Provision of Services on the Development of Training Modules for the Investment Promotion... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Rwanda

Summary : Provision of Services on the Development of Training Modules for the Investment Promotion Course

Deadline : 18 Feb 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 30561500

Document Ref. No. : RTI-RFP-12-03

Competition : ICB

Financier : United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (RTI)
KG 684 St, No 19 Kacyiru/Kigali
Rwanda
Email :procurement@psdag.org

Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for Provision of Services on the Development of Training Modules for the Investment Promotion Course.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL # RTI-RFP-12-03

USAID Contract No. AID-696-C-14-00002

For the provision of services on The Development of Training Modules for the Investment Promotion Course

Contracting Entity:

Research Triangle Institute

KG 684 St, No 19

Kacyiru/Kigali



RFP Table of Contents

List of Acronyms

Instructions to Offerors
Introduction
Offer Deadline
Submission of Offers
Requirements
Background, Scope of Work, Deliverables, and Deliverables Schedule
Background
Objective
Specific Tasks
Deliverables and Timeline
Cost Proposal
Annex 1 Cover Letter

Annex 2 Technical Proposal

Annex 3 Proprietary Information Certification

Annex 4 Cost Proposal Template

List ofAcronyms

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CO USAID ContractingOfficer COP Chiefof Party

COR USAID ContractingOfficer’s Representative

CV CurriculumVitae

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations

NAEB National Agriculture and Export Board

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

NICRA NegotiatedIndirect Cost Rate Agreement

NGO Nongovernmental organization

RDB Rwanda Development Board

RFP Request for Proposals

RTI Research Triangle Institute

PPD Public Private Dialogue

SAF Strategic Activities Fund

USA United States

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USG U.S. Government

VAT Value Added Tax

1. Instructions to Offerors

1.1. Introduction

Research Triangle Institute (RTI), the Buyer, is soliciting proposals from qualified, professional consulting firms to support USAID’s Private Sector Driven Agriculture Growth project (PSDAG) in the provision of services to revise existing and develop new training modules for the Investment Promotion: Policy, Practice and Delivery course to build the capacity of investor-facing staff in the Government of Rwanda (GOR). The course will be reviewed and validated as part of a national continuing professional education certification program in Rwanda.

In early 2017, PSDAG carried out an Institutional Capacity Building Needs Assessment for Rwanda. The study was carried out in cooperation with key GOR institutions mandated to promote private investments in agriculture and agribusiness. They included the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), the National Agriculture Export and Development Board (NAEB), the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Private Sector Federation (PSF) and some district officials from Musanze and Muhanga. The assessment determined to what extent staff capacity (functional, technical and behavioral) of the measured institutions, in relation to their core mandate of investment promotion, facilitation and development, needed to be enhanced. As a result, PSDAG, in partnership with the Rwanda Management Institute (RMI), developed and piloted a GOR Investment Promotion Capacity Building program. The pilot phase of the training was conducted between May and September 2018 and included four modules: marketing, communication, contracting, and public private dialogue (PPD). At the same time, partner projects under the East Africa Trade and Investment Hub and the Boston Consulting Group also developed training curriculum that was delivered in a more ad-hoc manner to RDB staff.

Based on lessons learned and feedback from the pilot phase and ad-hoc training, PSDAG is supporting RMI (now under RDB) to improve and expand the course such that it can be certified as a professional continuing education program in Rwanda according to a set criterion. Criterion for certification require eight modules of 80 hours each. The expanded course will focus on the policy, practice and delivery of investment promotion in Rwanda. The design of the expanded course will draw heavily from the findings of the assessment and the experiences and feedback from the pilot training phase of the capacity building program. The new course will also expand to a broader target audience to include participants from the private sector and other non-GOR institutions. Specifically, the course will have the following modules:

Investment Promotion Policy
Investment Promotion Practice
Investment Actualization and Aftercare
Professional Presenting and Communications
Investment Appraisal (Part 1): Strategy and Partnerships
Investment Appraisal (Part 2): Developing and Assessing a Business Case
Public-Private Dialogue (PPD)
Implementing a Workplace Project (i.e. practicum)
This assignment will therefore build upon the previously piloted modules and training curriculum to prepare eight modules. The course will be certified and recognized country wide by the GOR and non-state employers. The successful consulting firm will therefore be expected to deliver high grade modules that will fulfill the required certification standards.

1.2. Offer Deadline

The deadline for receiving proposals is 5 pm EST, Monday, February 18, 2019. Offerors shall submit their proposals electronically by email only to procurement@psdag.org

Sample files of existing curriculum as well as received Questions and Answers can be obtained by sending your name and email address to procurement@psdag.org before February 13, 5 pm EST

Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their offers are received in accordance with the instructions stated herein. Late offers may be considered at the discretion of RTI. RTI cannot guarantee that late offers will be considered.

1.3. Submission of Offers

The Offeror must submit the proposal electronically with up to 3 attachments (5 MB limit) per email compatible with MSWord, MS Excel, readable format, or Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format in a Microsoft XP environment. Offerors must not submit zipped files. Those pages requiring original manual signatures should be scanned and sent in PDF format as an email attachment.

1.4. Requirements

To be determined responsive, an offer must include all of documents and sections included in I.4.1 and I.4.2 below:

1.4.1. General Requirements

RTI anticipates issuing a subcontract to an international or local company or organization that has the ability to fulfill minimum requirements and submit a complete proposal. While RTI will provide the Subcontractor with a letter of invitation, it will be the responsibility of the Subcontractor to obtain all related travel documentations such as visas, vaccinations, etc.

To be considered eligible for consideration in response to this solicitation, the following criteria are considered essential.

Firms operating as commercial companies or other organizations or enterprises (including nonprofit organizations) in which foreign governments or their agents or agencies have a controlling interest are not eligible as suppliers of commodities and services.
Must be a corporation registered in one of the following countries:
USA
Rwanda
One of the developing countries listed at http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1876/310maa.pdf
Companies not registered in one of these countries will be considered but will require special approval by USAID.
In addition to the above mandatory criteria, RTI also expects the Offeror to have the following profile:

A team of suitably qualified experts which will be responsible for the development of the eight modules and must have prior experience in one or more of the following: business and investment promotion activities, investment marketing, communication, investment appraisal and contracting, and public, private dialogue expertise. Prior experience in agribusiness investment preferred;
The firm must have prior experience in the development of high standard training modules and other capacity building and skills training material especially in investment promotion or related area. This will be demonstrated by examples of the work done and references from clients.
Provide a team of experienced and competent experts who must have prior experience in designing similar capacity building or training materials such as professional project reports, books, journals or other related publications. This will be demonstrated by examples of the work done and references from clients.
Members of proposed project team must have relevant academic qualifications (e.g. Business Administration, Economics, Education, Investment Marketing, Contracting, Investment Analysis, Communication, Public Private Dialogue, or other related courses).
Members of proposed project team must speak, read, and write English fluently. Knowing French will be an added advantage.
1.4.2. Required Documents

Cover Letter (see Annex 1 for template), which shall include the followinginformation:
Name of the company or organization
Type of company or organization
Address
Telephone
E-mail


Technical approach, corporate capabilities, experience, and past performance: Offeror will respond to the requirements of the technical proposal in Annex 2 as an indicator of how the firm would carry out the tasks required. Page limit for this section is 5 pages, not including CVs of proposed personnel.
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