OPERATIONALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES AUTHORITY TENDER OCTOBER 2024 

Introduction

The Government is promoting the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). It recognises the role played, by MSME sectors in income generation, wealth & job creation, increased foreign exchange earnings, and poverty reduction. The Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA) Mandate aims to address the challenges by raising the productivity of the farmers, addressing the 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 serve to accommodate storage for agricultural produce contributing to growth and resolve 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 agricultural value chain to work with the Authority and primary producers to operationalize and manage each of Cold storage facilities.

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 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 agricultural produce business.
2. b)Firms are requested to demonstrate a pricing model that creates fairness, transparency, and sustainabili­ty for the agricultural produce.
3. c)Illustrate financial capability in purchasing agricultural produce, aggregation and logistics, strategies on
4. d)competitiveness and linkages to value chain ecosystem.
5. e)Propose initiatives that demonstrate community empowerment and value addition
6. f)Illustrate sustainable governance structure to operationalize the facilities indicating clear relationship to the Authority, County Government and Cooperative Societies.
7. g)Demonstrate key expertise in running and managing the cold storage facilities.
8. h)Marketing initiatives ideal for the agricultural produce.

Note that the above criteria is not limited and firms are encouraged to provide any additional/relevant information regarding operationalization and management of the cold storage facilities.

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