Request For Proposals Are Invited For Digital Service To Support A Strategic Shift Of The Lada Project Towards Increasing Investments Of Agricultural Value Chain Actors To Achieve A More Economically Viable Value Chain Project

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CNFA LADA RFP 2019 04 001
United States Agency for International Development USAID
Request For Proposals Are Invited For Digital Service To Support A Strategic Shift Of The Lada Project Towards Increasing Investments Of Agricultural Value Chain Actors To Achieve A More Economically Viable Value Chain Project
ICB
Western Africa
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS,African Union
28-05-2019

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Request For Proposals Are Invited For Digital Service To Support A Strategic Shift Of The Lada Project Towards Increasing Investments Of Agricultural Value Chain Actors To Achieve A More Economically Viable Value Chain Project Focused On Strengthening Business Linkages Increasing Value Added In Different Segments Of The Targeted Value Chains And Promoting Economically And Potentially Viable Agribusinesses Through A Cloud Based Platform Rfp Number Cnfa Lada Rfp 2019 04 001 Partnership For Cloud Based PlatformIssuance Date April 29 2019Deadline For Questions May 24 2019 3 00 Pm Local TimeDeadline For Offers May 28 2019 4 00 Pm Local Time Description The Purpose Of This Rfp Is To Procure A Digital Service To Support A Strategic Shift Of The Lada Project Towards Increasing Investments Of Agricultural Value Chain Actors To Achieve A More Economically Viable Value Chain Project Focused On Strengthening Business Linkages Increasing Value Added In Different Segments Of The Targeted Value Chains And Promoting Economically And Potentially Viable Agribusinesses Through A Cloud Based Platform For Liberia Agribusiness Development Activity Lada Funded By Usaid Aid 669 A 16 00005Implemented By CnfaPoint Of Contact Mr Mark T Wilson Sr Procurement SpecialistCnfaS Head OfficeCongo Town Behind Cuttington Graduate SchoolTelephone 231 886 592 103Mwilson Cnfa Liberia OrgSection 1 Introduction Technical Background And Scope Of Work1 1 Introduction Usaid Liberia Agribusiness Development Activity Lada Is A Project Valued At Us 19 3 Million Implemented Over Five Years By Cultivating New Frontiers In Agriculture Cnfa For The U S GovernmentS Feed The Future Initiative The Goal Of The Feed The Future Lada Is To Increase Smallholder Farmer Incomes Through Increasing Private Sector Investment In The Liberian Agribusiness Sector Lada Expands Access To And Use Of Agricultural Inputs As Well As Improve Postharvest Handling Processing Packaging And Marketing Services With The Aim Of Increasing On Farm Productivity And The Incomes Of Liberian Smallholder Farmers Additionally The Increased Capacity And Productivity Of The Smallholder Farmers Is Expected To Make Agriculture A More Inclusive And Attractive Vocation Particularly To Youth And Women While Positive Results Have Been Realized Such As Increasing Knowledge And Improving Access ToFinance And Inputs The Activity Is Working Towards Achieving The Objective Of IncreasingProductivity And Private Sector Investments And Development As Envisaged In The ProjectSDesign In Particular The Project Continues Working To Increase In Private Sector Investments AndIncomes Develop Information Which Was Envisaged To Support Markets And Private SectorDecision Making And Work With The Agri Business Investment Network Ain To FacilitateInformation Gathering And Sharing For Informed Decision Making Accordingly Cnfa Is SeekingTo Procure A Mobile Cloud Based Platform To Help Lada Achieve Its Goals Of IncreasingInvestments Of Agricultural Value Chain Actors To Achieve A More Economically Viable Value ChainProject Offerors Are Responsible For Ensuring That Their Offers Are Received By Cnfa In Accordance WithThe Instructions Terms And Conditions Described In This Rfp Failure To Adhere With InstructionsDescribed In This Rfp May Lead To Disqualification Of An Offer From Consideration Cnfa WillConsider Offers From Firms Only For This Assignment 1 2 Scope Of WorkFor This Assignment The Selected Firm Will Be Expected To Design And Implement A CustomizedCloud Based Platform To Connect Cnfa Lada Supported Agro Dealers Farmers Aggregators Processors Storage Facility Owners Marketers And Other Stakeholders To Increase Access ToMarket Information And ValueAdded In Different Segments Of Cnfa Lada Targeted AgriculturalValue Chains Strengthen Business Transactions And Digital Financial Services Dfs ForEconomically Viable Agribusinesses In Liberia The Selected Firm Is Also Expected To Propose Innovative Strategies For Engaging Women AndYouth Graduates And Prospective Graduates In The Agricultural Value Chain Activities And How ToEnhance Their Capacities Through The Cloud Based Platform To Sustainably Contribute To TheEconomic Growth Of Their Country The Customized Cloud Based Platform Should Include The Following Components Web Application Website Database Google Maps Sms Integration Mobile Money The Intended Purpose Of The Cloud Based Platform