Request for Proposals – To perform the contract of supply for solar pumps, water Tank stands, water Tanks, Drip irrigation kits and Installation for boreholes in Southern, Central and Eastern Increase model demonstration fields

SNV Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) is a non-for-profit international development organization founded in the Netherlands in 1965, with local presence in over 25 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. SNV provides advisory services, knowledge networking and supporting advocacy in the agriculture, water, sanitation and hygiene and renewable energy sectors. Driven by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SNV makes a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them raise incomes and access basic services.

The INCREASE Project

SNV Netherlands Development Organization is implementing a project inspired by concepts and lessons from SILMS and E4A projects (an agricultural and a biogas project respectively). The project is called INCREASE (Increasing Climate Resilience in Energy and Agricultural Systems and Entrepreneurship). The INCREASE project is a 7 million Euros SIDA funded project promoting climate resilience in energy, agriculture, and food systems.

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The INCREASE project’s goal is to address the major challenge of climate change that farmers, agribusinesses, and SMEs are facing. To achieve this, the project strengthens the adaptive capacity of agricultural and energy systems as well as the promotion of climate smart (CS) diversification practices and productive use of renewable energy.

The project works with the larger agribusinesses in Cotton, Dairy and Horticulture and covers Eastern, Central, Copperbelt, Lusaka, and Southern provinces, initially targeting to reach 11,300 smallholder farmers in the 3 value chains. While working in these value chains the project intends to

promote integration of renewable sources of energy such as Solar and Biogas energy both for household use and productive use (example for Productive use of biogas and bio slurry).

Furthermore, the project drives the uptake of bio digesters among smallholder farmers for biogas and bio slurry usage, in addition to other energy-focused interventions within the three value chains and the adoption of more and modern energy solutions for cooking, lighting and productive uses by 3,000 households. The project had started in January 2020 and will run till end 2022 (with a possible extension to 2023). As the project aims to address the major challenge of climate change that farmers, agribusinesses and SMEs are facing using a value chain approach, the project set up demonstration sites with full Increase models that demonstrate CSA practises and promotion of renewable energy for lead farmers/women groups in the 3 value chains. These farmers are in the from different locations and have already established Increase models and other identified demo plots that act as our field school for application of CSA practices in the three value chains. The set-up will demonstrate renewable energy application on underground water extraction and water efficiency for winter crop production and sustained fruit production using drip irrigation. The Solar pumping systems and drip irrigation kits will be set up in the seven (7) sites in the following provinces and districts as summarised below:

DETAILS DISTRICT QUANTITY(SITES)

SOUTHERN PROVINCE- 7 sites- Mazabuka (Magoye Lead farmer and CDT)

Choma (Mbabala MCC)

Zimba(kalima, Simwani and Zebra)

Monze

CENTRAL PROVINCE

Kabwe- 2 sites

EASTERN PROVINCE- 2 sites

Chasefu, Lusangazi

LUSAKA PROVINCE- 1 site

Chongwe Lead Farmer

Total

12

Consultant Mandatory requirements

1. Financial Proposal/Quotation

2. Organisation Profile

3. Certificate of Incorporation

4. TPIN Certificate

5. Valid Tax Clearance Certificate

6. Proof of Physical address – Water bill or Electricity bill

7. Latest Bank Statement for the past three months

8. Three Recommendations from similar assignments

Detailed specifications and requirements are well stated in the RFP which can be requested for using the email; zambiaprocurement@snv.org  and deadline for requesting for RFP is 09:00AM on 12th April, 2023 while deadline for submission of RFPs is 17:30hrs, 14th April 2023

Application Criteria:

Only electronic submissions will be accepted.

Submission should be made through zambiaprocurement@snv.org  not later than 17:30hrs, 14th April 2023.

For any clarifications, contact zambiaprocurement@snv.org

Note: SNV Zambia may request for necessary and/or more information during the evaluation. SNV will only contact the successful bidder (s) within the period of 2 weeks from the closing date of submission