Expression of interest (EOI) to conduct institutional and policy assessments of the agricultural sector for 11 select African countries – AGRA
Ref no. 001/2018/CSPD
Date of Issue – December 14, 2017
This EOI consists of the following parts:
Part A – Introduction – contains an overview of the opportunity presented, and the objectives of the expression of interest.
Part B – Instructions – sets out the rules applying to the EOI documents and process. The rules are deemed to be accepted by all applicants and by all persons having received the EOI.
Part C- Scope of Work – provides a high level overview of the assignment and specifies the information to be provided in response to this EOI.
Part A – Introduction
The Alliance for a Green Revoluaiton in Africa (AGRA) would like to commission a number of scoping studies in its select active Countries[1] that would assess the capacity and effectiveness of institutional and policy arrangements of the countries’ agricultural sector and determine how they can be supported to accelerate agricultural transformation. As such, AGRA invites expressions of interest for a consultant(s) firm, individual or teams to carry out these country assessments.
AGRA, through this EOI, intends to pre-qualify individual, teams of consultants and/or specialised consulting firms (referred to as Applicant henceforth) to execute the services described that will enable the Institution’s Management:
Identify, together with the respective national governments, country development and strategic partners, binding constraints and priority areas at national and sub-national levels for policy and institutional systems strengthening.
Establish a strategic framework targeting institutional and policy systems strengthening based on an agreed and shared transformative vision, objectives and sector priorities.
Establish a development programme with a costed pipeline of interventions articulated around short, medium and long term priorities.
Together with national governments, prepare an implementation strategy and process including, in particular, a priority action plan.
This EOI is being issued to solicit information/documentation from Applicants qualified to perform the activities described under the Scope of Work below. An application in response to this EOI does not guarantee that the Applicant will be formerly engaged to perform any services, but only serves as notice to AGRA that the Applicant desires to be considered for a possible award of a sub-contract for the performance of the serviced. This EOI is thus not a formal solicitation requesting proposals and does not represent a commitment by AGRA to award a subcontract.
Part B – Instructions
Expressions of interest at a minimum should include:
Background and description of the experience and capabilities of the Applicant to carry out the services identified; specifically identifying how the Applicant will work to address the Scope of Work elaborated below.
Demonstrated experience engaging senior government officials with experience advising on agriculture within a complex political environment with multiple stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong technical understanding of the select/chosen country’s [to carry out the assessment] agriculture sector; and, also have strong networks/linkages with in-country strategic actors in government, private sector, donor community and other non-state actors. This needs to be demonstrated in the application.
Proposed senior team members as demonstrated by their CVs.
Specifically:
For a team/joint application, the team must identify the lead partner who should have sufficient relevant experience for at least 7 years. In the application, s/he must give an overview of their qualification highlighting the experience leading technically qualified professional teams globally/in-Africa and demonstrate principal activities executed successfully. Further, the application should indicate what will be the role of each member of the team on this assignment and show their proven capability to undertake the work.
For applications from a firm, the Applicant should demonstrate that it has carried out related Consultancy assignments (with key technically qualified professional staff). A list of similar services successfully executed for the last 7 years should be provided. Further, the firm should demonstrate that it has a well-organized set up with professional staff technically qualified and experienced who successfully carried out similar projects/ services in the past with proven reputation and are capable to undertake new services with professional competence.
For an individual: the Applicant should demonstrate that S/he has the capacity and capability to undertake the upcoming assignment with professional technical competence. They should have at least 7 years’ of related experience undertaking similar work that should be foregrounded on the CV.
