(REoI), Alternative Development Campaign for Farah and Badghis

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REoI)

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Name of Project: Community - Based Agriculture and Rural Development (CBARD) W

Assignment Title: Alternative Development Campaign

Duration of Assignment: Three months after award

Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)

Duty Station:

Districts: Khak-e Safid, Poshte Rod

Districts: Bala Morghab, Qadis, Jawand, Ghormach

Province: Farah and Badghis

Reference No: MAIL/UNDP/CBARD /RFP-002

Deadline for the REOI is from: (01/06/2019) To (17/06/2019)

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1. Background

CBARD is a community-based project which introduces and strengthens local production and marketing of traditional high-value crops in 30 communities in the high opium producing provinces of Farah and Badghis. With a stated purpose to prove the viability of high-value agricultural-based interventions in improving local economies in Farah and Badghis as a sustainable alternative to illicit crop cultivation, CBARD aims to reduce opium cultivation and directly benefit an estimated 7,500 households (52,500 beneficiaries). In addition to supporting local farmers with Farmers’ Field Schools, CBARD will build, develop, and/or strengthen existing public and private agro-business infrastructures in the strategic areas of irrigation, transportation, and agricultural facilities. The latter includes the introduction or strengthening of value-adding steps through community-owned cooperatives or established SMEs by building or repairing key infrastructure such as greenhouses, dry and cold storage warehouses, and packaging and processing plants.

CBARD is being implemented by UNDP through a partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and in collaboration with Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN). It will also be supported locally by District Development Assemblies, Community Development Councils, Non-Government Organizations and the agro-based private sector. Furthermore, UNDP partners with UNODC as the Opium Production Monitoring Agent, and to conduct socio-economic evaluations in the targeted communities.

2. Objectives and output

1. Objectives

CBARD has set the following objectives as per of this Counter Narcotics Media Campaign Plan during the project implementation:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Alternative Development Awareness

• Increase public awareness of the benefits of alternative high-value crops
• Increase public awareness of alternative livelihoods and Build a positive image of implemented projects by providing information and facts on accomplishments creating trust between public and authorities
• Developments and their benefits in comparison with the social, legal, and health consequences of poppy cultivation

SECONDARY OBECJTIVE: Anti-Drug Awareness

Enhance public awareness of the harms of drug cultivation, production, trafficking and use;

2. Campaign Output

Target farmers’ level of awareness about high value crops as alternative to illicit crops raised

The campaign output is envisaged to contribute to achievement of the overall project objective, and the UNDP development outcome to which the project as a whole contributes.

This counter narcotics campaign plan is prepared based on the CBARD project document and the Annual Work Plan. The media plan is also concerned with the National Alternative Livelihood Policy prepared by the Agriculture and Rural Development Cluster, led by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN). The sources of authority for this policy is the “Economic and Social Development Pillar” of Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework (ANPDF) and the “Alternative Livelihood Pillar” of the revised National Drug Control Strategy (NDCS). The ANDS has defined Counter Narcotics (CN) as a cross-cutting issue. Thus, all Ministries and all levels of the government are held accountable for incorporating Counter Narcotics objectives into the legislation, strategies, policies, as well as in planning, design, and delivery of the National Priority Programs (NPP). An analysis of the NPPs was undertaken by Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) in order to retroactively incorporate Counter Narcotics into each one of the NPPs. Guidelines were developed under this Policy to assist each Line Ministry in the mainstreaming of Counter Narcotics in their respective NPPs. MCN reviewed the four NPPs developed by Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) under the National Agriculture Development Framework (NADF) for alternative livelihood (AL) content, as part of this Policy. The CN mainstreaming activities will continue during the field monitoring and post-impact assessment of the NPPs over the next 5 years.

3. Scope of work

The campaign focuses on general public and primarily farmers of Farah and Badghis provinces to raise their awareness of licit agriculture. The core audience[1] for this campaign includes field farmers, input suppliers, small and medium enterprises, farmer associations, exporter unions, elders and members of the community development councils. Secondary audience include school teachers and students, women farmers and agricultural producers.

The campaign’s consultancy and implementation work will be done by the agency, the scope of work will be implemented in two stages. During the first stage the agency will be required to develop an outreach plan conforming to the objectives above. Subsequently, in the second stage, once the plan is approved by CBARD in consultation with its stakeholders the agency will be required to develop project deliverables and implement the project in provinces mentioned in project location (sec 5.)

Stage 1 – Planning: The agency will provide a plan including the following:

• Goals and desired outcomes of deliverables (measurable)
• Definition of audience
• Assessment of current beliefs/attitudes/motivators
• Definition of specific messages for each component of the project

Definition of mediums to deliver messages and products designed for the campaign

The shortlisting criteria:

• The Consultant should be registered legal entity and should have been in business for the providing Consultancy Services of training and workshops in part of social aids and civil society, private sector with capacity building activities. (The consultant is required to provide the Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation issued by relevant authority in country of establishment).

• The consultant shall demonstrate having sound financial situation by submitting audited financial reports or any other credible financial documents in which the consultant annual turnover for any of the last three years (2016, 2017and 2018) shall be AFN 5,000,000 (Five Million AFN).

•  Evidence of past similar experience at least one contract with a minimum of AFN 3,000,000 (Three Million AFN) in one of the last five years.
• Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. If consultants intend to associate with other firms, they are advised to clearly identify the lead partner and state the composition and nature of the association (JV/ sub-consultant) in their EOI.
• In case the EOI is submitted in the form of a joint venture (JV), each partner in the association shall meet the minimum requirements, under the short listing criteria. In the event that such an EOI is shortlisted for the Request-for-Proposal stage, no changes can be made in the JV composition of partners.
• In case the EOI is submitted in the form of a sub-consultancy (SC), the overall merits will be considered for such partnership, but the actual short listing criteria will apply only to the primary and not the sub-consultants.

8. Method of Selection and submission deadline for EoI:

The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Based selection (QCBS) method set out in the Afghanistan Procurement Rules and procedure.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Clause 1, Article 59 Section 4 of Afghanistan’s Rules of Procedure.  Rules of Procedure is available at this site www.npa.gov.af

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) by 18th June 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Kabul Local Time. (Kabul Local Time).

Further information in respect to this REOI and TOR can be obtained at the address below by email or in person during office hours 08:00-04:00 Hours.

Address of Focal Persons for Enquires and Submission of EoIs:

Attn: Procurement Unit, Community - Based Agriculture and Rural Development (CBARD) Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), Darul Aman Road, Kabul, Afghanistan

E-mail to: rohullah.wafa@mail.gov.af  and rohullahwafa@gmail.com, copied to: afghanzia56@gmail.com

Annexure 1: Format for Expression of Interest

The expression of interest must be submitted as per the following format:

{Note: In case documents submitted are in any language other than English, the consultant should submit a self-certified copy of the translated document in English (along with originals).}

SECTION 1: Organization Details (In case the EoI is being submitted as a Joint Venture, the information has to be submitted for the Lead Partner as well as other members of the Joint Venture separately.

SECTION 2: Documents to be submitted

SECTION 3: Format for furnishing details of Credentials / Past Experiences for projects in undertaking related or similar assignment as at Sl. No. 3 of Section 2. The information need to be furnished as per the Format below for each credential.

The project citation should be a maximum of 2 pages per credential/project along with documents as mentioned under Sl. No. 3 of Section 2 (above). The citation need to be furnished for each credential.

[1] CBARD will provide demographic profile of its stakeholders and target audience.