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Date: July 25, 2022
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Moldova Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP)
Assignment Title: International individual consultant to elaborate the requirements for procurement of design, supply and install of animal by-products processing facility
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): MD-CAPMU-305003-CS-INDV
Moldova has received an Additional Financing (AF) from the International Development Association in the amount of US$15.0 million for the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project (MAC-P). The AF will be used for scaling up project activities under Component 1: Enhancing Food Safety Management aimed at strengthening human, institutional, and technical capacities of the country’s food safety and quality management systems and ensuring regulatory and system compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards on premium food export markets (primarily European Union [EU] and EU-aligned markets). To this end, the AF will finance a series of activities and investments aiming to establish a comprehensive, EU-compliant system for the management of animal by-products (ABPs) unintended for human consumption.
Following the recent adoption of the ABP Law in 2019, the Government has reached an agreement with the World Bank over a project to establish a comprehensive, EU-compliant system for the management of ABPs unintended for human consumption. A feasibility study for the construction of the Processing Unit for the Animal By-Products (ABPs) not intended for human consumption (UPSOA) has been developed with the support of the International Finance Corporation and officially presented in June 2022
Based on the results of the Feasibility Study (FS) and the option selected by the Government, it is planned to initiate the investment process of construction of ABP processing facility in the central part of the country (Criuleni district, at 40 km distance from the capital). FS has provided for description of equipment to be installed as well as for the general layout of the site, including flows of incoming and processed ABPs.
Considering the specifics of the procurement process for the processing facility, the Government has decided to follow design & build method – selection of single point of responsibility contractor, who will elaborate detailed design and will erect the facility, including responsibility to meet certain efficiency and production parameters. For details, please see the Terms of Reference.
The objective of the consultancy is to elaborate Section VII, Employer’s Requirements for the bidding documents for procurement of Design, Supply, and Installation of Plants as per the World Bank Standard Procurement Document (January 2021), based on information from FS as will be provided to the Consultant.
Consolidated Agricultural Projects’ Management Unit (CAPMU) on behalf of MAFI now invites international individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The Consultant to be selected shall have the following qualifications:
- At least Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, Master’s or PhD degree would be an advantage.
- At least 15 years of professional experience.
- At least 7 years of experience in ABPs processing facilities.
- Successful experience in at least 1 project of construction of ABP facility (to be confirmed by relevant references).
- Demonstrated experience in elaboration of Requirements for construction of ABP facility.
- Good command of English language is mandatory, knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian would be an advantage.
- Previous experience in Moldova and/or Eastern Europe countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan would be an advantage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised November 2017, and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Individual Consultants will be selected in accordance with the „Open Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants” method set out in the above-mentioned “Procurement Regulations”.
Expressions of interest must include updated CV reflecting consultant’s qualification and experience, recommendation letters, if any, and must be submitted by email to the address below by latest September 21, 2022.
Consolidated Agricultural Projects’ Management Unit (CAPMU)
Attn: Cornel Bordeianu, Procurement Officer
215, 50 Capriana str.,
Chisinau, MD-2005, Republic of Moldova
E-mail: office@capmu.md; capmu@capmu.md, with copy to: cbordeianu@capmu.md.
