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Jobs in Tanzania 2020: New Jobs Vacancies at Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) 2020
Job Description
Tanzania
Horticultural Association, http://taha.or.tz/ is an apex private sector
member-based organization mandated to develop and promote the
horticultural industry in Tanzania. TAHA’s goal is to improve the growth
and competitiveness of horticultural industry in the country for social
and economic gains by being a strong voicing platform, representing
farmers at all levels, processors, exporters and service providers in
the horticultural industry in Tanzania. TAHA is currently spearheading
the design of the Tanzania Horticulture Market Access Strategy which
will focus on identifying potential markets for Tanzania horticulture
projects, identifying existing barriers within the sector, private
sector competitiveness constraints and inefficiencies in market support
infrastructure related to transport and logistics. In addition, the
strategy will map out existing players and programmes and their
potential role of the implementation of the strategy.
The
programme supports the increase of market access of targeted
horticulture products for both regional and international markets. Based
on lessons from other country programmes export capability programming,
the intervention is being implemented as a pilot project for the
Tanzania export capability portfolio and will be initiated through
strategic design to inform potential areas of support.
Recommended:
The
Programme is many ways leverages existing programmes implemented in the
sector by TAHA in partnership with other development partners and
support the implementation of interventions around building export
capacities (standards’ compliance and other support services),
addressing priority regulatory constraints, facilitating access to
targeted market support infrastructure (cold chain, warehousing and
aggregation), strengthening market linkages and access to market
information.
Objectives of the Assignment
TAHA is
currently implementing 3 years (2019 – 2022) project known as Enhancing
Market Access for Horticultural Products. The project targets farmers,
farmers’ groups, Off-takers, Processors, SMEs/firms, market enumerators
and buyers. The overarching objective of the project is Enhanced
Business Competitiveness through Market Access.
Specific objectives of the project are;
a) Increased market opportunities for Tanzanian horticultural products
b) Improved Standard Compliance for selected Horticultural Products
c) Improved access of Market Information for the sub sector
d) Access to Key Market Support Infrastructure (cold chain, warehousing, cold storage)
e) Improved coordination of key actors in the Horticultural sub sector.
Technical assistancescope:
Processors and exporters in the horticultural sector are to be assisted
to improve their access to the international market by upgrading their
produce handling facilities and hence helping them comply with standards
such as BRC, HACCP, ISO 22000. The beneficiaries will be assisted
through the following:
· Training on modern post-harvest and value addition technologies.
· Facilitating pre-certification activities to either BRC, HACCP or ISO 22000 Standards.
This
RFP specifically is for inviting Consultants or Consulting firms to
participate in building capacity for selected SMEs and exporters in the
Pack house Certification Program.
Scope of the Assignment
The scope of work will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following activities:
1)
Development of a proper food traceability system in line with different
standards such as BRC, ISO 22000, HACCP for the selected SMEs and
Exporters.
2) Undertake all the key mandatory required trainings as per agreed standards for the selected SMEs and Exporters.
3)
Build the capacity for the selected SMEs and Exporters to carry on with
proper Record Keeping and Documentation pertaining to traceability,
workers health and hygiene.
4) Development of the Quality Management System for the mobilized Packhouses or other produce handling facilities.
5) Identify the Equipment that are necessary towards the attainment of certification.
6)
Train the selected SMEs and Exporters on Risk assessments as
prerequisite to undertake Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points.
7) Undertake the role of doing internal audits, and finally participate in external audits.
8) Close off all Non conformities as may arise from external audits and hand over the final report.
Deliverables
The
following will be outputs expected in the course of the assignment;
- Detailed training and
certification program. - Detailed report on the gaps
identified during evaluation of these SMEs and Exporters - Internal audits report and
closure of all non-conformities identified - A full Quality Management
System for the beneficiaries. - Implement a documentation
System and Procedures necessary for attainment of Certification.
Ideal candidates for the
assignment should possess the following attributes;
- A Bachelor’s degree in Food
Safety, Public Health, Crop Protection, Agriculture Education and
Extension, agronomy, environmental science or related and relevant field. - Relevant professional
training in ISO22000, BRC, HACCP implementation from a recognized
institution is mandatory. - At least 5 years’ working
experience in ISO22000, BRC, HACCP implementation especially in the small
and medium scale farmers’ context. - Good knowledge in undertaking
of ISO22000, BRC, HACCP of processed tomatoes in the region - Demonstrated experience in
having undertaken similar exercises elsewhere - Excellent interpersonal and
adult training skills. - Excellent communication
skills, including fluency in English & Kiswahili.
