Letter of Invitation

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition

P.O. Box 24

Maseru 100

Lesotho

Tel: (++266) 22322741

 October 31, 2025

1. The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho through Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition intents to test the Agricultural Soil in Lesotho for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity.

2.         The Principal Secretary for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition now invites “Technical and Financial Proposals in SEPARATE envelopes” to provide the following services: Testing of Agricultural Soil in Lesotho for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity. More details on the services are provided in the Request for Proposals (RFP) referred to under 5 below.

3.         The technical proposal shall clearly demonstrate your understanding of the expected outputs, your proposed approach to the services involved, necessary equipment, your comments on the Scope of Work, your relevant experience, and you will be expected to provide detailed and updated curricula vitae for the proposed key personnel for carrying out the assignment. The financial proposal should clearly reflect the breakdown of your fees and all other associated costs for carrying out the assignment.

4.         A Service Provider will be selected in accordance with the current Government Public Procurement Regulations 2025 and Public Procurement Act 2023 and the procedures described in the RFP. A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) procurement method as stipulated in this Request for Proposals (RFP).

5.         Detailed RFP is available at the address indicated.

6.         Your sealed proposals should be submitted at the following address by 12:00 noon on November 27, 2025

 Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Corner Constitution and Linare Roads, P. O. Box 24, Maseru 100, Lesotho. Tel: (++266) 22322741. Attention: Procurement Manager.

• The submissions should be clearly marked: “(Testing of Agricultural Soil in Lesotho for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity)”. It is the Service Providers’ responsibility to ensure that their proposals are received on or before the closing date whether posted or hand delivered.

• The selection criteria shall take both technical quality and costs into consideration to determine the overall preferred Service Provider. Therefore, it should be noted that technical proposals will be opened first and evaluated and only those companies attaining the technical scores above the minimum pass mark will qualify for financial proposals opening and evaluation.

• Interested Service Providers from different firms may submit as an association or partnerships or joint ventures provided, they submit a letter of intent signed by all parties with a clear indication of the representative of such association or partnership or joint venture.

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