Baseline Study Consultancy

Procurement Ref #: UG_RQUG000726

Introduction

TechnoServe is an international non-profit organization that promotes business solutions to poverty in developing countries, headquartered in Washington, DC, and operates in over 29 countries worldwide. TechnoServe’s mission is to work with enterprises and women and men in developing countries to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. It links people to information, capital, and markets, with nearly 50 years of proven results.

Project Background

Growing Resilience and Opportunities for Wealth Through Horticulture (GROWTH) project in Uganda is a five-year (2025–2030) funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN). The project is being implemented by a consortium led by TechnoServe, in partnership with Agriterra and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) with strategic collaboration from Pearl Capital Partners. The GROWTH Project aims to strengthen Uganda’s horticulture sector by supporting 100,000 market-oriented smallholder horticulture farmers (SHHFs) working through their communities and Farmer Organisations (FOs), including cooperatives, farmer groups, and Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs). The project seeks to increase farmer income through improved productivity, stronger market linkages, enhanced food safety and quality practices, increased access to financial services, and strengthened organizational capacity of farmer institutions.

The programme will be implemented across selected districts in the Central (Buganda), Busoga, Egon, Rwenzori, and Kigezi regions of Uganda. Its overall goal is to promote inclusive, resilient, and market-oriented horticultural systems that enable smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods, participate competitively in horticultural value chains, and benefit from sustainable economic growth.

Purpose of the Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a baseline study for the GROWTH Project to establish the initial status of key project indicators and generate evidence that will inform implementation, monitoring, and evaluation throughout the project lifecycle.

Sollicitation Access:

Strictly online. Access & download the bid document/Request for proposal (RFP) free of charge anytime from our website: https://buy.tns.org. (Look for Uganda under East Africa region).

Proposal Submission Instructions:

Any files attached to a response must not exceed 10MB. File links or folders are not acceptable format. Completed proposals shall be prepared and submitted as an attachment via email in accordance with the response instructions contained in the RFP document. The unique email address for response submission is provided in the request for proposal document.

Proposal Submission Deadline:

The deadline for proposal submission is 14th August, 2026 at 23:59 hours (EAT). Late bids or proposals shall not be accepted.

TechnoServe Inc, Uganda

Operations and Procurement Department
P.O Box 103940, Plot 15, Kitante Close, Kampala, Uganda

Disclaimer: TechnoServe is under no obligation to award to the lowest or highest or any bidder at all and may cancel the whole/best process when deemed fit without giving further justification. TechnoServe is not bound to award or contract any prospective provider.

Note: TechnoServe does not solicit any money for one to participate or to become a successful bidder out of this process.