Avis de recrutement d’un consultant pour appuyer le développement du profil du secteur privé pays de la BAD pour les Seychelles

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

THE RECRUITMENT OF A CONSULTANT

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFDB COUNTRY PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILE

FOR THE SEYCHELLES

NON-SOVEREIGN OPERATIONS AND PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT DEPARTMENT (PINS)

 

 

Dear Sir/Madam

The African Development Bank hereby invites Senior Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment : CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFDB COUNTRY PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILE FOR THE SEYCHELLES.

The main objective of the Assignment is to request the services of an individual Consultant to support the Non-Sovereign Strategy and Transaction Division (PINS.1).

The consultant will support the development of a Country Private Sector Profile (CPSP) for the Republic of Seychelles. There are (5) strategic objectives to the proposed Seychelles CPSP :

1. Support AfDB PSD dialogue and inform the design of relevant Bank financed policy reforms and public operations to maximize their impact on PSD ;
2. Serve as a decision support tool for policy makers to make pro-private sector decisions and public investments ;
3. Inform growth strategies and investment decisions of domestic and international private investors and operators ;
4. Identify a pipeline of NSO investment opportunities for AfDB with high socio-economic impact ;
5. Serve as a platform to optimize in-country development partners collaboration to maximize financing impact on private sector development.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT :

The consultant will be responsible for supporting several streams of activities under the guidance of the Chief Private Sector Strategy Officer to develop the CPSP by providing robust research and analytical work that will yield concrete outputs in the forms of Write-Ups.

SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT :

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 (Vision 2033, the NDS, the Bank’s PSD strategy and the Bank’s CSP pillars and proposed operations to identify opportunities to be unleashed and weaknesses to be addressed) ;

• 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. In this regard, h s/he will be taking stock of the impacts of earlier Bank support on PS , such as the MSMEs support program (where more than 500 business owners and experts were trained in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management), the first ICT under sea cable project (NSO), the on-going Blue Economy MSMEs support TA, TA to support the Financial markets development, etc.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES :

At the conclusion of the mission, the following deliverables are expected :

Draft Country Private Sector Profile document for Seychelles. The report will be revised based on review comments and suggestions from the Bank (such as country team) and the Government before finalization.

DELIVERABLES AND TENTATIVE TIME SCHEDULE :

The key deliverables will be :

An Inception Report to be submitted to the Bank two weeks after commencing the assignment. The Inception Report will include :

• The Consultant’s approach, methodology and timeline for delivering the assignment ;
• A broad outline of the Evaluation Report ;
• Any other pertinent issues for the execution of the assignment ;
• Draft Evaluation Report submitted one and half months after commencing the assignment ;
• Final Report submitted three months after commencing the assignment. This will include the consolidated comments from all stakeholders with a matrix of actions taken against each comment. The final report should be in English and should include an executive summary and a comprehensive narrative of evidence, findings and recommendations.

ACCOUNTABILITY & REPORTING :

The Consultant will report to PINS Chief Private Sector Strategy Officer. The Consultant will prepare an inception report within one month of the start of the assignment indicating the timeline for deliverables. The report will also describe requirements and make recommendations for performing the assignment. Additionally, the Consultant will provide a weekly update of activities undertaken and a Report on activities undertaken at the end of the contract.

LOCATION AND DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT :

The services of the individual consultant will be required for a total of 60 days over a period not exceeding 6 months or until all obligations have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Bank team The Consultant will be able to work remotely for the period indicated above.

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.;) :

1. 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 ;
2. The assignment will be for a period of 06 months and the estimated starting date will be 15 September 2021 ;

3. 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 ; 

4. 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          SEYCHELLE

For the attention of Mr. HAYATOU MOHAMADOU

M.HAYATOU@AFDB.ORG

With copy to              Mrs. KONAN JULIE -ANGE

J.KONAN@AFDB.ORG

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST :

5. 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%