Business development consultant, Краматорськ

DAI, a global development company based in the United States and implementer of USAID Activity — Economic Opportunities East (USAID Activity), is seeking consultants (individuals and firms) who can provide technical assistance in:

• Business Development Support including but not limited to: financial and organizational management capacity building, financial modeling and analysis; raising private financing through banks and equity investment funds and improved accounting.
• New market identification and research; firms, particularly those in vegetables, honey, IT, and innovative manufacturing seek to expand and diversify knowledge of and access to new markets; technical assistance may include support for understanding quality and certification requirement, trade policies, logistics, etc.
• Cold storage and cold chain; technical assistance to design and develop technical specifications for refrigerated warehouses and cold chain management, including instant quick freeze (IQF) technology.
• Processing and value addition in vegetable and honey value chains;
• Certifications such as HACCP, Organic, ISO, etc. and traceability;
• Alternative energy solutions;
• Environmental assessments and compliance; and
• Human resource management and hiring.

Assignment requirements and deliverables will be defined by a Scope of Work, which will be developed in the future based upon the demand of USAID Activity partners. The purpose of this request for expression of interest is to develop a preferred vendor list for anticipated work.

Application instructions:

Interested parties are encouraging to submit their expression of interest, which must include;

• Cover letter application (see template attachment) that provides information on area (s) of specialty, past performance examples or corporate capability statement, and proposed daily rates and fees.
• CVs for proposed specialist (s).
• Applications are accepted until March 31, 2019

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Attachment 1 — Cover Letter Template

DAI Global

Re: USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) Request for Expression of Interest for Technical and Business Development Specialists; Contract No. 7 201 2118C00004 

Dear USAID ERA,

[insert introduction to firm or individual submitting]

1. The technical areas of interest are (Check Y/N)

• Business Development Support Y/N
• New market identification and research; firms Y/N
• Cold storage and cold chain Y/N
• Processing and value addition in vegetable and honey value chains Y/N
• Certifications such as HACCP, Organic, ISO, etc. and traceability Y/N
• Alternative energy solutions Y/N
• Environmental assessments and compliance Y/N
• Human resource management and hiring Y/N

2. Three examples of past work in the areas of expertise selected:

3. Names and CVs (attached) of consultant (s)

4. Daily rates and fees (for each consultant)

Attachments:

• Consultant CVs
• Corporate Capability Statement (optional)
• 3 references
• Attachment 1 – Cover Letter Template