INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA) TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (TAAT) TAAT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNIT

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES

SECTOR: Agriculture

CONSULTANCY  SERVICES:       PREPARATION  OF   THE   PROJECT    COMPLETION

REPORT(PCR) Financing Agreement No: 2100155036067

Project ID No.: P- Z1-A00-016

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This request for expression of interest (REOI) follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website(www.afdb.org) 16th August, 2018 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is implementing the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program, financed through a grant from the African Development Bank. IITA intends to apply part of the proceeds of the grant to facilitate payment for a consultant- Project Completion Report Consultant, who will be based in Ibadan, Nigeria at the early stage and Cotonou, Benin towards the end of the assignment, with substantial travel to several countries within sub-Saharan Africa. The Consultant is expected to assess the TAAT program’s performance and prepare a Project Completion Report (PCR ) which will discuss lessons learned in terms of: compliance with the Grant conditions, procurement performance, financial performance, resource use efficiency, physical implementation performance, cost-benefit analysis, sustainability of the project in terms of, financial sustainability, institutional sustainability and strengthening of capacities, ownership and sustainability of partnerships, environmental and social sustainability and performance of stakeholders. The detailed activities to be performed by the consultant are outlined in the Terms of Reference (ToR) available on http://jobs.iita.org/erecruit. IITA now invites eligible individual consultants to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI), including their detailed CV and letter of motivation detailing past related experience similar to this assignment. The assignment shall be for twenty-three (23) weeks and expected to start in July 2021. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the Bank’s Procurement Framework of October 2015. The proposals submitted by the consultants will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

General qualifications and suitability for the task to be performed

Experience in the assignment described in the ToRs

Experience with international donor agencies

Language capacity

Knowledge of the Africa region

30 points

45 points

15 points

05 points

05 points

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 08:00-16:30

Expressions of interest should be delivered in a PDF format document to the address below on or before Friday 21st May 2021` at 16:30 pm. Any proposal received after the closing date shall be rejected.

Attn: Chrysantus Akem; PhD

TAAT Program Coordinator | Program Management Unit International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, www.iita.org Headquarters & West Africa Hub

PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan 200001, Oyo State, Nigeria

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