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Loan No. 2455-CAM/Grant No. 0116-CAM: Emergency Food Assistance Project

The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia has received a loan and grant from the Asian Development Bank in the amount of US$35 million toward the cost of the Emergency Food Assistance Project.

The objective of the Project is to provide short-term transitional support to help the Government of Cambodia meet unexpectedly high expenditure for safety-net programs for the poor and vulnerable affected by higher food, fuel, and agricultural input prices. The proposed Project will finance the Government's expanded compensatory safety-net programs for the consumption and production of food by the poor and vulnerable in selected rural areas of seven provinces in the Tonle Sap Basin, and in selected urban slums of Phnom Penh.

The Project will have three components: (i) compensatory consumption support, (ii) productivity enhancement support, and (iii) capacity development for emergency response to the food crisis and project management.

Proceeds of the loan and grant are intended to be used for the following:

1. procurement of rice, seeds, fertilizers;
2. procurement of vehicles, office equipment;
3. procurement of a large number of community-based civil works under the food-for-work program;
4. recruitment of consultants to carry out specific terms of reference. The Project will require 325 person-months of consulting services, comprising 75 person-months of international consultants and 250 person-months of national consultants. The Project will also provide independent monitoring services by local NGOs. All consultants, including independent monitors, will be recruited by ADB.

All goods and services to be financed from the ADB loan and grant proceeds will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines and Government procedures acceptable to ADB, and AADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants.

Interested bidders from ADB member countries who wish to obtain additional information may contact:

Dr. Vong Sandap
Project Director
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel. No.: (855) 12952067

Mahfuzuddin Ahmed
Senior Agricultural Economist
Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
Southeast Asia Department
Asian Development Bank
Tel. No. (632) 632 6523
Email: akmahmed@adb.org

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