ITB: For supply & delivery of Drip pipes and Connectors 71 views

DONOR: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded Food for Progress (FFPr) project.

INVITATION TO BID

ITB N°: SFL/CROP-H PROJECT/FY26/07 for supply and delivery of Drip pipes and Connectors

Shelter For Life International (SFL) Headquartered in Minnesota, USA is an international faith-based (Christian) relief and development organization with over 40 years of experience in providing sustainable development and humanitarian assistance in developing countries around the world.

Project background:

Shelter For Life International (SFL) will implement the Climate Resilient Optimization for Productivity in Horticulture (CROP-H) Project using a market-based approach in partnership with multiple stakeholders across the horticulture value chain to implement the five-year

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA’s) Food for Progress (FFPr) Project in The Gambia. The project’s overall goal is to increase food security by strengthening the agricultural sector through (1) increasing productivity and output, (2) expanding and improving quality of exports, (3) providing youth and women employment, and (4) improving incomes and standard of living for smallholder farmers in The Gambia.

Purpose:

In the framework of the CROP-H Project, as part of the improving the horticulture development and crop productivity in The Gambia, the SFL intends to support the farmers’ cooperatives, to provide Drip pipes and connectors that will contribute to improve the productivity and the quality.

Given the importance attached to improving the production and quality of the horticulture products to be marketed by the cooperatives.

The SFL Bids Evaluation and Award Committee (“BEAC”) now invites interested Vendors/Suppliers/ to apply to Bid for the proposed below materials:

Items/Materials list under BID:

 The Supplier shall be responsible for all aspects of delivery, including packaging, transportation, and off-loading. The materials should be delivered to eighteen (18) community farms across the six agricultural regions whose location will be communicated. Prices quoted should remain valid for at least one month from the closing date of the tender. If the Vendor/Supplier wishes to express a longer validity period for prices, this is welcome.

This Biding Document includes Instructions to suppliers, Technical Specifications and Administrative Requirements that Bidders will need to follow to prepare and submit their offer for consideration by SFL.

Eligible contractors can access the full tender documents by clicking on the link below: [Instruction_to_Bidders_Drip pipes.pdf, Attachments_Annexes_Drip Pipe.docx]

All inquiries must be submitted in writing (crophprocurement@shelter.org) no later than October 26, 2026, before the bid submission deadline. Responses to questions that are relevant to all bidders may be circulated to all registered participants.

Offers must be submitted by email at the address below crophprocurement@shelter.org, For any additional information, refer to Adama Jarju

– Procurement & Logistic Officer: 7720949 / “SFL/ project #5022″ Submission deadline is Friday 30th of October 2026 at 1:00pm local time. Late Bids shall be rejected.

SFL reserves the right to accept or reject any Bids, to cancel the procurement process, and reject all Bids at any time prior to award of the Contract, without obligation to inform the affected Bidder/s of the ground for SFL action.