Call for Bid for Developing and Disseminating Agro-met Advisory Services in Farming Communities in Karnali Province, Nepal

Call for Bid

for 

Developing and Disseminating Agro-met Advisory Services in Farming Communities in Karnali Province, Nepal

Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in October 1995 with its Head Office in Pokhara and Programme Coordination Office in Lalitpur. LI-BIRD is committed to capitalizing on local resources, innovations and institutions for the sustainable management of natural resources and building resilience to climate change for improving the livelihoods of target beneficiaries, which includes smallholder farmers, particularly women in Nepal.

LI-BIRD is implementing a multi-country project “The Green Evolution: Pathways for Food System Transformation”, funded by Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The project is implemented in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, aiming to contribute to strengthening local food systems that safeguard the right to safe and healthy food, promote food sovereignty, and build resilience to climate change (SDG 2). In Nepal, the program is jointly implemented by Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Himalayan Permaculture Centre (HPC), and Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) in three districts of Karnali Province: Surkhet (Birendranagar Municipality, Barahtal Rural Municipality), Dailekh (Dullu Municipality, Aathbish Municipality), Jumla (Tatopani Rural Municipality).

Under the Green Evolution project, LI-BIRD has planned to develop and disseminate agro-met advisory services in farming communities in Karnali Province, Nepal. Thus, LI-BIRD invites all the eligible firms to submit the sealed proposals for undertaking the assignment. Please use the form/template provided in the EoI document while preparing your proposal. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) and Expression of Interest (EoI) document can be downloaded from the link below:

Download ToR

Download EoI

The deadline for submission of proposals is 16 December 2025 (Tuesday) at 5:00 PM. Please note that the LI-BIRD Office have official holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. Interested applicants may submit any queries related to the EoI and ToR via email to procurement@libird.org Queries received over the weekend will be addressed during regular working days. All proposals must be prepared and submitted in the English language. Proposals received after the deadline shall not be accepted or considered for further evaluation. 

Note: Please fill in the vendor registration form for FY 2082/83 if you or your firm is not registered in LI-BIRD’s vendor roster. Refer to the following link for the Vendor Registration Form:

• For Organization: https://hrp.libird.org/li-bird-vendor-registration?new=1

A proposal that does not meet the requirements will be discarded. Proposals that meet the requirements and offer the best value for money will be considered for the further evaluation process. LI-BIRD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the bids without assigning any reason whatsoever. All the costs associated with preparing and submitting the letter of interest and proposal shall be borne solely by the companies.

Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)

Pokhara-12, Kaski, Gandaki, Nepal

Contact No.: 061-585357

Contact Person: Procurement Officer