Any clarification request regarding this RFQ may be sent in writing to Procurement Manager P.O. Box 24 Maseru 100. email: [email protected] two weeks before the closing date. The Employer will forward copies of its response to all Contractors including a description of the inquiry but without identifying its source.

OBJECTIVE    

• The objective of the assignment or consultancy involves generating agroweather data and dissemination of such to the end-users for informed agricultural decisions. Further, the consultancy is expected to build capacity for various stakeholders for the sustainable use of agroweather data and mentoring of the local consultant.

CONDITIONS:

1. The bids must be on official letterhead stamped, dated, and signed by an authorized representative of the company.
2. The bid must be in the English Language.
3. All bids must be accompanied by a bank-guaranteed Bid Security of Twenty thousand Maloti per lot. (LSL 20,000.00)

CONDITIONS

1. The quotation must be on official letterhead stamped, dated, and signed by an authorized representative of the company.

2. The quotation must be in the English Language.

3. ATTACHMENTS

1. a) Valid Traders License

b) Valid Tax Clearance Certificate and VAT Registration Certificate.

Under direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Project Field Officer will be responsible for addressing the Project’s Project implementation in their assigned districts for all activities of Component 1 and 2.

Qualifications and Required experience

• BSc. in Agriculture, Agronomy or related discipline
• 3 to 5 years professional experience in Agricultural production
• In-depth knowledge of agriculture in Lesotho.
• Sesotho and English Fluency

EXPERIENCE

• At least 10 years of professional experience in irrigation development;
• Ability to design small-scale irrigation schemes and design of rehabilitation of on-farm water management systems;
• Experience with designing and supporting farmer-managed Irrigation schemes and formation and strengthening of WUAs
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams;

• Individual consultants who has undertaken a similar assignment elsewhere preferably in the Southern African Region.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 5 years’ experience in participatory training and capacity building programs of Community Organization.
• Ability to draft and develop simple-to-use training materials, and Terms of reference for Water Users Associations.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

The technical review process is central to the concept of a Matching Grants Programme, providing the technical oversight during the selection of the portfolio. As such the technical reviewers are responsible to:

• Review in detail and evaluate the applications against the approved criteria and weighting-scoring system and procedures provided by the MGP Secretariat;
• Complete an evaluation report for each application evaluated, use the forms provided by the MGP Secretariat;

SCOPE OF WORK

• Develop field training materials both in English and Sesotho (maximum of 60 pages for each language) on five (5) climate smart agriculture initiatives that will be prioritized by the PMU unit and which will be implemented by the project in the duration of its life. The 5 prioritized Climate Smart Agriculture initiatives are improved crop varieties & livestock management, protected Agriculture (shadenets and Plastic tunnels), water harvesting & drip irrigation, conservation agriculture and lastly agroforestry.
• Facilitate training of trainers’ (TOT) trainings on the prioritized climate smart agriculture practices
• Work with Project Field Officers s in the formation and revitalization of Farmer Field Schools as needed.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

This consultancy is in four parts: Development of agro-weather data, Agro-weather dissemination systems to users, Capacity building in the use of agro-weather and tools, and mentoring services The agro-weather tool will be hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Meteorology as the mother ministry leading climate services in the country.