2 Section B: Bidder Instructions
1.1 Documents to be submittedThe following documents shall be submitted;
- Technical
proposal including a short description of
deliverables, clear work plan (days and activities) with the proposed
methodology, which shall include full justification for implementation
approach to be used, a detailed CV including experience relevant to
this assignment including reference letters from clients and at least three referees
for similar or related work done - Financial
proposal indicating
fees for the consultancy, including all costs to conduct this assignment
(this should indicate man-days and fees including VAT). - The following mandatory commercial documents;
- Certificate of Incorporation (If any)
- Business License (If any)
- TIN Certificate
- VAT Registration Certificate if registered.
- Evidence of provision of TRA Fiscal receipt for
payments received from TAHA.
1.2 Submission procedureBidders should submit protected soft copy of both Technical and
Financial proposal by 5:00 PM (EAT) on 09.09.2020
referring the above RFP number, with the subject line “FACILITATE PACKHOUSE
CERTIFICATION FOR HORTICULTURAL EXPORTERS AND VALUE CHAIN SMEs.” via
email address [email protected]
addressing;
Chief Executive Officer,
Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA),
Kanisa Road, House No. 49,
P.O Box 16520,
Arusha,
Tanzania.
Proposals received after this time will not be
accepted for consideration. By submitting a proposal, each bidder represents
that:
- The
proposal is based upon an understanding of the specifications and
requirements described in this RFP. - The
costs for developing and delivering responses to this RFP and any
subsequent presentations of the proposal as requested by TAHA are entirely
the responsibility of the bidder. TAHA is not liable for any expense
incurred by the bidder in the preparation and presentation of their
proposal. - All
materials submitted in response to this RFP become the property of TAHA
and are to be appended to any formal documentation, which would further
define or expand any contractual relationship between TAHA and the bidder
resulting from this RFP process. - The
information regarding TAHA included in the RFP is confidential and the
bidder may not divulge or disclose to any third party in any form or
manner whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, any Confidential
Information without the prior written consent of the TAHA
1.3 Late Submissions
Regardless
of cause, late submissions will not be accepted and will automatically
be disqualified from further consideration. It shall be the bidder’s
sole risk to assure submission by the designated time.
1.4 Withdrawing Proposals
Proposals
may not be withdrawn for a period of 30 days after the proposal due
date. Proposals may be withdrawn prior to the proposal due date,
provided that such requests are in writing.
1.5 Rights Reserved
While
TAHA has every intention to award a contract as a result of this RFP,
issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by TAHA to award
a contract. Upon a determination such actions would be in its best
interests, TAHA in its sole discretion reserves the right to:
- cancel or terminate this RFP;
- reject any or all proposals received in response
to this RFP; - waive any undesirable, inconsequential, or
inconsistent provisions of this document, which would not have significant
impact on any proposals;
1.6 Evaluation Procedure
All
responsive proposals will be evaluated based on stated evaluation
criteria. TAHA evaluation committee will separate proposals into
“responsive” and “non-responsive” proposals. To be considered
responsive, the bidder must meet the requirements outlined in Section
2.1 and Section 2.2 in the instructions to bidder. Non-responsive
proposals will be eliminated from further consideration. The procurement
committee will then evaluate the remaining proposals and rank them to
establish the highest score. Discussions and negotiations may take place
with the short list of bidders to obtain a best and final offer. The
award will be based upon the proposal that is determined to be in the
most competitive.
Evaluation Criteria;Technical Evaluation
The
intention of TAHA is hire a consultant to conduct horticultural data
collection, analysis and storage. The technical proposal will be given a
technical score. The proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it
does not achieve the minimum technical score stipulated. Responses to
this RFP will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- ü Technical Proposal = 60%
- ü Financial Proposal = 40%
Points
may be subtracted for non-compliance with specified format requests.
TAHA may also choose to not evaluate, may deem non-responsive, and/or
may disqualify from further consideration any proposals that do not
follow this RFP format, are difficult to understand, are difficult to
read, or are missing any requested information.
Award of Contract
Once
the proposals are opened, a committee selected by TAHA will evaluate
each proposal, taking into consideration the criteria and methodology
stipulated in this RFP. TAHA will be the sole judge in evaluation
considerations and may make an award to the bidders(s) who submits the
proposal judged by TAHA to be in its best interest. A recommendation as
to which system best meets the interests of TAHA (as determined by the
evaluation committee) will be presented to TAHA management. The award
will only be to responsible bidders(s) qualified by experience to
perform the services specified herein. All proposals submitted shall be
valid for a period of sixty (30) calendar days from the date of the
proposal opening.
Any effort by bidders to influence TAHA in the
examination, evaluation, and recommendation for award of contract may
result in the rejection of the bidders’ proposal.
