Request for Quotations to Supply Chickens

Heifer International Zambia

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS TO SUPPLY CHICKENS

Heifer International Zambia is a branch office of Heifer Project International that works with resource-limited households and communities with a desire to improve their lives through community development activities such as agricultural and livestock production as well as organizational and agribusiness development. Heifer’s focus over the past seventy-seven years has been on sustainable development anchored in its mission to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.

Since , Heifer International has helped more than 36 million families lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. Our goal is to help families achieve living incomes, which will allow them to feed their families daily, educate all their children; and have proper housing, water, hygiene, and other essential resources. When many families gain this new sustainable income, it brings new opportunities for building schools, creating agricultural cooperatives, forming community savings, and funding small businesses.

Heifer International Zambia is requesting quotations from registered firms to supply chickens in Eastern Province, Southern Province and Mumbwa.

1. Livestock Health and Welfare Requirements :

a) The chickens must originate from areas which are not under any veterinary restrictions due to outbreaks of any infectious diseases.

b) All chickens must be dewormed, treated for liver fluke and given a vitamin and mineral supplement prior to transportation.

c) The management and handling of chickens shall comply with applicable regulatory requirements and accepted national standards.

d) All Chickens must be transported humanely and in conditions appropriate for delivery of such animals.

2. Specifications of the chickens

Total required

• Cockerels and Hens)
• The hens should be at point of lay

Breed

Ages

Live weight

1.0 kg

Physical features

Health status

3. Documentation – Contractor must provide the Country Office with the following documentation.

a) Poultry health program detailing every vaccination, deworming, and any other treatment given to the chickens

b) Results of all tests required hereunder, certified by a state veterinarian appointed by the Country Office.

c) Breeding records.

d) Livestock movement permits for all chickens.

4. Prospective Bidders are required to submit the following :

a) Company Profile

b) Registration / Incorporation Certificate from PACRA or Registrar of Societies.

c) Evidence of similar past or completed or ongoing delivery works in the last 3 years.

d) Tax Clearance Certificates from ZRA for the last two years for non-cooperatives.

e) Terms of payments.

The quotations must be submitted on or before 14th May, at 12 : 00hrs and clearly marked in the subject line as Supply of Chickens RFQ’s to the following address :

Heifer International Zambia

Plot No.

Katopola Road

Rhodespark

Lusaka