ENHANCING VALUE ADDITION IN THE GAMBIA 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 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 will, on behalf of GGC, undertake all the project implementation activities including hiring contractors, managing contracts, procuring consultants, undertaking routine monitoring and supervision, and measuring progress on project implementation. GAMWORKS in collaboration with GGC is in the process of short-listing Consultancy Firms interested in providing the following specialist services: (i) Design studies, preparation of tender documents and supervision of installation of a Shelling Plant, a Crushing Plant, and a Briquetting Plant; (ii) Comprehensive assessment, preparation of tender documents and supervision of the Rehabilitation and Expansion of existing non-functional Cogeneration Plant; (iii) Design studies, preparation of tender documents and supervision of Mini Slipway and Associated facilities and Equipment. In this regard, prospective Consultants are hereby invited to express their interest in the above assignment, which 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. List of similar assignments carried out within the past 10 years with their costs; d. List of references (Clients) with their addresses; and e. Any other qualifying information to evaluate the suitability of the consultancy firm Consultants may 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. Consultants will be selected through a shortlist of qualified international consultants (from IDB Member Countries and non-Member Countries) in accordance with “Guidelines for the Use of Consultants under Islamic Development Bank Financing (May 2009)”. A short list 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 short-listed firms will be invited to submit technical and financial proposals which will be used as a base for 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 Expressions of Interest must be received at the address given below by Thursday 20th August, 2014. Director General GAMWORKS Kanifing Institutional Layout Serrekunda The Gambia Tel: (+220) 4375340 / 4375341 / 4375342 / 4375343 E-mail: info@gamworks.gm; echam@gamworks.gm Web site: www.gamworks.gm Notice: Potential consultants desiring additional information on the procurement in question or the project in general, should contact GAMWORKS and not the IsDB.