Cultivating New Frontiers In Agriculture (CNFA)- Request For Proposal For Financial Product Development Consultant

CULTIVATING NEW FRONTIERS IN AGRICULTURE (CNFA)
JOB TITLE: RFP: FINANCIAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
LOCATION: NG (PRIMARY)
CATEGORY: PROCUREMENT
DEADLINE: 28TH OCTOBER, 2020

Job Description

Section A:  Offer Instructions

(1) Introduction to Offerors: The Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Activity (FTF) is a USAID program implemented by CNFA in Nigeria. The goal of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Activity (FTF) is to strengthens the business enabling environment to promote private sector investment in agriculture. To achieve this goal, the activity focuses on four interrelated components: 1)improving the ease of doing business in the agricultural sector;2) broadening access to finance by mitigating the credit risks of agribusinesses; 3)promoting investment opportunities for agribusinesses to expand and scale up operations; 4) enhancing the performance standards of agribusiness MSMEs. 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.

Ebonyi State Government (ESG) has resolved to grow the State’s economy, stimulate economic growth and business activities in the State for job creation, and prepare the State on the path of global economic dominance. The State has recently approved the disbursement of funds to assist the establishment of new businesses for startups and expansion of existing ones for intending entrepreneurs and the entire business community in the State.

The N3 billion MSME Fund will target industrial clusters situated in the Ebonyi North, Ebonyi South and Ebonyi Central senatorial zones, aquaculture hatchery development, livestock businesses, agro-processing businesses, production and manufacturing based businesses, among others. The State’s MSME Development is being coordinated and managed by the Ministry of Business Development with the support of other MDAs and development partners in the state.

As part of project activities, CNFA requires the services of an Independent Consultant, a Financial Product Developer to design the MSME Development Fund Implementation plan. Section B provides full details on the required Scope of Work. The purpose of this solicitation is to solicit quotations from qualified offerors.

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received by CNFA in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this Solicitation. Only Independent Consultants are eligible for consideration in response to this solicitation. Failure to adhere with instructions described in this solicitation may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration. Please reference the solicitation number in all responses.

(2) Offer Deadline and Protocol: Offers must be received no later than 12:00PM, GMT, on 20 October 2020. Offers must be submitted by email to operations@ag-invest.org and indicate “Financial Product Development Consultant ICS2020.10.002” in the subject line.

Offers received after the specified time and date will be considered late and will be considered only at the discretion of CNFA. The cover page of this solicitation summarizes the important dates of the solicitation process. Offerors must strictly follow the provided deadlines in the cover page to be considered for award.

Only the written answers issued by CNFA will be considered official and carry weight in the solicitation process and subsequent evaluation. Any verbal information received from employees of CNFA or any other entity should not be considered as an official response to any questions regarding this solicitation.

(3) Questions: Questions regarding the technical or administrative requirements of this solicitation may be submitted no later than 12:00PM on 28 October by email operations@ag-invest.org . Questions must be submitted in writing; phone calls will not be accepted. Questions and requests for clarification—and the responses thereto—that CNFA believes may be of interest to other offerors will be circulated to all solicitation recipients who have indicated an interest in bidding.

Only the written answers issued by CNFA will be considered official and carry weight in the solicitation process and subsequent evaluation. Any verbal information received from employees of CNFA or any other entity should not be considered as an official response to any questions regarding this solicitation.

(4) Quotations: Quotations in response to this solicitation should be priced on a daily rate with Level of Effort (LOE). The rate must be presented in Naira. Quotations must remain valid for not less than 60days. The offeror shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the quotations up to the final award of the contract. CNFA will in no case be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the procurement process.

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RFP-Financial Product Development Consultant