Community Facilitator to support implementation of Community Livelihood and Agriculture Support (CLAS) Program in Grand Cape Mount County

Request for Bids (Local Hire)

Non-Consulting Services

Employer: Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment

Project: Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment

Contract title: Community Facilitator (CF) to support implementation of Community

Livelihood and Agriculture Support

Country: Liberia

Loan No.: IDA-68480

Issued on: February 3, 2025

• The Government of Liberia has received funding from the World Bank, Swedish International

Development Association (Sida) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) to implement

the Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE)

Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for

Community Facilitator (CF) to support implementation of Community Livelihood and

Agriculture Support (CLAS) Component activities. This will be financed

by the World Bank and AFD. The Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s

Procurement Regulations.

• The Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment now invites sealed Bids from eligible

Bidders for implementation of CLAS in Grand Cape Mount County.

• Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers -” dated

November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at this link:

https://www.liberiasp.gov.lr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CF_TOR_CLAS_REALISE.pdf

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document at the REALISE Project Procurement Office, 1st Floor, Old Maternity Center, Capitol Bye Pass,

between 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding public Holidays. For proper direction, you may call +231777027610.

RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR LIBERIAN INFORMAL

SECTOR EMPLOYMENT (REALISE) PROJECT

Capitol Bye Pass, Old Maternity Center, 1st Floor

Monrovia-Liberia

No. of beneficiaries in Grand Cape Mount County is 756

• The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$30.00. The payment, which is to be made in person, to

the Finance Officer of the REALISE Project, is applicable to those who will want to receive hard copy of the document. Those requesting and receiving the document through email will not have to pay; the document will be emailed free of charge.

• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before February 10, 2025, not later than 1:00 p.m. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted, and late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened on February 10, 2025, at 1:02 p.m. in the Conference room of the REALISE Project Office located on the 1st Floor of the Old Maternity Center Building on Capitol Bye Pass, Monrovia. The opening event will be done in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend.

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration.

• The address(es) referred to above is (are):

Address for submission of bid Address for request for clarification

Finance Office Jesse H. Bengu

REALISE Project Project Coordinator

2nd Floor, Old Maternity Center Building Email: [email protected]

+231777027610/886373589

[email protected]