Call for Proposal – Increased food safety and quality management systems through the use of Finnish expertise

1. Annex 1 RFI
2. Annex 2 Application Form
3. Annex 3 Financial Proposal
4. Annex 4 Terms of Reference
5. Call for Proposal Food_Safety_and_QMS_Finland

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The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is requesting proposals from Finnish non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local associations, academic institutions, and other civil society institutions for its Aid for Trade Project (2018-2022) that aims to support producers and government partners in three Central Asian countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in building productive capacities that are forward-looking (future-proof) and that address rapidly changing global market demands or climate change.

In order to ensure that the project can benefit from capacities in Finland, as well as create backward linkages to approaches and methodologies approved by European standards agencies, the project wants to build on Finnish experiences and transfer some of this knowledge to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The project is expected to achieve the following results:

• Generate awareness on the importance of food safety and quality management systems with a special reference to the latest developments and need to continuously update systems
• Create better linkages of knowledge institutions in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Finland, as well as better service relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan knowledge institutions and the private sector in these countries

Detailed objectives and related outputs as well as deliverables are provided in the Terms of Reference.

Funding Information

The Contractor will be issued a Responsible Party Agreement by UNDP. All content matters are subject to the approval of the Aid for Trade Project Manager including but not limited to contents of the trainings, workshops and content of report and materials.

Proposals’ amounts should range to a maximum of USD 80,000.00 for interventions as stated in Terms of Reference. In principle, the project duration will not exceed 6 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications will be accepted from:

• Finnish non-governmental organizations, local associations, academic institutions, and other civil society institutions, with minimum three years’ experience working on food safety issues in Central Asia with relevant work with educational agencies in Central Asia.
• Demonstrated experience in knowledge transfer, preferably in Central Asia, as well as strong linkages and experience in working with knowledge institutions in Central Asia and Finland.
• Practical experience in the implementation of food safety standards in agri-industrial sector

Interested participants MUST submit the documents/information to [email protected] latest by 22 August 2021  @ 11:59 PM (Istanbul time) under the title (UNDPIRH-CFP-202116-Food Safety and QMS “YOUR COMPANY NAME”)

For more information and application details, see Annexes.