DEADLINE: 15TH JANUARY, 2024
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO CONDUCT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ROADMAP DESIGN OF THE “NIGERIA-MSME INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS PROGRAMME (N-MICP)”
The Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department (AHHD) at the African Development Bank (AfDB) hereby invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Conduct the feasibility study and roadmap design of the “NIGERIA MSME INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS PROGRAMME (N-MICP)”.
The services to be provided under the Assignment includes conducting a detailed feasibility study to support the design of the Nigeria MSME Industrial Clusters Programme for a period not exceeding 10 months. The purpose of the feasibility study is to analyze the MSMEs and industrial clusters ecosystem in Nigeria and determine the right angle through which the project can be developed with impactful and transformative interventions. The study will provide rigorous analytical assessment and identification of the constraints that prevent MSMEs from being productive. In addition, the study should highlight how establishing MSME industrial clusters and job creation hubs could help address those constraints and respond to future economic and social shocks as well as adapting to the effects of climate change. Findings of the study will nurture the design of the project concept note with articulated activities, economic viability, costing and impact beneficiary population.
SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Under the overall guidance of the Director, AHHD, the Director General of the Nigeria Department, and the immediate supervision by the Task Manager for this Assignment, the Consulting Firm will be required to carry out the following:
Conduct consultations with critical stakeholders including policymakers in the informal sector and the MSMEs ecosystem to ensure context appropriateness of the project, ownership, and sustainability.
- Undertake a rigorous diagnostic assessment of industrial clusters in Nigeria and identify constrains to harnessing their potentials to drive MSMEs growth and job creation.
- Determine the viable structure of MSMEs clusters, the appropriate combination for more efficiency.
- Determine the viability factors of MSME clusters, including local availability of inputs, comparative advantage, and access to local, national, and regional markets.
- Identify the willingness and conditions of MSME leaders to operate within industrial clusters.
- Determine the adequate financing model of MSME clusters, including through involvement of the private sector, banking financing, Government subsidies, and public private partnership that guarantees their sustainability.
- Assess policies and regulatory framework including taxation system, and public-private partnerships governing the functioning of industrial clusters in Nigeria.
- Develop the economic and financial analysis of the programme.
- Identify the environmental and social impact of industrial clusters and support the Government to prepare all required environmental and social management reports.
- Determine the impact of innovation and technology especially for young entrepreneurs in industrial clusters.
- Identify skills gaps for MSME leaders that hamper their productivity within MSME clusters or job creation hubs and that must be filled for more efficiency.
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested eligible Consulting Firms or associations of Consulting Firms shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services,
experience in comparable Assignments, availability of qualified staff, etc.).
The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Procurement Policy and Procedures for Recruitment of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on
the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist.
The estimated duration of the services is ten (10) months and expected to commence in March 2024.
Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: 8:00-17:00 WAT.
Submissions of the expressions of interest must be received at the email address below no later than 15 January 2024 at 17:00 WAT and specifically mentioning EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO CONDUCT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ROADMAP DESIGN OF THE “NIGERIA-MSME INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS PROGRAMME (N-MICP)”
For the attention of M. Andre-Marie Taptue (AHHD0),
Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department
African Development Bank
Email To Andre-Marie Taptue: a.taptue@afdb.org
