THIRD GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO
“Millennium Challenge Account–Lesotho II Authority” (MCA-Lesotho II)
The Government of Lesotho (GoL) has received grant funding of Three Hundred Million United States Dollars (US$300,000,000) from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States Government to enable the Government of Lesotho to implement this program and achieve the objectives of the MCC Grant (Compact), and it intends to apply parts of the proceeds of the funds to payments for contracts for goods, works and services.
MCC’s funding is appropriated by the U.S. Congress and obligated to the Compact up-front, with no incremental or partial funding. When a contract is signed with an MCA Entity, money is already available to the MCA Entity and, for most contracts, invoices are paid directly to Contractors/Consultants/Suppliers by the US Treasury.
The amended MCA-Lesotho II procurement program for the next twelve (12) months (1st August 2023 to 31st July 2024) will include the following:
Estimated Value: US $96,500,670.00.
PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES
CONSULTING FIRMS:
Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)
- The Health Communications contract
- ICT District Maintenance Support contract
- HSS MCA Technical Assistance
- Data Innovation Hub Contract
Market-Driven Irrigated Horticulture (MDIH)
- Engineering Supervision Services (previously shown as the Design and Construction Supervising Engineer)
- MDIH Integrated Horticulture Support Services: Gender and Inclusion Legal Advisory and Victims Support Contract
- MDIH Policy and Institutional Reform – Irrigation and Water
- MDIH – Institutional Reforms Capacity Support for Inclusive Horticulture Services
- Horticulture Training Gender and Social Development (HTGSD)
Business Environment and Technical Assistance (BETA)
- BETA Manager Contract
PROCUREMENT OF GOODS:
Program Administration and Control (PROGRAM ADMIN)
- Procurement of 50 Laptops and 4 printers for MCA Lesotho II
PROCUREMENT OF WORKS:
Market-Driven Irrigated Horticulture (MDIH)
- MDIH Design Build Contract
Program Administration and Control (PROGRAM ADMIN)
- MCA Office Space Re-modelling Contractor
PROCUREMENT OF NON-CONSULTANT SERVICES:
Program Administration and Control (PROGRAM ADMIN)
- MCA Lesotho Website Design and Hosting
- MCA Lesotho Logo Design
- Hotels and Conference Facilities
Contracts for goods, works and services financed under the program will be implemented according to the principles, rules and procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines, which can be found on the MCC website at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/program-procurement-guidelines
The procurement is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines.
Specific procurement notices for contracts to be tendered under the competitive bidding procedures and for consultant contracts will be announced, as they become available, on the MCA Entity’s website, United Nations Development Business (UNDB): http://www.devbusiness.com/, Development Gateway Market (dgMarket): http://www.dgmarket.com/, in local newspapers, and other media outlets as appropriate.
Interested eligible contractors, consultants and Suppliers who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive a copy of advertisements, or those requiring additional information, should contact:
Millennium Challenge Account-Lesotho II Authority
Attention: Procurement Agent
5th Floor, Post Office Building
Kingsway Road
Maseru
Lesotho
Email:[email protected]