Request for Expressions of Interest to organize an international study visit learning about the animal by-products management system in Poland



REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Moldova Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP)

Assignment Title: Local (Moldovan) company/firm/NGO to organize an international study visit learning about the animal by-products management system in Poland

Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): MD-CAPMU-295166-CS-CQS

Moldova has received an Additional Financing (AF) from the International Development Association in the amount of US$15.0 million for the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project (MAC-P). The AF will be used for scaling up project activities under Component 1: Enhancing Food Safety Management aimed at strengthening human, institutional, and technical capacities of the country’s food safety and quality management systems and ensuring regulatory and system compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards on premium food export markets (primarily European Union [EU] and EU-aligned markets). To this end, the AF will finance a series of activities and investments aiming to establish a comprehensive, EU-compliant system for the management of animal by-products (ABPs) unintended for human consumption. Currently, with the support of the International Finance Corporation, a feasibility study for the construction of the Processing Unit for the Animal By-Products (ABPs) not intended for human consumption (UPSOA) has been developed.

This international study visit aims at learning and enhancing knowledge about the ABP not intended for human consumption management system in Poland. Also, during the Study Visit the group will learn about the agricultural biogas power plants in Poland and row materials used, and namely biodegradable waste and cat. 2 and 3 by-products. The Moldovan group will constitute of 12 participants and namely from the State Chancellery, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Ministry of Environment, the National Food Safety Agency, and other relevant stakeholders. The delegation will also have representatives from the fiduciary unit.

The Consolidated Agricultural Projects’ Management Unit on behalf of Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry now invites eligible local consulting firms/NGOs (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualification Based-Selection method set out in the above-mentioned “Procurement Regulations”.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by e-mail to the address below by September 04, 2022, cob.

The announcement can be found at the following link: https://www.capmu.md/en/2022/08/english-request-for-expressions-of-interest-11/

For more details, please see the following Terms of Reference (https://www.capmu.md/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TOR_Study-visit_Poland_final-.pdf)

Consolidated Agricultural Projects’ Management Unit (CAPMU)

Attn: Cornel Bordeianu, Procurement Officer

of.  215, 50 Capriana str., ASEM, Building C, 2nd floor   

Chisinau, MD-2005, Republic of Moldova

E-mail: office@capmu.md; capmu@capmu.md, with copy to: cbordeianu@capmu.md.

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