Country: Pakistan
Location within Country: Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province
Approx. value of the contract:
USD 24.720 Million
Name of PE: USAID
Duration of assignment (months):
60 months
Address:
Supervisory Agreement Officer
USAID/Pakistan,
US Embassy, Diplomatic Enclave,
Ramna-5, Islamabad, Pakistan
Total number of staff-months of the assignment:
3665.27 (Key & Non Key Staff)
Start date (month/year): February 21, 2022
Completion date (month/year): February 20, 2027
Approx. value of the services provided by your firm under the contract (in current PKR):
USD 17.63 Million (PKR 5075 Million)
Name of associated Consultants, if any:
- J.E. Austin Associates, Inc. USA
- Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF), Pakistan
- KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co., Pakistan
- Precision Development, Inc. Pakistan
Narrative description of project:
USAID Grant of USAID’s Economic Recovery and Development Activity (ERDA), which is a $24 million, five-year (2021-2026) activity designed to expand environmentally sustainable, socially equitable and climate resilient economic opportunities in the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province by strengthening and modernizing the agriculture sector and promoting on and off farm Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Description of actual services provided in the assignment:
AiD is the lead contractor for the activity to promote sustainable economic growth by improving agriculture sector capacity through increasing cultivable land for agricultural production, small dams command area development and improvement of watersheds, improvement of irrigation efficiency and capacity building of farmers; and supporting allied MSMEs in the non-agriculture sectors. Additionally, the AiD led consortium will provide technical assistance and project implementation and monitoring services to leverage planned public sector development initiatives and will support policy reforms to create an enabling environment for private sector investments in high economic-growth potential sectors, like mines, trade, transport, health and education.
Currently, the project is in pre-mobilization phase. Key engagements involve meetings and series of consultative workshops with the key stake holders in Peshawar, Mohmand, Bajaur, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan and South Waziristan Districts. The purpose is keeping the relevant public sector organizations informed of the ERDA activities in irrigation and agriculture sector as well as the allied MSMEs and on-farm/non-farms activities in the field.
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