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Request For Proposal:Terms of Reference for outbound call centre services for Tanzania Clean Cooking Project, October 2024
Job Title: Request For Proposal:Terms of Reference for outbound call centre services for Tanzania Clean Cooking Project, October 2024
Closing date: 31/10/2024
1. Background
The AECF, LLC (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) is a leading non-profit development organisation that supports innovative enterprises in the agribusiness and renewable energy sectors with the aim of reducing rural poverty, promoting climate resilient communities, and creating jobs.
We catalyze the private sector by surfacing and commercializing new ideas, business models and technologies designed to increase agricultural productivity, improve farmer incomes, expand clean energy access, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve resilience to the effects of climate change. We finance high risk businesses that struggle to access commercial funding; we are committed to working in frontier markets, fragile contexts, and high-risk economies where few mainstream financing institutions dare to go.
To date, we have supported over 510 businesses in 26 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, impacted more than 33million lives and created over 35,000 direct jobs.
AECF is headquartered in Kenya and has offices in Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Sudan, Benin, and Somalia.
2. Tanzania Clean Cooking Project – TCCP
The TCCP is a three-year programme (July 2022 – June 2025) funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The project seeks to reduce energy poverty through a transformational increase in the use of clean cooking solutions in rural, marginalized, and underserved communities. The envisaged outcome is increased private sector investment, innovation in affordable clean cooking solutions and accelerated access to clean cooking solutions in Tanzania.
The programme aims to achieve three main objectives:
3. Purpose of the assignment
Through this request for proposals (“RFP”), the AECF is looking for a consultant to provide outbound call centre services for the TCCP results-based financing program.
3.1 Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Consultant
3.2 Outputs and Reporting Requirements
4. Duration of Service
This task is expected to be for 9months after contract sign-off.
5. Qualifications & Experience
6. Reporting
The lead consultant will report to the TCCP Programme Manager.
7. Evaluation Criteria
The AECF will form an evaluation committee. All members will be bound by the same standards of confidentiality. The consultant should ensure that they fully respond to all criteria to be comprehensively evaluated.
The AECF may request and receive clarification from any consultant when evaluating a proposal. The evaluation committee may invite some or all the consultants to appear before the committee to clarify their proposals. In such an event, the evaluation committee may consider such clarifications in evaluating the proposals.
In deciding the final selection of a qualified bidder, the technical proposal will be given a weighting of 70% based on the evaluation criteria. Only the financial proposal of those bidders who qualify technically will be opened. The financial proposal will be allocated a weighting of 30% and the proposals will be ranked according to the total points scored.
The mandatory and desirable criteria against which proposals will be evaluated are identified in the table below.
Key Areas for Evaluation/ Assessment | Weighted Award |
(A) TECHNIAL PROPOSAL | 70 |
i) An understanding of the consultancy requirements; | |
· Show a clear understanding of the consultancy requirements, focusing on verifying household stove purchases and aligning with project goals.
· Demonstrate a thorough grasp of the consultancy’s needs, ensuring timely and efficient verification of household stove purchases |
5
10 |
ii) Methodology and work-plan that will deliver the best value on the Assignment: | |
· Demonstrate a strategy and capacity to verify the accuracy of the provided list of households who have purchased stoves, ensuring each task is completed within a realistic timeline and offers value for money | 20 |
· Strategy that demonstrates the capability to conduct a significant portion of this assignment through in-person household verifications | 10 |
Organizational capability and experience | |
· Track record of delivering similar services in recent years in Tanzania
· Organization capacity, including infrastructure and staff resources to execute the assignment. |
10
5 |
v) Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments: | |
· Bidders to provide minimum 3 references of similar work done in the last 3 years
· Submit a comprehensive list highlighting the scope and magnitude of relevant past assignments. |
5
5 |
(B) FINANCIAL PROPOSAL | 30 |
|
30 |
Total score | 100 |
8. Proposal submission
Interested companies/individuals must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications.
a) A technical proposal, max 15 pages (excluding annexes) including the following:
b) A financial proposal
9. Pricing
The financial proposals shall include all applicable taxes quoted separately. The AECF is obliged by the Tanzania tax authorities to withhold taxes on service contract fees as well as ensure (VAT) is charged where applicable. Applicants are advised to ensure that they have a clear understanding of their tax position with regards to provisions of tax legislation when developing their proposals.
10. Application details
The AECF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The AECF considers all interested candidates based on merit without regard to race, sex, colour, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
11. Disclaimer
AECF reserves the right to determine the structure of the process, number of short-listed participants, the right to withdraw from the proposal process, the right to change this timetable at any time without notice and reserves the right to withdraw this tender at any time, without prior notice and without liability to compensate and/or reimburse any party
NB: The AECF does not charge an application fee for participation in the tender process and has not appointed any agents or intermediaries to facilitate applications. Applicants are advised to reach out directly to the AECF PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT