.
d) The SSA will be
prepared and concluded with the selected candidate.
Important information
regarding SSA
a) The remuneration will
be either as proposed by MoH&FW or as per the
prevailing WHO practices based on the proposed terms of reference.
b) An entry-level medical
examination is mandatory if the SSA holder opts for WHO health insurance.
c) The status of the SSA
holder is that of a "contractor" and does not imply
employer-employee relationship.
d) The maximum age for
engaging a person under an SSA is 62 years.
e) Official duty travel,
if any, would be arranged by WHO and daily subsistence
paid as per established rates forSSA holders.
Requests for such travel must be made in the prescribed format at least two
weeks in advance for WHO's approval so that a travel authorization can be
issued and travel arrangements made well in time. Last-minute requests should
be avoided as these may not be entertained.
f) The payment of annual
leaves encashment, wherever due, will be subject to satisfactory completion
of assignment duly certified by the NPM and WCO.
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It must be mentioned
here that under no circumstances will agreements prepared retroactively for
engaging the services of staff under SSA be processed. Therefore, requests
for recruitment must be sent to WHO well in
advance.
For consultants
reporting directly to the MoHFW will be hired
through APW.
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The title right, copyright and all other
rights of any material produced within the framework of the SSA shall be
vested exclusively in WHO.
The SSA holder shall not communicate to
any person any information known to him/her, which has not been made public
except in the course of his/her duties. Also, at no stage shall the SSA
holder, in any way, use for personal advantage information known to him/her
by reason of his/her official position. Furthermore, various information
materials prepared, developed and produced by SSA holders in the course of
duty should not carry their name, i.e. they should not write/ publish
articles in their own name in journals, etc., on topics directly related to
their assignment without obtaining prior clearance/approval
from WHO.
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