ASDP Basket Fund - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

6 Procurement arrangements6.1 IntroductionIn this section, the ASDP procurement process covers works, goods and servicesassociated with activities to be funded from the basket. Activities include: technicalservices and investments at the district level; and capacity building initiatives that arenationwide. Activities such as policy studies at the national level and those conductedby research and training institutions are financed on an individual (project) basis, andare outside the scope of this document.Goods and services eligible for financing from the ASDP basket fund account at the:• Central level include:• Motor vehicles• Office equipment• Consultancy services• Capacity building• LGA level include:• Equipment• Works• Services and other items such as office consumables, fuel etc.This section presents an overview of the process for procuring the above inputsfunded by the basket. The process is set out under the following sub-sections:• Procurement policies and guidelines• Procurement arrangements and thresholds• Procurement methods used• Committing funds on the IFMS• The procurement process• Use of procurement agent.Government of the United Republic of Tanzania45