STATE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
|
REQUEST FOR
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING
SERVICES- FIRMS SELECTION)
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COUNTRY: KENYA
PROJECT: KENYA
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND
AGRIBUSINESS
PROJECT (KAPAP)
CREDIT NO.: 45
92KE
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR UNDERTAKING A
STUDY
ON FUNDING INSTRUMENTS AND RISK
MANAGEMENT
TOOLS
CONTRACT NO: KAPAP/FUNST-1/2013/2014
1.
BACKGROUND
1.
Kenya
Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) is a Government of Kenya
initiative financed by the World Bank. The project development objective is to increase
agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers from agricultural and
agribusiness activities in the project area.
2.
One of
the project’s objective
is to empower
public and private
stakeholders along agricultural commodity value chains to plan, design
and set up sustainable agribusinesses. This is achieved through enhancing of vertical
and horizontal linkages along the commodity value chains amongst other interventions.
Deliberate efforts are made to facilitate access to capital investment to smallholders
and more generally to boost investment in the agribusiness sector in the country.
The risk associated with agribusiness can lead to substantial losses hence
making the sector unattractive to the formal banking industry. Access to credit
from financial institutions therefore possess a major challenge to farmers.
3.
The
Government of the Republic of Kenya received financing from the World Bank toward
the cost of the KAPAP and intends to apply part of the agreed amount of this loan
for contracting of Consultancy Services.
4.
The
Consultancy Services (“the Services”) include documenting agribusiness credit
products available to farmers and risk management products in Kenya targeting
farmers and other value chain players with special focus but not limited to:
i.
Generating
relevant information that would be used as baseline information capturing the
number of beneficiaries; agribusiness credit products and their value for
future monitoring of the uptake of credit and risk man agement products.
ii.
Highlighting
approaches and procedures for agribusiness lending, documented in various
lending products.
iii.
Documenting
the lessons learned from the implementation of current and previous credit
programs in the Sector.
iv.
Developing
a database of finance and risk management institutions and their current
products.
The assignment is for 45 days.
5.
The Ministry
of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries is
inviting interested firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their
interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide
information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and
relevant experience to perform the services. The short listing criteria are:
a)
Experience
in similar assignments
b)
Experience
in similar conditions and
c)
Availability
of appropriate skills among key staff
6.
The attention of interested
Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of
Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank
Borrowers, January 2011 (‘Consultant
Guidelines’), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
7. Consultants
may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a
sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
8.
A consultant will be selected in
accordance with qualification based on
consultant
Qualifications
(CQS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
9. Further
information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0800
to 1630 hours excluding lunch time 1230-1400 hours’ local time and public
holidays.
10. Expressions of interest should be
clearly marked with the following statements ‘Expression of Interest
for Consultancy Services
for Undertaking Funding Instruments and Risk Management Tools study and must be delivered in written form
to the address below in person by 21st August, 2014 at 11.00 am
local time
Principal Secretary
State Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries
P.O BOX 30028 00100
NAIROBI.
Telephone: 2718870/9
or 2719013
Fax: 722411/
725774/ 713901
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