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Request for Proposal (RFP)

Supply of High Genetic Merit Bulls for Semen Production.

Heifer International Rwanda (HIR) is a Nonprofit and International Non-governmental Organization with the mission to alleviate hunger and poverty, while caring for the environment through sustainable agricultural practices. In collaboration with the Government of Rwanda and other relevant partners, this project has now grown to cover the whole country to become the flagship program known as “one cow per poor family”.

Heifer International Rwanda projects focus on improving income and nutritional status, mobilizing farmers, and promoting local capacity through training of project participants, promoting market linkages for dairy value chain actors, improving the quality of livestock through artificial insemination services, empowering rural women, building resilience through sustainable agricultural practices, and connecting local communities to business development services.

Heifer International Rwanda partners with smallholder farmers to build sustainable livelihoods by empowering them to use their own energy, ingenuity, and dreams to fuel their success out of hunger and poverty. Heifer programs mobilize communities and foster the organization of associations, cooperatives and social networks while strengthen their capacity to address development challenges.

Objective

The main objective of this tender is to procure and supply 10 high genetic merit bulls to enhance the quality and productivity of local cattle breeds through improved semen production for artificial insemination (AI) programs.

How to Apply

Detailed request for proposal (RFP) is attached below.

All registered and interested companies are requested to submit their proposals, marked with clear subject line: “Supply of High Genetic Merit Bulls for Semen Production” to procurement-rw@heifer.org not later than Friday 6th June 2025, at 5.00pm Kigali time.

Done on May 14^th, 2025.

Heifer International Rwanda Management