TENDER NOTICE

TENDER TITLE: TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE TRAINING MODULES FOR KUNGAHARA PROJECT FARMER PROMOTERS

CLIENT: DUHAMIC-ADRI

The deadline for submission of bids: Monday September 23 2024

Bid Submission Time: 10:00AM

Bid Opening Time: 10:30AM

Place: DUHAMIC-ADRI Headquarters (Kicukiro, Niboye)

Introduction

CARE Austria, together with CARE Rwanda, in partnership with DUHARANIRE AMAJYAMBERE Y’ICYARO (DUHAMIC-ADRI) are implementing KUNGAHARA: Resilient Systems for Food and Nutrition funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation from 1^st January 2024 to 31^st December 2026.

In line with the EU’s global objective of the KUNGAHARA Call for proposals, the overall objective of the project is to strengthen resilient food systems and nutrition security in Rwanda. To tackle the different factors hindering food availability and nutrition, the project will enact locally-led and owned change at every stage of the food system – production, aggregation, processing, distribution and consumption – through two complementary supply and demand outcomes:

Outcome 1: Equitable, sustainable, inclusive, productive and nutrition sensitive agricultural value chains in Gicumbi, Rulindo and Gakenke districts are strengthened; and

Outcome 2: The consumption of diverse and nutrient rich foods by vulnerable households, in particular women and children, in Gicumbi, Rulindo and Gakenke district is increased.

The project is targeting 31,000 small holder farmers and will use a holistic set of interventions to enhance food systems in a sustainable manner, equipping women and youth farmers ‘groups and cooperatives within the selected environment and nutrition-sensitive value chains with the skills, connections, and support to improve production and access to markets, and as a result, nutritious food availability and increase its consumption.

Context and needs of justification

The Kungahara Project aims to improve agricultural practices in the districts of Gicumbi, Rulindo, and Gakenke by providing farmer promoters with essential trainings and technical assistance. Recognizing the key role that farmer promoters play in agricultural initiatives, the project focuses on equipping them with the skills needed to enhance food production and nutrition outcomes.

The project focuses on five value chains: maize, beans, tomatoes, poultry, and pigs. After consultations with farmer promoters and agricultural authorities, it was decided that Season A 2024-2025 will concentrate on maize and beans. Initial training sessions will prioritize these two crops before expanding to other value chains supported by the project. This phased approach ensures that farmer promoters, who are responsible for establishing and managing demonstration plots, are trained in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) before the start of 2025 A Season.

After the training of farmer promoters and organization of farmers in farmers groups, it is important to print, bind and distribute the training modules for both farmer promoters and leaders of farmer groups.

Objective of the Activity

The objective of this activity is equipping farmer promoters and farmers groups with training modules with good agriculture practices for the selected value chain, on climate change and FFBS.

Site for distribution of training modules

The printed modules will be distributed in four sites within 3 districts. (Gakenke,Rulindo and Gicumbi ) where the training sessions were organized and facilitated:

technical specifications and Price breakdown for printing and binding

Number of modules: 1,160 modules

Number of Black &white pages per module :61

Number of colored papers per module:65

Total Number of Black &white pages:70,760 pages

Total Number of colored papers: 75,400 pages

Requirements for bidders

Interested firms/companies are invited to submit their offer containing the following documents:

• Application letter addressed to DUHAMIC-ADRI Executive Secretary;
• Copy of the company registration certificate;
• Proof of using EBM
• A valid tax clearance issued by RRA
• Commitment letter of the bidding company to print and deliver the printed copies within 3 days following the issue of purchase order.