Livestock and Livelihood Development Project - GPN
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
The Republic of Sierra Leone
Livestock and Livelihood Development Project
Mode of Financing: IsDB (Loan & Instalment), Grant (LLF & WYE)
Financing No. SLE 1031
Background
The Government of Sierra Leone has received financing in the amount of $38.18 million, equivalent from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the Livestock and Livelihood Development Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.: This project will be jointly financed by the IFAD, the OPEC Fund and the Government of Sierra Leone.
The project aims at contributing to poverty reduction, enhancing food and nutrition security of rural households and creating employment opportunities for rural women and youth in Sierra Leone. The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to Enhance the Livelihoods of Smallholder Livestock Farmers and other Value Chain Actors with particular focus on Women and Youth through improving livestock production, productivity, and market access. Specifically, the project will empower beneficiaries most especially rural women and youth by enhancing their participation in livestock value chains and improving their access to resources and decision making as well as addressing barriers to economic empowerment
The project will include the following components:
- Component 1: Livestock Production and Productivity Enhancement
- Component 2: Value Addition and Market Access
- Component 3: Capacity Building and Institutional Development
- Component 4: Access to Finance
- Component 5: Project Management and Coordination
- Component 6: Financial Audit
- Component 7: Contingency Emergency Response (CER)
Procurement of contracts financed by the Islamic Development Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the Guidelines for the Procurement of Goods, Works and Related Services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing (April 2019 edition, revised in February 2023), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the Guidelines for the Procurement of Consultancy Services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing (April 2019 edition, revised in February 2023)
Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the Islamic Development Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) or international competitive bidding – member countries (ICB/MC) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in IsDB Website: www.isdb.org
The procurement methods for the different contracts are as follows:
Abbreviations: ICB (International Competitive Bidding), ICB/MC (International Competitive Bidding limited to Member Countries), NCB (National Competitive Bidding), Direct Contracting (DC), QCBS/MC (Quality and Cost Based Selection among Short-list of Member Countries firms), NS ( National Shopping), LCS/LC (Least Cost Selection among Short-list of National firms), IC/LC (Individual Consultant/Local Consultant).
Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Beneficiary at the address below:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Prince E. O. Cole, The Senior Permanent Secretary
1st Floor, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Telephone: +23276499600
Email: peocole@yahoo.com
web site address: maf.gov.sl