24/12/2025
Invitation for Bids: Supply and Delivery of Emergency Relief Food and Agricultural Inputs
Background
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF Canada) is a non-profit organization that supports co-operative businesses and financial institutions to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods worldwide. It works to strengthen co-operatives in developing countries by providing technical assistance, funding, and training programs to empower communities through sustainable economic development.
CDF Canada is implementing the Integrating Aquaculture-Agriculture to Combat Food Insecurity in Malawi (IAAM) Project, aimed at increasing the productivity and income of, and access to markets by small-scale food producers, especially women, engaged in the integrated aquaculture-agriculture system (IAAS) comprising of fish, crops, livestock, and agroforestry sub-systems to combat food insecurity in eight districts across Malawi.
In response to emerging food insecurity risks, the IAAM Project is implementing a one-off emergency relief and resilience-building intervention targeting fish-farming households and other vulnerable households across Chitipa, Rumphi, Mzimba, Ntchisi, Dowa, Nkhotakota, Zomba, and Thyolo districts.
CDF Canada now invites sealed bids from eligible and reputable suppliers and compliant co-operatives for the supply and delivery of emergency relief food commodities and agricultural planting materials, including maize grain, beans, cassava cuttings, and orange-fleshed sweet potato vines.
Interested and eligible bidders can access the full Invitation for Bids, quantities, technical specifications, bid forms, submission procedures, and deadlines through the following link: https://bit.ly/4p5cdCe
Closing date for receiving bids shall be the 6th of January, 2026 at 13:00 hrs. Bids must be delivered to CDF Canada, IAAM Project offices.
For enquiries, call: 0993938358 before the 13:00hrs of 6th January, 2026