MICRO AND SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSME) BUSINESS LINKAGES ON EAST AFRICAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINE (UGANDA AND TANZANIA) PROJECT

Grant No: 5700155003451-Project No: P-Z1-HZO-037

Request for Expression Interest (Consulting Services-Firm Selection)

Assignment Title: Business Development Training

REF: OO-OO-OO-OOO-001

 

 

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has received financing from Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) through the African Development Bank toward the cost of the “Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) Business Linkages on East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Uganda And Tanzania) Project” and intends to apply part of the agreed amount of the grant to payments under the contract for “Business Development Training”. The overall objective of the project to help develop capacity of local Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) along the 1,445km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda and Tanzania.

The purpose of the assignment is to design and implement a Business Development Training program, that will help build capacity of at least 200 SMEs to enable them meet large company supplier criteria, commercial bank lending requirements and have potential to access new markets in Uganda and elsewhere.

The Consultant is expected to identify targeted Micro and Small/Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and conduct needs assessments, facilitate trainings in relevant topics to enhance creation of platforms for networking and market linkages between MSME’s with national, regional and international businesses and organizations.

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) now invites eligible consultants, private sector firms, incubators and similar entities) to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating practical experience in similar assignments by providing a summary of similar assignments undertaken in the past in the project country or in other similar countries and business environment. The consultant

should also demonstrate possession of appropriate skilled personnel with relevant qualifications to perform the assignment. supported with relevant documentation.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the Bank’s Procurement Framework African (October 2015) which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office working hours from 9:00am to 15:00pm, East African Standard Time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in hard or soft copy to the address below on or before 16th April, 2021 at 11:00AM marked “Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) Business Linkages on East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Uganda and Tanzania) Project-Business Development”.

Petroleum Authority of Uganda Liaison Office:

Head Procurement and Disposal Unit

Plot 29-33, Kampala Road, Amber House,

4th Floor, Block B, Room B400A

P.O. Box 833 Entebbe,

Tel: +256 414 231 924

Email: [email protected]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR