Tenders in Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

FCDA Secretariat

Area 11, Garki Abuja

Establishment of Commodity Market and Trade Corporations for Nigeria

Request for Expression of Interest International Competitive bidding

The Federal Government of Nigeria is currently engaged on a transformation of its agricultural sector, with sharp focus on agribusiness development, commercialization of agriculture, to drive food security, promote growth and jobs creation. At the core of this strategy is the decision of the government to drive agriculture as more of business than being considered as a way of life for social development, and move away from treating agriculture as a development program.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has developed a comprehensive Agricultural Transformation Agenda which focuses on improving agricultural value chains in several commodities, including rice, maize, soybeans, cassava, sorghum, cocoa, palm oil, livestock and aquaculture.

The dissolution of the old marketing boards, as part of the Structural Adjustment Programs of the 1980s, has left the country without marketing institutions to coordinate the marketing system for Agricultural commodities. As a result, markets are poorly organized with high transaction costs, lack of price discovery mechanism, price volatility and difficulty in enforcing grades and standards, making domestic markets inefficient and unable to assure stable prices for farmers and consumers.

As part of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wish to develop Commodity Market and Trade Corporations that will be at par with International best practice that will coordinate the agricultural value chains to enhance market efficiency and competiveness. The scope of the consultancy shall include the Establishment of Commodity Market and Trade Corporations in respect of the following:

Terms of Reference (Applicable to all Commodity Markets)

1.       Critically review the experiences with the old marketing boards and lessons for Nigeria on improving marketing of Agricultural products.

2.       Critically review the current state of Agricultural Marketing in Nigeria and identify the gaps that must be fixed to improve marketing of agricultural produce and recommend measures to fix them.

3.       Review international best practices in market development and institutional arrangements for improving marketing of agricultural produce in emerging economics e.g. China, Brazil, India, Thailand) and other African countries (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, South Africa etc.) and draw lessons for Nigeria agricultural market development

4.       Develop the framework for the Commodity Market and Trade Corporation, based on the international best practices in market development

5.       Recommend suitable legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks to ensure oversight, proper regulation, transparency and accountability of the market and trade corporations to stakeholders

6.       Strategic plan for the market and trade corporations, outlining the key choices to be made, the recommended choice, and how to execute such choices:

a.       Concise scope and mission for the market and trade corporations

b.       Integrated activity-based plan for the market and trade corporation will need to engage in, while ensuring that they public-private partnerships for successfully unlocking the capacity of the agricultural value chains

c.       Determine the market development activities that the market and trade

corporations should engage in what should be done by the private sector,

d.       Outline the partnerships the market and corporations need to build and

recommend steps to achieve such partnerships at local, regional and global levels

7.       Develop a financial plan (P &L plus balance sheet) for the commodity Market and trade corporation’s activities over an initial period of 5years and how such can be achieved using combination of government, private and investor capital. The high level financials should include estimate of investment propositions for institutions including commodity buying and at what price, cost of running the corporation, uses of declared reserves, management price scheme etc.

8.       Given considerations and roles outlined above, determine the key capabilities and skills required by the market a trade corporations and steps required to achieve them. The capability mapping should as appropriate include high level organizational design and job description as well as a plan of action for filling these.

Timeline: The Consultant will finalize the report by August 15,2012. The Corporations shall be formed and incorporated by September, 2012.

Functions of the Commodity Markets

• Coordinate the commodity value chains to ensure that farmers are able to secure profitable markets for their commodities, to raise farm incomes.
• Organize farmers into production clusters for each of the commodity value chains and link them to processors.
• Put in place institutional arrangements to expand the access of farmers in the value chain to agricultural extension services, improved production methods (seeds, fertilizers, irrigation, and mechanization) to rapidly raise productivity of farms.
• Establish a decentralized modern price discovery system to ensure the flow of reliable, quality and timely market information across the agricultural value chains, using mobile phones and other mass price transmission systems.
• Coordinate with Abuja Security and Exchange Commission and put in place a functional agricultural commodity exchange platform to improve marketing and pricing of agricultural produce.
• Establish, manage and promote private sector Investments in commodity processing and value addition through commercial ventures.
• Ensure price stabilization through a mix of public and private sector instruments including public intervention to mop up surpluses, strategic grain reserves link of farmers to off-takers, market hedging, and facilitation of export financing for farmers to export surpluses.
• Develop the needed market infrastructure (warehouses, silos, cold storage etc.) and transfer these to private sector under lease arrangements to reduce post -harvest and marketing losses and improve food safety.
• Put in place grade and standards for the commodities to facilitate trade
• Facilitate the establishment and functioning of Staple Crop Processing Zones

