DEADLINE: 3RD AUGUST, 2021
ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA (AGRA)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FROM CONSULTANT FOR SUPPORT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT BURKINA FASO, GHANA, AND NIGERIA
Issuing Office & Address: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Website: www.agra.org
Point of contact for clarifications, questions and ammendments: AGRA General Procurement, Procurement@agra.org
Email Address for submission of Proposals/ Quotes: AGRA General Procurement, Procurement@agra.org
Deadline for submission questions and clarifications: July 27, 2021 5:00 PM, East African Time.
Deadline for Answering questions and clarifications: July 28, 2021 5:00 PM, East African Time.
Deadline for submission of proposals: August 3, 2021 5:00 PM, East African Time.
Please include the subject line “RFP-100-RES-2021” in the email
Anticipated Award Type: CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT
Submission and Evaluation Criteria: Bidders are encouraged to register as a vendor via the link provided below and submit the below mandatory requirements in their proposal: https://ekjd.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000001758868
Bidder must provide the below listed information
Mandatory Eligibility Requirement
- Must be a registered firm
- Provide a Certificate of Incorporation/Registration
- Provide CVs of Key Personnel
- List of past clients, description of similar work carried out, value of contract, include email and telephone contacts of the clients Three reference letters of similar work carried out
TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
(1) Company profile and Organizational capacity – 10%
(2) Technical Approach/ Methodology-20%
- Brief description of the understanding of the assignment-15%
- Assignment Workplan- 5%
(3) Relevant Experience in carrying out similar assignments – 20%
(4) Experience in training and or capacity building workshops and activities-10%
(5) Key personnel (Burkina Faso; Ghana; Nigeria)- 40%
Weightage
(1) Technical Proposal will be weighted out of 80%
(2) Financial Proposal will be weighted out of 20%
Minimum technical score: Only technical proposals with a score of 75% and above shall qualify for opening of the financial proposals
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Consultant – Support to the Implementation of Environment and Social Management
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) – Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria
BACKGROUND
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA, www.agra.org) is an African-led not-for-profit organisation with the goal to promote an inclusive agricultural transformation on the African continent. AGRA was founded in 2006 with the aim to sustainably increase the production of African smallholder farmers and to facilitate for them access to growing agricultural markets. AGRA has recently adopted its new Strategy for 2017-2021 that defines AGRA’s mission to significantly increase yields and incomes for 30 million farming households in 11 countries by 2021.
AGRA’s core objectives are as follows:
- Increase staple crop productivity for smallholder farmers and reduction of post-harvest losses;
- Strengthen and expand access to output markets;
- Increase capacity of smallholder farming households and agricultural systems to better prepare for and adopt to shocks and stresses;
- Strengthen continental, regional, and government multi-sectoral coordination and mutual accountability in the agriculture sector;
As a result of its programme interventions, AGRA recognises the environment and social (E&S) risks that come as a result of its programme interventions and development activities. It is in this regard that AGRA has developed an Environment and Social Management System (ESMS) to identify, manage and mitigate risks that are inherent with its work. AGRA’s main instrument to achieve its mission is through the allocation of grants to implementing partners. E&S risks, for each grant need to be managed and reported on appropriately. The ESMS has therefore been designed to account for and manage risks, at the strategic and at the grant levels. AGRA is embarking on a process to implement its ESMS in all its countries of operation – Nigeria in this this case.
It is in this regard that AGRA seeks to recruit a consultancy firm with expertise in environmental and social management risk management at country level to work with the country team in the installation and implementation of the ESMS.
NIGERIA – OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE CONSULTANCY
The objective of this consultancy is to install and train the Nigeria country team and grantees in the implementation of AGRA’s Environment and Social Management System as per ESMS policy and manual. The installation and implementation of the ESMS is to capacitate the country team to identify, manage and mitigate social and environmental risks that are inherent to AGRA’s programme operations; as well as report on them as part of AGRA’s overall risk managament.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The E&S expert will work under the supervision of AGRA’s Head of Resilience and the Country Managers to install the ESMS in the AGRA Nigeria office. The expert will further assist the country to assess its existing grant portfolio of their E&S risks. The full installation of the ESMS also implies that all pipeline programmes will be subjected to a systematic E&S assessment – the consultant will assist the country team in screening all pipeline projects.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
- Using the ESMS manual as the guiding document, undertake an assessment, screening and identification of the relevant and inherent risks as a result of programme activities managed by AGRA
- Assess country team capacity needs for the effective implementation of the ESMS
- Customise/align all relevant ESMS implementation tools with national laws and regulations for use at the country level
- Train and familiarise the country team programme and operations staff on the content and use of the ESMS manual
- Training country team programme and operations staff on the application of all ESMS tools
- Train all grant recipients on the application and reporting of the ESMS on their programmes
- Develop monitoring indicators/milestones to be used and integrated in the country’s monitoring and reporting schedule
- Develop a communication country level communications strategy and products for communicating the ESMS internally and externally
- For ongoing projects/grants, work with project management teams to develop ESMS monitoring systems
- Recommend gaps for the full implementation of the ESMS at country level.
DELIVERABLES
Country Risk Assessment/Project screening Report
Training materials for AGRA staff and grantees developed/adapted
Delivery of training on E&S to internal staff and grantees – training report to be produced Report on recommended capacities needs for the full implementation of E&S
Communications strategy for the ESMS ESMS indicators or milestones report
General implementation support
Final Consultancy report of all activities undertaken
DURATION AND LOCATION
The duration of the assignment is 150 days to be undertaken within a period of 6 calendar months. The Assignment will be undertaken at country level with a limited amount of in-country travel.
