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Country: India Project Id: P168310 Project Name: State of Maharashtra's Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project Loan/Credit/TF Info.: IBRD-90310 Notice Version No.: 0 General Information Notice Type Request for Expression of Interest Borrower Bid Reference SMART/PCMU/ AHD/CS /77 /2023-24 Bid Description Selection of Technical Support Agency (TSA) for Livestock Business Development under PIU-AHD, SMART Language of Notice English Deadline for Application Submission Date 2024/04/18 Local Time 15:00 Selected category codes for product to be procured 80101508-Business intelligence consulting services Contact Information on Advertisement Organization/Department Project Implementation Unit -AHD Name Commissioner of Animal Husbandry Title Commissioner of Animal Husbandry Address Commissioner of Animal Husbandry & Head, PIU-AHD, SMART Project Opposite Spicer College, Aundh,Pune City Province/State Postal Code Country India Phone 020-25690480 Fax Email piu.ahd.smart@gmail.com Website Detailed Information for Advertisement Letter of Invitation Consulting Services Name of Assignment: Hiring of Technical Support Agency (TSA) for Livestock Business Development under PIU-AHD, SMART RFP Reference No.: SMART/PCMU/ AHD/CS /77 /2023-24 Loan No.: P168310 Location: Pune Date: 13/03/2024 Dear Mr. /Ms.: The Government of India (GOI) through Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra (hereinafter called "Borrower”) has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the “Bank”) in the form of a “loan” (hereinafter called “loan” toward the cost of Hon. Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART) Project. The Department of Agriculture (DoA), Government of Maharashtra (GoM), an implementing agency of the Client, intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan 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 SMART, DoA, GoM through GOI and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the loan agreement. The loan agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the loan 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 Borrower shall derive any rights from the loan agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the loan The Project Implementation Unit –Animal Husbandry, SMART Project (hereinafter called client) now invites proposals to provide the following consulting services (hereinafter called “Services”): Hiring of Technical Support Agency (TSA) for Livestock Business Development under PIU-AHD, SMART. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (Section 7). 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” Revised in November 2017, July 2018, and November 2020. (“Procurement Regulations”) which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org Joint venture or consortium are not allowed to submit the proposal for this assignment. The RFP includes the following documents: Section 1 – Request for Proposals Letter 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 – Fraud and Corruption Section 7 - Terms of Reference Section 8 - Standard Forms of Contract- Lump-Sum Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are provided in ITC 17.7 and ITC 17.9. Yours sincerely, Commissioner of Animal Husbandry & Head, PIU-AHD, SMART Project Opposite Spicer College, Aundh, Pune - 411067, Maharashtra, India. Website: www.ahd.maharashtra.gov.in Tel: 020-25690480 E-mail: piu.ahd.smart@gmail.com |