Managing Rice Milling Operations Tender in Liberia - 26610472

Procurement Summary

Country: Liberia

Summary: Managing Rice Milling Operations

Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

Posting Date: 12 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26610472

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

Competition: ICB

Financier: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

77100000 - Agricultural services

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Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Managing Rice Milling Operations.
Founded in 2013 by a group of Women Farmers, the Gbehlay-Geh Rural Women Farmers’

Cooperative (GGRWFC) is an aggregation, processing and marketing group located in

Karnplay, Nimba County. GGRWFC engages in rice and cassava production and processing

as well as poultry and pig production. With an extensive rice out-grower scheme targeting

Karnplay and neighboring towns and villages, GGRWFC has organized itself into nineteen

(19) sub-groups and cultivates approximately twenty-five (25) hectares of developed farmland

for rice production.

Through the USAID-CNFA/LADA Co-Investment Fund (CIF) Grant program, GGRWFC 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.

GGRWFC has been processing and selling milled rice to the local market, the World Food

Program (WFP), Mary’s Meal and the Government of Liberia since 2014. The cooperative has

built strong 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,

GGRWFC 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, GGRWFC 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 GGRWFC who have been involved with running

the facility. The Management Contractor/Entrepreneur will purchase paddy from GGRWFC

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

develop additional fields for paddy production.

Profits will be shared based on the level of investment made by the Management

Contractor/Entrepreneur and GGRWFC. Branding of products from the milling operations

will be jointly determined by both parties.

Documents

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