Tender Description

Title: Rehabilitation of Meat Market Facility and Construction of Solar-Powered Refrigerated Storage Infrastructure with Provision of Meat Processing Equipment and Energy-Efficient Cooking Systems

Location: Puntland

REF: WISOM/PUNTLAND / CONSTRUCTION OF MEAT COOLING FRIDGE AND STORAGE/015/2025  

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

Windle International Somalia (WISOM) is a leading development organization dedicated to advancing equitable access to quality education and fostering sustainable development across Somalia's most marginalized and displacement-affected communities. Established on the foundational principle that quality education constitutes an essential pathway for addressing Africa's development challenges, Windle International Somalia implements comprehensive, integrated programs encompassing Education, Training, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Climate Adaptation, Peace Building, and Community Resilience initiatives. 

This initiative is positioned within the Advancing Circular Technologies for Infrastructure and Value-chain Enhancement in Somalia (ACTIVE) project, a 40-month European Commission-funded intervention implemented by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA UK) in partnership with Windle International Somalia and the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organisation (READO). The ACTIVE project operates across six regional administrations—Banadir, Hirshabelle, Jubbaland, Southwest, Puntland, and Somaliland—with the overarching objective of enhancing renewable energy access and developing climate-resilient agri-food value chains. The project directly supports Somalia's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by targeting a conditional reduction of 30% greenhouse gas emissions compared to a Business-As-Usual scenario by 2030, thereby contributing to the broader objective of sustainable economic growth grounded in climate resilience, renewable energy integration, and circular economy principles.

Somalia's economy is fundamentally anchored in pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods, with the livestock sector constituting 80% of agricultural GDP and approximately 45% of national GDP. As one of the Horn of Africa's largest livestock exporters, Somalia exports millions of live animals annually to Gulf State markets, demonstrating the sector's critical economic importance and substantial export revenue potential. However, despite this economic significance, the pastoral sector remains severely constrained by inadequate animal health services, fragmented feed supply chains, and critically, the absence of modern processing and value-addition infrastructure. These structural deficiencies substantially limit sectoral productivity and profitability while constraining household incomes and economic resilience in pastoral communities. Puntland, characterized by semi-arid livelihood zones with concentrated pastoral populations and significant livestock concentrations, represents a priority implementation location for livestock value chain strengthening interventions aimed at enhancing rural incomes and economic stability.

The meat sector, as a critical component of Somalia's broader livestock value chain, provides essential protein nutrition to the population while generating significant income for pastoral households engaged in livestock rearing and meat marketing. The meat sector remains severely underdeveloped and constrained by fundamental infrastructure deficiencies. The overwhelming predominance of informal, small-scale slaughter operations conducted at community level, combined with the complete absence of functional cold chain infrastructure, formal processing facilities, and adequate food safety management systems, results in substantial post-harvest spoilage and constrains market engagement. This critical infrastructure deficit transforms meat production—possessing substantial income-generating potential; into a marginal livelihood component characterized by rapid spoilage, severely limited market access beyond immediate local consumption, inadequate producer price realization, and dependency on immediate meat sales without processing options.

The Proposed Intervention: Market Rehabilitation and Solar-Powered Meat Processing Infrastructure

This tender addresses critical meat sector infrastructure deficiencies through a strategically targeted intervention focused on Rehabilitating formalized meat market facilities and enabling processing equipment provision.

The Proposed Market Rehabilitation and Solar-Powered Meat Processing Infrastructure in Puntland 2025 is as below:

LOTS

REGION-DISTRICT

COMMUNITY

NAME OF UNITS

LV-M/B. A

BURTNLE

BURTNLE MEAT MARKET

BILL A

LV-M/B. B

BURTNLE

BURTNLE MEAT MARKET

BILL B

GRAND TOTAL

BILL A, BILL B

Bidders must meet the following minimum requirements supported by relevant documents at submission and will be considered in evaluation as technical offer & financial offer evaluation.

A: TECHNICAL OFFER

• The bids must be valid for a period of at least 120 days from the date
• Proof of works of similar magnitude and nature undertaken in the last 2 years with at least 1 year of specific experience.
• Must be a registered company (Attach copy of Certificate of Incorporation).
• Must be registered with the relevant National Construction Authority relating to the above works. This proof shall be attached.
• Attach details of similar works completed within the last five years giving details of clients who may be contacted for more information, amount and status (completed or ongoing).
• Attach list of relevant equipment's owned/hired/leased and skilled staff (Site Manager, masons and other necessary experts).
• CVs, Academic certificates and professional certificates of professional personnel or staff you intend to work with MUST be attached.
• Must be willing to engage at least 80% of unskilled labor from the local community. Sourcing of locally available high-quality materials is highly encouraged.
• Attach a detailed program of works showing contractor's proposed schedule of undertaking the rehabilitation/construction works.

B: FINANCIAL OFFER

• Attach PIN/VAT registration and Tax Compliance Certificates. 
• Attach Audited Accounts for the last two (2) years) or bank statement for the last 6 months.
• Attach a copy of Company ownership form.
• Attach dully filled WISOM Business Questionnaire.
• Duly filled BoQ/Bids that MUST be in $ US Dollars

C: COMPLETED QUOTATION DOCUMENTS

All bidders responding to the Invitation to Tender for the Proposed Rehabilitation of Cold Storage Unit and Supply of Solarized Refrigerators and Accessories to Improve the Livestock Value (Dairy) Chain MSME in Puntland must provide complete quotation documents as part of their formal bid submission.

Skills Required

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