Project Description

The Shire Valley Transformation Project is a flagship project that aims a transforming the livelihood of the people of Chikhwawa and Nsanje districts in particular.  The project is meant to provide irrigation infrastructure that could irrigate a total of 42,000 hectares of land.

The operations and management of the main irrigation scheme would be done by a private operator through an enhance management contract under PPP framework.

The International Financing Corporation (IFC) commenced the preparation of the procurement documents and has finalized the following documents;

·        Request for Qualification (RFQ) documents

·        Advert for the RFQ

·        Irrigation Water Purchase Agreement

Once these documents are completed the procurement process will be rolled out.