GPN – BUSINESS RESILIENCE FOR VALUE ADDING ENTERPRISES (BRAVE) WOMEN NIGERIA PROJECT

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
COUNTRY: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SECTOR: PRIVATE SECTOR- SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
MODE OF FINANCING: GRANT
FINANCING NO. NGA 1022

The NIGERIAN BANK OF INDUSTRY (BOI) LTD. has received a grant in the amount of USD 3,517,952 equivalent from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the Business Resilience for Value Adding Enterprises (BRAVE) Women Nigeria Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will consist of the following components:

Business Resilience Capacity Building:
Training of 600 small and medium sized businesses on how to assess risks and determine their business priority by preparing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

Business Recovery Support:
Grant matching scheme for 500 small and medium enterprises, in pre-selected value chains, on a cost-sharing the procurement of capital goods, and services to support business recovery/growth.

Value Chain Resilience:
Work with 20-30 lead firms and 10 Business Associations to support them in protecting vital value chains and upgrading the chain performance, impacting on many more MSMEs.

IT Platform
An online IT platform will be developed to handle Client Relations Management (CRM), Monitoring/Reporting and knowledge sharing among project stakeholders

Impact Evaluation and Financial Audit:
A rigorous impact evaluation will be undertaken to help assess what works and what does not work. In accordance with the project’s financial reporting and auditing requirements, at least two sets of financial reports will be prepared and submitted by the PMU and the project’s partner banks to the ICD, the unaudited interim financial reports and the annual financial reports of the project which will be subject to audit

Project Management Unit (PMU)
A PMU will be established of dedicated fulltime professionals and market recruits in each country. The capacity of the PMU will be developed to allow national scaling beyond program boundaries.

For the above listed components, the following goods and services are expected to be procured:

Items

Method

1

Business Advisors

Shortlist of National Consultants/ Experts

2

CRM system and Support

International /National Shopping

3

CRM manager

Shortlist of National Experts

4

Project Management Unit

Shortlist of CVs

5

Training Logistics, Office Equipment

National Shopping