Regional Trade for Development - Promote Resilient Agriculture through Green, Bio-based and Inclusive MSME Business Models

Through the AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP) and the RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), RT4D provides tailored support to enhance the capabilities of ASEAN Member States by strengthening skills, building networks, facilitating policy options and ensuring that trade benefits everyone, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and people with disability. The Governments of Australia and New Zealand have committed up to AUD 53.3 million to fund RT4D from 2020–21 to 2027–28.

Project Summary

The RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), implemented through the Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) Facility, supports ASEAN Member States to realise the benefits of RCEP through capacity-building support and access to technical expertise. The project 'Promote Resilient Agriculture through Green, Bio-based and Inclusive MSME Business Models' is approved under the RISP.

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of Vietnamese MSMEs, including women-led enterprises and enterprises led or managed by people with disability, to develop and apply green, bio-based and inclusive business models that enhance their competitiveness and contribute to more resilient, lower-carbon and inclusive economic growth. It will:

improve awareness and understanding among agribusinesses and local communities of the economic, environmental and social benefits of sustainable, bio-based and inclusive business models;

strengthen the capacity of farmers, local communities and agribusinesses to understand and apply sustainable agricultural practices and bio-based solutions;

undertake a market assessment of green, bio-based and inclusive business models across selected agricultural value chains;

deliver two two-day training workshops;

provide tailored technical advisory, mentoring and validation support to up to three bio-based solution providers;

develop and document two scalable business models, with one focused on leafy crop value chains and the other on citrus fruit value chains; and

share evidence, implementation guidance and lessons learned to support replication and wider adoption.

The Opportunity

RT4D is seeking a consulting firm/organisation or consortium (hereinafter referred to as “the Consultant”) to manage and deliver both technical and event organisation services for the project, in close collaboration with the RT4D Facility and the Project Proponent. The final Project outputs will be subject to comments, amendments, and approval from the RT4D Facility Team, the Project Proponent and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The services will be delivered in accordance with the requirements set out in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and Terms of Reference (ToR).

Timeline:

Invitation Issue Date: Friday, 9 October 2026

Last Queries Date: 11:59 PM (ICT) Friday, 23 October 2026

Closing Date and Time: 11:59 PM (ICT) Sunday, 1 November 2026

Please check RT4D’s website for complete ToR.