July 2010
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Ghana (the Government) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact (the Compact) for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Ghana in the amount of approximately five hundred and forty seven million US$ (MCC Funding). The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) on behalf of the Government intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of MCC Funding to eligible payments under this Contract. Payments by MiDA will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC Funding, of the Compact. No party other than the Government and MiDA shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC Funding.
The five-year Compact aims at reducing poverty through the modernisation of agriculture in three designated areas of the country, namely:

*The Northern Agricultural Area; comprising five districts: Savelugu Nanton, Tolon Kumbungu, Tamale Metro, West Mamprusi and Karaga (the Northern Zone)
*The Afram Basin Area; comprising nine districts: Ejura Sekyedumasi, Kwahu South, Kwahu East, Sekyere East, Sekyere Afram Plains, Mampong Municipal, Sekyere Central, Kwahu North, Fanteakwa (the Afram Basin Zone)
*The Southern Horticultural Belt Area; comprising sixteen districts: Gomoa East, Gomoa West, Efutu Municipal, Awutu - Senya, Akuapim South Municipal, Upper Manya Krobo, Lower Manya Krobo, Dangme West, Yilo Krobo, Kpandu, Hohoe Municipal, Ketu South, Ketu North, Keta Municipal, South Tongu and Akatsi (the Southern Zone)
Below is the list of Contracts awarded in June/July 2010:

COMPONENT 1: AGRICULTURE PROJECT

Activity Ref No: 1101103
Activity Name: Commercial Agriculture Training Activity – Training Service Providers
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/BPA/Task Order
Contract No: 1101103/25/007
Awarded To: Presby Agricultural College
Price: US$ 103,898.00
Date of Award: 30 June 2010
Duration: 6 weeks
Scope (Summary): Provision of Effective Training for West Mamprusi 1 Cluster of Farmers belonging to Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs)

Activity Ref No: 1101103
Activity Name: Commercial Agriculture Training Activity – Training Service Providers
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/BPA/Task Order
Contract No: 1101103/26/007
Awarded To: Management & Economic Consultants Ltd (MEDCO)
Price: US$ 89,128.00
Date of Award: 30 June 2010
Duration: 6 weeks
Scope (Summary): Provision of Effective Training for Yilo Krobo (6), Manya Krobo (5) and Dangme West (2) Cluster of Farmers belonging to Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs)

Activity Ref No: 1101103
Activity Name: Commercial Agriculture Training Activity – Training Service Providers
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/BPA/Task Order
Contract No: 1101103/27/007
Awarded To: Empretec Ghana Foundation
Price: US$ 76,395.00
Date of Award: 30 July 2010
Duration: 6 weeks
Scope (Summary): Provision of Effective Training for Fanteakwa Cluster of Farmers belonging to Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs)

Activity Ref No: 1101103
Activity Name: Commercial Agriculture Training Activity – Training Service Providers
Proc. Type & Method: QCBS/BPA/Task Order
Contract No: 1101103/29/007
Awarded To: PAB Development Consultants Ltd
Price: US$ 95,494.00
Date of Award: 30 June 2010
Duration: 6 weeks
Scope (Summary): Provision of Effective Training for Gomoa (13) and Awutu-Efutu-Senya (2) Cluster of Farmers belonging to Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs)

Activity Ref No: 1301105
Activity Name: Land Tenure Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Services/QCBS
Contract No: 1301105/01
Awarded To: International Land Systems (ILS), Inc., in association with Colandef
Price: US$ 239,363.00
Date of Award: 24 June 2008
Duration: Up to 31 December 2011
Scope (Summary): Provision of Consulting services for A Public Education and Information Consultant

COMPONENT 2: TRANSPORTATION PROJECT

Activity Ref No: 2101102
Activity Name: N1 Highway Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Services/Sole Source
Contract No: 2101102/01
Awarded To: Messrs Golder Associates Ghana Ltd
Price: US$ 78,500.00
Date of Award: 16 July 2010
Duration: 7 weeks
Scope (Summary): Provision of a Consultancy to carry out tests for the Soil Contamination at fuel stations along the Apenkwa Bridge – Mallam Junction on the N1 Highway (Lot 2)

COMPONENT 3: RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Activity Ref No: 3101104
Activity Name: Procurement Capacity Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Services/Sole Source
Contract No: 3101104/01
Awarded To: Messrs Crown Agents
Price: US$ 48,776.00
Date of Award: 22 July 2010
Duration:
Scope (Summary): Consultant to Carry out Training of Lecturers Workshop.

Activity Ref No: 3202202
Activity Name: Community Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Works/IDIQ/Works Order
Contract No: 3202202/02/02/03
Awarded To: Defiat Development Company Limited
Price: US$ 826,668.72
Date of Award: 21 July 2010
Duration:
Scope (Summary): Construction of 6 No. School Blocks and other Facilities in the Awutu Senya, Gomoa West and Gomoa East Districts in the Southern Zone

Activity Ref No: 3202202
Activity Name: Community Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Works/IDIQ/Works Order
Contract No: 3202202/03/01/01
Awarded To: Thywill Business & Investment Consultancy Limited
Price: US$ 586,487.81
Date of Award: 21 July 2010
Duration:
Scope (Summary): Construction of 8 No. School Blocks and other Facilities in the Sekyere Central District in the Afram Basin Zone.

Activity Ref No: 3202202
Activity Name: Community Services Activity
Proc. Type & Method: Works/IDIQ/Works Order
Contract No: 3202202/03/09/01
Awarded To: Ceekabs Limited
Price: US$ 506,209.57
Date of Award: 21 July 2010
Duration:
Scope (Summary): Construction of 5 No. School Blocks and other Facilities in the Fanteakwa District in the Afram asin Zon
Contracts for Goods, Works, and Services financed under the Program will be implemented according to the principles, rules and procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines dated July 23, 2007, and Procurement is open to any person from an eligible source country as defined in the said Guidelines, which may be downloaded from the MCC website (http://www.mcc.gov).

This Notification of Award of Contracts is posted on the MiDA website (www.mida.gov.gh), the Development Gateway Market (dgMarket) website (www.dgmarket.com/) and the UN Development Business (UNDB Online) website (www.devbusiness.com/).