[opportunities] Extension: Call for EOI - Overview of the world's rice supply and market

[Bui Thi Phuong, Thao]

Dear Ngan,
Please kindly help to extend the following EOI to 20 February 2022 and replace the file attached in NGORC website.
https://ngocentre.org.vn/jobs/international-consultant-overview-worlds-rice-supply-and-market-related-climate-change-and-sust<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fngocentre.org.vn%2Fjobs%2Finternational-consultant-overview-worlds-rice-supply-and-market-related-climate-change-and-sust&data=04%7C01%7Ctbuithiphuong%40snv.org%7C0df721b421db4fa2273f08d9dfdc8cb5%7C44b97030a737446183c04f575c209c43%7C0%7C0%7C637786961362334413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=9wOd9MK5ag94QPnt9792w6MVv%2FqGIUouULK6PuglKmY%3D&reserved=0>

Thanks em,
Thao

From: Bui Thi Kim Ngan <administrator at ngocentre.org.vn>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 3:27 PM
To: Bui Thi Phuong, Thao <tbuithiphuong at snv.org>
Cc: Downs, Alex <adowns at snv.org>; Nguyen Thi Bich, Thuy <tnguyenthibich at snv.org>; Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Anh <anguyenthingoc at snv.org>
Subject: Re: Call for EOI - Overview of the world's rice supply and market

Dear chị Thảo,

Please find the link below for your advertisement on NGORC's website:

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E Ngân

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 2:21 PM Bui Thi Phuong, Thao <tbuithiphuong at snv.org<mailto:tbuithiphuong at snv.org>> wrote:
Call for Expression of Interest (EOI)
OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD'S RICE SUPPLY AND MARKET related to climate change and sustainability
International consultant

VINASEED and DFCD origination project
Established in 1968 as a state enterprise under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vinaseed was privatized in November 2003. It becomes one of the leading groups in the scale of management capability, Crop Industry in financial management and market share development in Viet Nam and growing in the region. It’s also noticed as an innovative climate business in researching, developing climate-smart agricultural products with a high yield, outstanding quality, and smart resilient rice seed to climate impacts in the country.
The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) is managed by a pioneering consortium of Climate Fund Managers (CFM), Worldwide Fund for Nature the Netherlands (WWF-NL) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation. DFCD provides finance and Technical Assistance (TA) to enable, mobilize and scale private sector funding for climate-smart development in two stages, origination, and investment.
VINASEED and DFCD agreed to implement an origination project to support the development of more climate-resilient rice seeds in the Mekong Delta, which is being undertaken by Vinaseed (Vietnam National Seeds Group JSC).
Objectives of the assignment
The overall intention of the Assessment: To assist the management of Vinaseed Project in assessing the actual overall situation of the international rice sector and major trends supply, consumption and market trends in the world in the context of climate change in order to define future sustainable strategies for Vinaseed., Sustainability will be defined by economic, social and environmental factors.
Tasks
The following tasks are reported/coordinated with VINASEED’s designated staff and SNV’s DFCD Vietnam country project manager.

•       Overview of global rice supply, demand, trade flow, demand and, consumption of rice in the context of climate change;

•       Challenges and problems, difficulties in global rice production and supply chain according to specific regional and regional characteristics related to climate change;

•       General information about demand trends for rice (rice attributes) in the world through existing references for some popular markets.

•       Presenting, training (workshop) about the assessment and recommendations to multiple stakeholders

­­For more details on the Expression of Interest process, submission requirements, and evaluation details, please see corresponding sections below:


Submission Requirements
Interested organisations/ consultant teams/ individuals should submit the EOIs with following information/ documents via https://smrtr.io/7PW6G<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmrtr.io%2F7PW6G&data=04%7C01%7Ctbuithiphuong%40snv.org%7C0df721b421db4fa2273f08d9dfdc8cb5%7C44b97030a737446183c04f575c209c43%7C0%7C0%7C637786961362334413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=SPKGL8bjRzzJPqWIAjcad6iC2jxG3xt%2BMuIHB4I8%2Fw4%3D&reserved=0>

1.    The applicant’s experience & knowledge on the field of agriculture and economics with a master's degree or higher; at least 05 years of experience in the field of economics, environment, agriculture. Having good relations with foreign organizations; Knowledge and experience in the rice sector regarding sustainability (international market trends, value chain, research, sustainability initiatives, international trading companies, aspects of climate change in the rice sector, etc.)
2.   Additional information on the applicant’s professional qualifications and CVs.
3.   Business registration certificate of the company (if any);
4.   Completion of the Advanced Due Diligence form attached (for company only)


Deadline for EOI
Submissions


EOIs are due 17:00 on February 7th, 2022


Selection Process

VINASEED will review all Expressions of Interest received in accordance with the guidelines and criteria in this solicitation. VINASEED reserves the right to exclude any EOIs that do not meet the guidelines. Please note that VINASEED is unable to provide detailed feedback to those EOIs that are not selected.



Step 1: VINASEED will shortlist selected EOIs, and unsuccessful respondents will be notified. Successful applicants will be contacted by VINASEED.



Step 2: VINASEED will release Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the specific activities and contract with the selected organizations/ consultants.


Protection of Information

We request that Expressions of Interest responses be free of any intellectual property that the applicant wishes to protect. Should offerors wish to include proprietary intellectual property that they believe would be helpful for VINASEED, please note the proprietary nature of such information. Costing information will be kept confidential and will not be shared beyond VINASEED.



Issuance of this EOI does not constitute a commitment, award, or engagement on the part of VINASEED nor does it commit VINASEED to any future commitment or engagement.



Note: VINASEED reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement in the EOI/or solicitation process at any time.


The applicant needs to complete the Advanced Due Diligence Framework in the Annex below to attach to application.

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