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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.
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:
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.
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:
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