Liberia: Rural Economic Transformation Project

Project No. P175263

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

The Government of Liberia received a US$55 million dollars’ loan from the World Bank for the Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP). The RETRAP seeks to increase the income of rural poor households through sustainable agricultural livelihood enhancements and improved rural access and agricultural marketing infrastructure services and received Additional Financing credits in the amount of 30 million from the IDA Crisis Response Window – Early Response Financing CRW-ERF as additional financing (AF) to the Republic of Liberia for the Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP). The RETRAP-AF seeks to increase the income of rural poor households through sustainable agricultural livelihood enhancements and improved rural access and agricultural marketing infrastructure services. As its focus, the project will support the value chains of Rice, Cassava, Oil-Palm, Rubber, Horticulture, Poultry & Pig husbandry, and Vegetables. The project will be implemented in all 15 counties of Liberia over a period of five years.

The project includes the following components:

Project Components

Component 1: Improving the enabling environment for agribusiness development in Liberia . The objective of Component 1 is to improve the enabling policy and regulatory environment necessary for private businesses to increase investment and commercial activities and enhance the delivery of quality support services that can foster an inclusive and competitive development of the sector. This component will finance combinations of specialized technical assistance, training, works, goods, consulting and non-consulting services, and operational expenses.

Component 2: Enhancing Competitiveness and Market Access through Productive Alliances .

The objective of this component is to promote the development of organizations of small sized medium-sized agricultural producers participating in “productive alliances” with selected partners with the aim to be able to operate competitively in selected value chains, with strengthened and more reliable linkages with buyers and markets and increased capacity to manage climate risks. The basic approach is to promote investments and collective actions, with the aim of gaining economies of scale, enhancing bargaining power, facilitating knowledge sharing, and reducing costs of production and service delivery.

Component 3: Agri-markets and road Infrastructure Investments.

The objective of this component is to improve access to markets through the rehabilitation of existing roads, construction of short-span critical cross-drainage structures, and improvement of agro-logistics centers. Expected outcomes from such investments are improved quality of products and reduced post-harvest losses, reduced marketing costs and better connection between producers and buyers, and improved competitiveness of the domestic production in supplying food products to major consumption centers and export points.

Component 4: Project coordination and Management and Contingency Emergency Relief. The aim of this component is twofold: (i) ensuring that GoL is better equipped to respond to crises and emergencies; and (ii) establishing appropriate coordination, Monitoring, and Evaluation (M&E), and communication regarding Project implementation.

Component 5: Support to Food Security.

The component is focusing on stimulating a food supply response through emergency production support to affected communities, while also addressing the underlying vulnerability to any such future shocks on food security.

The project will include the following specific procurement activities:

No. Description

A WORKS

1 Rehabilitation of 5 mini dams for farm irrigation system

Description

B GOODS AND NON-CONSULTING SERVICES

1. Supply and Delivery of Fertilizers for Medium and Large Rice Farmers

2. Procurement for the Supply and Delivery of Fertilizers for Cassava & Rubber Farmers

3. Supply and Delivery of Agro Chemicals

4. Supply and Delivery of Seed Rice for Medium and Large Rice Farmers

5. Supply and Delivery of PPEs for Small, Medium and Large Farmers

6. Procurement for the Supply and Delivery of Tools

7. Supply, Delivery and Installation of small-scale mechanization and post-harvest equipment (threshers, dryers, de-stoners, bag stitching, storage containers, mini mills, etc.)

8. Procurement of direct inputs (solar dryers, cassava graters, press, fryer, etc.)

9. Procurement for the Supply and Delivery of Cassava Cuttings

10. Procurement for the Supply and Delivery of Budded Rubber Stumps

11. Procurement for the Supply and Delivery of Terrain Appropriate means of transport - Purchase and distribution of transport tricycles)

12. Procurement of a Firm to Provide Event Planning Services for Agribusiness trade fair

13. Procurement of Services for Impact Storytelling of MOA projects

14. Procurement of Transportation and Distribution Services of Agri-inputs

No. Description

C CONSULTANCY SERVICE

1. Recruitment of an Individual Consultant for the Development of Agribusiness Council of Liberia

2. Creation of e-Extension platform for dissemination of information about new technologies

3. Recruitment of a Consultancy firm to Establish Relationship with research institutions and Extension Services

4. Recruitment of a Consultancy Firm to Provide TA for site-specific farm management

5. Recruitment of an Individual Consultant to Provide Technical Assistance to M&E and Communication support of the project

6. Recruitment of an Individual Consultant for Nutrition and food security baseline survey

7. Recruitment of a firm to facilitate implementation of extension services to young farmers using school-based approach(NGO)

8. Recruitment of A Firm for Community Development and Agricultural Infrastructure Intervention

9. Recruitment of a firm to review and evaluate the entire LACF implementation including processes, procedures and impact of the grant.

10. Recruitment o