RFP_006_2026_Natl Firm to support financial institutions strengthening_FARM

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RFP_006_2026_Natl Firm to support financial institutions strengthening_FARM Procurement Process RFP - Request for proposal Office UNDP-LAO - LAO PDR Deadline 01-Jul-26 @ 12:59 PM (New York time) Published on 12-Jun-26 @ 12:00 AM (New York time) Reference Number UNDP-LAO-00694 Contact Kongthanou Khanthavixay - [email protected] This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system of UNDP Quantum. If you are interested in submitting a bid for this tender, you must subscribe following the instructions in the user guide . If you have not registered a profile with this system, you can do so by following the link for  Supplier Registration . If you already have a supplier profile, please access the negotiation using  quicklink  or please login to the  Supplier Portal , then search for the negotiation using the reference number UNDP-LAO-00694, following the instructions in the  user guide . Introduction Name of Service: RFP_006_2026_National consultancy firm to support technical assistance for financial institutions strengthening, green financial product development, financial literacy enhancement and capacity building Project: Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) in Laos.  Duration of Assignment: 11 months The online Pre-Bid meeting will be conducted on Thursday, 17 June at 13:30. https://undp.zoom.us/launch/jc/82080392148 Meeting ID: 820 8039 2148 Passcode: 505390 Scope of Service. The selected firm will be responsible for the follwing traks. Task 1: Financial sector diagnostic and assessment Conduct a desk review of key project documents, national policies and legislation on agriculture, chemicals management and finance sector regulation in Lao PDR, including underlying needs assessment instruments. Conduct stakeholder mapping and consultations with financial institutions (commercial banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs), Village Development Funds (VDFs), public banks including Rural Development Bank and Agriculture Promotion Bank), insurers, government institutions (DOA, the Department of Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives (DAEC), the Bank of the Lao PDR (BoL), the Ministry of Finance (MoF), MAE), private sector actors and farmer organizations. Conduct a financial literacy diagnostic in target provinces using the established instrument and protocol to ensure data comparability across all project sites. Identify market potential for green / sustainable finance in rural and agricultural sectors, including barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming new financial products. Produce an assessment report and consolidated dashboard covering all project target areas. Task 2: Green finance product development and FI operational toolkit Develop innovative green finance products tailored to the capacity and systems of participating FIs that incentivize sustainable agricultural practices, including low-interest loans for farmers adopting Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)/Integrated Pest Management (IPM)/agroecological/organic practices; blended-finance models linking agricultural input supply with credit; and group-lending innovations adapted to crop cycles. Product scope may include loans, leases, and equity-participation instruments. Specify the eligible uses of loan proceeds that distinguish green agricultural loans from generic Agri-credit – for example: biopesticides, biocontrol agents and pheromone traps; mechanical or manual weeding equipment substituting for herbicides; cover-crop seed, mulch and compost infrastructure; transition-period bridge finance covering yield dips during conversion (typically two to three seasons); certification costs (GAP, organic), which are a major barrier for smallholders; storage facilities that help avoid forced post-harvest sales; and bulk procurement of safer alternatives at cooperative level. Where loan conditions (ticket size, tenor, risk profile) differ across these uses, the product design should specify a portfolio of use-case-specific products rather than a single one-size-fits-all green loan. Identify and assess the source(s) of concessional funding underpinning the low-interest loans and soft credit – for example the participating FI’s own balance sheet, the guarantee fund, a separate interest subsidy from the project or government, a refinancing facility from the Bank of the Lao PDR, or concessional funds from a development finance institution – and specify the proposed mechanism within the product design. Assess supply-side readiness for the inputs that green loans are intended to finance (biopesticides, IPM-compatible inputs, organic fertilizers) in the target provinces, and either (a) include a sub-component on financing alternative-input distributors – small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) credit, working capital for input cooperatives, and supplier-run demonstration plots – or (b) document the dependency of this consultancy on the parallel FA

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