Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Identification and Selection of Incubators for the Life ND Project

Request for proposals are invited for Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Identification and Selection of Incubators for the Life Nd Project 2 CONSULTING SERVICES THE SERVICES CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWINGThe project development objective is to enhance income food security and job creation for rural youths and women through agric enterprise development on sustainable basis using the incubation model The achievement of the project objective at the end of the project life will be measured by the following indicators i at least 25 500 for direct beneficiaries of youth and women agri enterprises directly strengthened or created ii 50 percent increase in volume of produce by direct beneficiaries iii 50 percent increase in volume of marketed produce by direct beneficiaries iv 25 percent value addition is realized through processed produce productv 50 percent increase in profit is realized by direct beneficiaries engaged in agri enterprisevi 80 percent of direct beneficiaries 20400 have increased their food security increased their assets by at least 50 percent and are practicing improved product handling and marketing vii 50 percent of rural institution promoting youth based profitable agri enterprises are Shunted and strengthenviii Beneficiaries able to access at least 24 000ha of land for agribusiness andix 10 000 beneficiaries are using improved technologies The primary target groups are 25 500 youths aged 18 to 35 years and women headed households with children below 15 years old as incubates apprentices that will come out of the incubation system with their own profitable agri enterprises and decent jobs and eventually serve as incubators themselvesThe secondary target groups are 600 established and potential enterprise incubators who will be identified on the basis of their involvement in market linkage activities adoption of out grower model experience in incubation of new enterprises technical financial managerial and infrastructure capacity to provide enterprise incubation services to incubatees apprenticesThe overall objective of the assignment is to engage reputable Consultant s who will work in consultation with the community the incubators and other key stakeholders such as trusted civil societies CBOS Community leaders and LGA representatives to identify and assess unemployed and underemployed youths aged between 18 and 35 years and women headed households with children below 15 years for possible selection as primary beneficiaries incubates apprentices of the LIFE ND Project

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