Qualification Criteria

3.       In order to be considered, interested companies must submit Expression of Interest in line with the above terms of reference and functions of the Commodity Market, accompanied with the following:-

i.        Evidence of registration with relevant professional body or certificate of competence and qualification by appropriate regulatory agency;

ii.       Provide details of the company profile including the curriculum vitae of key

professional staff and other resources;

iii.      Verifiable evidence of similar jobs done previously;

iv.      Evidence of payment of due taxes, charges, pensions or social insurance

contributions;

v.       Company Audited Accounts for the last 3 years; (2009,2010,2011);

Submission of Documents

The documents must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked with the Appropriate Project Title and Lot No at the top right hand corner and must be delivered to the address below on or before 25^th June, 2012 by 12noon to:

The Secretary

Ministerial Tenders Board;

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

2^nd Floor, Room 213;

FCDA Secretariat, Area 11, Garki Abuja

Opening of Bids

All EOIs will be opened at 1p.m on same date at the Honourable Minister’s Conference Room, Ministry Headquarters, Area 11, Abuja after the close of submission in the presence of all the interested firms, who choose to attend.

Please Note

• Only shortlisted firms will be invited for further consideration.
• Late submission will be rejected.
• This advertisement will not be construed as a commitment on the part of FMA&RD to appoint any consultant nor shall it entitle any Consultant submitting documents to claim any indemnity from FMA&RD.
• FMA&RD reserves the right to take final decisions on any of the documents received in your proposals.

Interested applicants may obtain further information at the address above from 8a.m to 5p.m, Monday through Friday

Signed;

Dr Ezekiel O Oyemomi

Permanent Secretary

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Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

FCDA Secretariat Area 11, Garki, Abuja

Media and Public Relations Firm (Consultant) to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

Request for Expression of Interest International Competitive Bidding

The Federal Government of Nigeria is currently engaged in transforming its agriculture sector, with sharp focus on agribusiness development and commercialization of agriculture in order to drive food security, income growth and jobs creation. At the core of this strategy is the decision by the government to drive agriculture as a business, and move away from treating agriculture as a development program.

The government has developed a comprehensive agricultural transformation agenda which focuses on improving agricultural value chains in several commodities, including rice, maize, soybeans, cassava, sorghum, cocoa, palm oil, livestock and aquaculture.

The Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has been developed, as part of the wider Transformation Agenda of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The implementation of the action plan requires the development and implementation of a comprehensive public relations/media plan with various strategies targeted toward a wide range of constituents, via numerous channels including print, radio, media, and social media.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development seeks the services of an internationally reputable consulting firm, with global expertise and reputation in strategic communications, to develop and implement a comprehensive campaign for mobilizing agricultural investments in Nigeria, strategically enhance Nigeria in global food and agricultural markets and brand Nigeria as a destination for investments by global food and agribusinesses.

Terms of Reference

• Develop and implement a comprehensive positioning and awareness campaign, including public relations/media plans that convey core messages to each constituent. This may include earned and purchased media such as promotional films for CNN, Al Jazeera, or other outlets.
• Develop and communicate core messages for each of the following constituencies: 1) international private sector investing in agriculture; 2) international banking community: 3) multi-lateral banks and bilateral agencies; 4) Nigerian private sector investing in agriculture; 5) Nigerian banking community; 6) Nigerian farmers; 7) NGOs operating in Nigeria; 8) civil society; and 9) others to be identified.
• Identify strategic,  highly visible opportunities for reaching wide audiences with core messages, at global forum and events, including but not limited to:  Clinton Global Initiative; World Economic Forum/Davos; G-8 Summits; and others. Develop and implement PR/media plan for agreed upon opportunities.
• Develop portfolio of agricultural success stories and convey information to appropriate constituents via written documents, opeds, radio, video, social media, and other outlets.
• Design and implement public relations/media strategy for Nigerian agriculture delegation visits to other countries and visits from foreign delegations.
• Collaborate with Federal Ministry of Information and the News Agency of Nigeria to craft and convey to the national, regional and global media the progress and achievements of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the Government.
• Organize agribusiness investment drives for Nigeria and position Nigeria for significant flow of investments in food and agribusiness, and develop media efforts to enhance exports of agricultural commodities from Nigeria.
• Design and prepare other materials and public, relations/media activities as needed.

Duration of Assignment: One year at the first instance with the possibility of multiple one year renewals based on performance.

Estimated annual budget, including staff and all expenses: $_____

Response to this TOR is due by: June 18^th, 2012. Shortlisted firms will be expected to make a presentation in either Abuja or Washington, DC at a date to be communicated.

Qualification Criteria

3.       In order to be considered, interested companies must submit Expression of Interest in line with the above Terms of Reference accompanied with the following:-

i.        Evidence of registration with relevant professional body or certificate of competence and qualification by appropriate regulatory agency;

ii.       Provide details of the company profile including the curriculum vitae of key professional staff and other resources;

iii.      Verifiable evidence of similar jobs done previously;

iv.      Evidence of payment of due taxes, charges, pensions or social insurance contributions;

v.       Company Audited Accounts for the last 3 years; (2009,2010,2011);

Submission of Documents

The documents must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked with the Project Title at the top right hand corner and must be delivered to the address below on or before Monday 18^th June, 2012 by 12noon to:

The Secretary

Ministerial Tenders Board;

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

2^nd Floor, Room 213;

FCDA Secretariat, Area 11, Garki Abuja

Opening of Bids

All EOIs will be opened at 1p.m on same date at the Honourable Minister’s Conference Room, Ministry Headquarters, Area 11, Abuja in the presence of all the interested firms, who choose to attend.

Please Note

• Only shortlisted firms will be invited for further consideration.
• Late submission will be rejected.
• This advertisement will not be construed as a commitment on the part of FMA&RD to appoint any consultant nor shall it entitle any Consultant submitting documents to claim any indemnity from FMA&RD.
• FMA&RD reserves the right to take final decisions on any of the documents received in your proposals.

Interested applicants may obtain further information at the address above from 8a.m to 5p.m, Monday through Friday

Signed;

Dr Ezekiel O Oyemomi

Permanent Secretary

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The Federal Republic of Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMA & RD)

In Collaboration with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Selection of Transaction Advisor for the Development of 25 Silo Complexes through Public Private Partnership

Request for Expression of Interest (EIO)

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has 25 Silo Complexes it intends to concession to allow for greater participation of farmers and the Public in the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. The different 25 Silo Complexes are as follows:

Kaduna (Kaduna State), Gaya (Kano State), Dutsin-ma (Kastina State), Birnin-Kebbi (Kebbi State), Gusau (Zamfara State), Bauchi (Bauch State), Damaturu (Yobe State), and Maiduguri (Borno State) Ilorin (Kwara State), Lafia (Nasarawa State), Lokoja (Kogi State), Jalingo (Taraba State), Yola (Adamawa State), Ado-Ekiti (Ekiti State), Ilesa (Osun State), Akure (Ondo State), Ikenne (Ogun State), Irrua (Edo State), Igbariam (Anambra State). Ezillo (Ebonyi State), Okigwe (Imo State), Ogoja (Cross River), Uyo (Akwa Ibom), Yenegoa (Bayelsa State).

In this connection, FGN is desirous to assess the strategic fit, achievability, value for money and affordability for the procurement of concessionaires to finance, maintain and operate its silo complexes across the country. The procurement of all concessions in Nigeria follows the National Policy on Public Private Partnership (PPP) published by the infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

The FMA & RD and ICRC now seek Transaction Advisors to provide a broad scope of advisory services to assist in the procurement of the concessions. The FMA&RD and ICRC therefore invite qualified Transaction Advisors to express Interest in providing such services.

