Procurement Summary
Country : Armenia
Summary : Optimisation of Lending Processes and Practices to Smaller Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Deadline : 17 Sep 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 25579302
Document Ref. No. : 9196-RFP-58712
Competition : ICB
Financier : European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : AMERIABANK
9, G. Lusavorich Str. Yerevan 0015
Attn Tehmine Hayrapetyan, Senior Specialist, Innovation and Quality Unit
Tel: +374 10 561111
Armenia
Email :t.hayrapetyan@ameriabank.am
Tender Details
Request for proposals are invited for Ameriabank - Optimisation of Lending Processes and Practices to Smaller Businesses and Entrepreneurs.
Single Stage Open Competitive Selection - Request for Proposals
Executing Agency (Client):
Name of Entity selecting and contracting the Consultant:
Ameriabank
9, G. Lusavorich Str. Yerevan 0015, Armenia
The Client Contact Person:
Tehmine Hayrapetyan, Senior Specialist, Innovation and Quality Unit
Ameriabank
Tel: +374 10 561111
E-mail: t.hayrapetyan@ameriabank.am
The EBRD-s Contact Person
Ivan Kutlesa
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
One Exchange Square
London, EC2A 2JN
United Kingdom
kutlesai@ebrd.com
+44 2073388717
Project Description:
The Ameriabank (the Client) has requested the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD or the Bank) to provide funding to finance Optimization of Lending Processes and Practices to Smaller Businesses and Entrepreneurs (the Project).
Assignment Description:
Client has identified SME lending as an important pillar of its recently approved growth strategy. The EBRD (the “Bank”) is planning to provide support to Ameriabank with a USD 15 million MSME loan. The objective of the TC project is to help Ameriabank to strengthen their MSME lending capacity through advice and assistance in the implementation of measures aiming at lending expansion, risk management and staff training.
The Client now intends to select and contract a consulting company (the Consultant) to the Assignment, on the basis of the Consultancy Procurement Document (CPD) below:
Consultancy Procurement Document
Consultant Selection Procedure: Single stage open competitive selection
Interested firms of groups of firms are invited to submit a Technical and Financial Proposal.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in October 2018 and has an estimated overall duration of 6 months.
Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 214, 000 (exclusive of VAT).
Subject to availability of funding, the performance of the selected Consultant and the specific needs of the Client the Assignment may be extended beyond the current scope.
Funding Source: It is anticipated that the contract will be financed by
Shareholder Special Found (SSF). Selection and contracting is subject to the availability
of funding.
Eligibility: There are no eligibility restrictions based on the consultant's country of origin.
Submission Requirements: In order to determine the capability and experience of Consultants seeking to be selected, the consultant shall submit a Response in accordance with the CPD.
Important Notes:
1. The selection will normally be made from the Proposals received in response to this notification only, on the basis of the selection criteria set out in the CPD. The highest-ranked Consultant will be selected and be invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding.
2. Any updates of and clarifications on this procurement notice and/or the CPD shall be announced as updates on this notice, without any other notification. In the event of changes to the CPD, consultants will need to download the updated version of the CPD. Consultants are required to periodically check the notice for updates. Failure to take the updates into account while preparing the Proposal may result in disqualification or penalties to the scores in the evaluation.
Documents
Tender Notice