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Facilitating Partner for the Dairy Sub-Component of HLP

Request For Expressions of Interest

General Information
Country:   Afghanistan
City/Locality:   Kabul
Notice/Contract Number:   MAIL/539/EOI
Publication Date:   May 25, 2007
Deadline:   Jun 16, 2007
Funding Agency:   World Bank
Buyer:   AF: Hort. & Livestock Project
Eligibility of Bidders:   Any company or consortium of companies expressing interest will need to demonstrate significant experience of managing similar projects in similar environments, preferably including in any developing countries. Interested consulting firms and consortia must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform above services (e.g. brochures, descriptions of similar assignments, value of previous assignments; if the firm was in JV/association, then the role of the firm in that assignment and value of the respective services); experience under similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Sanjeev Mathur
Procurement Advisor
Afghanistan Reconstruction & Developement Servises - Procurement Unit (ARDS-PU)
Ministry of Economy Building, 5th & 6th floor
Malik Asghar Square
Kabul
Afghanistan
Telephone:   0093(0)797 690 164
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://www.ards.org.af

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR
INTERNATIONAL FACILITATING PARTNER TO SUPPORT THE DAIRY PRODUCTION SUB-COMPONENT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
Emergency Horticulture and Livestock Project (HLP)
International Facilitating Partner to support the Dairy Production Sub-Component Processing Unit
Grant Number: H226 – AF
Project ID No.: P098256
Reference No.: MAI/539/EOI
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

This request for Expressions of Interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business on April 8, 2006. This new EOI is published as the scope of services of the previously published EOI has been revised by the by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL).

The MAIL has received a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Horticulture and Livestock Project (HLP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the contract for Facilitating Partner for Dairy Sub-Component (‘Expanding Integrated Dairy Schemes in Afghanistan’) of HLP.

Background

Based on the experience of neighbouring countries, building up a dairy industry from scratch requires thirty years and more. Over the last five years an organised system of integrated small-scale dairy production has emerged in the four locations of Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz and Herat. Key elements of this ‘Integrated Dairy Scheme’ mainly promoted by FAO comprise i.a.:
- Raising the quality of available fodder through the selection and distribution of new and improved fodder varieties, and conducting demonstrations with selected farmers and establishing producer groups to organize the production of improved forage for dairy farmers.
- Assisting in the formation of milk producer groups as a means of raising knowledge, particularly in improved feeding, animal husbandry and health care and by coordinating the collection of milk.
- Improving access to markets for milk and milk products by establishing milk collection schemes on the fringes of major cities, together with processing centers to ensure that the milk and milk products are hygienic and becoming available to customers.
- Raising knowledge among dairy farmers about the impacts of animal parasites and disease and the actions to combat disease.
- Facilitating breed improvement through the provision of quality sires and imported semen at Artificial Insemination Centers at strategic locations

Based on the successful experiences gained so far, the HLP is planning to further develop the production, processing and marketing of milk and dairy products in Afghanistan, by strengthening existing dairy production schemes and starting in suitable locations new dairy schemes, thus increasing the number of benefiting smallholder farmers, improving the livelihood of dairy households, and increasing production of milk and dairy products in the country. Ultimately, increased production, processing and marketing of milk and dairy products are anticipated to substitute a significant share of the current imports of milk and milk products into Afghanistan.

Expected Results

It is expected that at the end of the first three years period of HLP the already existing dairy schemes are strengthened by having increased the marketing volume and improved the collection of raw milk and its processing into dairy products, started new integrated dairy schemes and strengthened the organization of dairy farmers into dairy cooperatives and unions.

Specific results include:

- Up to 15,000 new dairy farmers from up to 250 selected villages will have been registered and participate in dairy schemes following detailed baseline surveys carried out by the consultant in the larger Kabul milkshed area comprising Kabul, Logar, Wardak, Parwan and Kapisa provinces, and other locations with a potential for milk production such as Kunduz, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad and Herat;
- In selected provinces provincial Dairy Promotion Teams are trained and operational, comprising one provincial dairy officer, one officer for livestock production, one officer for forage and feeding, and one animal health officer;
- Village based forage and feed production is promoted and increasing, with supplementary feeds produced by provincial animal feed production centers and made available to dairy farmers, e.g. by the dairy farmers organizations and/or private traders:
- In each village the provincial Dairy Promotion Team have trained and organized all participating milk producers into village milk producers groups with each group having an elected and trained secretary;
- Village secretaries and milk route supervisors are trained, training activities are recorded, and needed information and equipment is provided and used;
- About 50 milk collection centers are established, and in the most remote locations 10 to 15 milk storage tanks are installed and used;
- Depending on the situation and circumstances, the dairy farmers were supported to set up functional dairy producer organizations at district, provincial, regional and national level, with elected and trained representatives to manage input supplies and services delivery to the village dairy farmers and to ensure regular purchase, collection, processing and marketing of the milk delivered by village dairy farmers;
- Together with the government extension service and the dairy producer organizations, adapted extension messages and materials are developed and used by government and private livestock/dairy extension agents;
- Dairy processing facilities as well as feed plant(s) of adequate capacity and in appropriate locations are set up and operational, reflecting realistic market and milk production potentials in the project’s target provinces;
- Towards the end of HLP’s pilot phase, the FP Dairy together with the various dairy organizations has drafted the plan of how to promote in the following 5-10 years the development of dairy production in Afghanistan.

Note: The actual procurement of goods, works and services for the implementation of this dairy sub-component will be the responsibility of the IMST/LFP on behalf of MAIL, while the Facilitating Partner will be responsible for designing works and specifying services and equipment needed, as well as for the initial management of the milk and feed processing units.

The implementation period will be about three years from September 2007.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock invites eligible and highly experienced consulting companies with specific experience of implementing integrated smallholder dairy development programs in developing countries to indicate their interest in providing the services indicated above.
Any Consultant or consortium of consultants expressing interest will need to demonstrate significant experience of managing similar projects in similar environments, preferably including in any developing countries. Interested consulting firms and consortia must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform above services (e.g. brochures, descriptions of similar assignments, value of previous assignments; if the firm was in JV/association, then the role of the firm in that assignment and value of the respective services); experience under similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
The interested consulting firms may obtain the draft TOR from the address given below.
A consulting firm/consortium will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (May 2004).

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below.

Expressions of interest must be delivered at the address given below not later than 1600 hours on 16th June 2007 Kabul Time.


Address:

Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services - Procurement Unit (ARDS - PU)
Attn.: Mr. Sanjeev Mathur, Procurement Advisor
Ministry of Economy Building, 5th and 6th floor
Malik Asghar Square
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel.: +93(0)797 690 164
Email: ards.procurement@ards.org.af
cc: hayatullah.ibrahimi@ards.org.af and sanjeev.mathur@ards.org.af
Website: www.ards.org.af

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