CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS)
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION FOR SUPPLY OF HAND PUMPS FOR WATER FOR AGRICULTURE PROJECT.
RFQ NO: CRS-WFA-NE-2021-03
PARTNER COUNTRY: NIGERIA

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons based on need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS is a global leader in agricultural livelihoods programming, and promotes resilience building in impoverished, disaster-affected, and climate change-impacted areas around the world. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently works in 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states, focusing on agriculture and livelihoods, health, and emergency programming.

Water for Agriculture Activity was awarded to Catholic Relief Services-Nigeria on 15^th July 2019. The goal of the activity is to develop and implement interventions that will sustainably increase water availability and management towards increasing agricultural productivity in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states of Nigeria. This effort will contribute to USAID’s 2020-2025 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) development objective 1 (DO1): broadened and inclusive economic growth and DO3: accountable, inclusive and responsive governance strengthened. Also, this aligns with CDCS intermediate results (IR) 1.1: incomes, food security, and nutrition in targeted geographies improved, IR1.3: private sector contribution to inclusive economic growth increased and IR 1.4: water resources management and services improved. Similarly, it also aligns with IR3.1: strengthened conflict prevention and response.

In same vein, it contributes to CRS’ new agency strategy, Vision 2030- “Catalyzing Transformational Change at Scale”, and specifically to its strategic platform “Scaling Integrated Pathways out of Poverty: Transforming Lives and Landscapes”. It will also contribute to ongoing efforts to promote resilience, resilience, recovery and development within North-East Nigeria.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Water for Agriculture is a 3-year USAID funded Activity being implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its partners (Diamond Development Initiative-DDI, Pastoral Resolve-PARE and Justice Development Peace Commission-JDPC-Yola, JDPC-Maiduguri and Search for Common Ground-SFCG). The goal of the Activity is to increase agricultural productivity and income generation among smallholder farmers and livestock herders.

Activity Objective (Impact): Contribute to increasing agricultural production and income among smallholder farmers and livestock herders in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states of northeast Nigeria.

The purpose of the Activity is to improve access to water for smallholder farmers and livestock herders by providing water points for growing crops and watering livestock. The Activity aims to support at least 50,000 livestock herders and 4,000 smallholder farmers in selected post-crisis affected communities in the three (3) states namely: Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, in North-eastern Nigeria. The Activity is implemented in 8 LGAs within the 3 State, namely; Adamawa (Mayo-Belwa, Gombi, Yola South and Fufore), Borno (Kwayar-Kusar and Biu), Yobe (Bursari and Jakusko).

The complete specifications of the Hand Pumps to be supplied and other required information are available for download using https://tinyurl.com/2sv935mm from 23rd June 2021 to 4^th July 2021.

All applications MUST be submitted in Hard Copy to the tender Box at our Yola Office and addressed to:

The Procurement Unit,

Catholic relief Services,

No 2 Off Aminu Galadima Way,

Opposite Police Officers Mess Jimeta-Yola