Georgia Relief and Recovery for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (Грузия - Тендер #45803255)

• Project ID

P173975

• Project Title

Georgia Relief and Recovery for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

• Country

Georgia

• Notice No

OP00245769

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

GE-EG-CS-QBS-01-2

• Procurement Method

Quality Based Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Sep 08, 2023 16:00

• Published Date

Sep 04, 2023

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Enterprise Georgia

• Name

Irakli Gabriadze

• Address

18 Dimitri Uznadze Street

• City

• Province/State

Georgia

• Postal Code

• Country

Georgia

• Phone

558589057

• Email

i.gabriadze@enterprise.gov.ge

• Website

http://www.enterprisegeorgia.gov.ge/en/home

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES - FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT – SELECTION OF FIRMS)

Georgia

Project Name: The Relief and Recovery for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Project No: P173975

Loan No. 9239-GE

Assignment Title: Provision of Consulting Services in Sales and Marketing through Consulting Centers (Growth Hubs)

Reference No. GE-EG-CS-QBS-01-2

The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia (MoESD), within the Relief and Recovery for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Project supported by the World Bank, intends to apply part of the loan proceeds for consulting services in the area of Sales and Marketing. The purpose of this call is to create a shortlist of qualified companies that can deliver these services. All shortlisted companies will be invited to submit their technical and financial proposals and, in case of meeting all tender requirements, sign the Framework Agreement.

The Project will be implemented nationwide and will consist of four components:

Component 1 – Financial relief and recovery for MSMEs

Component 2 – Digital payments & financial infrastructure upgrading

Component 3 – Project management and monitoring

Component 4 – Contingent Emergency Response Component

A substantial portion of the Project activities fall under Component 1. Component 1 will be implemented by LEPL Enterprise Georgia (hereinafter – Agency), which is a government economic development agency operating under the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. It comprises of the following sub-components:

• Sub-component 1.1 will provide micro-grants to finance working capital and fixed assets for micro and small firms.
• Sub-component 1.2 will co-finance interest payments on loans underwritten by participating financial institutions (PFIs).
• Sub-component 1.3 will provide partial credit guarantees for loans issued by PFIs.
• Sub-component 1.4 will provide technical assistance to MSMEs in COVID-proofing, strengthening managerial skills, and digitalization through establishing Consulting Centers in the regions of Georgia (Growth Hubs - hereinafter GHs) to deliver specific services to MSMEs locally.

The GHs established under the Sub-component 1.4 will offer MSMEs three main services:

• Consulting Services – this entails (1) identifying the problems, obstacles, and opportunities facing a specific business (hereinafter – beneficiary MSME) in terms of growth and productivity through a comprehensive diagnostic interview, (2) offering a service of a consulting company (hereinafter - Consultant) to remedy these problems and design specific solutions, and (3) co-financing the cost of this service. At the first stage, the Consulting service covers the following six areas:
• Sales and Marketing
• Taxation
• Legal Issues
• Finance and Accounting
• Business Modeling and Strategic Planning
• Digitalization
• Improving Business Skills – this covers delivering seminars, talks, trainings, and workshops that match the needs of the businesses, organizing business meetings, and providing necessary infrastructure for these purposes.
• Providing Information – this means providing businesses access to information about ongoing business support programs, business sector news, and the latest available research.

The consulting services (hereinafter - the Services) in the area of Sales and Marketing include 5 basic packages developed by the Agency with respective lists of deliverables and preliminary descriptions of the work scope. These packages are:

• Sales and Marketing System Improvement
• Marketing Plan Development
• Sales System Automation
• New Market Entry (Export)
• Launching a New Product on the Local Market

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the primary procurement stage for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.

The Agency now invites eligible consulting firms (Consultants) to indicate their interest in providing the Services in the area of Sales and Marketing. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are:

• Registered as a business entity - in line with the Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs, registered as a legal or individual entrepreneur, excluding the enterprises where shareholders are state or self-government authorities.
• Does not have a tax debt to the state (except for the cases when the payment of the tax debt is postponed or the obligation to pay is suspended in accordance with the law);
• Is not registered in the Debtor Registry.
• Is not in the process of liquidation or recognized as economically insolvent (bankrupt);
• The Consultant has served contracts with a total value of at least 200,000 GEL within the last 3 years in the area of sales and marketing, or similar;

To be considered for the shortlist, the interested Consultant must submit the following documents:

• Extract from the Registry of Entrepreneurial and Non-entrepreneurial (Non-commercial) Legal Entities dated within seven days of submitting the Expression of Interest;
• Verification from the Revenue Service regarding not having tax debt to the state (or an agreement about its postponement/suspension of payment) dated within seven days of submitting the Expression of Interest;
• Proof of completion of contracts of at least 200,000 GEL over the last 3 years (contracts and respective delivery and acceptance certificates or reference/recommendation letters or VAT Invoice. The acceptance certificate/reference letter/VAT Invoice documents shall indicate the type services rendered for the required amount within the required period);

Note: the EG reserves its right to verify submitted references and use obtained information for evaluation purposes. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. However, the required qualifications and the required inputs of the key experts are given in the attached ToR, which will be included in the Request for Proposal and serve as a basis for proposals evaluation.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, revised November 2017, revised August 2018 and revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: The Consultant shall not receive any remuneration in connection with the assignment except as provided in the contract. The Consultant and its affiliates shall not engage in consulting or other activities that conflict with the interest of the client under the contract. The contract shall include provisions limiting future engagement of the Consultant in other services resulting from or directly related to the firm’s consulting services in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 3.16, 3.17 and 3.18 of the Regulations.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant, if fits the criteria listed above, will be selected in accordance with the Framework Agreement arrangements described in the Procurement Regulations and to be specifically set out in the Request for Proposals.

The Agency will co-finance up to 90% of the Service(s) with a maximum amount of 10,000 GEL. The cost of the Service(s) offered by the Consultant may exceed the given amount.

Interested Consultants may obtain further information by email: gmaisuradze@enterprise.gov.ge; procurementwb@enterprise.gov.ge

Expressions of Interest in English language must be submitted electronically to the address below no later than 08 September 2023, at 16:00 Georgia Time. The required documents (attached to the EOI) may be submitted in Georgian.

Attn: To the Administrative Department

E-mail To: gmaisuradze@enterprise.gov.ge; procurementwb@enterprise.gov.ge

Please include the title of the announced selection in subject line of the email.

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