NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT CASH TRANSFER UNIT
PROGRESS COURT 84 BUILDING, OPPOSITE ZARUMAI MODEL SCHOOL, MINNA, NIGER STATE.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR PROVISION OF PAYMENT SERVICE TO BENEFICIARIES OF RESULT AREA ONE (DLI1.1 AND DLI1.3), N-CARES PROJECT
The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking financial assistance from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to support the implementation of Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. The Programme development objective is to expand access to livelihood support, food security services, and grants for poor and vulnerable households and firms.
The facility will use the Investment Project Financing (IPF) at the Federal, while at the States it will use the Programme-for-Results (PforR) lending instrument. The NG- CARES is to the tune of US$750 million and it shall be implemented over a period of 24 months. This is a short-term response to the COVID-19 induced economic crisis affecting poor individuals, households and firms in the country.
It is designed to support budgeted government interventions at the state level-targeting existing and new poor and vulnerable individuals, groups and households, agricultural value chains, and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) affected by the economic crisis.
The Programme, a two-year financial support to the States is designed to fulfill Programme Objectives in 3 key Results Areas (RAs). These are (RA 1) Increasing cash transfers and livelihood support to poor and vulnerable households; (RA 2) Increasing food security and safe functioning of food supply chains for poor households; and (RA)
The Credit facility is fully aligned with the World Bank 2020-24 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria, as well as Nigeria’s Economic Reform and Growth Plan and Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) designed to respond to the
economic crisis induced by COVID-19.
objective of the delivery indicators as follows:
The objective of the NSST Programmes is to enhance consumption and support to vulnerable groups: aged. persons with disabilities, chronically ill, and urban poor households. Niger State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU) will implement the transfer schemes. Beneficiaries of the social transfer Programme will be targeted using clear
and objective criteria drawn from the State Social Register (SSR). The SCTU will
enrol and register all selected beneficiaries in a State NG-CARES Social Transfer
Register. Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000.00) only will be paid bimonthly to selected
beneficiaries using mobile money agents, card-based payments, or e-payment such as e-wallets. The SCTU, with support from Desk Officers and Cash Transfer Facilitators (CTF), will monitor the Programme at the LGA level. Monitoring indicators will include (a) total number of households receiving transfers, disaggregated by gender and disability profile and (b) frequency of the transfers. The SCTU will provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the State CARES Coordinating Unit (SCCU).Disbursement Linked Indicator 1.3: Livelihood grants.
The objective of the livelihood grant component of Results Area 1 is to provide short
livelihoods and soft skills training and one-off payments to economically active and self employed youth and women in Niger State. Beneficiaries for the livelihood grants will be selected using SSR or beneficiary registers at the state level. Household enterprises in the informal sector will be prioritized for targeted support. The household member to receive the grant must be productive and agile who is engaged in some form of micro enterprise. The NSCTU will also implement the platform by approving and disbursegrants size ranging from NGN 20,000 to NGN 200,000 based on the screening of micro- business plans submitted by household enterprises.
LOT 1 (DLI 1.1)
| S/NO | LGA | SLOT CODE | NO. OF BENEFICIARIES |
| 1 | AGWARA | DU100A1 | 400 |
| 2 | BORGU | DU100B1 | 400 |
| 3 | GBAKO | DU100G1 | 400 |
| 4 | RIAU | DU100R1 | 400 |
| 5 | MAGAMA | DU100M1 | 400 |
| 6 | MUNYA | DU100M2 | 400 |
| 7 | SHIRORO | DU100S1 | 400 |
| 8 | EDATI | DU100E1 | 400 |
| 9 | LAPAI | DU100L1 | 400 |
| 10 | PAKORO | DU100P1 | 400 |
| 11 | TOTAL | 4000 |
LOT 2 (DLI 1.3)
| S/NO | LGA | SLOT CODE | NO. OF BENEFICIARIES |
| 1 | BIDA | DU100B1 | 250 |
| 2 | MARIGA | DU100M1 | 250 |
| 3 | MASGEGU | DU100M2 | 250 |
| 4 | RIAU | DU100B1 | 250 |
| 5 | AGIE | DU100A1 | 250 |
| 6 | MUNYA | DU100M3 | 250 |
| 7 | SHIRORO | DU100S1 | 250 |
| 8 | EDATI | DU100E1 | 250 |
| 9 | LAPAI | DU100L1 | 250 |
| 10 | PAIKORO | DU100P1 | 250 |
| 11 | KONT AGORA | DU100K1 | 250 |
| 12 | CHANCHAGA | DU100C1 | |
| TOTAL | 3000 |
Interested financial institutions or Payment Service Providers that have been in business for more than three years should submit copies of the following:
-Evidence of certificate of incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission
(CAC) including form CAC2 and CAC7.
-Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years.
-N5,000,000:00 as minimum turnover.
-Should be able to provide station agents at the benefiting communities or neighboring communities.
-Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed for the project.
-Evidence of financial capability and a letter of guarantee from the principal Bank to execute the project, in the case of the Bank Agents.
All documents for submission must be transmitted with a cover/forwarding letter on the company’s letter head bearing among others; Registration Number (RC) as issued by the corporate affairs Commission (CAC), Contact address, Telephone No. & Email address.
The Head of Unit,
Niger State Cash Transfer Unit,
Progress Court ’84 Building,
Opposite Zarumai Model School,
Minna,
Niger State.
All acknowledged EOl documents will be opened immediately after the deadline of the submission at the conference hall of the Niger State cash transfer Office, please ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the Office of Head of Admin and Account, Niger SCTU. Niger SCTU will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid. For further enquiry, Please contact us via: nngcaresa1dln1and3@gmail.com
All shortlisted entries will be contacted on a later date for the collection of tender documents and a date for physical accreditation of the station agents will be fixed immediately.
