Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, October 30, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) is an international not-for-profit development organization that believes in contributing to poverty alleviation in Zambia through various programs/projects that it implements. There is great opportunity by all people to pursue their own sustainable development and SNV is working with different groups in pursuant of the same. SNV provides services in Agriculture, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Renewable Energy. The recipients of these services include governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations and private sector organizations, communities, and individual households.

About the project
SNV is implementing the Increasing Climate Resilience in Energy & Agriculture Systems and Entrepreneurship (INCREASE) project. The project aims to address the major challenge of climate change that farmers, agribusinesses, and SMEs are facing. To achieve this the project will strengthen 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 (RE).

The INCREASE project has evolved from both lessons learned and achievements in two earlier Sida-funded projects on climate smart agriculture and renewable energy (biogas).
The project is being implemented for the period of three (3) years starting from January 2020 to 31st December 2022. It will cover Eastern, Central, Copper belt, Lusaka and Southern provinces, initially targeting to reach 11,300 small Holder farmers in cotton, dairy and horticulture value chains. The project aims at increasing the social, economic, environmental resilience and equity in agriculture and energy systems, through strengthening the adaptive capacity of agricultural and energy systems.

The project is promoting biogas and bioslurry as more relevant than ever for diversification of sustainable energy options and conservation type farming. Biogas and bioslurry have enormous growth potential in Zambia as hydrocarbons are being phased out, alternatives to wood fuel become more pressing and the agricultural sector is moving away from chemicals and more towards organic farming.

Organic cotton is cotton produced without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, growth regulators, hormones, defoliants, or any other chemicals that may affect the environmental ecosystem. It also seeks to maintain and replenish soil fertility and maintain the ecological balance for the environment where the crop is grown. Organic cotton fetches a higher wholesale market price compared to the conventional synthetic or inorganic cotton.

Under the cotton value chain the project is working with Alliance Ginnaries. The objective of the project is to partner with Alliance to facilitate cotton/soya farmers to get access to their cotton/soya and other food crops as well as to help farmers improve their livelihoods through capacity building in sustainable agricultural practices which will help them to increase their productivity while protecting the soil and the environment.

Mandatory Requirements
1. Detailed Technical Proposal
2. Detailed Financial Proposal
3. Company profile
4. Consultant CVs
5. Certificate of incorporation
6. Valid tax clearance certificate
7. Valid ZPPA certificate
8. TPIN Certificate
9. Annual report (incl. financial report) of last 2 financial years
10. Physical and official email address
11. Provide three (3) business client referees within the past five (5) years.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Detailed specifications and requirements are well stated in the (TOR) attached to the link below.
Application Criteria:
• Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
• Submission should be made through zambiaprocurement@snv.org not later than 17:30hrs, 19th November 2021.
• 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.
Access the RFQ and document Sample in this link Terms of reference

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