Microfinance Guarantee Agency (Tayseer)

Request For Expression of Interest

Provision of Risk Sharing & Finance Mechanism (RSFM) Technical Assistance Services

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS)

The Government of Sudan (GoS) has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) in the form of a grant toward the cost of the ENABLE Youth Program design and structuring of a Risk Sharing and Financing Mechanism (RSFM) for the program. Part of the agreed amount of the grant will be applied to payments under the contract for the provision of technical assistance to the institutions participating in implementing the Risk Sharing and Financing Mechanism (RSFM). The RSFM will be implemented under Microfinance Guarantee Agency (Tayseer) which is the RSFM Fund Management Agency (FMA).

The required service under this assignment is conduct the Technical Assistance in order to support the RSFM actors both in the financial and agricultural value chains and raise their capacity and support them to properly implement the RSFM activities.  The Consultancy firm will:

1. Conduct Situation analysis for the capacity-building needs of the RSFM stakeholders.
2. Undertake policy orientation sessions with the Policyholder on the key policy issues, challenges and key policy fixes, the key gaps in agricultural finance; requirements and policy enablers necessary for successful agricultural transformation in Sudan
3. Provide training and technical support to the participating financial institutions to build their capabilities in agricultural finance by improving their understanding, development of suitable business strategies, business plans, innovative insurance products, credit appraisal and administration.
4. Provide technical support to the FMA as well as the National Technical Steering Committee to develop strategy development, operational framework including annual work plans and detailed budgets, build staff capacity on the application of RSFM, advise on suitable Management Information System (MIS), monitoring & evaluation, reporting systems, risk management and claim management, investment, insurance and knowledge management systems.

The Microfinance Guarantee Agency (Tayseer) now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.

Eligibility criteria, the establishment of the short-list, and the selection procedures shall be in accordance with the Government of Sudan Procurement Act, 2010.

 Recipients are under no obligation to shortlist any consultant who expresses interest.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 08:00 a.m.  to 03:00  p. m. Sudan Local time.

      RSFM Program Manager

Microfinance Guarantee Agency (Tayseer)

Telephone: +249901609106  (Mrs Reem)

6th floor, Central Bank of Sudan Building, street 13, Amarat, Khartoum

Email Address: reemo_213@hotmail.com

            Copy to:  newgaily69@gmail.com

Expressions of interest may be delivered in soft or hard copy to the above address on or before 04 April 2021@ 12:00 noon  Sudan Local time.

and mention “provision of RSFM Technical Assistance”.

Detailed TOR is available upon request.