Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA,African Solidarity Fund (FSA),African Union
10-06-2020
Work Detail
Expression of Interest are invited for Expertise for the Realization of a Feasibility Study of the CAP Business Ocean Indian Action Program 2021 2025 UCCIOI CONSULTANT SERVICESExpressions of interestNotice of call for expressions of interest n 01 20 PRCC PMPRESELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS FOR THE REALIZATION OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE CAP BUSINESS OCEAN INDIAN 2021 2025 ACTION PROGRAM UCCIOI The Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industries of the Indian Ocean UCCIOI also called Cap Business Indian Ocean an association under Mauritian law received funding from the French Development Agency AFD and intends to use part of the amount to make payments under a feasibility study for the 2021 2025 action program of Cap Business Indian Ocean UCCIOI The Candidate s Services will have as their object Punctual support from the UCCIOI prior to the instruction of a second support to the UCCIOI by the French Development Agency AFD to carry out a feasibility study with four objectives i Provide strategic support to the UCCIOI for the finalization of its White Paper ii Take stock of the regional trade PRCC in the Indian Ocean of the UCCIOI iii Establish the feasibility of a second phase of support by AFD to the UCCIOI iv Provide operational support for the implementation of the recommendations from the three previous analyzes The estimated market size is 120 000 euros It is expected at least setting up a team comprising a main expert profile strategy management clusters logistics and local and sectoral experts project management skills HR economics knowledge of OI etc in order to have a capacity for strategic support to the UCCIOI a knowledge of the regional economic context and to contribute throughout the mission to a better knowledge and a good perception of the UCCIOI by local actors a service carried out over a maximum period of 5 months from its launch in two stages 3 months for analysis writing and delivery of reports and two months of pearl support for the organization after delivery of the report final to support the implementation of the new organization the deployment of operations and the recruitments occurring during this period if necessary The interim report must be delivered within 6 weeks of the Consultant s mobilization For the main expert depending on the evolution of the world health situation one to two trips are expected to meet the actors of o Mauritius where is the headquarters and the teams of CAP BOI the project team manager and the AFD teams in charge of monitoring phase 1 of the PRCC the headquarters of the IOC and that of the IORA o Reunion from where the current presidency of Cap Business OI is exercised and where the Indian Ocean regional directorate of AFD and the management authority of the INTERREG OI FEDER the Reunion Region co financier of phase 1 are located o Madagascar territory with strong potential in terms of developing intra regional trade The experts will exchange with the representatives of the CCIs of the 6 territories by opting for video conferences for exchanges with Mayotte the Comoros and the Seychelles if travel is not possible Three video conference points will be organized with all the Chambers of Commerce and Industry members in order to keep them informed of the progress of the work a briefing an intermediate point and a debriefing at the end of the mission In the absence of physical travel by the main expert the exchanges will be organized using internet communication tools with the six territories in the area The UCCIOI invites Applicants to express their interest in providing the Services described above This Call for Expressions of Interest is aimed at design offices and individual consultants The eligibility criteria for AFD financing are specified in Article 1 3 of the Directives for the award of contracts financed by AFD in foreign countries available online on the AFD website http www afd fr Applicants can only submit one application in their own name or in a Group If a Candidate including the member of a Grouping submits or participates in several candidatures these will be eliminated However the same Subcontractor can participate in several applications If the Candidate is formed into a Grouping the Expression of Interest must include a copy of the Grouping agreement concluded by all of its members or a letter of intent to form a Grouping signed by all its members and accompanied by a copy of the proposed Grouping agreement In the absence of this document the other members will be considered as Subcontractors The references and qualifications of the Subcontractors are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications Interested Applicants must provide information demonstrating that they are qualified and experienced to perform these Services As such they will justify that they have references to recent and similar services The similarity of the references will be analyzed according to The size of the markets The nature of the Services feasibility study monitoring and evaluation study strategic action plan Domain and technical expertise Strategy development or support for organizations representing the private sector or socio professionals Change management Support for the private sector setting up and running networks Project management or clusters involving the private sector Geographic context Experience in the South West Indian Ocean or in countries sharing similar characteristics The Client will also examine the relevance of Expressions of Interest with regard to the following criteria Internal skills and availability of technical support for experts located in the country Correspondents local partners The UCCIOI will draw up a shortlist of six 6 Applicants maximum preselected on the basis of the applications received to which it will send the Request for Proposals for the performance of the Services required Expressions of Interest must be deposited at the address below for June 10 2020 Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industries UCCIOI For the attention of Virginie LauretProgram DirectorOffice 4 51 A rue du Savoir Eb ne MauritiusTelephone 230 463 15 37 230 5 254 73 70Email direction capbusiness ioInterested Applicants can obtain additional information at the above address at the following times 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m Disclaimer The above text is machine translated For accurate information kindly refer the original document
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