West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) Phase 2

REPUBLIC OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

WEST AFRICA FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCE PROJECT (FSRP2) - GHANA

Specific Procurement Notice

National Competitive Bidding (NCB)

Request for Bids

Goods

(One-Envelope Bidding Process)

Country: Ghana

Name of Project: West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP 2)

Contract Title: Supply of 9050 Tons of biochar (100kg per bag) for smallholder farmers.

Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: P178132

RFB Reference No.: GH-FSRP PHASE 2- 474052-GO-RFB

1. The Government of Ghana has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the West Africa Food System Resilience Program(FSRP 2) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for The Supply of Inputs for Smallholder Farmers.: “For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit.”

2.      The Ministry of Food and Agriculture now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and delivery of Inputs for Smallholder Farmers as follows:

3.      Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” fifth edition dated September 2023 which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org/procure (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4.      Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Food and Agriculture, West Africa Food System Resilience Program’s (FSRP) Procurement Specialist, and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09:00hrs to 16:00 hour at the address given below.

5.      The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of GHS 1,500.00 or USD 100.00. The method of payment will be by Cash to the West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP). The document will be physically picked up at the address below.

6.      Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:30hrs GMT on 14th March 2025. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 14th March 2025 at 10:30hrs GMT.

7.      All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” in the amounts indicated above.

8.      Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

9.      The address(es) referred to above is (are):

For “written application” and “bid submission”

Project Coordinator FSRP

West Africa Food System Resilience Project 2 (FSRP2)

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

MOFA Project Office. Office located behind the Government Secretarial School, Cantonments, Accra

P. O. Box M.37, Accra, Ghana

Tel: 059 6918140 / 0542770899

procure@fsrp.org.gh

For “information” and “inspection”

Procurement Specialist

West Africa Food System Resilience Project 2 (FSRP2)

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

MOFA Project Office. Office located behind the Government Secretarial School, Cantonments, Accra

P. O. Box M.37, Accra, Ghana

Tel: 059 6918140 / 0542770899