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Tenders are invited for Provision of Needs Assessment for MSMEs in Shouf, Aley and Zahle 21.1823.0-001.00 Ace Closing Date: Wednesday, 25. Jun 2025 Intervention Sector(s): Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Remuneration range: > 6000 (USD) Duration of Contract: Starting July 2025 Until December 2025 Context Lebanon is facing severe challenges such as an economic crisis, increasing poverty causing worsening food security, a financial crisis due to the constant depreciation of the Lebanese lira and all this exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the explosion in the Beirut port. Economic downturn, business closures, a deterioration in working conditions and lost livelihoods are consequences of this multi-layered crisis that the Lebanese population is going through. Due to the value loss of the Lebanese Lira, imports have become so expensive that importing necessary production inputs has become almost impossible putting food security at risk. The project Strengthening Agriculture, local Communities, and small and medium Enterprises (ACE)aims to strengthen economic stabilization and improve social stability through targeted measures to promote cooperation and exchange in three areas of action: 1. Agriculture:Support farmers to form agricultural associations and to produce in accordance with market needs, including training and sharing of good agricultural practices. 2. Support of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME):Targeted promotion of income prospects with financial and capacity-building measures to promote entrepreneurial action and closing important gaps in the value chains. 3. Local communities & social stability: Joint planning & implementation of low-threshold community initiatives both within civil society and together with local governments to strengthen positive intergroup experiences as well as increasing confidence in local capacity to act. The project is categorized as part of the transitional development assistance, and under the second area of action will promote private sector engagement, improving individual skills so that the parties responsible in agricultural businesses, food processing enterprises and other MSMEs downstream of food security and climate change, will be able to understand changes and adapt their actions. This will involve the provision of knowledge for the development of new products or the adaptation of existing products, in addition to helping MSMEs complete a just transition towards green energy via in-kind grants and technical assistance. Our objectives also include realizing the potential of local agriculture. They involve MSMEs, for example, exploring alternative sources of procurement from the local agricultural sector, re-evaluating and, where necessary, adjusting the sales strategy for the local and international market. In addition, ACE project will help MSMEs evaluate and, if necessary, adjust the product range in line with changed demand on the local market and analyse and, if applicable, reduce the costs of maintaining a business. GIZs private sector support in the ACE project will focus on seven main value chains: Olive, Dairy, Honey, Legumes, Wheat and Barley, Agroforestry, and Protected Agriculture value chains. As part of this effort, 45 MSMEs have been pre-selected across Shouf, Aley, and Zahle within the value chains mentioned above, under the food security umbrella. This Needs Assessment & Baseline Study will identify operational, growth, procurement, and energy requirements, ensuring targeted support that will come thereafter through Business Continuity Management (BCM) training and in-kind, or REEE (renewable energy and energy efficiency) measures. Based on the findings and results of the assessments. Objectives of the Assignment The main objectives of this assessment are: Conduct a comprehensive Needs Assessment & Baseline Study to understand the current operational capacity, financial health, and sustainability of the 45 MSMEs, and providing recommendations and intervention strategies to improve MSME resilience and ensure alignment with ACEs objectives via identifying growth barriers such as supply chain challenges, market access limitations, and key operational bottlenecks. To identify the baseline of MSME performance indicators and identify the needs for business development services (BDS) under BCM, and to identify in collaboration with the MSMEs baseline values and specific areas of support needed and provide a set of recommendations aiming at (but not specific to) : business growth, improving their competitive position, protecting jobs, and providing new work and income opportunities to women, youth, and people with disabilities in their communities. Categorize MSMEs based on their eligibility for REEE measures and identify their energy needs, ensuring alignment with green energy transition and sustainability. Identify their eligibility for procurement needs under the potential in-kind grants including machinery, raw material, ISO or other certifications, and any additional services. How to apply Interested bidders must submit a written request for the tender documents via email no later than Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at 14:00 (Beirut Local Time). Requests received after the specified deadline will not be considered. Please note that only bidders who officially request the tender documents within the stated deadline will be eligible to participate. Offers submitted by bidders who fail to comply with this requirement will not be taken into account. The email should be addressed to LB_quotation@giz.de with the subject line: "Confidential Request for Tender Documents 83490486 MSMEs Needs Assessment - 21.1823.0-001.00 ACE" The Tender Documents consists of the following: Terms of Reference (TOR) Annex1: Financial Offer Template (to quote your price) Annex2: Assessment Grid for eligibility check (to review) Annex3: Technical assessment grid (to review) Annex4: General Terms and Conditions (to sign and stamp) Annex5: Code of Conduct (to sign and stamp) Annex6: Self-declaration of the eligibility for the award (To be completed, signed and stamped) if you are willing to execute the service as prescribed in the terms of reference, you are kindly requested to send TWO separate emails to following email: LB_quotation@giz.de Latest by Wednesday June 25th, 2025, till 23:59 oclock (Beirut Local Time). TWO Emails shall be sent, one for the Technical Offer and another for the Financial Offer. Your email subject line shall be named as follows: a. Confidential- Company Name/Technical offer/ Tender 83490486 MSMEs Needs Assessment / 21.1823.0-001.00 ACE b. Confidential - Company Name/ Financial offer/ Tender 83490486 MSMEs Needs Assessment / 21.1823.0-001.00 ACE i. The offers shall be submitted in English language only. ii. The offers shall be signed. iii. The financial offer must be in USD only, including VAT, should be valid at least for Four Months after the submission date (Please mention it in your offer). iv. You shall not be reimbursed for your submitted offers. All questions related to this tender must be referred in writing to the following address: LB_quotation@giz.de latest Wednesday June 18th, 2025, at 14:00 pm Beirut Local Time. Inquiries received after the mentioned deadline will not be answered. Technical and Financial offers/Proposals (in two Separate Emails) 1- The Technical Offer must include the following documents: a. Copy of the companys registration and legal attestations b. Copy of VAT registration and registration with the Ministry of Finance. c. The company profile of the bidder including total number of employees. d. Copy of the companys annual turnover for the past three (3) years. e. A minimum of five (5) reference projects of similar nature and value to the services requested in this tender. f. A technical proposal concept note that includes a personnel concept outlining the proposed project team, and fully incorporates all information as per the terms of reference. g. The following annexes must be duly signed, dated, and stamped: Annex 4 General Terms and Conditions (must also be duly signed and stamped) Annex 5 Code of Conduct for Contractors (must also be duly signed and stamped) Annex 6 Self Declaration (must also be duly filled out, signed and stamped) 2-The Financial Offer/Proposal must include the following documents: - Annex 1 Financial Offer Template, fully filled out, signed, dated, and stamped. - Bank account details of the consulting firm inside Lebanon (fresh account if any) The Financial Offer must be clear, written in English, and duly signed by the authorized company representative. Failure to comply with the submission format, labelling, or documentation requirements may result in disqualification of the offer. Late submissions will not be considered. Bids received after the specified deadline will be disqualified and will not be taken into consideration. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : https://daleel-madani.org/civil-society-directory/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-internationale-zusammenarbeit-giz/calls/public-tender-announcement-nb-83490486-provision-needs-assessment-msmes-shouf-aley-and-zahle-2118230
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