Job Description
Scope and methodology
The DDA will draw upon a framework to assess the organisation’s management systems especially as regarding risks, anti-corruption, and social responsibility policies and processes, and legal compliance to understand and evaluate if the necessary legal requirements were/are applied during the establishment, the operations and any other business activities that may affect the intended partnership. SNV Due Diligence Framework (attached) will be used as a reference guide but the methodology can be improved by the consultant. Applicants are invited to submit a technical offer that will define the tools and approach proposed for the DDA. The DDA will be undertaken through desk study and field investigations and can include the following tasks:
1. Preliminary Review. Review all available information and documentation related to potential partnership. Prepare a list of additional information and/or questions that will be needed to continue the assessment.
2. Site Visit and Further Review. Conduct site inspections, review facility-based records, and interview key staff, including both sponsor personnel and relevant stakeholders (regulatory officials, community leaders, suppliers, and customers).
3. Undertake a risk analysis and identify necessary corrective/mitigation measures plan. Identify risks, develop a rating report with corresponding corrective actions that will be necessary. Prioritize these and recommend acceptable and justified implementation schedules.
4. Due Diligence Documentation. Prepare a report summarizing the results of the DDA. The report shall include a summary of the risks associated with the partnership, including the related gaps and correction actions that will be necessary in order for SNV to invest.
Deliverables
A technical and financial proposal taking into account the outlines for:
Qualifications
Expertise required
The invited consultancy must have ample experience in performing due diligence assessments of international and national companies in West Africa, including Sahel region.
Additional Information
Technical and Financial proposal
Consultancy is invited to submit a technical and financial proposal in English before/on December 17, 2019, by clicking on I’m Interested. Proposals will be reviewed and shortlisted proposals will be contacted for next steps.
Background
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a not-for-profit international development organization founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago. It has built a long-term, local presence in 39 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America working with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organizations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development. Using market based approaches, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalysing environmentally sustainable solutions for the poor in Agriculture, Energy, Water & Sanitation and Hygiene, youth Employment, Gender Empowerment and Climate Change.
SNV works with various actors and in various sectors and abides with internationally agreed principles of responsible business conduct. SNV has an environmental and social safeguard policy to this effect as well as a Due Diligence framework. Both are inspired by the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises and the UN Global Compact. SNV partners with companies that seek to improve their corporate performance towards the principles for responsible businesses. The aim of the due diligence framework is to reduce the risk of such partnerships to SNV. It applies to all partners of SNV; multinational corporations, national companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (to the best of their ability).
Objective
This demand sets out a request for proposal to perform Due Diligence Assessments of any kind of enterprise in West Africa. Hence the Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) is designed to provide a level of assurance on the organisational capacity of this potential business partner to develop and implement a joint project with SNV as agreed upon. It aims to identify and understand potential risks faced in working with selected partner and to ascertain how these risks can be mitigated and managed. This DDA should ensure that the joint project can be successfully delivered in alignment with the objectives of SNV and the funds properly accounted for. The findings and recommendations of the DDA will inform SNV decision before entering into a partnership.