Accelerating Innovation and Catalyzing Capacity for Resilience in Africa - FSRP Phase 4

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Country: Republic of Kenya Project Name: Accelerating Innovation and Catalyzing Capacity for Resilience in Africa (AICCRA-FSRP IV) Sector: Agriculture and Food Grant No.: E6520-3A Project ID No.: P515128 1. The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ( icipe ) has received financing in the amount of US$ Forty Three Million (43) million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Innovation and Catalyzing Capacity for Resilience in Africa (AICCRA-FSRP IV) project , and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) – Global South Pillar and the Food Systems 2030 Multi-Donor Trust Fund. 2. The Project will include the following components: 2.1 Component 1 : Strengthening Agricultural Information Systems and Institutional Capacity, which will support the development of agricultural data systems, climate information services, soil information systems, institutional strengthening of regional and national agricultural organizations and capacity building to improve the generation, management and use of agricultural knowledge and information; 2.2 Component 2: Scaling the Use of Agricultural Innovation, which will support the identification, validation, dissemination and scaling of climate-resilient agricultural innovations, including through challenge funds, innovation grants, partnerships with public and private sector actors and initiatives that promote adoption of technologies and practices by farmers and agribusinesses across Africa; and 2.3 Component 3: Project Management, which will support project coordination, fiduciary management, communication, monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting activities necessary for effective implementation of the Project. 3. The goods, non-consulting services and consu