Agriculture Resilience and Competitiveness Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT Project ID No. P171266 LOAN NO. 9359-BA The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has received financing in the amount of US$ 80.0 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Agriculture Resilience and Competitiveness 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. The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase climate resilience and competitiveness of the agriculture sector. The project will include the following components: Component 1: Enhancing Public Support Resilience and Traceability. (a) Enhancing agriculture information systems, through, inter alia : (i) enhancement of the farm and client register, including establishing new registers, information systems and web portals, as might be necessary; (ii) development of a payment system; (iii) strengthening the existing agricultural information system; and (iv) establishment of the Farm Accountancy Data Network; (b) Supporting climate-resilient agriculture, through, inter alia : (i) improvement of seed quality and production, (ii) activities to increase farmers’ awareness of possible climate change impacts; and (iii) improvement of extension services delivery, including through developing of related information systems, registers and web portals, as well as providing support to producers to comply with good agricultural practices, integrated pest management and climate risk assessment and interventions in value chains; (c) Enhancing agriculture information system’s capacities for the benefit of MoFTER. Component 2: Improving Agriculture Productivity, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Enhancing Linkages with Markets. (a) Strengthening value chains and developing productive partnerships through: (i) provision of Matching Grants to eligible Beneficiaries for carrying out Matc