GIZ TENDER SEPTEMBER 2025
| REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) |
SOYBEAN ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROCESS [EOS AND NOP STANDARD] FARM AUDIT
The “Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems [SAFE]” project was commissioned by the European Union [EU] Commission, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development [BMZ] and the Foreign Ministry of Netherlands. The Action is implemented by GIZ under the BMZ funded “Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture [l4Ag]” in six partner countries: Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], and Zambia.
The specific objective [outcome] of the Action is “Contributions to inclusive transition towards deforestation-free, sustainable, and legal supply chains for selected commodities to the EU have been made.”
The SAFE Project has partnered with private sector to jointly work on the following aspects:
- To facilitate linkages for smallholder farmers with private sector companies and contribute to the establishment of a sustainable and viable soy organic value chain.
- To conduct pilots with smallholder farmers on traceability and transparency of sustainable soy production in line with EUDR requirements; This activity will not only be for companies targeting their export towards the EU market. It will also apply to entities that produce for national and regional markets.
- To train smallholder farmers in Central and Southern Provinces; Mumbwa and Itezhi-tezhi Districts on sustainable, deforestation-free and legal agricultural production practices.
Objectives of the Assignment
GIZ seeks to engage a qualified Contractor with experts in soybean organic certification process [EOS and NOP standard] for 1250 organic small holder farmers in Itezhi Tezhi district. To achieve the above objectives and adhere to the European Union Deforestation Free Regulation [EUDR], the SAFE project together with its private partners need to integrate deforestation free production processes in the establishment of a sustainable organic soybean value chain with small scale farmers:
The Contractor will undertake the following assignment:
- The contractor is responsible for providing the following services:
- Participate in a kick-off meeting with GIZ Project team and private partners to discuss the scope of the assignment
- Conduct on site Evaluations and Prepare Initial Detailed Assessment Reports
- Preparation of Application Documents Required from the Clients
- Review Application documents and Inspection Reports and Make Impartial Certification Decisions
- Ensure Operational Efficiency, Compliance with Accreditation Requirements and Quality Control
- Final Audit [During harvest Period], Product Testing, Review and Potential noncompliance check, Certification
- The service is expected to be performed between October 2025 to December 2026 and be completed approximately within 365 days of signing the contract.
Selection Criteria:
- To qualify for consideration in the tender procedure, interested firms are required to meet the following qualifications and submit documents for eligibility assessment accordingly:
- At least one brochure or PowerPoint presentation that conceptually outlines their work on Soybean organic certification process – Farm Audit.
- At least 2 reference projects on Soybean organic certification process including geographical coverage and monitoring data [Number of Beneficiaries reached, etc.]
- The average number of employees and managers in the past three calendar years have worked on Soybean organic certification process.
- Overview of geographical experience and coverage of the organization in the region.
Additional submissions:
- Annual total turnover for each of the last three [3] years, a minimum of 45,000 Euros or Zambian Kwacha equivalent per year is required.
- List of completed and ongoing projects supported by a minimum of 2 client references.
- Minimum of 2 CVs detailing experience, competencies, and skills of key personnel for this project.
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