CPIU IFAD will select a company or consortium of consulting companies (hereafter referred to as the Provider) with experience in providing extension, advisory and entrepreneurial mentoring services to develop and implement a mentoring program (MP) for youth and women farmers.

The main aim of the activity is to provide a suite of skills, knowledge, and tools necessary for women and young people to enter entrepreneurial economic life.

The specific objectives of the educational activities listed above are:

1. empowering women to make more informed choices that are less influenced by societal clichés, to effectively assume leadership positions, to increase their business acumen, etc;

2. guiding mentees in developing result-based leadership behavior and achieving set (realistic) goals;

3. advising young and women farmers on the best ways to get started in the agricultural sector and identify the right direction(s) for business development;

4. jointly develop strategies to increase resilience and prepare a tailor-made plan of risk management measures;

5. others

This request for expressions of interest (REOI) follows the general procurement notice that appeared on UN Development Business website on 1 February 2022, on the CPIU IFAD website on 31 Jan 2022, on MAFI website on 1 February 2022, on the Economic magazine Logos Press no. 5 (1411) from 11 Feb 2022 and on Facebook and Instagram on 31 Jan 2022.

The CPIU IFAD (“the client”) now invites eligible consulting firms (“consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services. Interested firms should fill the template for expressions of interest and submit found at the following link and send it to the address indicated below.

For more details and the qualification and evaluation criteria for short list visit CPIU IFAD website, Procurement, Bid 35/22 TRTP: Development and implementation of a 5-year mentoring program for young and women farmers

 Only companies (maximum of 6) that will be selected in the Short List (passing score is 70%) will be invited to submit the technical offer and the financial offer.

Any request for clarification on this REOI should be sent via e-mail to the address below procurement@ucipifad.md no later than 13 July 2022, 17:00 (Moldova Time). The client will provide responses to all clarification requests by 14 July 2022, 17:00 (Moldova Time).

Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form using the forms provided for this purpose. EOIs shall be submitted to the address below no later than 15 July 2022, 17:00 (Moldova Time).

The contractor will be selected for the period 2022-2027, with an annual performance evaluation.

Note: the consultants who responded to the1^st call (Tender 20/22 TRTP) are encouraged to apply again based on the above procedure.

CPIU IFAD Moldova

Attn: Nadejda Russu, Senior Procurement Specialist

Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt bd. 162, Chișinău, MD-2004

E-mail: procurement@ucipifad.md tel. (022) 22 - 18 – 80