DIGITAL AGRI LOAN FIELD IMPLEMENTATION VENDOR

SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Assignment Title: DIGITAL AGRI LOAN FIELD IMPLEMENTATION VENDOR Assignment Countries: Tanzania ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Financial Institutions Group advisory services has a partnership wi th a private operator in Tanzania , to expand its product offering for agri lending to small holder farmers (SHFs) who are currently underserved across the country. The partnership takes an ecosystem approach to de-risk lending to SHFs in partnership with a financial institution. IFC is seeking a qualified firm to serve as the field implementation partner for the expansion of its Agri-Lending project in select regions of Tanzania. The assignment will support the enrolment and servicing of approximately 8,500 smallholder farmers across select value chains, covering farmer mobilization and digital profiling, group formation, input distribution, agronomic support, market and offtaker linkage, field monitoring, and loan collection and recovery. The selected firm will deploy and supervise a locally embedded implementation team, maintain complete digital and auditable farmer records, coordinate with local government and ecosystem partners, and deliver against defined milestones and KPIs, including timely input delivery and a targeted loan recovery rate of at least 95%. The firm will act on behalf of the project in originating, servicing and supporting collection of the loans, but will not act as the lender or make credit decisions. ELIGIBILITY Eligibility restrictions apply: Firms only SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now NOTES Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding. Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.