ENHANCING VALUE ADDITION IN THE GROUNDNUT SECTOR PROJECT Country: Republic of The Gambia Name of Project: Enhancing Value Addition in the Groundnut Sector Project Sector: Agriculture / Industry including Agro-industry Loan No.: GM-0080; Istisna’a No.: GM-0081 The Government of the Republic of The Gambia has secured US$28.00 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in the form of a loan and Istisna’a financing. The proceeds of the Istisna’a and the Loan will be used to finance the Enhancing Value Addition in the Groundnut Sector Project, henceforth referred to as the Project. Additional Financing is provided by the Government of The Gambia by way of counterpart funding to the tune of US$2.00million, to give a total Project Cost of US$30.00million. The main objective of the Project is to contribute towards the growth of The Gambia’s groundnut sector, thus enhancing its contribution to economic growth, poverty reduction, and economic stability. The specific objective of the Project is to modernize, expand and improve the efficiency of the Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC) operations, so it is able to (a) maintain its market share, (b) position itself in the high end of the groundnut value-chain to enhance its profitability, and (c) preserve and increase the income of 70% of the rural population engaged in groundnut production. The Project comprises the following eight components: (i) Improving GGC Processing Infrastructure; (ii) Improving River Transport System for Groundnut; (iii) Improving Ground Storage, Unloading and Handling Infrastructure; (iv) Groundnut Shells Waste Management; (v) Improving Quality Testing System; (vi) Technical Assistance for Supporting Groundnut Value Chain; (vii) Project Management and Supervision Activities; and (viii) Financial Audits. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs through the GGC is the Executing Agency of the Project. The Project will be implemented by GGC through the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS). GAMWORKS in collaboration with GGC is in the process of short-listing Consultancy Firms interested in providing the following specialist services: i. Development of Government Groundnut Sector Strategy; ii. Design and Feasibility Study for Enhancing Groundnut Production and GGC expansion into refined groundnut oil market; and iii. GGC Organizational Model Review, Business Process Improvement and Business Plan Development of GGC. GAMWORKS now invites eligible consultancy firms (“Consultant”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. The Expression of Interest should include a brief resume of the Consultant indicating, inter alia: a.Details of the organization and key staff, including demonstration of the availability of appropriate skills among the staff; b.Professional experience and qualifications of key staff; c.Details of similar assignments carried out within the past 10 years with their costs; d.List of references (Clients) with their addresses and other contact details; and e.Any other qualifying information to evaluate the suitability of the consultancy firm. Given the diverse nature of the assignment, consultants are encouraged to express interest in the form of association , validated by either an agreement or a letter of intent for agreement among members of the association (i.e. a joint venture, or sub-consultancy), to enhance their qualification. A Consultant will be selected through a shortlist of qualified international consultants (from both the IDB Member Countries and non-Member Countries) in accordance with “Guidelines for the Use of consultants under Islamic Development Bank Financing (May 2009). A shortlist of a maximum of 8 firms will be established, taking into account, the firm’s reputation and competence, past experience, past performance, financial strength of the firm, organizational capacity and staffing, amongst others. Only shortlisted firms will be invited to submit technical and financial proposals which will be used as a basis of selection and contract award. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours, i.e. 8am to 6pm Monday to Thursday. Written expression of interest must be received at the address given below by Thursday 18th September 2014: Director General GAMWORKS Kanifing Institutional Layout Serrekunda, The Gambia Tel. no: (+220) 4375340 / 4375341/ 4375342/ 4375343 E-mail: info@gamworks.gm; echam@gamworks.gm Notice: Potential bidders desiring additional information on the service in question or the project in general, should contact GAMWORKS and not the IDB.