GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF

THE MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES)

ZAMBIA

CLIMATE RESILIENT LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT PROJECT

Grant No. 5550155001351 Project ID No.: P-ZM-AAZ-006 Date of First Publication: 9th April, 2018 PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK PASS ON SCHEME IN NORTHERN AND UNDER THE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENT MANAGEMENT PROJECT (CRLMP).

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has received a Grant from the African Development Bank and African Development Fund (Acting as Executing Agencies of the Global Environment Facility) toward the cost of the Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project (CRLMP) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for provision of Consultancy Services for the Management of Livestock Pass on Scheme in Muchinga and Northern Provinces of Zambia under the Climate Change Resilient Livestock Management Project (CRLMP).

The services included under this project are to increase incomes of beneficiaries especially women and youth through provision of only locally adapted livestock (goats, sheep and dairy cattle) that will ensure sustainability and multiplication of benefit. Specific objectives of the assignment includes but not limited to the following: a) Identify target communities and beneficiary livestock keeping households per project area (district); b) Procure & distribute livestock; c) Design an operational co-financing mechanism for Pass on the Gift; d) Strengthen beneficiary women and Youth group cooperatives through provision of livestock for increased household income; e) Produce extension materials in animal husbandry, disease management and improved shelter for the small livestock and dairy animals, and; f) Increase small livestock and dairy population in the project areas.

The assignment will be implemented in the nine (9No.) Project areas that include Kasama, , and Mungwi Districts in the Northern and , Mpika, , and Districts in the Muchinga Provinces of Zambia. The implementation period is two (2No.) years from 2018 to 2020).

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (financial capabilities of the firm to undertake such assignments, e.g. audited financial statements in the past three years, description of similar assignments undertaken with references, experience by the firm in executing similar assignments in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among key staff, brochure, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint- ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.

The shortlisting procedure will be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” (May 2008 Edition as revised in 2012 and as amended from time to time) and which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 08.00 to 13.00 hours and from 14.00 to 17.00 hours local time from Monday to Friday but excluding all Public Holidays.

Written Expression of Interest (EOI) must be marked “Expression of Interest for the Provision of Consultancy Services for the Management of Livestock Pass on Scheme in Northern and Muchinga Provinces under the Climate Change Resilient Management Project (CRLMP)” and must be deposited in the Tender Box situated at the Office of the Head, Procurement and Supplies Unit, 3rd Floor, Room 310, Mulungushi House, Independence Avenue, and will be opened in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend at 10.00 hours local time on or before Friday, 20th April, 2018.

The Head, Procurement and Supplies Unit Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Mulungushi House Third Floor, Room 310 P.O. Box 50060 LUSAKA