Terms of Reference

The services to be provided include but not limited to the following:

• Completion of project preparation, including PPP transaction structuring;
• Market sounding to confirm decisions on scope, structuring and timing of transaction;
• Financial analysis and modeling;
• Upgrade the feasibility studies and any other report to outline business case (OBC) in line with the National Policy on PPP (N4P);
• Assistance in designing and managing the procurement and evaluation process and support to FMA&RD Project Delivers Team PDT during the process;
• Analysis of enabling legal frame work;
• Readiness for market assessment;
• Preparation of information memorandum and tender documentation (including concession contract etc);
• Support marketing;
• Organization and preparation, where necessary of supporting documentation to be made available to Bidders (including technical analysis);
• Assistance in negotiation with one or more parties prior to contract award; and
• Management of other advisory inputs and overall management of the advisory team to ensure a successful transaction.

Transaction Advisers may consist of a single firm or a consortium of firms with the financial legal, technical, PPP and other specialist expertise required to successfully bring the transaction to financial close in the case of a consortium, the consortium members must jointly submit the required information and must also clearly identify one of the firms comprising the consortium as the lead Transaction Adviser. The lead Transaction Adviser will have primary responsibility for liaising with FMA&RD and ICRC Project Delivery Team (PDT) and for managing the consortium’s advisory inputs as a whole.

Firms comprising the consortium with specialized expertise in the finance legal and technical fields should be identified, respectively as the Finance Transaction Advise, Legal transaction Adviser, and Technical Transaction Adviser International Consultants are encouraged to form partnerships with reputable and accredited Nigerian consulting firms.

Submission of Expressions Interest (EOI)

Expressions of interest (EOIs) from prospective Advisor should specify the following information as the basis for Prequalification

• Full name and nationality (country of registration of the company).
• Profile of firm/consortium including ownership structure and role of each corporate entity with full contact details including email of lead firms.
• Detail of direct experience advising government in the structuring of PPP transactions.
• Track record of successful closing of PPP concessions particularly in the Agricultural Sector
• Description of roles played in at least five (5) Agriculture transactions closed in emerging markets during the past seven (7) years at least one which should be in the past (3) years);
• Relevant experience in the Agricultural sector (including technical competence);
• Experience working in Nigeria and/or Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Financial Capacity Profile of the firm and Evidence of Tax Clearance
• Certificate for 2008, 2009, 2010 for Nigeria Firms;
• Submission of three (3) years Audited Accounts with an annual turnover of N13 million in each of the last 3 years;
• Evidence of Employees Open Retirement Savings Account (RSA) with a Pension Fund Administrative (PFA) of the last three years for Nigeria firms.

Advisor will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the BPP Standard Request for Proposals (RFP) for the selection of Consultancy firms (Complex Lump Sum) January. 2008.

Further Information

Expressions of interest must be submitted, separate bids for each Lot, where necessary, in six (6) copies (one original and five copies) in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression of Interest for the Selection of Transaction Advisor for Concessioning FMA&RD 25 Silo Complexes” clearly stating the lot number, and it should be hand delivered on or before 18^th June, 2012 by 3.00 pm Nigerian time to the address below:

The Secretary,

Ministerial Tenders Board,

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,

2^nd Floor, Room 213,

FCDA Secretariat, Area 11,

Garki, Abuja.

All EOIs will be opened immediately after the deadline in the Permanent Secretary’s Conference Room in the presence of all the interested firms in attendance.

Please note that:

• Only shortlisted firms will be invited for further consideration.
• Late submission will be rejected.
• This advertisement shall not be construed as a commitment on the part of FMA&RD/ICRC to appoint any consultant nor shall it entitle any consultant submitting documents to claim any indemnity from FMA&RD/ICRC;
• FMA&RD/ICRC reserves the right to take final decision on any of the document received in your proposals.
• Interested applicants may obtain further information at the address above from 8.00am to 5.00pm, Monday through Friday (except public holidays).
• Expression of interest through email or fax will not be entertained.

Signed

Dr. Ezekiel O. Oyemomi

Permanent Secretary

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