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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Expression of Interest</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Expression of Interest (EOI)</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Advocacy advisory on developing Covid-19 response and sector recovery planning for Son La and Lao Cai provinces</b></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
<a href="http://www.snv.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.snv.org/</span></a> is a Dutch based International Development
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Organisation</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> that provides market-based solutions for the poor through local institutions
and organisations in 28 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Working in Agriculture, Energy, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, we have built a long-term, local presence in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global team of local and
international advisors works with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty
and guide their own development. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995, and currently has over 30 national and international staff. SNV Vietnam operates from a head office in Hanoi and projects in
over 50 provinces in the country, including in the poorest and most remote areas.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The “Market development and competitiveness enhancement for cinnamon products to promote women's economic empowerment in Lao Cai province project” – or “Spice for Equality”
for short - is 2 years project being implemented by SNV. The project is part of the “Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism Program” (GREAT) funded by an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Under GREAT program, SNV will support Lao Cai and Son La provinces to develop recovery plans from COVID-19 in selected sub-sectors. Sub-sectors will be assessed and prepared
the recovery plan include rice, vegetables, ramie, passion fruit, medicinal plants, tea and bamboo shoot. Therefore, SNV Vietnam is looking for (a) consultant(s) who will work closely with SNV and planning bodies at provinces to implement the assignment. This
assignment will cover all the districts that GREAT program has on-going activities and partners, after further consultation with local authorities, SNV team will consider expanding the scale of work to severely impacted districts if necessary.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">SNV is open for EOIs to develop recovery plans for Lao Cai and Son La provinces in selected sub-sectors under GREAT program, including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Analyse and provide evidence on the COVID-19 impact on agriculture sector and affect to households and enterprises in Lao Cai and Son La provinces.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-left:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Develop sector recovery plans with specific responses for each selected sub-sector.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">For more details on the Expression of Interest process, submission requirements, and evaluation details, please see corresponding sections below</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Submission Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Interested organisations/ consultant teams/ individuals should submit the following information/ documents via the link
<b><a href="https://smrtr.io/53J7Q">https://smrtr.io/53J7Q</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">The applicant’s experience working at management of programs/projects related to agricultural and social development; implementing enterprises survey, reporting skills, creating new ideas and managing quality assurance
output/ working with stakeholders in terms of transient poverty, livelihood transition, ability to self-recover and ability to access support enterprises;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:10.2pt;margin-left:5.15pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;text-autospace:none">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Business registration certificate of the company (if any)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Deadline for EOI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt">Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">EOIs are due
<b>17:00 on March 1<sup>st</sup>, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:white">Selection Process</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SNV Vietnam will review all Expressions of Interest received in accordance with the guidelines and criteria in this solicitation. SNV Vietnam reserves the right to exclude
any EOIs that do not meet the guidelines. Please note that SNV is unable to provide detailed feedback to those EOIs that are not selected.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Step 1:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SNV Vietnam will shortlist selected EOIs, and unsuccessful respondents will be notified. Successful applicants will be contacted by SNV Vietnam.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Step 2:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SNV Vietnam will release Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the specific activities and contract with the selected organization/ consultant.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">Protection of Information</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<span class="NoSpacingChar"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">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 SNV Vietnam, please note the proprietary nature of such information. Costing information will be kept confidential and will not be shared beyond SNV Vietnam.</span></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Issuance of this EOI does not constitute a commitment, award, or engagement on the part of SNV Vietnam nor does it commit SNV Vietnam to any future
commitment or engagement.</span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Note: SNV Vietnam reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement in the EOI/or solicitation process at any time. If you have any queries, please communicate
through </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:snvvietnamprocurement@snv.org"><i><span style="color:#0070C0">snvvietnamprocurement@snv.org</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.</span></em></span><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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