Deadline: 5-Sep-22
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for proposal of “Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) – Promoting Eco-Innovation and Local Sourcing through AgTech in Shan State”.
The aim of OP2 activities is to provide 10–15 smallholder farmers with greater access to markets outside of their district i.e., to other parts of Shan state and Myanmar, and connecting them digitally with input markets, consumers and green businesses in AgTech and Agri-Food.
Duration
The work will be undertaken over a period of up to six months, starting in September 2022. In accordance with expected outputs and deliverables, the service provider submits reports to the supervisor for reviewing outputs, comments, and certifying approval/acceptance of works afterwards. In case of any delays to achieve the expected outputs, the service provider should notify UNDP in advance to take necessary steps.
Location: Shan State
Qualification Required
The contracted service provider shall meet the following criteria:
- At least 4 years of experience in executing capacity development assistance in the Agri-food industry; proven operational experience in providing eco-innovation solutions and advisory services related to value chain integration, sustainable agriculture practices, and application of AgTech and digital/ e-commerce solutions in Myanmar is an advantage
- Relevant experience in designing and implementing capacity development interventions with smallholder farmers and/or vulnerable landed households and rural enterprise development; demonstrated ability to conduct tailored mentoring and coaching support to organized farmer-groups and individual small farm holders with different levels of capacity, knowledge and AgTech adoption readiness is preferred
- Demonstrated understanding of the potential for green AgTech and e-commerce development to contribute to sustainable agriculture, environmental and human development outcomes and of the structure and operation of green businesses in Agri-Food sector in Myanmar
- Experience working in, and knowledge of community capacity building and engagement in Myanmar; experience in training and coaching farmer-groups on a variety of eco-innovation practices in Agri-food at the supply chain and value chain is an advantage
- Experience in content creation and design of IEC materials including print and video on a broad range of topics including sustainable agriculture; demonstrated experience of designing creative storylines in multimedia format a plus
- Excellent communication and presentations skills particularly report and documentation writing in English and Myanmar Language
- Demonstrated capacity to work in a consultative manner and good networking
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality reports
Criteria
- Technical Proposal (70%)
- Expertise of the Firm 40%
- Proposed Methodology, Approach and Implementation Plan 30%
- Management Structure and Qualification of Key Personnel 30%
- Financial Proposal (30%)
- To be computed as a ratio of the Proposal’s offer to the lowest price among the proposals received by UNDP.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=94908
