Request for Proposal Letter; Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project

Name of Assignment: Supervision of Construction of the Agro-logistics centers in the Balkhi district and Khujand city

Organization: State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit 

Project: Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project 

RFP Reference No.: SRASP-CS-DRFP-2025-01

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: D860-TJ

Country: Republic of Tajikistan

Date: 14.02.2025

1. Republic of Tajikistan (the Client) has been allocated grant funds (the “Grant”) from the World Bank which are administered by the International Development Association (IDA) (the “Bank”) and executed by the State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit (“the Recipient”). The Recipient intends to apply the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued. Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of the State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the grant agreement. The grant agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the grant account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Bank, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than the State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit shall derive any rights from the grant agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the grant. 
2. The Client now invites proposals from eligible Consultancy firms to provide the following consulting services (hereinafter called “Services”): Supervision of Construction of the Agro-logistics centers in the Balkhi district and Khujand city. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (Section 7 of the RFP) and also can be found at the following website: 
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3. A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) and in a Full Technical Proposal (FTP) format as described in this RFP, in accordance with the policies of the Bank detailed in the Bank’s “Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org

4. The RFP includes the following documents:

Section 1 - Letter of Invitation

Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants and Data Sheet

Section 3 - Technical Proposal (FTP) - Standard Forms

Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 5 – Eligible Countries

Section 6 – Bank’s Policy – Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices

Section 7 - Terms of Reference

Section 8 - Forms of Contract (Lump-Sum)

5. Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are: 

Date:  March 19, 2025

Time: 14:00 Dushanbe time 

The Proposal submission address is:  

The State Committee on Investments and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan (Goscominvest)

Street address: 27 Shotemur Street 

Floor/Room number: Ground floor, room No.10, Tender unit

City: Dushanbe 

Postal code: 734025 

Country: Republic of Tajikistan

6. The full package of RFP in English may be obtained by interested Bidders upon the submission of an official letter to the email: procurement.srasp@gmail.com. The document will be sent by the AED PMU procurement email.