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Call for Proposals for Capacity Building in Implementation of Business Plans for 14 CPAs under PEARL Project

with Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood

BTDC-ID: 39763
Closing Date:

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Announcement Description

Ministry of Environment (MoE) in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) Cambodia is implementing a project, namely “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)”. PEARL aims to enhance climate change resilience of smallholder farmers and local communities in the Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) by promoting climate-resilient, higher-value, inclusive and sustainable agriculture through a value-chain approach built on effective public-social-private partnerships. The project is structured under three interconnected outcomes targeting 450,000 smallholder farmers and value chain actors and one million indirect beneficiaries in four Provinces (Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Siem Reap, Kampong Thom), 24 districts, 124 farmer organizations (104 Agricultural Cooperative/Associations/Groups, 14 Community Protected Areas, and 6 Community Forests).

Expected Outputs

Call for Proposals for Capacity Building in Implementation of Business Plans for 14 CPAs under PEARL Project

  • Career Category: Consultancies
  • Location: Siemreap Province, Oddar Meanchey Province, Kampong Thom Province, Preah Vihear Province
Summary

Contract Number: PEARL/SP-BP/B47/01

Procurement Method: Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS)

Assignment Location: Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Kompong Thom and Preah Vihear Provinces.

Objectives of the assignment

The objective of the assignment is to support the capacity building in implementation of business plans for 14 CPAs under PEARL Project in line with Output 2.1 on increasing premium market access opportunities for cashew, cattle, rice, Kulen pig, safety vegetable production and other potential NTFP products through climate-resilient and high-value certification programs.

Scope of work

The selected service provider will be responsible for supporting the preparation, implementation and monitoring of capacity building on business plans for 14 CPAs under the PEARL project under GDLC/MoE in partnership with FAO Cambodia. The assignment will span 18 months from 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2027. The service provider will deliver three main outputs and its respective activities:

  1. Capacity strengthening to 14 CPAs on Business Plan implementation
  2. Training of Trainers (ToT) for CPA Committees
  3. Member-Level Training & Coaching

Eligibility

  • The prospective Service Provider is expected to meet the following minimum requirements:
  • Expertise of the company / organization submitting the proposal:
  • Officially registered suppliers;
  • Proof of successful accomplishment of the contract with the similar nature, minimum of three reference letters;
  • Minimum 5 years of work experience in similar works, i.e. multi-disciplinary capacity team in business plan development, training on implementation of business plan and value chains, preferably in horticulture, cashew, mango, rice, livestock’s, NTFPs etc.
  • Experience of work with local communities, mainly CBET, CPA/CF thorough participatory approach;
  • Senior Experts, Experts and Senior Professionals must be fluent in spoken and written English. Professionals must have adequate working knowledge of spoken and written English. Most positions require the staff member to be fluent in spoken and written Khmer.

Submission Requirements

The service provider will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS)by the Service Provider Selection method set out in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)'s Updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Procurement Manual for externally financed project/programs (PM), promulgated through Sub-decree 181, dated December 2019. Only eligible and qualified firms will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposals.

Interested firms/NGOs may obtain copies of the detailed Terms of Reference (in English) for the assignment from the address or e mail below during office hours from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:30 hours, Monday through Friday, except public holidays. Expressions of interest must be submitted to the address by email or hard copy, no later than June 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM to address And/or submit via email address provided in the contact details.

Attachment:
  • PEARL_MoE_Service_Provider_for_Business_Plan
 

Contact Details

Office Address
  • General Directorate of Local Community (GDLC), Ministry of Environment,Morodok Techo Building(Lot 503), Sangkat Tonle Basak, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
Contact Name
  • Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood
 
Email