Expression of Interest (EOI) at the Niger State Government Cash Transfer Unit

Posted by Future on Thu 29th Jul, 2021 - nigeriantenders.com

The Niger State Government Cash Transfer Unit invites reputable and competent financial institutions and payment service providers to indicate interest by submitting EOI to tender for the following works:

The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking financial assistance from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to support the implementation of Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. The Programme development objective is to expand access to livelihood support, food security services, and grants for poor and vulnerable households and firms.

The facility will use the Investment Project Financing (IPF) at the Federal, while at the States it will use the Programme-for-Results (PforR) lending instrument. The NG- CARES is to the tune of US$750 million and it shall be implemented over a period of 24 months. This is a short-term response to the COVID-19 induced economic crisis affecting poor individuals, households and firms in the country.

It is designed to support budgeted government Interventions at the state level targeting existing and new poor and vulnerable individuals, groups and households, agricultural value chains, and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) affected by the economic crisis. The Programme, a two-year financial support to the States is designed to fulfill Programme Objectives in 3 key Results Areas (RAs), These are (RA 1) Increasing cash transfers and livelihood support to poor and vulnerable households; (RA 2) Increasing food security and safe functioning of food supply chains for poor households; and (RA 3) Facilitating recovery of MSEs.

The Niger State Government Cash Transfer Unit invites applications for:

Title: Expression of Interest for Provision of Payment Service to Beneficiaries of N-CARES Project.

Preamble

The Credit facility is fully aligned with the World Bank 2020 - 24 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria, as well as Nigeria’s Economic Reform and Growth Plan and Govemment’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) designed to respond to the economic crisis induced by CO VI D-19.

The Niger State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU) will implement RAI in achieving the objective of the delivery indicators as follows:

Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) 1.1: Niger State Social Transfer (NSST)

The objective of the NSST Programmes is to enhance consumption and support to vulnerable groups: aged, persons with disabilities, chronically ill, and urban poor households. Niger State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU) will implement the transfer schemes. Beneficiaries of the social transfer Programme will be targeted using clear and objective criteria drawn from the State Social Register (SSR).
The SCTU will enrol and register all selected beneficiaries in a State NG-CARES Social Transfer Register. Twenty Thousand Naira (N20, 000.00) only will be paid bimonthly to selected beneficiaries using mobile money agents, card-based payments, or c-payment such as c-wallets.
The SCTU, with support from Desk Officers and Cash Transfer Facilitators (CTF), will monitor the Programme at the LGAlevel. Monitoring indicators will include (a) total number of households receiving transfers, disaggregated by gender and disability profile and (b) frequency of the transfers. The SCTU will provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the State CARES Coordinating Unit (SCCU).

Disbursement Linked Indicator 1.3: Livelihood Grants

The objective of the livelihood grant component of Results Area 1 is to provide short livelihoods and soft skills training and one-off payments to economically active and self- employed youth and women in Niger State, Beneficiaries for the livelihood grants will be selected using SSR or beneficiary registers at the state level. Household enterprises in the informal sector will be prioritized for targeted support.
The household member to receive the grant must be productive and agile who is engaged in some form of micro enterprise. The NSCTU will also implement the platform by approving and disburse grants size ranging from NGN 20,000 to NGN 200,000 based on the screening of micra- business plans submitted by household enterprises.

Scope of Work

Lot 1 (DLI 1.1)

S/N	LGA	Slot Code	No of Beneficiaries
1	Agwara	DLI100A1	400
2	Borgu	DLI100B1	400
3	Gbako	DLI100G1	400
4	Rijau	DLI100R1	400
5	Magama	DLI100M1	400
6	Munta	DLI100M2	400
7	Shiroro	DLI100S1	400
8	Edati	DLI100E1	400
9	Lapai	DLI1--L1	400
10	Paikoro	DLI100P1	400
	TOTAL		4000

Lot 2 (DLI 1.3)

S/N	LGA	Slot Code	No. of Beneficaries
1	Bida	DLI300B1	250
2	Mariga	DLI300M1	250
3	Mashegu	DLI300M2	250
4	Rijau	DLI300R1	250
5	Agie	DLI300A1	250
6	Munya	DLI300M3	250
7	Shiroro	DLI300S1	250
8	Edati	DLI300E1	250
9	Lapai	DLI300L1	250
10	Paikoro	DLI300P1	250
11	Kontagora	DLI300K1	250
12	Chanchaga	DLI300C1	250
	TOTAL		1000

Eligibility Requirements

Interested financial institutions or Payment Service Providers that have been in business for more than three years should submit copies of the following;

Evidence of certificate of incorporation with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including form CAC2 and CAC7.
Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three years.
N6,000,000:00 as minimum turnover.
Should be able to provide station agents at the benefiting communities or neighboring communities.
Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of the Key Staff to be deployed for the project.
Evidence of financial capability and a letter of guarantee from the principal Bank to execute the project, in the case of the Bank Agents.

Application Closing Date

12th August, 2021.

Submission of Documents

All documents for submission must be transmitted with a cover/forwarding letter on the company’s letter head bearing among others: Registration Number (RC) as issued by the corporate affairs Commission (CAC), Contact address, Telephone No. & Email address.

All interested Bidders are expected to submit (hard copy and soft copy) of their EOl to the address below:
The Head of Unit,

Niger State Cash Transfer Unit,

Progress Court ‘84 Building,

Opposite Zarumai Model School,

Minna - Niger State.

Note

All acknowledged EQI documents will be opened immediately after the deadline of the submission at the conference hail of the Niger State cash transfer Office, please ensure that you sign the bid submission register in the Office of Head of Admin and Account, Niger SCTU. Niger SCTU will not be held liable for misplaced or wrongly submitted bid. For further enquiry, please contact us via nrigcaresra1dli1and3gmail.com
All shortlisted entry will be contacted on a later date for the collection of tender documents and a date for physical accreditation of the station agents will be fixed immediately.
Interested bidders should not bid for more than two (2) slots, in order not to over-stretch bidder’s capacity, and causing delay in project delivery.