General Procurement Notice For SAPZ Project
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The Government of Liberia has secured US$10 million in financing from the OPEC Fund for International Development, with parallel co-financing from the African Development Bank.
Loan No.: 15456P
Project No.: 15456
The Government of Liberia has received financing in the amount of US$10,000,000 (Ten Million United States Dollars) equivalent from the OPEC Fund for International Development toward the cost of the Liberia Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) Project. The Government intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments for goods, works, non-consulting services, and consulting services to be procured under the project. This project will be parallel co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The overall objective of the project is to attract private-sector investment into agro-industrial parks to enhance agricultural transformation, create employment opportunities, increase exports, and reduce rural-to-urban migration while narrowing the poverty gap between rural and urban communities.
The project will finance several components. Component 1 focuses on strengthening institutional capacity and enabling climate-resilient infrastructure for agro-industrialization. Component 2 focuses on capacity building, agricultural value chain development, skills development, and farmer coordination. This includes site assessment, preparatory works, engineering design, supervision, and construction of external and onsite infrastructure for Agricultural Transformation Centres in Bong, Nimba, and Cape Mount Counties. The component will also finance Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), construction of access roads, connection to the national power grid, perimeter fencing, storage and warehousing facilities, and multipurpose agro-industrial buildings.
Component 3 will finance project coordination and management activities, including environmental and social safeguards implementation, overall project coordination and oversight, gender mainstreaming and monitoring, and the operation of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) within the National Investment Commission, which serves as the Executing Agency. This component will also cover staff support, allowances, and survey costs associated with establishing baseline data for effective monitoring and evaluation.
Procurement of contracts financed by the OPEC Fund will be conducted in accordance with the Fund’s Principles and Procedures for Procurement of Goods, Works, Non-Consulting Services, and Consulting Services, and will be open to all eligible firms and individuals. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to international open competitive bidding will be published on the OPEC Fund external website, the National Investment Commission website (www.investliberia.gov.lr), and in newspapers of national circulation in Liberia. Prequalification or initial selection will be required for certain contracts, including detailed engineering design, supervision, and construction of Agricultural Transformation Centres in Bong, Nimba, and Cape Mount Counties.
Interested eligible firms and individuals who wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services, and consulting services under this project, or who require additional information, are encouraged to contact the National Investment Commission of Liberia, Attention: SAPZ Project Coordinator, M&E Professional Building, UN Drive, Monrovia, Liberia. Telephone contacts are (+231) 777-544842 and (+231) 886-976983, and inquiries may also be sent via email to msheriff@investliberia.gov.lr or aanderson@investliberia.gov.lr. Additional information is available at www.investliberia.gov.lr.