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HIRSHABELLE STATE OF SOMALIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION HIRSHABELLE STATE (MOAI -HSS)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)
Country: Federal Government of Somalia
Project ID No. P177816
Name of the Project: Somalia Food System Resilience Project – Phase 3 (S-FSRP III)
Consulting Service: Agriculture and Livestock Value Chain Selection and Prioritization
Individual/Firm: Firm
Duty Station: Jowhar
Deadline: May 22, 2025
Ref No. SO-MOAI-HSS-474966-CS-CQS
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Somalia Food System Resilience Project (S-FSRP-III) and intends to apply part of the proceed for consulting services.
The Consulting Services (the Services) include Review relevant literature, policies, and existing studies related to agriculture and value chains, Conduct stakeholder consultations to understand key challenges, opportunities, and priorities, Develop and submit an inception report outlining methodology, data collection tools, and work plan, Identify and propose criteria for selecting priority value chains based on economic, social, and environmental factors.
Consider market demand, competitiveness, inclusivity (gender, youth, smallholder farmers), scalability, and resilience. Gather qualitative and quantitative data on key value chains from primary and secondary sources, Apply multi-criteria analysis or other relevant methods to evaluate the performance of different value chains. The Consultant will undertake all the specific tasks detailed out in the Terms of Reference (TOR).
The consultant service is expected to be conducted and reports delivered within 12 weeks from commencement.
The detailed Terms of Refence (TOR) for the assignment can be provided upon submission of application in person or by e-mail. The e-mail address is provided below.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI) HSS now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).
Skills and qualifications
The short-listing criteria are as follows:
a) Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in the field of Agriculture or equivalent for a period of a minimum of 5 years.
b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least 2 assignments of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the past 5 years. The consultant shall provide the name and contact address of the client (office and e-mail address and telephone number), date(s) of execution, name (s) of lead and associate firms, contract amount and financing sources. scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted Expression of Interest should include enumeration of these similar past assignments.
c) Experience of relevant services in an environment similar to that of Somalia; and
d) The technical and managerial organization of the firm. (Provide only the structure of the organization. Do not provide CVs of staff). Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Financing – Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017 August 2018, November 2020 and September 2023, (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub consultancy. In case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Based Selection (CQS) method set out in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations.
How to apply
Interested Consultant may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 8:00am to 4.00pm Jowhar time (Excluding public holidays).
Expressions of interest (EOI) should be delivered (in person or by e-mail) in a written form in three (3) hard copies (if not by e-mail) to the address below by 22nd May 2025 at 16:00 Hours (Jowhar Time)
FSRP Project Implementation Unit
Somalia Food Systems Resilience Project (S-FSRP)
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigations
MoAI-Hirshabelle State
Jowhar, Somalia
Email Address: [email protected] and [email protected]
