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  • Posted: Feb 7, 2018
    Deadline: Feb 23, 2018
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    AGRA is an alliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent. We understand that African farmers need uniquely African solutions designed to meet their specific environmental and agricultural needs so they can sustainably boost production and gain access to rapidly growing agriculture markets.
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    Terms of Reference for a consultant or consultants to develop guidelines for technical assistance to support small and medium seed companies to access

    Scope of work

    SSTP wishes to contract a consultant or consultants from March - May, 2018. The assignment consists of two separate but related components. The first component will be to i) review the SEI, ii) to propose both financial and technical indicators to assess the financial and technical performance of small and medium scale seed businesses, and iii) to propose enhancements to the SEI as a tool for assessing and monitoring performance towards financial sustainability.

    The second component will be to i) identify potential sources and types of non-grant funding for small and medium scale seed companies, ii) identify the financial and technical indicators that financial providers require as part of the due diligence process prior to lending, and iii) identify technical assistance needs of small and medium scale seed companies to develop and provide the financial and technical information that will attract non-grant funding.

    The second component will be undertaken both virtually and through visits to selected financial institutions.

    Both components of the consultancy will require a visit to Nairobi, Kenya to meet with SSTP headquarters-based staff, African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) staff, and other AGRA staff. The first part of the consultancy will require visits to Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania to interview SSTP country teams and selected seed company personnel that have received SSTP grant funding. Each country visit will be for a total of four days including travel to/from the country (16 days), with an additional five days for report writing on completion of the assignment making a total of 21 days.

    Deliverables

    The consultancy will be expected to deliver, the following outputs:

    • A review of the SEI
    • A list and description of technical and financial indicators to assess the financial and technical performance of small and medium scale seed businesses
    • Proposed enhancements to the SEI as a tool for assessing and monitoring performance towards financial sustainability
    • A list of potential financial providers categorized according to the type of lending offered
    • Detailed description of the technical assistance needs for small and medium scale seed enterprises to attract non-grant funding

    Technical and Financial proposals will need to be submitted as separate documents. Financial proposals will not be opened until the conclusion of the technical evaluation and then only for those proposals that are deemed qualified and responsive.

    Method of Application

    All interested consultants are asked to submit their proposals by close of business on February 23, 2018 at 17:00 Hours East Africa Time (GMT +3) to the following email address: procurement@agra.org

    Interested and qualified consultants are invited to submit their proposal(s) comprising of the following:

    • An understanding of the consultancy requirements
    • Methodology and work-plan for performing the assignment
    • Project delivery plan
    • Team composition and tasks assignment
    • Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments
    • Relevant services undertaken in the past three years
    • Evaluation Factors and Sub factors
    • The Proposal for this contract will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
    • Thoroughness in complying with all of the elements laid out in the tasks; Consultant’s experience and capacity
    • Years of experience in delivering the contract
    • Past performance
    • Experience in developing country context
    • Language and field experience
    • Strong familiarity with scope of work
    • Quality of technical proposal
    • Methodological approach
    • Work plan
    • Budget

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