Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Foods and Fisheries, P.O. Box 30055, Lusaka (Zambia)

99 -- COTE D'IVOIRE: S67 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROJECT SOL UN DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ISSUE OF 05/31/95, POC Tel (202) 482-3399 FAX (202) 273-0927 The government of the republic of Zambia has received a loan from the international Development association (IDA) to finance the supply of goods, services, and civil works for the agricultural sector investment project in Zambia the Ministry of Agriculture invites sealed bids for the supply of the following four components bid components policy and institutional improvement in marketing, trade and pricing food security, land use and tenure, and restructuring and strengthening in the areas of agricultural research, extension, livestock, rural finance and privatization Public investments to support and complement the above policy and institutional improvements private sector Development in crop diversification and privatization of agribusinesses pilot investment schemes for on-farm small-scale capital investments the proceeds of this are intended to be used for the rehabilitation of research stations, agricultural training colleges, laboratories and office buildings vehicles and spares motorbikes laboratory equipment office furniture, computers and supplies training and technical assistance services for capacity building, policy Development and implementation, and agricultural diversification procurement will be handled in accordance with the world Bank procurement guidelines prospective bidders are advised to watch for the advertisements for invitations to bid which appear in the Zambia daily mail, Zambia times and Development business as appropriate it is expected that the first bidding documents will be available in October 1995 interested contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and consultants should address their inquiries to the address mentioned below financing the project is financed by the world Bank please information on other world Bank projects can be obtained from MS Janice mazur wb liaison officer multilateral Development Bank operations U S. department of commerce, room 1107 14TH street and constitution avenue, N W. Washington, D C. 20230 wb286-415/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Abidjan, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521 2010, Refer to T0056.. (0179)

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