The Palladium Group USAID CATALYZE Ethiopia would like to make a request for a proposal for the Market assessment, Oilseed Agriculture Value Chain.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Market Assessment–Oilseed Agriculture Value Chain
RFP No: RFP-CATALAYZE-21772-Ethiopia-2022-0638
CATALYZE Project:
The CATALYZE Blended Finance Mechanism is a $250 Million, 8-year contract (5-year base period, with a single 3-year option period) which uses a facilitated partnership model to craft solutions to crowd in $2 Billion in blended finance (i.e. blended concessional and commercial finance) to USAID partner countries and initiatives. CATALYZE allows USAID Bureaus and Missions to efficiently deploy investment facilitation solutions that respond to the needs of specific sectors, issues, and geographies. Initial programs focus on education finance to implement sustainable education business models serving low-income communities, and achievement of the W-GDP objectives, but the mechanism can be applied to any development challenge or region.
MS4G Activity:
USAID CATALYZE Ethiopia: MS4G is designed to benefit the Ethiopian people, build community resilience, and strengthen rural-urban linkages in the areas of food security, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). MS4G invests in developing relationships with private sector players, co-investing in inclusive business models, advisory services, digital solutions, and market-based initiatives that increase the resilience and sustainability of Ethiopian enterprises and employment for women and youth. The project supports activities in Addis Ababa and the secondary cities of Ethiopia.
Company Information:
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact —the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with corporations, governments, foundations, investors, communities, and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental, and financial benefits.
Purpose:
The purpose of this RFP is to engage technical experts in the agriculture sector in Ethiopia to identify multiple stakeholders (such as farmers, unions, cooperatives, and other stakeholders), to develop a market report on the availability of input materials (sesame, black cumin, and niger seeds) for the processing and manufacturing of edible oil.
Objective:
The service provider is expected to provide a thorough and professional market assessment report on the sesame, black cumin, and Niger seed value chain. The objective of the study is to provide a reliable and dependable market report outlining the regions where these oilseeds are grown, identifying the major actors in the value chain, and recommending a strategy for the out-grower business model. The report will be used to make an investment decision and serve as a manual on how to engage market actors.
Activity:
Core activities under the research project will include:
1. Market research on the sesame, black cumin, and niger seed value chain to identify the high productivity areas, the volume of each oilseed produced by region, cost, and supply availability. This information should be historical, current, and future projections of volume and value by type of referenced oilseeds.
2. Market research on key stakeholders in the sesame, black cumin, and niger seed value chain who are producers, collectors, distributors, and users of these commodities and how they are traded.
3. Market Research to understand potential obstacles to acceptance of developing and implementing an out-grower or contract farming mechanism with producers of the referenced oilseed crops, including limitations from a financial, legal, and or commercial market perspective.
4. Analyze and recommend the most efficient way to develop and implement a sustainable sourcing model for referenced oilseeds from producers, unions, cooperatives, and or other market players that have the capacity to consistently supply the referenced oilseeds for the purposes of processing and value addition.
Important notes for interested bidders:
RFP was released on June 23, 2022 on CATALYZE website, interested bidders can access the RFP by clicking the link below:
Attachments can be found by visiting the CATLAYZE procurement website the Current Opportunities – My CMS (catalyze-procurement.com)
1) Questions Deadline: Bidders can submit their question/s electronically to: ethiopiams4g.procurement@thepalladiumgroup.com till June 29, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Nairobi time (UTC +3). Late questions will not be accepted and entertained.
2) Virtual bidders conference: June 30, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Nairobi time (UTC +3).
3) Submission: The technical and financial proposals can be in one of the following ways
Electronically:
Emailing through ethiopiams4g.procurement@thepalladiumgroup.com, in TWO SEPARATE emails (Technical and Financial proposals) with the RFP number “RFP-CATALAYZE-21772-Ethiopia-2022-0638” in the subject lines.
Hard Copy:
Technical and Financial proposals must be in TWO SEPARATE sealed envelopes to our office located at Africa Avenue, Noah Plaza First Floor, Next to Boston Day Spa. Mark envelopes with the RFP number “RFP-CATALAYZE-21772-Ethiopia-2022-0638” and the offeror’s name on both Technical and Financial proposals envelopes.
4) Closing Date and Time: July 8, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Nairobi time (UTC +3) Late bid submission will not be considered.
5) The company has the right to cancel the bid fully or partially.
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