Cultivating New Frontiers In Agriculture (CNFA)- Request For Proposal For The Video Documentary (Postproduction Supervisor)

DEADLINE: 23RD AUGUST, 2023
CULTIVATING NEW FRONTIERS IN AGRICULTURE (CNFA)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE VIDEO DOCUMENTARY (POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR)

Section 1: introduction, Technical Background and Scope of Work

Background:
About CNFA:
CNFA is a Washington D.C.-based international agricultural development organization that strives to stimulate economic growth and improve livelihoods by cultivating entrepreneurship. CNFA builds strong local and global partnerships, incorporates innovative approaches in its programs, and fosters inclusive development to offer enhanced opportunities to under-served groups. Additionally, CNFA has implemented more than $600 million in donor-funded agriculture development programs in 44 different countries across Africa, Eastern Europe, Latina America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia.

About Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity:
The Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity is a USAID Nigeria program implemented by CNFA in Nigeria, as part of the United States Government’s Feed the Future Initiative and aims to strengthen the business enabling environment to promote private sector investment in agriculture. To achieve this goal, the activity focuses on three interrelated components: improving the ease of doing business in the agricultural sector; broadening access to finance by mitigating the credit risks of agribusinesses; and promoting investment opportunities for agribusinesses to expand and scale up operations. In line with the U.S. and Nigerian Government’s commitment to growing the non-oil-based economy, these efforts will increase the quality, quantity, market access, and diversification of Nigeria’s agribusiness sector.

Beginning in December 2018 and closing in 2023, the project aims to integrate thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and producer organizations as high-performing commercial actors in the value chains for rice, maize, soy, aquaculture, and cowpeas. As a result of streamlined regulations, more effective policies, improved production and processing practices, and significantly increased finance and investment flows, the project will increase the competitiveness and returns of both large- and small-scale agricultural enterprises. Employing a value chain approach, the Agribusiness Investment Activity aims to facilitate $125 million in new lending and $100 million in new investments across the 5 crops in the following 7 designated States: Kaduna, Niger, Kebbi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Cross River. Activities will encompass four broad but interrelated components. First, the Agribusiness Investment Activity will improve the ease of doing business in the agricultural sector; second, the Activity will expand access to finance by mitigating the credit risks of agribusinesses; third, the Activity will promote investment opportunities for agribusinesses to strengthen their readiness to expand and scale up their operations and fourth, enhance the performance standards of agribusiness MSMEs. Taken together, these efforts will increase the volume, added value, and diversification of agribusiness investments.

(1.1) Scope of work:

Objective:
In its final year of implementation, the Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity aims to create three (3) short format – 2mins, 5mins and 10mins – high-definition, professional videos of the project’s approaches, and key successes/results. The videos will be used to demonstrate the project’s impact and rich development perspectives of the Activity over 55 months to various audiences, including but not limited to: USAID, Government of Nigeria (GON) at the national sub-national levels, relevant agencies of Nigerian government, private sector partners of the Activity, other development agencies, and the general public. These videos may be used by USAID as well as CNFA for distribution on USAID’s website, social media, and screened at conferences, etc.

(1.2) Approach and Methodology 
The Activity’s postproduction video will be executed by an external independent consultant, either a qualified and experienced individual or a consultancy firm. The potential assessor is to develop a video that highlights broad impact level results in 2-minute, 5 minute and 10-minute videos (further instructions are provided below). The proposals will be assessed utilizing the Trade-off Analysis with weighted criteria including costs associated submitted in the RFP.  

(1.3) Period of Performance: August 25 to September 25th 2023. Thirty-six (36) days level of effort as follows:

LOE Breakdown:

P/S: Only a five-day work week is permitted.

(1.4) Tasks
Video Descriptions:

Video 1: 2 mins video will summarize the Activity’s intervention approaches and highlight broad impact-level results e.g., improved ease of doing business, enhanced access to finance for agribusinesses, boost in economic development (increased market share for private sector partners), improvement in livelihoods, jobs creation, and improved food security, etc.

Video 2: 5 mins video will capture the Activity’s intervention approaches, with highlights of impact and outcome-level results e.g. (in addition to the above) increased farmers’ yield/profitability, increased access to finance (volume of finance facilitated), better efficiency/productivity, etc.

Video 3: 10 mins video will capture the Activity’s intervention approaches and highlight broad impact-level results as well as outcome and output level results – e.g. (in addition to the above) – increased GAP knowledge by farmers, number of farmers/agribusinesses trained, etc.

NOTE: All videos will be produced in English but with a mix of interviews/conversations in the local dialects of profiled participants with subtitles in English.

Video Requirements:

• Offerors should submit proposals for the video and language requirements as specified above, however. CNFA will inform the selected offeror of the final video language requirements during the contract negotiation phase of the award. 
• Given the intended audience and language requirements are varied, the use of subtitles or voice-over narration is permitted. The video may also require the use of on-screen text, graphics and supplementary photography and infographics to assist in narrating the story.
• Offerors may propose to sub-contract all or part of the scope to a local video production firm or videographer, where necessary, but is not required to do so. 
• The selected offeror will discuss with the Activity team on any travel or security related considerations or approvals before developing the videos. 

NOTE: No new footage is required to be shot, and the all video files will be provided to offeror upon acceptance of contract.

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