FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING
NIGERIA COVID-19 ACTION RECOVERY AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAMME
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
NAME OF PROJECT: NIGERIA COVID-19 ACTION RECOVERY AND ECONOMIC STIMULS (NG-CARES)
SECTOR: SOCIAL PROTECTION
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
LOAN NO: IDA-68030.
PROJECT ID NO.: P174114
The Federal Government of Nigeria has received financing in the amount of US$ 750,000,000.00 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), 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 will include the following components
Results Area 1 (Ra1): Increased Social Transfer, Basic Services and Livelihood Support to Poor and Vulnerable Households. This Result Area is disaggregated around the following activities:
- Social Transfer to aged, physically challenged, chronically ill and urban poor;
- Labour intensive public work activities;
- Livelihood grants to economically active household members;
- Community and group investment/basic infrastructure services.
Results Area 2 (RA 2): Increased food security and safe functioning of food supply chain. This will include agriculture related activities across the entire Agriculture value chain such as:
- Provision of agricultural inputs and services;
- Labour intensive agricultural infrastructures;
- Agricultural assets for production and mitigation of food loss and waste;
- Upgrading wet markets to function safely.
Results Area 3 (RA 3): Facilitating Recovery and Enhancing Capabilities of MSEs. Activities proposed under this Results Area include:
- Provision of well-targeted conditional grants to co-finance loans that eligible MSEs received during the COVID-19.
- Extending conditional grants to MSEs cover up 50% portion of monthly operation cost of MSEs.
- Support adoption of digital payments integration and IT connection cost of MSEs.
Foundation Result Area: Strengthened Institutional Support for State Coordination and Delivery. While implementation of Results Areas 1-3 will happen at the state level. Foundation Result Area will be implemented at the federal level and will include:
- Verification of result through an independent verification agent;
- Financial management service and technical support;
- Monitoring and evaluation; and
- Peer learning experience sharing.
Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016) (Procurement Regulations) and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations. After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.
Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and The Nation News Paper, Daily Trust News Paper and the Federal Tenders Journal.
Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below:
Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES)—
Attn: –
The National Coordinator,
Federal CARES Support Unit (FCSU)
No.14 Moussa Traore Crescent,
Off Thomas Sankara Street, Asokoro FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.
Tel: +2347014534703
E-mail: fcsu@ngcares.gov.ng , info@ngcares.gov.ng
