Consulting Services for Practical Training on Agricultural Drone Operations, Multispectral Data Acquisition and Processing for the Agriculture Technical Team (ATT) — Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Country: Republic of Tajikistan Project: Strengthening Resilience Agricultural Sector Project Grant No.: E1450-TJ Assignment Title: Consulting Services for Practical Training on Agricultural Drone Operations, Multispectral Data Acquisition and Processing for the Agriculture Technical Team (ATT) Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): SRASP-CS-RFP-2026-01 The Republic of Tajikistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the “Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project” additional financing and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. 2. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://ehukumat.tj/uploads/2026/10/20/6d930c69cd233bb8346fd4277b38f10f_original.244861.pdf 3. The State Institute “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The criteria for selecting the Consultant are: 4. The Training provider shall be a firm with proven experience in similar assignments including (but not limited to) Expertise in the following: documented experience operating professional UAV systems practical experience with agricultural or multispectral UAV surveys experience in RGB and multispectral image processing knowledge of photogrammetry experience with vegetation indices such as NDVI and NDRE experience with GIS software knowledge of RTK/GNSS positioning experience delivering practical UAV training capacity to conduct field-based training in the Republic of Tajikistan. Experience with DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral, DJI Terra, precision agriculture, Sentinel-2 imagery or agricultural remote sensing shall be considered an advantage. The above experience shall be demonstrated through a list of similar projects/contracts, including, at a minimum: description of services provided, contract amount, name of the contractor/client, project location/country, duration, assignment budget, and percentage of completion. Where applicable, the submission shall also specify the Consultant’s role in joint ventures or sub consultancy arrangements, as well as the Consultant’s core business activities. In addition, the above information shall be supported by certificates of completion or other documentary evidence confirming satisfactory performance, duly verified by the respective counterparties to the contracts concerned. 5. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016, revised in September 2023) Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (“the Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 6. The selection of consultants will be conducted using the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method, in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016, revised in September 2023) Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services. 7. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 08:00 to 17:00. 8. Expressions of interest in Russian or English must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by November 05, 2026, 12:00 a.m. State Institution “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” Project Management Unit Attn: Satori D.A. - PMU Director Address: Bokhtar street 17, 12th Floor City: Dushanbe Country: Tajikistan E-mail: procurement.srasp@gmail.com