Tenders Are Invited For Firm Selection To Serve As Consultant Firm For The Development Of The Sba Msmes Online Database And Reporting Portal

Tenders are invited for Firm Selection to Serve as Consultant Firm for the Development Of the Sba Msmes Online Database and Reporting Portal The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has received UA $12 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the Liberian Youth Entrepreneurship and Investment Bank(YEIB) and intends to apply part of the funds for the selection of a Consulting Firm to design, develop, and operationalize an Micro small and Medium enterprises(MSMEs) and Business development service providers (BDSPs) Online Database and Reporting Portal for the Bureau of Small Business Administration (SBA). The overarching goal of the project is to strengthen financial and non-financial business service to young women and men entrepreneurs in ways that ensure inclusion, decrease vulnerabilities, and prepare for resilience and long-term sustainability of service provision. Specifically, the project intends to youth-dedicated institutions, modeled on the AfDBs Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank framework that will provide affordable development and financing solutions to Liberias youth-led businesses; develops a Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank (YEIB), which is the soft infrastructure of the Program for Advancing Youth Entrpreneurship and Investment(PAYEI) ecosystem, delivering financial and business development services; and set up a Business Innovation and Development Center (BIDC) that is the hard infrastructure of the PAYEI ecosystem. The project has four components, with component 1 dealing with youth entrepreneurship oversight; component 2 focuses on establishing youth-dedicated institutions; component 3 deals with deploying YEIB services; and component 4 focuses on project management. The project intends to apply part of the proceeds of the funding for eligible payments under the contract to hire a consulting firm for the Development of the SBA MSMEs Online Database and Reporting Portal. The Consultant Firm will report directly to the Deputy Tender Link : https://www.emansion.gov.lr/opportunities/opportunities/procurement-notices

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