REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT – TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFDB COUNTRY PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILE FOR THE SEYCHELLES PINS.1
Dear Sir/Madam
The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment : Individual Consultants TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFDB COUNTRY PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILE FOR THE SEYCHELLES.
Under the supervision of the Department’s Chief Private Sector Strategy Officer, the Individual Consultant will conduct secondary and primary research as required through extensive stakeholder consultations to develop a draft report addressing the following issues and sections of the report:
- Country private sector development (PSD) context. Describe: the country’s key PSD development challenges and objective(s); the size, growth, and contribution of private sector in the overall economy as well as at sectoral level; the domestic, regional, and global trends affecting PSD growth prospects; the macro policy affecting PSD (trends in RER, debt sustainability, fiscal space, inflation, FX, risk premium) ;
- Description of private sector landscape. International private sector (foreign companies and multinationals); structured domestic private sector (local companies); informal/Emerging local private sector ;
- Private sector state of play. Investment performance (private and public); FDI performance by sector; Export performance (growth; RCAs, product/market diversification; trends in complexity); Firm productivity levels/growth; quality managerial practices, innovation / R&D / patents); PSD infrastructure support: Value chains, SEZ, Industrial Zones, Export Zones, Ports ;
- Growth diagnostics. Structure of the economy and evolution of the sectoral share of nominal GDP; effectiveness and efficiency of public investments on private sector development; domestic, regional, and global market opportunities; extent of economic diversification ;
- Analysis of the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Identify current performance, opportunities for growth and addressing constraints for successful, innovative entrepreneurship; solutions that promote the innovative capabilities, growth, and productivity of firms ;
- Analysis of the financial sector. Banking system support of PSD; SME Access to finance; Capital markets development; Venture capital and PE ecosystem review ;
- Description of PSD drivers and inhibitors. Political. Reform minded government, public-private dialogue, political economy; socioeconomic. Middle class, youth and gender inclusivity, urbanization, income generation; Technology. Local and domestic PSD Implications of the 4IR; Climate. Challenges and opportunities ;
- PSD Public policy. Pro-private sector investment: (Energy/ICT/Transport/SEZ/Workforce training); Effectiveness of public sector service delivery; Policy review: Fiscal/Trade/Competition/PPP-SOE/Capital Market/Labor Market/Land/Industrial; Political Economy and Governance: Economic governance. The consultant will also assess eth PS and industrial sector policies of the Government and its linkages/alignment with the other policies ;
- Sector deep dive. Input sectors: Transport/Energy/ICT; Priority growth sectors: Agribusiness/Construction/Manufacturing/Extractive Industry/ Consumer Packaged Goods; Support sectors: Professional services ;
- Analysis of the PS competitiveness. Review state and availability of critical input factors including land, labor, logistics, infrastructure, technology, and capital; Assess the extent of support activities including business services, financial system, business associations, standards and certification, State of Competition. Competition policies, SOEs, industry protection from foreign competition, distribution channel strategies; Analyze demand conditions including local vs. export orientated, consumer sophistication, size, and segmentation of local demand Assessment of AfDB PSD related programs. Analysis of the adequacy of current and future AfDB programs to support PSD ;
- The Private Sector Development Department invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.;) ;
- The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for Acquisition of Consulting Services funded by the Administrative or Capital Expenditure Budget. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist ;
- The assignment will be for a period of 03 months and the estimated starting date will be 15 September 2021 ;
- Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the email address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 09 :00 to 17 :00 hours UTC ;
- Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address above no later than Friday 13August 2021, at 17h00 UTC and specifically mentioning Individual Consultants TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFDB COUNTRY PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILE FOR THE SEYCHELLES.
For the attention of Mr. HAYATOU MOHAMADOU
With copy to Mrs. KONAN JULIE -ANGE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST :
- A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume.
| Level of education in general | 20% |
| Educational level compared to the field of mission | 20% |
| Years of experience in general | 20% |
| Number of years of experience relevant to the mission | 40% |