USAID Rural Competitiveness and Resilience Activity (RCRA) is a USAID program implemented by Chemonics International in the Republic of Moldova. The goal of the RCRA is to stimulate a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the regional crisis brought on by the latest Russian invasion of Ukraine and accelerate an inclusive, climate-resilient economic development of rural Moldova by protecting the development gains made with USAID support over the past decade and further stimulate the competitiveness of key economic sectors, including the wine industry, high-value agriculture, and tourism.

As part of project activities, RCRA project requires the purchase of the consulting and mentoring services for Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector (5 LOTs).

The purpose of this RfQ is to solicit quotations from eligible Vendors for these services.

Companies are encouraged to submit their offer as per the attached RfQ.

To download the RfQ please access the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e18YCmiAHeg4wjxnlbrcdtQb78GQu89f/view?usp=sharing

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received by Chemonics in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this RfQ. Failure to adhere with instructions described in this RfQ may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration.

Offer Submission Deadline: Offers must be received no later than 18:00 local Chisinau time on September 18, 2023, by email to MDA-RCRA-Procurement@chemonics.md.

Please reference the RFQ number MoldRCRA-RfQ-23018_A indicating the exact LOT number in any response to this RFQ. Offers received after the specified time and date will be considered late and will be considered only at the discretion of Chemonics.

Questions: Questions regarding the technical or administrative requirements of this RFQ may be submitted no later than 18:00 local Chisinau time on September 14, 2023, by email to MDA-RCRA-Procurement@chemonics.md. Questions must be submitted in writing; phone calls will not be accepted. Questions and requests for clarification — and the responses thereto — that Chemonics believes may be of interest to other offerors will be circulated to all RFQ recipients who have indicated an interest in bidding.

Only the written answers issued by Chemonics will be considered official and carry weight in the RFQ process and subsequent evaluation. Any verbal information received from employees of Chemonics, or any other entity should not be considered as an official response to any questions regarding this RFQ.