For Cnfa Lada Beneficiaries And OtherValue Chain Stakeholders Includes The Following Enable Agro Dealers To Better Anticipate The Demand For Inputs Allow Farmers Organizations To Schedule Production That Meets MarketRequirements Guide Investment Decisions By Agricultural Output Aggregators And Processors AndOther Auxiliary Service Providers Enable Ain To Offer Training Programs That Address The Needs And Opportunities ToDifferent Actors Along The Targeted Value Chains Successfully Connect Value Chain Actors And Other Stakeholders As The Cloud BasedPlatform Is Expected To Be Equipped With Integrated Multichannel Solutions That WillHelp Members Develop Linkages Exchange Knowledge Access Market Information Etcetera Facilitate Business To Business B2b Communications And Commercial TransactionsBetween Agro Dealers Farmers Aggregators Processors Storage Facility Owners Marketers And Other Stakeholders For Instance Agro Dealers Will Use The Cloud Based Platform To Source Inputs And Predict Farmer Demand Farmers OrganizationsWill Use It To Make Production Decisions Based On Price And Other Market Signals Marketers Will Use It To Link Farmers With Processors And Wholesale Markets Etc The Platform Will Allow Cnfa To Further Strengthen And Sustain Lada Achievements In LiberiaThrough Mobile Market Price Information Service For Informed Business And Policy DecisionMaking Basic Handset Job Match Service To Connect Youth And Women With AgribusinessJobs Training Apprenticeship Opportunities And Financial Services Products Mobile Accessible Content Banks Containing Information On Anything FromPlanting Cultivation Harvesting Techniques To Mitigating Post Production Losses Mobile Peer Networking Groups To Provide Anytime Anywhere Support To TheBeneficiary Value Chain Actors Integrated Communications And Mobile Money Platform To Promote And StreamlineDigital Financial Services Products 1 3 TasksThis Assignment Should Demonstrate Careful Examination Of The Strategies For Moving The ProjectToward A Strategically Focused Value Chain Development Effort That Draws On Specific InformationAbout The Potential Opportunities In The Broader Agriculture Sector The Suggested Strategies MustBe More Supportive Of Private Sector Investment Income Generation Employment Creation AndThe Generation Of An Acceptable Rate Of Interest And Returns This Effort Will At Minimum Lead ToThe Following Tasks Planning Meetings With Key Cnfa Lada Staff Meet With Key Technical ComponentLeads To Gain An In Depth Understanding Of Program Goals Activities Fy 2019 2020 Beneficiary Value Chain Actors Agro Dealers Farmers Groups Aggregators Processors Buyers Etc And Anticipated Opportunities And Challenges Meetings With Stakeholders Lada Beneficiaries Ministry Of Agriculture Ministry OfCommerce Central Bank Of Liberia Afdb Etc Gather Information On Existing PastDigital Initiatives In Liberia Brainstorming Of Potential Beneficiary Users Hold Initial Meetings With Local PotentialBeneficiary Users Of The Digital Platform In Order To Gauge Their Comfort Levels WithTechnology For Eventual Adaptability Meetings With Financial Institutions And Mobile Network Operators Hold Initial MeetingsWith Financial Institutions And Mobile Network Operators To Discuss Partnering Options ForIn Country Service Roll Out Development Of Innovative Strategies For Engaging Women And Youth EntrepreneursIn The Value Chain Activities And How To Enhance Their Capacities Through The Cloudbased Platform To Be Businesses Leaders Customization Registration Of Lada Beneficiaries To The Mobile Based Solution ToCapture Business Requirements Along Lada Supported Agricultural Value Chains Including Registration Of Potential Beneficiaries Integration Of Sms Application Integration Of A Cash Management System Payment Of Value Chain Actors ThroughMobile Money And Movement Of Funds To Bank Accounts Setup Of A Comprehensive Mobile Based Solution Including All Components Training Of Stakeholders Ain And Naidal Etc Continuous Registration Of Value Chain Players As Well As Review Of Data CollectedAnd Analysis Of Key Data Components Organization Of Stakeholders Workshop To Review Validate The Customized MobileApplication And Portals To Be Used By Value Chain Actors Engagement With Government Of Liberia Banks And Other Stakeholders ForEducation On The Mobile Based Solution For Management Of Funds As A Means OfAccess To Finance Technical Assistance To Lada Naidal And Ain Teams For The Management OfThe Comprehensive Mobile Based Solution Organization Of National Stakeholders Workshop On Mobile Based Solution ForAgricultural Value Chain Actors Continuous Registration And Facilitation Of Orders With Payment By Mobile Money 1 4 Technical Assistance Nature And Contract Duration The Technical Assistance To Cnfa Lada Will Be Based On A Deliverable Based Contract And IsAnticipated To Last From June 2019 To March 2020 Cnfa Reserves The Right To Conduct PeriodicAssessments Of The Selected FirmS Performance During The Entire Life Of The Contract 1 5 Technical Supervision The Selected Firm Will Carry Out This Assignment

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