FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)

Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI)

(Consulting Services – Firms Selection)

RE-ADVERTISEMENT

Country : Nigeria

Project :  Feasibility Studies for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria’.

Sector Grant No. : 5500155009551

Project ID : P–NG–AA–003

  1. This is a re-advertisement. Those who made submission earlier can choose to retain their submission in writing or make a new submission ;
  2. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Department (FMARD) has received a Medium Income Country (MIC) Grant, from the African Development Bank (AfDB) towards consultancy services for the development of the Processing Zones (SAPZ) Initiative. It intends to apply part of the agreed amount of this grant for payments under the contract for feasibility studies for the establishment of up to four SAPZs in priority agriculture corridors across the country ;
  3. The services included under this assignment are: preparation of site specific feasibility reports that will guide the design of appropriate SAPZ project interventions and will involve value chains analysis, infrastructure assessment and evaluation, technical design for the Agro-Industrial Hubs and the accompanying Agricultural Transformation Centres (ATCs), design of common services structures, Social and Environmental Safeguards analysis, and identification of existing and new anchor investor companies capable of managing the SAPZs. The successful consultancy firm(s) will be expected to engage with various stakeholders including farmers, public sector agencies, private sector as well as the Civil Society and Community-Based Organizations ;
  4. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, now invites eligible Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services including (a) Brochures – Profile of Firm/Consortium including ownership structure and role of each Corporate entity with full contact details, (b) description of similar agriculture-related consultancy assignments in the last 5 years including Project Preparation and Design, (c) experience in similar conditions in Nigeria and/or in sub-Saharan Africa, (d) availability of appropriate skills among staff, some of whom should have good knowledge of the environment. All documents should be electronically transmitted in ONE FILE ONLY. Transmissions involving multiple files will be rejected! PDF format is preferred. Consultants may constitute Joint Ventures to enhance their chances of qualification ;
  5. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the Procurement Policy for Bank Group-Funded Operations (Policy), October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s Website at https://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/procurement/new-procurement-policy/. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Government to include it in the shortlist. Only the shortlisted consultants will be contacted ;
  6. The estimated duration of services is 3 months and the estimated starting date is June, 2020 ;
  7. Interested Consultant Firms may obtain further information at the address below during the hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Local Time ;
  8. Expressions of interest must be received in electronic forms sent by email to address below not later than 15th April, 2020 at 4:00 pm Local Time and mention ‘Feasibility Studies for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria’.

The National Program Coordinator

Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program

15, Lord Lugard Street, Asokoro,

Abuja

Email : atasphq2019@gmail.com, abulash2014@gmail.com

Tel : +234 8034491496; 08069767735

Attention : National Procurement Officer

 

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