FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (FMARD)
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE FOR THE SPECIAL AGRO–PROCESSING ZONES (SAPZ) PROGRAM
PROJECT ID NO.: P-NG-AAA-002
LOAN NO.: 5050200001351
(1) The Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing in the amount of USD370 Million equivalent from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD) towards the cost of the Special Agro – Industrial Processing Zones(Program) in Cross River, Kaduna, Imo, Ogun, Oyo States.
(2) The principal objective of the Special Agro – Processing Zones is to support inclusive and sustainable agro – industrial development in Nigeria. The project will equally address increase household incomes, foster job creation in rural agricultural communities, especially for youth and women, and enhance food and nutritional security in Nigeria. The SAPZ Program interventions will seek to enhance the competitiveness of selected value chains. This will be achieved through increased productivity, aggregation and reliable supply of quality raw materials, value addition, market access and private sector investment. The procurement mode under this project shall include: ICB, NCB, NS, QCBS, CQS, ICS, SSS DC, LCS and Force Account. This program will be jointly financed by the Islamic Development Bank which is financing Kano and Kwara States including FCT in the sum of USD150.52Million.
(3) The Program has four broad components namely:
Component 1: Infrastructure Development and Agro-Industrial Hubs (AIHs) Management
This Component will provide the enabling economic infrastructure (roads, water and sewage system, energy and optic fibre, etc.) for the zones, ready for the private sector businesses to acquire plots and operate their specific processing facilities. It entails the construction and/or upgrading of Agro-Industrial Hub infrastructure, including office buildings, training centres, general services layout (fencing, internal and access roads/parking, drainage, power supply, water, sewerage, effluent management, health-and-safety), specialized services (quarantine, quality control labs/certification centers, breeding centers), business support services (administrative, knowledge/ICT/ procurement/ employment centers), and activities to implement the Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP).
The component’s activities will therefore entail the construction and/or upgrading of AIHs in the following locations:
(a) Sagamu Agro Industrial Hub in Ogun State for Industrial Cassava, Rice and Poultry value chains.
(b) Ijaiye Agro Industrial Hub in Oyo State for Industrial Cassava, Rice and Soybean value chains.
(c) GAAIZ Hub in Kaduna State for Tomato, Maize, Soybeans & Ginger value chains.
(d) Ikom Agro-Industrial Hub in Cross River for Cocoa, Cassava and Rice value chains; and
(e) Okigwe Special Livestock Processing Hub in Imo State for the Beef and Dairy value chains.
Component 2: Agricultural Productivity and Production
This component seeks to boost the supply of raw materials in the production areas that are in proximity to the AIH being developed under Component 1. It will support farm level productivity enhancing infrastructure in the zones (including irrigation schemes rehabilitation, land development and water supply), the development of Agricultural Transformation Centers (ATCs) and Aggregation Centers (ACs). These ATCs and ACs will be part of the SAPZ Master Plans developed under Component 1 and strategically located within the farming communities around the AIH and would be used for the facilitation of farmers’ access to essential inputs such as quality seeds, agro-chemicals, farm mechanization/digitalization and primary handling facilities. Ownership of the ATC’s lies with the State governments but will be under the management of a facility manager. Feeder roads would further improve access to the production zones, ACs and ATCs.
Under this component, SAPZ will (i) support smallholder farmers and small operators to increase their productivity/production and capacity to add value to raw materials on a profitable and environmentally sustainable basis; and (ii) link them to the additional market outlets offered by the AIHs, off-takers supplying the local and national market who operate in the target area, and small processors/traders supplying the local markets, including primary processors operating in the ATCs; iii) enhance the resilience and adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers to climate change. Activities under component 2 will be organized around three sub-components: (2.1) Agricultural market linkages and value addition; (2.2) Smallholder productivity/production enhancement; and (2.3) Access to finance and financial inclusion, including access to green agricultural investments facilitated through IGREENFIN to support farmers in adopting and implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation best practices and solutions.
Specifically, the SAPZ Program will (under AfDB and IFAD) finance ATCs in the following locations/sites:
(a) Ogun State: One (1) ATCs in Sawanjo for Industrial Cassava, Rice and Poultry value chains.
(b) Cross River State: One (1) ATC in Obanliku for the rice value chains.
(c) Imo State: One (1) ATC in Ngor Okpala for the poultry, maize and soybeans.
(d) Oyo State: One (1) ATC in Eruwa farm Settlement.
(e) Kaduna State: One (1) ATC in Dutsen-Wai, Kubau LGA for the horticulture and grains value chains.
Component 3: Policy & Institutional Development
This Component will support the development of enabling policies, legislation, and regulation for SAPZs in Nigeria to create a conducive business environment for private sector investment and to address inefficiencies and market failures in agricultural value chains.
Component 4: Program Coordination and Management
This component will ensure that the program is efficiently and effectively managed to achieve expected results. Other services to be supported include training of program officers, and necessary studies including the development of other SAPZ phases and financial/technical audits.
(4) Mode of Procurement
The Procurement of goods, works and consulting services will be in accordance with the AfDB Procurement Framework (October 2015) and IFAD Rules of Procedure for the Procurement respectively. Bidding is open to all bidders from eligible member Countries. Specific Procurement Notices (SPN) as well as Bidding documents are expected to be available in July 2023.
(5) Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting:
National Program Coordinator,
National Co-ordination Office (NCO)
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
FADAMA House, No. 1 Eldoret Close, Off Aminu Kano Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja,
admin@sapz.gov.ng; fmard.gov.ng
Tel: +234 8168088308
