General Procurement Notices at Federal Ministry of Water Resources
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Water Resources
General Procurement Notices
Country: Nigeria
Name of Project: Transforming Irrigation Management in (Triming)
Project ID No: P123112 Credit No: CR 5506 – NG
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has received a credit in the amount of USS four hundred and ninety five million three hundred thousand equivalent from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments for goods, works and consulting services required for project implementation.
The TRIMING Project Development Objective is to improve access to irrigation and drainage services and to strengthen institutional arrangements for integrated water resources management and agriculture service delivery in selected large-scale public schemes in Northern Nigeria.
The Project will Include the Following Components:
1. Water Resources Management and Dam Operation Improvement: This component is part of the support for the transformative water resources sector institutional reforms covering policies, enabling legislation, regulatory instruments, organizational restructuring and dam safety assessment procedures currently being formulated for enactment by the FGN.
2: Irrigation Development and Management: The poor condition and inefficient performance of irrigation canal and drainage infrastructure are the major contributors to the poor water service delivery observed in most of the large, public irrigation schemes in Nigeria. These schemes were developed 20 to 30 years ago and are proposed for rehabilitation and limited expansion. To effectively make use of the sunk costs invested in the existing schemes and the capacities built over the years, the Project will focus on rehabilitating these schemes and expanding where possible.
3: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Support to Value Chains Development: This Component will provide resources to enhance farmers’ productivity in the rehabilitated schemes, and improve their participation in the Value chains development. Activities under the component will be aligned and coordinated with the Local and State authorities as well as with FMARD’s programs under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).
4: Institutional Development and Project Management: This Component will provide support to the building of capacity in the irrigation and water resources sector management in general and to the key project actors in particular including WUAFs, RBDAs, FMWR, NWRMC, NIHSA, etc.
5: Procurement of Goods. The goods to be procured under the project will include O&M Equipment and Machineries such as excavators, bull dozers, graders, tippers, rollers, low beds and water tankers.
Others will include project operational vehicles, office equipment and furniture’s for the PMU.
6: Procurement of Works. Works to be procured under the project will include: rehabilitation and expansion of irrigation schemes, rehabilitation and construction of drainage systems and rehabilitation and construction of farm roads.
7: Selection of Consultants. Consultancy services will be provided under the operation in the following categories: feasibility studies, design and construction supervision of rehabilitation and construction of irrigation schemes, technical support for the design of intensive training programs for WUA, development of a communication strategy, development of a WUA media toolkit, technical assistance for research and development.
- Procurement of Contracts Financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (January 2011 edition), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank borrowers (January 2011 edition).
- Specific Procurement Notices (SPN) for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for large value consultancy services and those requiring international expertise will be published as they become available, in (a) UN Development Business and dgMarket, (b) Two newspaper with national circulation in Nigeria. National Competitive Bidding (NCB) opportunities will be advertised nationally in (b).
- Interested Eligible Bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitation for bid under ICB procedure and interested consultant who wish to receive a copy of the advertisement requesting expression of interest for consultancy contract, or those requiring additional information, should contact the add During office hours 08.00 and 5:00pm (Monday to Friday) and/or send an email to: ” ympeter@gmail.com or trimingproject@gmail.com .On or before 19th February 2015.
Attn: Project Coordinator,
Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project, Federal Ministry of Water Resources,
Plot 1402, Abba Kyari Street, off Adesoji Aderemi Street
Apo -Abuja.
Tel+2348038391469, +2348052048706
Signed:
Project Coordinator
