Country: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Assignment Title: Development of Strategic Plan for MISFA
Reference No.: MISFA/CS-003/2021
Method of Selection: Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)
Issue Date: May 30, 2021
Closing Date: June 21, 2021
Objective of the Assignment
Historically, MISFA has operated on three-year strategic plans, hence, conducting a major strategy review and development process every three years. Under this sequence, MISFA is currently implementing its strategic and operational plan spanning from 2018 to 2021.
For the upcoming strategy review and development process, however, MISFA’s Management and Board of Directors have agreed to broaden the exercise significantly in both scope and timeline.
Scope of the Services
MISFA’s Board of Directors and Management have commissioned the present assignment and aim at recruiting a consultancy firm (“service provider”) to develop, a 10 year strategy for MISFA. This strategy will be based on a clearly envisioned, defined and documented prediction of the nature and functioning of the development finance sector in Afghanistan in 2031. In addition, the service provider will develop a roadmap for both MISFA and the development finance sector at large and will describe, in due level of detail, the enabling developments required to achieve the envisioned state of the market in 2031. Based on that understanding, the service provider will furthermore distill, as the last deliverable under the assignment, a three years’ operating plan for MISFA, including all relevant and enabling steps vis-à-vis the 10 year strategy and a financial projection covering those three years.
For further information on the Scope of the Services, the TOR of the assignment is accessible under the mentioned “assignment title and reference number, on the following websites: www.misfa.org.af and www.devex.com
Required Qualifications/Short listing Criteria
MISFA now invites eligible consulting firms “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the services described under paragraph 3 above. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services:
a. The Consultancy firm shall have minimum of five years experience in executing similar assignments in the past,
b. The Consultancy firm shall provide proven experience for executing at least two contracts, similar in nature to the current assignment,
c. The Consultancy firm shall provide evidence of annual turnover for any of the last three years, equivalent to USD 100,000 or more.
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d. Regional experience (South Asia and/or Central Asia) is desirable,
e. Country specific or experience working in Afghanistan is an advantage.
f. The Consultants should provide a copy of its business license along with their Expression of Interest.
Method of Selection
A consultancy firm will be selected through Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method of selection in accordance with the procedures set out in the Public Procurement Law of Afghanistan.
How to apply
Interested Consultancy Firms shall submit their application package/Expressions of Interests (EOIs) by COB June 21, 2021 Afghanistan time. The EOIs submitted by the Consultant should preferably not exceed 10 pages. The EOI shall be submitted in person, by mail or by e-mail to the address stated below:
The Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA)
House # 195, Esmat Muslim Street, Shahre Naw, Kabul – Afghanistan
Email: jobs@misfa.org.af
Background
MISFA is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) fully owned by the Afghan Government’s Ministry of Finance (MoF). It was established in 2003 as a vehicle through which the Afghan Government and international donors channel technical assistance and funding to build and strengthen Afghanistan’s microfinance sector, as well as the lower ranges of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) lending.
MISFA currently works with four partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) serving over 109,000 borrowers in 14 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Over 38% of these borrowers are women. Additionally, MISFA works with two commercial banks to establish and improve their SME lending windows and two NGOs for implementing a Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) program in Afghanistan.
As Afghanistan’s long-serving development finance apex institution, MISFA is equipped with both ample experience as well as funding. MISFA plays an outstanding role in the Afghan development finance sector and bears particular and important responsibility to develop and shape the sector with an intent to serve all low-income Afghans in the most efficient and inclusive manner.
