RFA: Stimulating Private Sector led animal health service delivery system in RiPA program Area

Stimulating Private Sector led animal health service delivery system in RiPA program Area

Location: (Somali, Afar and Oromia regions)

Mercy Corps is an international, Non-governmental humanitarian relief and development organization that exist to alleviate suffering and poverty by helping people build secure, productive and sustainable community driven changes.

Mercy corps has planned to catalyze animal health service delivery system through capacity building of selected market actors in the Resilience in Pastoral Areas-North (RiPA-north) program targeted areas (Somali, Afar and Oromia regions). 

Thus, Mercy Corps RiPA Program is welcoming applications from existing Private Veterinary Pharmacies (PVPs) and Private veterinary Clinic (PVC), who are interested to expand their business through capacitating and collaborating with Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) and interested new veterinary science graduates to engage in the business. This aims to create a better access and quality service at scale to pastoral and Agro-Pastoral communities as per the detailed in call for application. 

Criteria:

• Registered business entities under Ethiopian law with recently renewed business license from the relevant authorities;
• Operational PVP/PVC that have been active for at least six consecutive months in and/or around RiPA targeted woredas;
• Commitment/interest to work with CAHWs, veterinary science graduates  and other actors along the animal health service delivery chain;
• Have the financial capacities and other related resources to leverage and expand the proposed business idea;
• Interested applicant can collect details of application documents starting from the date advertised from Addis Ababa, Jijiga, Dire Dawa and Semera Offices listed below; or can find on  www.mercycorps.org/tenders
• Expression of interest (proposal) that contains both technical and financial proposal as per the format provided in the call for application shall be submitted in a sealed envelope to the below Mercy corps offices:

Addis Ababa office located Yeka Sub-City, Kebele 08, House No. 377; Hayahulet,

 Tel. +251- 111110777, P. O. Box 14319 

Jijiga office: Kebele 06, House No.2079, Tel.No.+251-25-775-7477, P.O.Box  :225

Dire Dawa, Kebele 02, House No.509, Tel.No.+251-25-113-1220/21, P.O.Box: 974

Semera: CARE field office, Tell: 03-33660114

OR by tenders@mercycorps.org

• Deadline for submission July 30, 2021 10:00AM and the proposals received after this date may not be considered.
• Financial proposal should be in birr that indicates total amount of investment, expected contribution from Mercy Corps and own source.
• Mercy Corps reserves the right to reject the bid fully or partially;