Expressions of Interest in the establishment of a shortlist of service providers under the "Ease of Preparation and Monitoring of Livestock Development Projects under the Regional Coastal Livestock Investment Programme" (EAPM-RCLIP)

Publication date : 02/17/2020​.

The ECOWAS Commission has requested funding from the French Development Agency (FDA), and intends to use part of the amount of the latter to make payments under the project "Facilitate detaining and monitoring livestock development projects under the Regional Coastal Livestock Investment Programme" (EAPM-RCLIP). Under the funding agreement signed between FDA and the CEDEAO Commission, the fiduciary management of the funds was entrusted to the RAAF

The purpose of the Candidate's Services will be to provide intellectual benefits that allow:

• Update the wording of the regional component of RCLIP;
• Update RCLIP documents from Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, and put them in the format of projects that could be funded by FDA or other donors (bilateral and/or multilateral);
• To support the wording of the RCLIP document of the Republic of Guinea;
• To support the formulation of technical arguments (relating to the development of policy guidance documents for investment in the livestock sector) for Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia;
• To support the country authorities in preparing project documents for interested technical and financial partners in order to meet the eligibility requirements for the financing and implementation of their investment programmes (mobilization resources, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, etc.);
• To conduct feasibility studies in two countries in the region, if necessary and at FDA's request, to identify projects that could be funded by FDA.

These services should be carried out by a pool of international and regional experts, according to the indicative calendar below:

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA), invites candidates to express their interest in providing the services described above

This Call for Expressions of Interest is addressed to the Design Offices. The proposal of an office or expert already mobilized in the context of the implementation of the afD CZZ2283 - PEPISAO and CZZ2404 - FAPS CEOIS will be considered a conflict of interest, as they will be involved in the formulation of the Terms of Reference of the studies to be carried out and in the follow-up of their implementation.

The criteria for eligibility for AFD funding are specified in Article 1.3 of the "FDA-funded Contracting Guidelines in Foreign States" available online on the FDA website: http://www.afd.fr.​

Candidates may submit only one application on their own behalf or in Grouping. If a Candidate (including the member of a Group) submits or participates in several nominations, these will be eliminated. On the other hand, the same subcontractor can participate in several applications.

If the Candidate is formed as a Group, the Expression of Interest must include :

• A copy of the Grouping Agreement signed by all of its members, Or
• A letter of intent to form a Group, signed by all its members and accompanied by a copy of the proposed Grouping Agreement.

In the absence of this document, other members will be considered subcontractors.

Subcontractor references and qualifications are not included in the evaluation of applications.

Interested Candidates must produce information demonstrating that they are qualified and experienced to carry out these Services. As such, they will justify that they have references to recent and similar services.

The similar nature of the references will be analysed based on:

• The size of the markets;
• The nature of the Services (feasibility study, definition of pipeline development plans or strategic plans);
• Field and technical expertise (public policy related to the livestock sector);
• Geographical context (West Africa, and in particular Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Guinea and Togo);
• The ability to intervene in both French and English-speaking countries.

THE ARAA will also examine the relevance of expressions of interest against the following criteria:

Skills and internal availability in technical support to experts (backstopping); - Local Consultants or Local Correspondents/Partners.

NB: Services will not include travel to safe areas1. 

THE ARAA will draw up a shortlist of six (6) Maximum Candidates, shortlisted on the basis of the applications received, to which it will submit the Request for Proposals for the achievement of the required Services. 

Expressions of Interest must be filed at the following address, no later than 9 March 2020, at 12:00, by hand-deposit or by e-mail, at the following address:

Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF)

Boulevard de la Paix, 83, Rue de la Pâture, Lomé, Super Taco, Togo

01 P.O. Box: 4817 Telephone: +228 22 21 40 03/ 22 21 50 01.

Email: procurement@araa.org

Subject: " Tenders to establish a shortlist of service providers as part of the project "Facilitate and follow-up of livestock development projects under the Regional Coastal Livestock Investment Programme" (EAPM-RCLIP)"

If the file is hand-delivered, a computer version of the application will be recorded as a non-modifiable PDF on a blank USB computer key, which will be entered into the application file.

Interested Candidates can obtain additional information at the above address, from 9:00

a.m. to 17:00 GMT, or by email at procurement@araa.org​.

In accordance with Article 1.5.2 - Security of FDA-funded Contracting Guidelines in Foreign States, Places of Execution of Services located in an area classified orange or red by the French Ministry of Europe and Business (or any other French ministry responsible for developing the security level of foreign countries, if any).

The Event of Interest File will include:

A letter of expression of interest:

• The Declaration of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Commitment provided as an annex to the MAI, duly signed;
• Proof of their legal existence;
• If the design office is set up as a group: a copy of the grouping agreement concluded by all its members or a letter of intent to form a Group, signed by all its members and accompanied by a copy of the proposed Grouping Agreement; And
• The list of headquarters staff (backstopping) and local correspondents/partners who may be mobilized to carry out the requested services;
• The main references/experiences related to the services requested.