Request for Proposals
RFP Title: Provision of Consultancy services for review of the current status of market
support facilities inUSAID Tuhifadhi Chakula Project regions.
Re-advertising RFP Number: 2024-TCP/03/01 Date of Solicitation: March 25, 2024
Closing Date and Time: April 3, 2024,11:00 am (Arusha, Tanzania)
Recommended:
Questions and Clarifications: Due by March 27, 2024
Introduction to TAHA and Tuhifadhi Chakula Project
TAHA is an apex member based private sector organization that advocates for the growth and competitiveness of the horticulture industry in Tanzania. Since its inception in 2004, TAHA has been an effective voicing platform for producers, traders, exporters and processors of horticultural products mainly; flowers, fruits, vegetables, horticultural seeds, and spices. The Association safeguards the interests of industry stakeholders and ensures industry issues are well represented within national and international agendas. Visit us at https:// www.taha.or.tz/taha/about
USAID Tuhifadhi Chakula Project (USAID – TCP) is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by TAHA. The overarching objective of the Project is to reduce food loss and waste and resultant climate effects for improved food security and livelihoods.
The project has been co-created to improve food handling, storage, and value addition, facilitate market access, inform and promote policy and regulatory frameworks that reduce food loss and waste, and strengthen local organizations’ capacity to lead in post-harvest management. Overall, the project will contribute to reducing post-harvest losses from 30-40% for horticulture to 15% and from 13% to 7% for cereals by the end of the project.
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TAHA through USAID TCP has set aside a budget to solicit and engage eligible and qualified consultant to conduct a review of the current status of the market support facilities in USAID Tuhifadhi Chakula Project regions. The consultancy aims to assess the existing marker support facilities in the project regions which are Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Morogoro, Mbeya, Njombe, Tanga, Pwani and Zanzibar; analyzing their current status to inform the needed areas for improvement, determining the capacity in terms of volume and the number of stakeholders they are serving.
- Clarification on the Advert
- All correspondence related to the RFP shall be made in English.
- Each consultancy opportunity should be responded to separately.
- Should there be any uncertainty, the Bidder shall seek clarification in writing through e- mail to: procurement@taha.or.tz
- Any clarification sought by the bidder in respect to the RFP shall be titled CLARIFICATION – CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MARKET SUPPORT FACILITIES IN USAID TUHIFADHI CHAKULA PROJECT REGIONS.
- TAHA will only respond to requests for clarification received no later than Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
- Copies of TAHA’s response will be forwarded to all registered participants(registration form on Appendix 1), including a description of the inquiry, but without identifying its source.
