Country: Nigeria
Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP)
Credit No: 4539UNI
National Coordinating Office (NCO)
Consultancy Services
Request for Expressions of Interest
This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the Commercial Agriculture Development Project which appeared in This Day Newspaper of 22nd July, 2009.
The National Coordinating Office of Commercial Agriculture Development Project through the Federal Government of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (hereinafter referred to as IDA) Bank toward the cost of Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for the following Consultancy Services:
- Irrigation Study
- Commercial Agriculture Development Programme Study on Additional Value Chain and Project Restructuring.
- Engineering Design of Agro-Processing Centre for Commercial Agriculture Development Project
The CADP is to support the strategy of:
- Diversifying into non-oil sources of growth and away from overdependence on oil and gas.
- Bringing considerable global experience and knowledge on value chain development and small-holder commercialization.
- Development of comprehensive and harmonized framework of support for agricultural commercialization, which includes capacity building, provision of critical public goods and development of market linkages
- Identifying challenges and opportunities for growth and particularly agricultural growth with the five (5) participating states “Cross River, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano & Lagos States”.
The National Coordinating Office of Commercial Agriculture Development Project now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing any of the services.
Interested consultants (Firms) must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, and availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.) Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
Consultants will be selected under Consultant Qualification (CQ) in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (current edition).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 09.00 am – 5.00 pm (Mondays-Fridays).
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below on or before 5:00pm, Friday 05th July, 2013, and clearly marked as “Irrigation Study or Commercial Agriculture Development Programme Study on Additional Value
Chain and Project Restructuring or Engineering Design of Agro-Processing Centre for Commercial Agriculture Development Project”:
The National Project Coordinator,
NCO-CADP,
No 6 Lord Lugard Street,
Area 11, Garki,
Abuja – FCT.
E-Mail: ngcommagric@gmail.com
08036660591, 08037860764