ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AfDB)

The Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Tanmia wa Tatweer – Egypt’s Entrepreneurship Development Project Grant No.: ML0032 – P. No.: G-EG-KZO-ZZZ-004

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES- FIRM SELECTION)

Assignment Title: Incubator for Performing Arts in Cairo

REF: EG-TWT-CS-FBS-009

 

 

The Arab republic of Egypt has received financing from the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Countries in Transition (TFT) through the African Development Bank toward the cost of the “Egypt’s Entrepreneurship Development Project”, and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for “Performing Arts Incubator in Cairo”.

The purpose of this assignment is to recruit a consultancy service provider that is capable of designing, managing and implementing a pre-incubation and incubation services program, to help identify, develop and support robust and knowledgeable potential entrepreneurs who can build, operate, and sustain start-ups from the ideation phase up to the early growth phase in the field of Performing Arts. The consultancy firm is expected to provide support in the form of technical, administrative, managerial, business, marketing and legal coaching and mentoring program that will lead to registered firms that are productive, operate a business, create jobs and are part of a vibrant local entrepreneurial economy in the specific field “Performing Arts”, which under TwT, refer to arts performed for an audience (e.g. music, dance, drama, folklore, circus), or applied arts (eg. photography, filmmaking, fashion design, ….). The duration of the contract will be for 6 months, during which the pre-incubation and incubation program will be implemented in Cairo.

The Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Tanmia wa Tatweer – Egypt’s Entrepreneurship Development Project, now invites eligible firm consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, experience of at least 3 years in similar assignments, availability of appropriate skills and resources including acquaintance with Egyptian and regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, biographies of key experts involved in implementation, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification. The shortlisted criteria are:

  1. Registered as a company, NGO, foundation, public/private universities or research centers in AfDB member countries (the service providers to submit registration certificates to confirm country of origin and eligibility) ;
  2. Demonstrated practical experience of at least 3 years in developing and managing cohorts of entrepreneurs, start-ups and companies through business incubation and/or acceleration programs ;
  3. Qualified management and technical consultants, designers and mentors, preferably with previous experience in the field of Performing Arts ;
  4. Strong marketing, communications and outreach using print, digital means, conventional and social media ;
  5. Strong understanding of monitoring and evaluation methodologies and an ability to conduct/assist in data collection and analysis ;
  6. Partnerships with existing ecosystem stakeholders ;
  7. Acquainted with Egyptian and regional entrepreneurial ecosystem and relevant laws and regulations, and able to communicate with local communities and populations

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at https://www.afdb.org using a Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) method. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office working hours, Sunday through Thursday, from 10:00 am to 15:00 pm. Egypt local time. Interested consultant firms can access the full text of the Terms of Reference (ToR) through http://www.asrt.sci.eg or requested by email (listed below)

Expressions of Interest must be delivered in hard or soft copy (by email) to the address below on or before March 14th, 2021, at 15:00 PM, marked “Incubator for Performing Arts in Cairo”.

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology

Address: 101 El Kasr Alaini St., Cairo, Egypt – 3rd floor – TWT PIU Unit

Attn: Mrs. Shaimaa Helal, TWT Director

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]

Copy to : Mr. Ahmed Hashem, TWT Procurement Officer

E-mail : [email protected]

Telephone numbers: 002 02 27921305  Fax number: 002 02 27921270