OPERATIONALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES AUTHORITY TENDER SEPTEMBER 2024 

NAME OF PROJECT:OPERATIONALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

Introduction

The Government is promoting the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). It recognises the role played by MSME sectors in income generation, wealth and job creation, increased foreign exchange earnings, and poverty reduction. The Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA) Mandate aims to address the challenges by raising farmers’ productivity and addressing cost and quality by reducing post-harvest losses for their products.

The Authority’s mandate is conceptualized to support the MSE sector through promotion, development, regulation, and institutional capacity building. The Authority has aligned its strategy to, the bottom-up transformation Agenda (BETA) and the emerging issues in the sector. Through this, the Authority aims to create a conducive operating environment for the MSEs and increase market access locally, regionally, and internationally, by operationalizing the existing Cold storage (s) Centres through established partnerships.

These facilities will accommodate storage for agricultural produce, contributing to growth and resolving post-harvest challenges experienced by farmers. This will also help promote price stabilization for agricultural produce.

The Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) is intended to identify reputable and qualified firms/partners in the agricultural value chain who will work with the Authority and primary producers to operationalize and manage each Cold storage facility.

The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) invites sealed bids from eligible firms/partners for the following assignment;

Shortlisting criteria

Interested and eligible firms/Partners must provide information on the overall firm’s experience, all relevant statutory documents, capability to run the facilities, and demonstrate their suitability for the assignment putting into consideration the following aspects;

1. a)Business type and evidence of the firm, having been in the agricultural produce business.
2. b)Firms/partners are requested to propose an operationalization model that includes the procurement and pricing models that create fairness, transparency, and sustainability for agricultural produce.
3. c)Illustrate financial capability in purchasing agricultural produce, aggregation, logistics, and strategies on competitiveness, and linkages to the value chain ecosystem.
4. d)Propose initiatives that demonstrate farmers empowerment and value addition
5. e)Illustrate sustainable governance structure to operationalize the facilities indicating a clear relationship to the Authority, farmer, and Cooperative Societies.
6. f)Demonstrate key expertise in running and managing the cold storage facilities.
7. g)Marketing initiatives ideal for the value chain agricultural produce.

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