GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

 

COUNTRY: NIGERIA

 NAME OF PROJECT: JIGAWA STATE INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

 SECTOR: RURAL DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Mode of Financing: Istisna’a

Financing No.NGA 0032

 

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing in the amount of United State Dollar USD 32.48 equivalent from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the Jigawa State Integrated Rural 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 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Federal Republic of Nigeria.The project will include the following components

 

Component 1: Irrigation Development Support ($14.31 million)

The activities to be funded include: (i) physical construction that comprises reconstruction (3,180ha) and extension of irrigation works (600ha) and (ii) institutional support for a more efficient and sustainable operation and maintenance of the infrastructure (support to water users association.14 boreholes will be rehabilitated and 10 new boreholes will be built. The project will provide investment in the infrastructure and equipment for participative small-scale irrigation sub project emanating especially for women group. Land in all identified irrigation scheme 4 within the project zone belongs to the Government. A land leasing arrangement is therefore proposed after reconstruction works and land development works are completed.

 

Component 2: Productivity Improvement and Value Chain Development Support ($5.85 million).

 The activities to be funded include: (a) investments in infrastructure: construction of 15 No

agricultural product markets, construction of access roads (100 km), storage/conservation infrastructure (54 storage infrastructure), construction of infrastructure for livestock activities

(grazing reserves and 15 windmill watering points) and for smallholder-fisheries production (200 units); and (b) cost of advisory services-- providing field extension services that are responsive to the production, processing and marketing needs of project's beneficiaries.

 

Component 3: Micro-Enterprise Development Support Facility ($2.18 million).

The project will finance the rehabilitation of 27 skills acquisition centers and 4 Agricultural skill acquisition centres and will provide support to the training program implementation.

Component 4: Micro-Finance Support Facility ($8.17 million)

The project will finance: (a) agricultural inputs (seed, fertilizers, pesticides and small agricultural equipment) supply to farmers through the Jigawa State Agricultural Supply Company (b) revolving micro-finance facility to support diversified income-generating Sub projects, and (c) technical assistance to participating Micro finance institutions. Women will constitute a minimum of 50% of borrowers and at least 75% of the Micro finance portfolio shall be in agricultural, agribusiness, livestock, fisheries sector etc.

 Component 5: Capacity building ($0.8 million)

The project will transfer financial resources for the following activities: (i) to support and develop inclusive, self-reliant, self-managed and sustainable community and develop association (ii) technical assistance, training and other institution-building support to line departments and local governments to be more responsive to the needs of the poor and to build a culture of transparency and accountability in the delivery of public services. The technical assistance will finance Consultant for Islamic Micro finance Programme design, development, staff training and launching in favour of B. This cover (a) Drafting Standard financing contracts with end users to be compatible with Sharia  and application of Islamic Micro finance Services, including Zakat, Waqf based poverty reduction services (b) Preparation of Specific manual of procedure that adapts Islamic financing requirements ( c ) Upgrading Management Information and Accounting system to comply with Islamic Micro finance product and Micro finance Strategy and operational Planning.

Component 6: Consultancy services ($1.59 million)

The project will recruit consulting firms to undertake the following consultancy services:

 (i) the Detailed Engineering Design and Supervision of works under Istisna'a and loan financing, (ii) the monitoring and evaluation design and implementation; (iii) the midterm evaluation and (iv) the environmental monitoring (v) environmental monitoring (vi) training. /capacity (viii) technical assistance to micro finance.

 

 

Component 7: Project Management ($1.09 million)

This component will finance operating costs (excluding salaries) of project administration and coordination and other recurrent costs (excluding salaries) of the project implementation coordination function.

 

The Project Components will be procured in accordance with IsDB Procurement guidelines as follows: -

 

1.    Civil Works

i.         The Surface Irrigation Reconstruction under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB (3 Lots)

ii.       The Feeder Roads under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB

iii.     The Construction of New Irrigation Scheme under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB (3 Lots)

iv.     The Rehabilitation and Construction New boreholes under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB,

v.       The Procurement of Skills Acquisition Centres under the Project will be Procured under National Competitive Bidding NCB,

vi.     The Procurement of Markets, Storage facilities and Watering points will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB

 

2.     Goods

 

i.  The Procurement of PCO Equipment and Furniture under the Project will be Procured under National Shopping NS

ii. The Procurement of Pumps and Shallow tube wells under the Project will be Procured under National Competitive Bidding NCB

iii. The Procurement of Agrochemicals and Agricultural equipment under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB.

iv. The Procurement of Small holder Aquaculture Equipment and Demonstration Equipment under the Project will be Procured through National Competitive Bidding NCB.

 

 

3, Consultancy Services

i The Consultant for Detailed Engineering Design and Supervision (Instalments) would be procured through Short list of Consultants from member countries (MC) consultancy firms

ii The Consultant for Detailed Engineering Design and Supervision (Loan) would be procured through Short list of Consultants from member countries (MC) consultancy firms.

iii. The Consultant for the Technical Assistant to Micro finance Component under the Project would be Procured from the Short list of Consultants from Consultancy firms.

iv.   The Consultant for Baseline Studies and Design of the Monitoring and Evaluation   System will be procured from the Short list of Consultants from Consultancy Firms

v. The Consultant for Environmental Monitoring will be procured from the Short list of Consultants

     vi. The Consultant for Training/Capacity building will be Procured from the Short list of Consultants

vii The Consultant for the Mid Term Review will be Procured from the Short list of Consultants

vii.    The Consultant for Islamic Micro finance Programme will be Procured from the short list Consultants

 

4.Auditing Services

 

i The Financial Auditing Services under the project will be Procured through the Short list of National Auditors Firms.

Procurement of contracts financed by the Islamic Development Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the Guidelines for Procurement of Goods, Works and related services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing (January 2019), 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 Consultant Services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing (January 2019 edition).[1]

 

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’s external website, UNDB On line or DgMarket websites, Daily trust and Leadership local newspapers

Pre-qualification of suppliers and contractors will be required for the following NCB Contracts.

Works

I. Construction   3 No New Surface Based Irrigation Schemes 3 (Lots)

ii. Re-Construction of   19 Surface Irrigation Schemes   3(Lots)

iii. Construction of 10 New Borehole Surface Irrigation Scheme 1 (Lot)

iv. Construction of 15 No Watering points and Windmills 1 (Lot)

v.  Drilling of 5,000 Tube wells

 Goods

i.      Supply of Agricultural Inputs to JASCO

ii.    Supply of 5000 No Irrigation Water Pumps

iii.  Supply of 200 No Small holder Aquaculture equipment 1No Demonstration equipment and 4 No Demonstration packs for Skills Acquisition Centres

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:

 

Jigawa State Integrated Rural Development Project

Dr. Abubakar Kwalle Karaye, Project Coordinator

Jigawa State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (JARDA) PMB 7024 Dutse, Jigawa State Nigeria: +2347036942234 & +2348024260355

jigawaidbp@gmail.com