Management Contract-Company/Entrepreneur Selection Tender - 26610491

Procurement Summary

Country: Liberia

Summary: Management Contract-Company/Entrepreneur Selection - Managing Rice Milling Operations

Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

Posting Date: 12 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26610491

Document Ref. No.: DFC-001-09-18

Competition: ICB

Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services

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Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Management Contract-Company/Entrepreneur Selection - Managing Rice Milling Operations.
Founded in 1972 by a group of smallholder farmers engaged in intensive lowland rice

production and small scale rice processing in Gbedin, Saniquellie Mahn District, Nimba

County, Dokodan Farmers’ Cooperative (DFC) has a well-organized farming cluster

comprised of three hundred and six (306) smallholder farmers with approximately one hundred

sixty-six (166) hectares of developed farmland.

Through the USAID-LADA Co-Investment Fund (CIF) Grant program, DFC has received a 1

metric ton per hour Multi-pass rice milling equipment with a maximum productive capacity of

16 metric tons per day. The milling equipment, which was commissioned on June 1, 2018,

contains a de-stoner, polisher and fine sieve to separate broken grains from whole grains.

The cooperative has established strong working relationships with financing institutions

including LEAD (Micro Finance Institution) and Afriland First Bank (Commercial Bank).

In order to maximize the processing capacity of the newly acquired rice milling equipment,

DFC is focusing efforts on increasing farm level productivity and is therefore seeking an

external management firm to operate the milling enterprise at full scale under a Management

Contract Arrangement.

Scope of the Management Contract

As part of efforts to maximize the processing capacity of the newly acquired rice milling

equipment, DFC is seeking a Management Contractor/Entrepreneur for the purpose of infusing

new capital investments, bringing professional experience and specialized business

management skills in order to sustain the growth and profitability of the rice milling enterprise.

In specific terms, the Management Contractor/Entrepreneur will be requested to manage and

maintain the rice mill for 5-8 years and absorb all operational and administrative costs

associated with running the processing center. The Management Contractor/Entrepreneur will

be requested to retain some key members of DFC who have been involved with running the

facility. The Management Contractor/Entrepreneur will purchase paddy from Dokodan

Farmers in order to strengthen their financial position to increase farm level productivity and

develop additional fields for paddy production.

Documents

 Tender Notice