| Organization | Self Help Africa |
| Project Title | Cassava Market Access Project (CaMAP) |
| Project Duration | 4 Years |
| Assignment Type | Consultancy on Financial Service Provision |
About Self Help Africa
Self Help Africa (SHA) is an international NGO dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. We have 50 years of experience working with smallholder farmers, farmer associations, cooperatives, and agribusinesses across Africa to help farmers grow and sell more food, improve diets, diversify incomes, and make their livelihoods more sustainable and resilient to external shocks. SHA also builds awareness of issues affecting smallholders and represent their interests at policy and institutional level.
SHA is a core member of The Gorta Group which is composed of a group of innovative organizations driving sustainable economic and social change across Africa. Comprising Self Help Africa, United Purpose, Partner Africa and TruTrade, the Gorta Group combines expertise in market-based solutions to poverty and rural development; climate change mitigation and resilience; trade facilitation, and farmer and worker rights; underpinned by an inclusive ethos that specifically targets women and youth.
About Cassava Market Access Project
Self Help Africa has received funding from Irish Aid to implement a five-year project dubbed “Cassava Market Access Project” – CaMaP. The project goal is to have an increased reliable cassava seed system, sustainable market access for increased income and investment for smallholder farmers (SHF) and improved regulatory environment for cassava production and trade. The goal is to have an increased reliable cassava seed system, sustainable market access for increased income and investment for smallholder farmers. The project will cover Busia, Homabay, Kisumu, and Migori counties in Kenya (target counties). The project’s objective is to increase incomes and reduce poverty for 8,000 cassava smallholder farmers by promoting efficient and well-functioning seed systems and markets. The outcome will be:
- Increased access to clean and quality seed
- Increased market access by seed entrepreneurs
- Increased market access for cassava products and by products by smallholder farmers
- Increased access to finance by cassava value chain actors.
SHA Kenya requires the provision of financial services to cassava processing units, seed companies, seed entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers.
The full terms of reference, along with the following documents, can be found here.
- Q-4073 – Invitation to Tender (ITT) Provision of financial services to cassava processing units, seed companies, seed entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers
- SHA Terms and Conditions 2019 W&S
- SHA Code of Conduct Policy
- SHA Child Protection Policy
- SHA Anti Fraud and Anti Corruption Policy
CLARIFICATION TABLE
| ITT Published | Tuesday 7th May 2024 | |
| Closing date for clarifications | Tuesday 21st May 2024 | 17.00PM EAT |
| Closing date and time for receipt of tenders | Tuesday 28th May 2024 | 17.00AM EAT |
| Tender Opening Location | Self Help Africa Offices, Nairobi | |
| Tender Opening Date and time | Wednesday 29th May 2024 | 10.00AM EAT |
Interested Financial institutions should submit their application by email, clearly indicating in the Subject Header “Application for provision of Financial Services Provider for the Cassava Market Access Project” to [email protected] no later than 5pm Tuesday 28th May 2024 . Only shortlisted institutions will be contacted. If you do not receive a response within 90 days of closing the applications, please consider your proposal unsuccessful.
The application should include:
- A technical proposal for carrying out the assignment which should contain:
- The motivation for carrying out this assignment.
- The understanding of the assignment.
- An overview of the proposed financing product that will be implemented in the target counties.
- An overview of how the farmer training, saving, transacting, and borrowing will be managed.
- An overview of how the revolving fund will be created and managed to allow continued lending to the cassava value chain actors beyond the life of project.
- Statement of soundness of the FSP and competence and relevant experience of key personnel that indicates the capacity to successfully conduct this activity.
- Proposed plan for carrying out the assignment including proposed methodology and work plan.
- CVs of key personnel
- A financial proposal including all relevant taxes.
Interested applicants are also encouraged to visit SHA website: https://selfhelpafrica.org/us/ for familiarization with the organization.
Late submission will not be accepted.
The applicants may request for information/clarifications or any query regarding this call for applications. Such requests must indicate the name of the applicant and shall be submitted in English via E-mail to: [email protected] on or before 21st May 2024 with the subject header “Clarifications for the Application for Financial Services Provider for the Cassava Market Access Project”.
Responses to the questions or clarifications will be provided directly through website under clarifications by the 21st of May 2024.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
OUR POLICY: Self Help Africa does not ask for or accept money for bids. If approached for money or other favours, or if you have any suspicions of attempted fraud, bribery or corruption while tendering, please report immediately at selfhelpafrica.ethicspoint.com Please provide as much detail as possible with any reports. Further information on Confidential Reporting is available here.
