General Conditions of Contract - George Municipality

ONGOING SUPPORTSupport to be supplied on a weekly basis for an initial 3 months, thereafter on a monthlybasis for no less than a further 6 months. Thus support provided in total for 9 months. Thisto include site visits at intervals indicated above, and assistance in seasonal planting, pestcontrol, etc.Economic LinkagesIt is a further requirement that the service provider set up, via the trained Team Leaderlinkages with potential market access points such as spaza shops, informal traders andweekly markets for the sale of surplus vegetables. The aim is for food gardens to becomeaccess points into the economy for these trained individuals.INHERENT REQUIREMENTSSelection of participants and sitesThe selection of all participants, as well as sites for the establishment of the one larger scalegarden will be done by through the Ward Committee structure, in conjunction with theservice provider. The aim will be to focus on existing NGO’s and NPO’s with a proven trackrecord, or to link this training to other reputable ongoing food gardening activities in thespecific areas. The aim is not to duplicate effort, but rather through this training provideskills to persons already showing some form of commitment to vegetable production.Minimum requirementsService providers must show, by means of supporting documents or explicit statements inquotation documentation:"! 2 % % % ! 3 3 43! 5 16