All proposals shall be valid for a minimum of 30 days.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) KIOSK MODEL PILOTING. RFP NO. [TAHA/CONS/0022/2020]
Tanzania
Horticultural Association, http://taha.or.tz/ is an apex private sector
member-based organization mandated to develop and promote the
horticultural industry in Tanzania. TAHA’s goal is to improve the growth
and competitiveness of horticultural industry in the country for social
and economic gains by being a strong voicing platform, representing
farmers at all levels, processors, exporters and service providers in
the horticultural industry in Tanzania. In Arusha and other East Africa
Cities, there is increased consumption of fresh traditional vegetables
driven by increasing population, income, urbanization and globalization.
Consumers at the same time are growing more concerned about the food
safety risk in especially fruit and vegetables. Africa, Tanzania
included there is little credible, comprehensive, quantified evidence on
the overall impact of food safety chemical, biological and physical
hazards in fresh fruits and vegetables. However credible evidence of
widespread misuse of chemicals and pesticides, unsafe handling practices
of fresh fruit and vegetables from farm to consumption all suggest a
high potential for human exposure, food contamination, health injuries
and illness (Tropical Pesticides Research Institute 2017)
Chemical
and phytosanitary regulations and controls in Tanzania in fruit and
vegetables (FFV) are limited, except where good practices are linked to
eligibility for export market. The Tanzania Code of Hygienic Practice
for FF&V by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) is the main code
guiding production and marketing of fresh horticulture produce in
Tanzania. There is little evidence this code is been used to guide food
safety in horticulture produce. There is lack of capacities among
farmers, local authorities and national government and private sector to
design or implement sustainable and scalable interventions to improve
food safety for domestic markets. The informal nature of the supply
chains characterized by heterogeneous and fragmented systems dominated
by large numbers of informal small-scale actors with little organization
make surveillance and regulation difficult. Other factors limiting the
use of regulations and market standards are the complexities of these
standards, lack of awareness of these standards, the, low food safety
culture among in the domestic market chains.
The Arusha Food
Safety Consortium consisting of TAHA, Rikolto, TRIAS, Solidaridad and
AgriProFocus in collaboration with Arusha City Council have developed a
kiosk model to raise awareness among the community in Arusha City in
view of promoting food safety through a collective approach. Through a
spiral model which brings together different stakeholders through this
consortium the space for a collective initiative is ensured and proves
that agribusiness and development are mutually inclusive. Together, new
sustainable ways of creating impact with business, exchanging
perspectives and expecting the unexpected on ensuring a food safety
Arusha will be guaranteed. Cultivating collaboration through linking,
learning and leadership is key in this initiative.
Objectives
of the Pilot
The
pilot is further expected to present the views of the stakeholders including
farmers and vendors on issues and experience relatives to current and future
fresh food industry in Arusha City. Basically, this assignment will illustrate
adequate and efficient institutional support for the development of an
environmentally and healthy responsible fresh food.
Specifically,
it will;
- Develop an industry guide for fresh fruit and vegetables for
Tanzania will support the implementation of the FFV code of conduct - Piloting of the code of conduct and a Food Safety Risk Analysis
initiative to providing a science-based approach to improve food safety
decision-making processes,) enables information on hazards in food to be
linked directly to data on the risk to human health - Foster inclusive business between local and rural to improve access
to safe food in the Arusha City and its environment.
Pilot
the Kiosk Model, that integrates all features of Food Safety management systems
accompanied with communication and awareness raising campaigns among consumers
in wider Arusha.
Scope of the Assignment
The scope of work will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following activities:
1) Together with the Members of the Arusha Food Safety Consortium:
a. Map the farmers/suppliers of fruits and vegetables to the City
b. Map out the food vendors engaging in trading fruits and vegetables
c. Identify potential areas to establish/locate kiosk.
2)
Consultant is required to supervise the development of Kiosk model
structure to selected Kiosk Vendors at Arusha Urban Markets.
3) Awareness creation campaigns (Communication and Media)
Strategize
the dissemination of the findings, knowledge and critical issues
concerning food safety during the piloting phase. This will enable
consumers and all related beneficiaries to absorb the necessary
information and propagation of appropriate targeted messages on the
safety of fresh produce to different stakeholders including government,
policy makers, consumers, private sector, traders, and consumers.
The
following will be outputs expected in the course of the assignment;
- A fully fledged and detailed report
of the assignment.
Qualification of the Consultant.
Ideal candidates for the
assignment should possess the following attributes;
- A Bachelor’s degree in Food
Safety, Public Health, Crop Protection, Agriculture Education and
Extension, agronomy, environmental science or related and relevant field. - Demonstrated experience in
having undertaken similar supervision exercises elsewhere - Excellent interpersonal and
adult training skills. - Excellent communication
skills, including fluency in English & Kiswahili.
