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, companies, individual agripreneurs 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, 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.
Project Background
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 project outcome will be i) increased access to clean and quality seed, ii) increased market access by seed entrepreneurs, iii) increased market access for cassava products and by-products by SHF, and iv) increased access to finance by SHF. The project targets to benefit 8,000 (including 60 % women) cassava SHFs in Busia, Homa Bay, Kisumu, and Migori counties in Kenya. The project will focus on 3 outputs namely i) Reliable and Efficient Seed Systems, ii) Strengthened Route to Market, Market Intelligence and Quality Standards for 4 Processing Units; and iii) Improved Policy and Engagement Platforms Across Different Levels of the Cassava Value Chains. Self Help Africa therefore seeks the services of a BDS consultant to train, coach and mentor the Seed Multipliers/ Small Micro-Entrepreneurs (SMEs), Cassava Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs) and Processing Units (PUs) on governance, business planning & marketing, and strategic
management.
Self Help Africa invites sealed bids from interested and eligible candidates for the fabrication, installation
commissioning and training of users for the supply of 4 solar dyers.
Prices quoted should be net inclusive of all taxes and delivery costs, must be expressed in Kenya shillings and shall remain valid for a period of One Hundred and Twenty (120) days from the closing date of the tender.
Bidders should submit their offers accompanied by copies of all appropriate documents on or before 14th JULY 2025 10.00am. Please send your offer as shown below:
Electronically with your financial and technical offers in separate emails to [email protected] and in the subject field state: (a) CBA-Q5361 tender for the fabrication, installation commissioning and training for the supply of 12 solar dyers (b) Name of your firm with the title of the attachment (c) Number of emails that are sent e.g. 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3.
NOTE: No offer should be sent via personal or individual e-mails. Offers sent through personal e-mails and in any other manner will be disqualified. Bids will be opened on 14th JULY 2025 at 10:00 AM East Africa Time at Self Help Africa, Nairobi The Big House, 1st Floor Kabarsiran Avenue, Lavington. Interested bidders may seek clarification in writing, and the same to be received at least by 7th JULY 2025.
Any requests for clarifications should be submitted to our official email: [email protected] with the email heading CLARIFICATION and all responses shall be posted on the link https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/category/tenders/ Under the name request for
clarifications on the tender CBA category. Self Help Africa reserves the right to accept or reject the bid in fully or partially. Late submissions shall automatically be disqualified regardless of the circumstances.
