Smart Power Myanmar - Agricultural Value Chains Tender - 40865115

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Country: Myanmar

Summary: Smart Power Myanmar - Agricultural Value Chains Study

Deadline: 05 Mar 2020

Posting Date: 25 Feb 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 40865115

Document Ref. No.: Z4829-2020-2

Competition: ICB

Financier: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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71314000 - Energy and related services

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Request for proposals are invited for Smart Power Myanmar - Agricultural Value Chains Study.
Request for Proposal
RFP Title: Smart Power Myanmar - Agricultural Value Chains Study
RFP No: Z4829-2020-2
Date of Issuance: 20 February 2020
Closing Date: 5 March 2020
Estimated Award Date: 15 March 2020
Request for Proposal (RFP) for Smart Power Myanmar - Agricultural Value Chains Study
I. BACKGROUND
Pact is an International NGO with offices throughout the world with a mission to enable systematic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems and transforming markets into a force for development.
II. SCOPE OF WORK
A. Background
Smart Power Myanmar was established in 2018 to accelerate the spread of decentralized renewable energy solutions in Myanmar and transform the long-term economic potential of millions of people currently without access to electricity. Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and managed by Pact, we connect economically viable and reliable energy solutions, such as renewable energy mini-grids to demand from rural families, entrepreneurs, farms, and enterprises to boost incomes, grow businesses, and foster economic growth. Smart Power Myanmar is laying the path forward for a sustainable, integrated approach to electrification.
Access to electricity remains an issue in Myanmar with an estimated 58% of the population, approximately 30 million people, not connected to the main power grid. In 2015, the Government of Myanmar formulated the National Electrification Plan (NEP), an ambitious program structured around 5 phases aiming to reach 100% grid electrification by 2030 — in the NEP, minigrids played a limited role as interim electrification solutions covering 0.7 million people or 2% of the off-grid population.
B. Objectives
The goal of this assignment is to assess energy requirements of the most important agricultural value chains, develop/propose energy solutions and business models that can help deliver access and reliable supply of electricity to these value chains in a timely and cost-effective manner and identify two or three investment opportunities and pilots that government, private sector and donors could take action on to demonstrate proof of concept.
The purpose of the study is to provide the empirical basis for interventions aimed at improving the productive use of energy along agricultural value chains, and informing the prioritization of those efforts by government, civil society, and the private sector. The selected contractor will

conduct an evidence-based analysis of the potential for integrating existing power solutions into

the agricultural value chains which present the highest impact based on production potential,

market access and linkages, and stakeholder interest in participating in pilots. The selected

contractor will develop power profiles for each commodity, region or farm type within the focus

of the study and comparatively evaluate the electricity needs.

The selected contractor will have the option to co-brand the published study with their company

logo, however the rights to the work produced under this assignment will be wholly owned by

Pact, Inc. a U.S. registered 501(c)3 not-for profit organization, d.b.a Smart Power Myanmar.

Smart Power Myanmar intends to make the study available free of charge to the public but

reserves the right exclusively to publish part or none of the final product, in their sole discretion.

Objective One: Identify key agricultural value chains and evaluate correlation

with access to energy

The assessment should address the following questions:

• What are the key agricultural value chains in Myanmar? What is the historical, current, and

future projected market and prices for these agricultural products?

• Are they consumed domestically or exported? Who are the key market participants and

consumers?

• Where do these value chains exist geographically? What is the ownership structure and

business model for the component parts of the value chains?

• What is the current and projected regulatory environment for these agricultural value chains?

How do these factors differ at the Union and State/Regional level?

• To what extent do these value chains rely on energy to exist, or function efficiently? For what

purposes is energy a required resource, i.e. refrigeration or processing? What is the overall

current and future demand for energy within the agricultural sector?

• What is the energy requirement for key parts of the value chain (production, aggregation,

storage, and processing) and which part of this value chain would have the great impact on

local producers and viability of energy solutions?

• What is the energy intensity of activities along the key agricultural value chains in Myanmar?

Which if any could potentially be used as anchor loads for mini-grid sites?

• To what extent could these value chains be improved through increasing access to energy or

machinery for productively using energy? What are social and economic outcomes if selected

value chains were to be energized? What is the investment need?

Objective Two: Develop solutions for improving access to energy and productive

use within key agricultural value chains

The assessment should address the following questions:

• Who (donors, government, NGOs, private sector etc.) are currently supporting value chain

development in Myanmar, and what partnership opportunities could be developed to advance

ag-energy planning?

• What key challenges do the participants along the value chain face related to access and

productive use of energy? Are there constraints on financing for power generation or

productive use equipment or connections?

• Are there constraints on financing for inputs and operations? Are there gaps in skills and

abilities for the development and operation of businesses along the value chains?

• What support mechanisms would be required to overcome these challenges, and which

entities may be best placed to implement those efforts?

• What regulatory or policy changes may be required to improve access to energy and

productive use along key agricultural value chains?

• What are 3 immediate/near-term investment scalable opportunities and models that could be

supported to demonstrate the proof of concept? What are the locations of these pilots? How

will key stakeholders (government, private company, and SPM) participate in the pilot and

what are required resources?

C. Place of Performance

All services required under this solicitation will be performed in the service provider-s location.

D. Period of Performance & Timeline

The timeline below is tentative and will be finalized with the selected contractor in the inception

phase of the assignment. Note that the timeline needs to account for review time by Pact and its

partners for the inception report (one week) and the final report (two weeks).

Activity Date

Kick-Off Meeting (Yangon) April 2020

Draft Inception Report (Deliverable 1) May 2020

Data Collection & Interviews Completed July 2020

Presentation of Initial Findings August 2020

Submission of Final Report (Deliverable 2) September 2020

E. Deliverables

Deliverable One: Inception Report

The inception report should be a short (10-20pg word document) that provides details of the

contractor-s understanding of, and approach to accomplishing the assignment. This includes at a

minimum, a mutually agreed work plan with timeline, ethical considerations, data collection

tools, and an explanation of methodology for completing the Assignment.

Deliverable Two: Final Report

A report (30-50pg word document) outlining the key findings from the Assignment, including but

not limited to the following sections: an executive summary, current market overview within the

key value chains, market forecast, project economics, policy and regulatory environment,

development activity, finance and investment, recommendations on how the key value chains can

be improved, as well as appendices as appropriate outlining methodology and assumptions.

III. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Technical Proposal

The technical proposal in response to this solicitation must address how the offeror intends

to carry out the Scope of Work (SoW) contained in Attachment 3. Please note that technical

proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in Section II.

1. Proposal Cover Sheet. The first page of the proposal must use the proposal cover

sheet as per Attachment 1.

2. Technical Approach: The technical approach should state clearly the offeror-s

proposed methodology to complete the SoW. This shall include but is not necessarily

limited to: data gathering and stakeholder mapping, analysis of data and validation.

3. Detailed Work Plan. Describe the key activities you will undertake under this

contract to complete the Scope of Work. At a minimum you must include a description

of the activities, expected outputs, and estimated completion dates.

4. Management and Staffing Plan. Please describe how proposed staff will work

collaboratively to achieve the offeror-s proposed technical approach to the scope of

work. The offeror should include a management and staffing plan including both key

and non-key personnel for activities along with details on the roles and responsibilities

of the staff. CVs for key personnel may be included in an annex to the technical

proposal, or reference made to CVs submitted during the EOI phase.

5. Past Performance. Describe the company-s previous experience within the

technical area for projects of the same or similar scope and size. Offerors must include

details demonstrating their experience and technical ability, including those of

proposed consortium me

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