The AECF is a leading African-owned and led development organisation that supports innovative enterprises in the agribusiness and renewable energy sectors with the aim of reducing rural poverty, promoting resilient communities and creating jobs. AECF has raised over US$ 400 million to provide catalytic funding and technical advisory support to enterprises that struggle to meet traditional risk-return standards for commercial investors. In just over a decade, we have supported over 375 businesses in 26 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, impacted more than 30 million lives, created over 27,000 direct jobs, and leveraged US $771 million in matching funds.
We surface and commercialize new ideas, business models and technologies designed to increase agricultural productivity, improve farmer incomes, expand clean energy access, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to the effects of climate change while also addressing the crosscutting themes of women, youth, and fragility. AECF is committed to working in frontier markets, fragile contexts, and high-risk economies where few mainstream financing institutions dare to go. In 2021, the AECF launched a refreshed strategy with the objective to build resilience and sustainable incomes for rural and marginalized communities in Africa.
The KKCF is a competitive financing mechanism for disbursing donor funding to incentivize for-profit companies, social enterprises, and local and refugee entrepreneurs to start or scale existing operations in the Kakuma-Kalobeyei area. Attracting the private sector to the area and supporting local entrepreneurs has the potential to expand job opportunities, improve services, provide more choice, and reduce prices. This will, in turn, enhance the self-reliance and socioeconomic integration of both refugee and host communities, while also contributing to the development of Turkana County. KKCF is a program of International Finance Corporation (IFC) and AECF is the implementing partner.
AECF is seeking the services of a consultant to support AECF’s investee companies in the Kakuma-Kalobeyei area in Kenya to leverage on business automation technologies. The primary objective of this project is to implement automation software in MSMEs to streamline their operations, enhance efficiency, and facilitate better decision-making. The automation software will cover various aspects of business processes, including but not limited to inventory management, sales tracking, order processing, human resource management, accounting and financial reporting and customer relationship management (CRM).
The purpose of these terms is to define the scope, responsibilities, expectations, and deliverables of the engagement between the AECF and the selected consultants. The successful service providers must demonstrate experience and understanding of the refugee context.
The consultant will be expected to deliver on the following scope of the assignment.
The proposed project plan should cover the activities listed above.
The Implementor will be responsible for the following during the implementation;
The deliverables/outputs for this assignment are outlined below:
The assignment is expected to commence in February 2023 and is expected to be completed in 6 months from the commencement date.
The consultant will report to the Head, Investment Advisory Services.
Qualified consultants are invited to submit a proposal that includes the following:
The consultant should possess the following skills and/or credentials:
An evaluation committee will be formed by the AECF and may include employees of the businesses to be supported. All members will be bound by the same standards of confidentiality. The consultant should ensure that they fully respond to all criteria to be comprehensively evaluated.
The AECF may request and receive clarification from any consultant when evaluating a proposal. The evaluation committee may invite some or all the consultants to appear before the committee to clarify their proposals. In such event, the evaluation committee may consider such clarifications in evaluating proposals.
In deciding the final selection of qualified bidder, the technical quality of the proposal will be given a weighting of 80% based on the evaluation criteria. Only the financial proposal of those bidders who qualify technically will be opened. The financial proposal will be allocated a weighting of 20% and the proposals will be ranked in terms of total points scored.
The mandatory and desirable criteria against which proposals will be evaluated are identified in the table below.
Key Areas for Evaluation/ Assessment
Weighted Award
(A) TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
80
i) An understanding of the consultancy requirements;
10
ii) Methodology and work-plan that will deliver the best value on the assignment:
30
iii) Relevant services undertaken by the bidder in past engagements:
30
iv) Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments and at least 2 Letters of signed reference from past customers or associates to the consultant**:**
10
(B) FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
20
The AECF is obliged by the Kenyan tax authorities to withhold taxes on service contract fees as well as ensure that VAT, is charged where applicable. Applicants are advised to ensure that they have a clear understanding of their tax position with regards to provisions of Kenya tax legislation when developing their proposals.
The AECF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The AECF considers all interested candidates based on merit without regard to race, gender, colour, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
To be considered, your proposal reference “CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR AUTOMATION SOFTWARE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN KAKUMA-KALOBEYEI AREA” must be addressed to aecfprocurement@aecfafrica.org by 1700Hrs (EAT), 31st January 2024. The AECF shall not be liable for not opening proposals that are submitted with a different subject.
Please send your questions to the AECF procurement e-mail by 24th January 2024.
AECF reserves the right to determine the structure of the process, number of short-listed participants, the right to withdraw from the proposal process, the right to change this timetable at any time without notice and reserves the right to withdraw this tender at any time, without prior notice and without liability to compensate and/or reimburse any party.
The AECF does not charge an application fee for participation in the tendering process and has not appointed any agents or intermediaries to facilitate applications. Applicants are advised to reach out directly to the AECF Procurement Department.
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