Shelter For Life International (SFL) Headquartered in Minnesota, USA is an international faith-based (Christian) relief and development organization with over 40 years of experience in providing sustainable development and humanitarian assistance in developing countries around the world.
Under the USDA/FAS Food For Progress (FFPr) program, Shelter For Life (SFL) is implementing an eight-year (2017-2025) project called "Linking Infrastructure, Finance and Farms to Cashew" (LIFFT- Cashew) in Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau (SeGaBi) that aims to develop and upgrade the value chain linkages needed to support an integrated regional trade network for the cashew value chain. However, in order to make the value chain more attractive, competitive and develop an inclusive economy in SeGaBi, the LIFFT-Cashew project focuses on improving cashew production, processing and trade on local and international markets, in collaboration with other parts of the value chain.
In the framework of LIFFT-Cashew, as part of the improving the agriculture development and crop productivity in SeGaBi region, the SFL intends to support cooperatives in the SeGaBi region to acquire harvesting machine for improving the quality of the harvested RCN, to save more time in harvesting and also increase the cooperative's income by providing services to producers. Shelter For Life is therefore launching a call for tenders for the procurement of Harvesting Machines.
Given the importance attached to improving the production and quality of the nuts to be marketed by the cooperatives.
The SFL Bids Evaluation and Award Committee ("BEAC") now SFL invites interested Vendors/Suppliers to apply to Bid for the supply of proposed below materials:
Items/Materials list under BID:
Conditions de participation: (voir dans le document)
This Biding Document includes Instructions to suppliers, Technical Specifications and Administrative Requirements that Ventors/Suppliers will need to follow in order to prepare and submit their quotation for consideration by SFL.
Eligible Bidders (Vendors/Suppliers) may receive the complete set of Bidding Document at above address from July 24th, 2025 at 10:00 to 17:00 local time or download at the following web-site: https://lifftproject.com
Please also regularly follow the SFL web-site for potential publication of agenda or clarifications.
Offers must be submitted to the email below indicating to email title "SFL/LIFFT-Cashew PROJECT 5302/2025/02": lifftcashewinfo@shelter.org
Or submitted to the address below in Shelter For Life – 178, Néma Complémentaire, Ziguinchor, Senegal.
Late Bids shall be rejected.
SFL reserves the right to accept or reject any Bids, and to cancel the procurement process and reject all Bids at any time prior to award of Contract, without obligation to inform the affected Bidder/s of the ground for SFL action.