Tender Results of International Fund For Agricultural Development

IFAD seek a Contractor to contribute to INSURED’s work in Uganda by providing technical assistance for the design and implementation of climate-related agricultural insurance (hereafter referred to as agricultural insurance) linked to IFAD's portfolio in the country; and building the capacity of local public and private partner institutions. Insurance for Rural Resilience & Economic Development (INSURED) is a four-year Technical Assistance Programme financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ending in October 2021. INSURED’s goal is to increase resilience, the capacity to manage climate risks, and improve livelihoods of poor rural households. Its objective is to protect incomes and promote investments of smallholder agriculture. This assignment is to seek a Contractor to contribute to INSURED’s work in Uganda. In order to protect smallholder farmers and their related value chain actors from climate-related calamities and improve agricultural productivity, IFAD intends to establish a sustainable system of agricultural insurance to support its in-country portfolio objectives, specifically for the National Oil Seeds Project which is under design.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations based in Rome, Italy, hereby solicits proposals for the Provision of Analysis of Regional Climate Models data. Through its Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion division (ECG) and West and Central Africa division (WCA), IFAD is seeking the services of an experienced service provider to analyse Regional Climate Models (RCM) outputs under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and different geographical and temporal resolutions. The datasets produced will be used to improve the information basis on which investment decisions are made particularly in relation with agricultural and rural development. The Climate Adaptation in Rural Development Assessment Tool (CARD) will be the platform where this data will be made available to support public and private investors. The new module that will be developed thanks to this new data will be specifically intended to rural finance institutions, their regulators and investors.

IFAD’s Headquarters (HQ) is located in Via Paolo di Dono, 44, Rome, Italy where there is a cafeteria inside the premises with the restricted access for the people who are inside of the HQ. The number of people present at HQ on a daily basis may vary between 600 and 650. These people are potential cafeteria customers and come from different countries with different cultural backgrounds. The cafeteria customers include IFAD staff, consultants, interns and service providers as well as external visitors including high level government officials, international meeting participants and guests. IFAD is looking for a Contractor that can easily adapt to the multi-ethnic character of IFAD. Therefore, with the launch of this tender, IFAD welcomes proposals with innovative and creative ideas that ensure the most hygienic, pleasant and efficient service to the customers at high quality standards both for services already in place as for potential additional services (bar in -1 and the roof garden). The current services include: services for end consumers (a self-service cafeteria, a coffee bar and vending machines placed on various floors of the HQ building) and services for IFAD (official catering services for IFAD meetings and events held in the HQ premises).

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations based in Rome, Italy, hereby solicits proposals for the Provision of Web Development Services on behalf of International Land Coalition (ILC). The overall objective of this contract is to commission a visually engaging, impactful and easy-to-use platform that is responsive to the ILC’s evolving and dynamic Coalition. It should simplify what can be regarded as a very complex network (multi-actor and multi-layered).