COVAX Supply Chain and logistics consultationOctober, 2020

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Overview of COVAX Supply Chain

Budgeting/Demand planning Policy & Allocation Procurement

ManufacturingInternational logistics Distribution

COVAX facility WHO UNICEF / PAHO

SuppliersUNICEF/PAHO Government & Partners

Requirements for the development of the COVAXGlobal Logistics Operational Plan

PriorityCapacity (airlines and forwarders) and space available

Time of loadingFreight validity period

Type of commodityDangerous goods, temperature controlled (range), cold chain, etc.

OriginIncoterm with suppliers: Origin

Destination

Size of the cargoin containers for sea freight, in chargeable weight (weight and volume) for air freight, truck load for road

Mode of transportAir, Sea, Road, Multimodal

A

B

UNICEF COVAX Global Logistics operational plan: key considerations

Mode of transport

Transport conditions scenarios

CapacityW&V scenariosOrigins Destinations

All COVAX candidates

Updates from COVAX facility

REOI results

COVAX AMC countries (92)

Any self financing COVAX countries

requesting procurement

through UNICEF

Estimation per vaccine

profile

Estimation based on

existing similar vaccine

Air for Covax /Sea (reefer TBC)

Surface for injection devices

Surface for cold chain equipment

Air for urgent ID and CCE if required

General cargo for CCE and IDs

Scenario A:2 to 8 degrees

Scenario B-20 degrees)

Scenario C-70 degrees

Forwarders capacity

Airlines and airports capacity

Charter brokers capacity

Manufacturers logistics capacity

Cold chain storage and transport

capacity

Receiving countries/ readiness and

capacity

UNICEF Supply Agreements

Work plan activities for the implementation of the COVAX logistics operations

Logistics preparedness

strategy & requirements

definition

Global logistics

operational plan

Logistics routes mapping and modelling

Transport conditions Scenario modelling

Volume estimation

Forwarders nominations

Partnerships with airlines/ Charter brokers

Information managementTracking of global COVAX

orders fulfillment

COVAX Logistics Control Tower (LCT)

UNICEF/PAHO/Global FFWs

Global logistics preparedness strategy pillars

Definition of strategy with key COVAX partners:

GAVI, WHO, PAHO

Industry consultation for

logistics industry

Convening of other partners for

information sharing and support

Stakeholder engagement

‘amongst UNICEF, GAVI and PAHO’

Supply Chain modelling /

definition of needs

Logistics routes mapping and

modelling considering

demand, supply pipeline and

products profiles and origins

Determine need for a UCC specific tender & award,

potentially including ICL if

needed

Reliance on UNICEF global

3PL and Forwarding

contracts

Logistics contracting

Partnerships with IATA & FIATA

involving major airlines & charter

brokers worldwide

Logistics industry partnerships

Logistics control tower / operations

management

COVAX Logistics

Control Tower (LCT)

UNICEF/PAHO/FFWs

Information management

Tracking of global COVAX orders

fulfillment

Delivery & Country

Readiness

Fully self-financing countries

AMC countriesLICs/ LMICs

COVAX global logistics coordination stakeholders map

CV

COVAX

SuppliersCold Chain Equipment

Injection Devices

Forwarders

Partners

AirlinesReceiving countries

COVAX operational plan –Version 1.0

Key origins

AMC COUNTRIES

US

EUROPE

INDIA

CHINA

AUSTRALIA

Key members:

: Procurement Coordinator / Logistics Control Tower

: Washington

: Geneva

AMC COUNTRIES

Self financing countries to be confirmed

Covax Logistics Control tower

COVAX

Cold Chain Equipment

Injection Devices

Logistics operations

Information management

Cold chain expertise

Anticipated risks related to Covax Logistics operations

• Overall supply chain constraints related to capacity (manufacturing/availability, storage space at origins, accountability of logistics between manufacturers and buyers, Airlines space, transport, countries’ readiness

• Potential shortage of packaging materials, pallet shippers• UCC equipment and envirotainers availability (No airports with UCC storage)• Dependency on special regulatory arrangements: for vaccine approval, country registration,

charters landing rights, Pre-Advice timelines / waivers for green lights due to tax exemptions• Staffing• Choice of incoterms and visibility• Airfreight space and sea/road as alternatives• Dry ice limitations on flights and possible dry ice supply shortage• Airports cold storage in transit and at destination• 24/7 monitoring• Phase one and phase 2 split vs. delivery in full to locations with small volumes and access

constraints• Access issues and the options of milk runs charters• Alignment of COVAX logistics planning with availability of syringes and cold chain equipment in

countries

COVAX supply chain success criteria

• Availability of vaccines and manufacturing capacity

• Engagement of UNICEF SD in the allocation process to ensure supply chain considerations are taken into account

• Close coordination with procurement teams to plan procurement activities in line with logistics constraints, considering the results of the logistics modelling in the ordering process to ensure accessibility, efficient cost and lead times

• Close coordination with countries during shipment planning based on storage availability and countries’ readiness

Thank You