GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Name of Borrower’s Country: Mozambique

Name of Project : Creating a Sustainable SME Supply Chain in the Oil and Gas Sector in Mozambique (LINKAR)

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

 

 

  1. The Government of Mozambique has received a grant from the African Development Bank/ FAPA and AFAWA to finance the project : Creating a Sustainable SME Supply Chain in the Oil and Gas Sector in Mozambique ;
  1. The principal objectives of this project are to :
  • Create at least 120 new jobs from SME’s in the oil and gas value chain ;
  • Identify 125 SME appropriate contract opportunities, including 25 partnership and/or JV opportunities, with a total of US$12 m ;
  • Support 30 SMEs to win US$ 3 m worth of contracts in the oil & gas value chain ;
  • Facilitate to 30 SME’s access to finance of US$ 3 m from Financial Institutions ;
  • Provide technical assistance and in-dept advisory services for at least 150 SMEs, resulting in 75 SMEs reaching the required levels of competitiveness ;
  • Establish an SME competitiveness framework to define the capacity requirements for SMEs to access target contracts in the oil & gas value chain ;
  • Develop for the SME’s a demand/supply versus opportunities matching framework in the oil and gas sector; and
  • Based on the key lessons from previous programs to provide institutional support to ENH, where and when necessary, on the objective to enable the Institution to engage with all stakeholders and manage and implement a high-quality program in the country.
  1. The project includes the following components :
  • Component 4: Contract Connector Link: promotion of B2B linkages and networking to help match SMEs to contracts, facilitate smart partnership opportunities, and support SMEs to navigate buyer company procurement and tendering processes and access contracts in gas value chains and associated infrastructure projects ;
  • Component 3: SME Competitiveness Link: supports the development of competitive and innovative SMEs in priority sectors such as manufacturing and construction by working with target SMEs to identify innovative solutions to address gaps limiting their competitiveness to access relevant work scopes, contracts, and partnerships opportunities identified in Component 2. Provides SMEs with a combination of mentorship, technical advisory, and access to finance ;
  •  Component 2: Opportunity Aggregator Link: support the delivery of robust supply/ demand diagnostics and stakeholder coordination to identify and define SME partnership and contracting opportunities (of value sub-US$1m) associated directly with oil & gas sector developments as well as indirectly with the additional ‘enabling’ infrastructure investments required to enable industrial connectivity and address bottlenecks ;
  •  Component 1:  Institutional Support to ENH: supports activities aimed at improving ENH’s capabilities and activities to provide ENH with a strategic direction as well as operational guidance to allow successful delivery of the LinKar Program. More specifically, the component will support activities such as the strategic and stakeholder engagement plan, the program policy, the rules, and guidelines manual, the marketing and communication plan (including web-portal program development, flyers, brochures); the SME supplier database development, workshops for stakeholders institutional promotion engagement, training, and capacity building of the PMU staff (project management, procurement, finance, M&E, environmental and social sustainability, etc); and
  • Component 0: Project Management: supports the cost associated with the hiring of an external project manager, AfDB requirements such as an independent evaluation and auditing activities, and other miscellaneous expenses that may arise during the implementation of the LinKar Program;
  1. Procurement of goods and/or works will be in accordance with the Procurement Policy for Bank Group-Funded Operations. Acquisition of the services of Consultants will follow the Operations Procurement Manual for the African Development Bank. Bidding documents are expected to be available in November 2021 ;
  1. Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting :

Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH)

Av. 25 de Setembro No. 270 Edificio Time Square Bloco 1

Email : info@enh.co.mz,

Telephone : +258 84 300 7895

Maputo, Mozambique

Contact name: Dr. Victor Tivane

Email : Victor.Tivane@enh.co.mz

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