Sustainable Assets for Agriculture Markets, Business and Trade (SAAMBAT)

IFAD Loan No. 2000003102 & Grant No. 2000003102

The project development objective of SAAMBAT is to “Increase productivity of rural youth, enterprises and the rural economy” which in turn contributes to the Goal of “Reduce Poverty and Enhance Food Security.” SAAMBAT is implemented through two Components: (1) Value Chain Infrastructure; and (2) Skills, Technology and Enterprise. These components are designed to deliver two key outcomes: (1) Poor rural people’s benefits from market participation increased; and (2) Poor rural people’s productive capacities increased.

Under, Sub-Component 2.2. Technology and Enterprise for Rural Value Chains, the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of Ministry of Economy and Finance is seeking to hire a service provider namely “SP5” to implement Challenge Fund and Accelerator Program. The successful service provider shall be a firm whose team members have extensive experience in working, supporting startups, and activating innovation by running Incubator and Accelerator Program and work under the supervision of Techo Startup Center (TSC) who is the implementer of Sub-Component 2.2: Digital Technology and Enterprise for Rural Value Chains.

The main objective of the service provision is to run Challenge Fund to increase rural productivity by providing grants to support startups and innovation arms of corporates working in digital agriculture value chain on the development and testing of innovative digital applications for use to contribute to the rural economy.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance now invites Firms to indicate their interest in bidding on this contract. In response to this Expression of Interest (EOI), interested firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services to the meet the criteria as indicated in the ToR.