Tender for the procurement of corn and sunflower seeds February 12, 2008
CNFA Inc. announces a tender for the procurement of 22 tons of corn seeds Moldavski 450 (1st reproduction, I-II size ) and 420 seeding units(150 000 seeds per unite) of sunflower seeds LG 56.60; LG 56.65(1st reproduction).
The offered seeds should be:
- Treated for seed born diseases, and pests
- Accompanied by Quality Certificates
- Packed in 25 kg sacks for corn and 150 000 seeds per sack for sunflower.
The supplier shall deliver the seeds in Ribnita, before March 15th 2008. All procedures for transportation of seeds will be done at checking point by company from Transnistria, nominated by CNFA in the letter of seed procurement.
Price for seeds will include transportation cost to Ribnita and will not include VAT.
The quotes should be presented to the CNFA office by Friday, February 22nd 2008, 5:30 pm.
The purchased seeds shall be distributed free by CNFA to farmers from Transnistria that suffered from last year’s drought, in the framework of the immediate assistance provided by the US Government.
Other technical details for suppliers: CNFA will purchase seeds in accordance with the following Seed Grower’s Certification Requirements:
(A) The recipient shall obtain from the suppliers of all seeds procured under US Government immediate assistance to the Republic of Moldova a “SEED GROWERS CERTIFICATE”, which attest the following:
(i) The seed was grown in (Name of Country)
(ii) The seed was sampled by an official of, and tested in, a laboratory of (Name of Country and City)
(iii) The seed was put up in packages of containers used by end-users, labeled with all the following: - Seed lot number;
- Kind, or kind and variety;
- Weed seeds;
- Inert matter;
- Germination and hard seed;
- Names and rates of noxious weed-seed occurrence (which must conform to the laws of the importing country);
- Month/year in which purity and germination tests were completed; and
- If seed was treated, chemicals with which treated and cautionary statement, if advisable.
(iv) Not more than twelve (12) calendar months have elapsed since the last day of the month when germination tests were completed (when seed is packed in hermetically sealed containers).
(v) Samples of the shipping lot will be retained for one (1) year by the (Grower), and a copy of the laboratory purity and germination test analysis will be retained by the laboratory for not less than three (3) years.
(B) The laboratory report shall be prepared under the letterhead of the laboratory, dated, and signed by a person, such as a seed technologist, making the analysis, and shall be attached to the “SEED GROWER’S CERTIFICATE”.
(C) The “SEED GROWER’S CERTIFICATE” shall be issued under the letterhead of the Grower. It shall identify the Supplier’s transaction by letter of credit number and bank, and identify the lot involved. The Certificate shall be dated and signed by an individual authorized to bind the Grower and shall be issued to the Supplier.
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