General Procurement Notice

Country:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

City/Locality:

Sarajevo and Banja Luka

Notice/Contract Number:

Credit No. 4325 – 0 BOS

Publication Date:

Jul 25, 2007

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Agriculture and Rural Development Project
Ministries of AFWM of Fed. of BiH and Republ Srpsk

Original Language:

English

Address:

Mr.Dusan Neskovic
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Musala 9
Sarajevo 71000
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Telephone:

+387 33 209 819

Fax:

+ 387 33 208 100

Email:

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Project ID No. P101213

Credit No. 4325 – 0 BOS

The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has obtained a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) in the amount of US$21.0 million equivalent toward the cost of the Agriculture and Rural Development Project, and intends to apply the proceeds of the credit to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this Project. The Government of Sweden through its Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has agreed to co-finance the Project, for which a US$6.00 million equivalent grant will be provided to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Project Development Objective is to assist BiH to strengthen the capacity of its State-level and Entity-level institutions to deliver more efficient and effective agricultural services and support programs as well as to make a substantial contribution to an acceleration of BiH’s eligibility to access support under the European Union Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD).

The Project will include following components:

A: Agricultural Information and Institutional Capacity Building. This Component will support the Entity-level Ministries of Agriculture as well as the various State-level agencies serving both Entities to fulfill their respective mandates as planning and policy making institutions. It will help establish agriculture and rural sector information systems to aid sectoral policy and decision making; strengthen state veterinary, food safety and phytosanitary services; strengthen inspectorate capacity; and develop pluralistic, participatory, results-oriented Entity-level agricultural extension programs. It will provide assistance through the following four sub-components; (i) improving agriculture and rural sector information systems; (ii) strengthening state veterinary, food safety and phyto-sanitary services; (iii) strengthening inspectorate capacity; and (iv) strengthening agricultural extension services.

B: Enhanced Agriculture and Rural Development Support Program. This Component will build harmonized, efficient, transparent, and by Project-end, EU IPARD compliant rural development support programs and payment systems. It will help establish rural development program planning and coordination at the State-level, strengthen the Entity-level systems for providing rural development payments; and increase investment grant funds for targeted objectives and areas. It will provide assistance through the following three sub-components: (i) strengthening rural development program planning and coordination; (ii) strengthening the systems for providing rural development payments; and (iii) increasing investment grants for target objectives and areas.

C. Project Coordination, Administration and Monitoring. This Component will build capacity within FBiH Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry and RS Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and within the Sector of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Rural Development under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations to coordinate, administrate, monitor and evaluate the Project.

Procurement of contracts financed by the credit will be conducted through the procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004 (revised October 2006), and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2004 (revised October 2006).

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for large-value consultants’ contracts will be announced, as they become available, in on-line edition of Development Business and in leading local newspapers.

Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive an invitation to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of the advertisement requesting expressions of interest for large-value consultants’ contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the addresses below:

FBiH Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry
Agriculture and Rural Development Project – FBiH Project Coordination Unit
Ms Irena Jerkić, Project Coordinator
Trampina 4/I
Sarajevo 71000, Federation of BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. +387 33 213 098
Fax. + 387 33 213 099
E-mail: piusum@bih.net.ba

RS Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Agriculture and Rural Development Project – RS Project Coordination Unit
Mr. Zoran Kovačević, Project Coordinator
Slavka Rodića 4
Banja Luka 78000, Republic of Srpska
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. + 387 51 217 830, 217 831, 217 832
Fax. + 387 51 220 340
E-mail: office@rsapcu.org

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