2 Section B: Bidder Instructions
1.1 Documents to be submitted
The following documents shall be submitted;
- Technical
proposal including a short description of
deliverables, clear work plan (days and activities) with the proposed
methodology, which shall include full justification for implementation
approach to be used, a detailed CV including experience relevant to
this assignment including reference letters from clients and at least three
referees for similar or related work done - Financial
proposal indicating
fees for the consultancy, including all costs to conduct this assignment
(this should indicate man-days and fees including VAT). - The following mandatory commercial documents;
- Certificate of Incorporation (If any)
- Business License (If any)
- TIN Certificate
- VAT Registration Certificate if registered.
- Evidence of provision of TRA Fiscal receipt for
payments received from TAHA.
1.2 Submission
procedure
Bidders should submit protected soft copy of both Technical and
Financial proposal by 5:00 PM (EAT) on 09.09.2020
referring the above RFP number, with the subject line “KIOSK MODEL PILOTING.” via email address [email protected] addressing;
Chief Executive Officer,
Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA),
Kanisa Road, House No. 49,
P.O Box 16520,
Arusha,
Tanzania.
Proposals received after this time will not be
accepted for consideration. By submitting a proposal, each bidder represents
that:
- The
proposal is based upon an understanding of the specifications and requirements
described in this RFP. - The
costs for developing and delivering responses to this RFP and any
subsequent presentations of the proposal as requested by TAHA are entirely
the responsibility of the bidder. TAHA is not liable for any expense
incurred by the bidder in the preparation and presentation of their
proposal. - All
materials submitted in response to this RFP become the property of TAHA
and are to be appended to any formal documentation, which would further
define or expand any contractual relationship between TAHA and the bidder
resulting from this RFP process. - The
information regarding TAHA included in the RFP is confidential and the
bidder may not divulge or disclose to any third party in any form or
manner whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, any Confidential
Information without the prior written consent of the TAHA
automatically be disqualified from further consideration. It shall be the
bidder’s sole risk to assure submission by the designated time.
1.4 Withdrawing ProposalsProposals may not be withdrawn for a period of 30 days after the
proposal due date. Proposals may be withdrawn prior to the proposal due date,
provided that such requests are in writing.
1.5 Rights ReservedWhile TAHA has every intention to award a contract as a result of this
RFP, issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by TAHA to award a
contract. Upon a determination such actions would be in its best interests,
TAHA in its sole discretion reserves the right to:
- cancel or terminate this RFP;
- reject any or all proposals received in response
to this RFP; - waive any undesirable, inconsequential, or
inconsistent provisions of this document, which would not have significant
impact on any proposals;
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1.6 Evaluation Procedure
All responsive proposals will be evaluated based on stated evaluation
criteria. TAHA evaluation committee will separate proposals into “responsive”
and “non-responsive” proposals. To be considered responsive, the bidder must
meet the requirements outlined in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 in the
instructions to bidder. Non-responsive
proposals will be eliminated from further consideration. The procurement
committee will then evaluate the remaining proposals and rank them to establish
the highest score. Discussions and negotiations may take place with the short
list of bidders to obtain a best and final offer. The award will be based upon
the proposal that is determined to be in the most competitive.
Evaluation Criteria;Technical Evaluation
The
intention of TAHA is hire a consultant to conduct horticultural data
collection, analysis and storage. The technical proposal will be given a
technical score. The proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it
does not achieve the minimum technical score stipulated. Responses to
this RFP will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- ü Technical Proposal = 60%
- ü Financial Proposal = 40%
Points
may be subtracted for non-compliance with specified format requests.
TAHA may also choose to not evaluate, may deem non-responsive, and/or
may disqualify from further consideration any proposals that do not
follow this RFP format, are difficult to understand, are difficult to
read, or are missing any requested information.
Award of Contract
Once
the proposals are opened, a committee selected by TAHA will evaluate
each proposal, taking into consideration the criteria and methodology
stipulated in this RFP. TAHA will be the sole judge in evaluation
considerations and may make an award to the bidders(s) who submits the
proposal judged by TAHA to be in its best interest. A recommendation as
to which system best meets the interests of TAHA (as determined by the
evaluation committee) will be presented to TAHA management. The award
will only be to responsible bidders(s) qualified by experience to
perform the services specified herein. All proposals submitted shall be
valid for a period of sixty (30) calendar days from the date of the
proposal opening.
Any effort by bidders to influence TAHA in the
examination, evaluation, and recommendation for award of contract may
result in the rejection of the bidders’ proposal.
All proposals shall be valid for a minimum of 30 days.
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