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Competitiveness Enhancement programme (CEP) for Agro-Industries in Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia)

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General Information
Country:   Multi-country
Notice/Contract Number:   PS/SAF/1013/01/FO
Publication Date:   Jul 19, 2010
Buyer:   Centre for the Development of Enterprise - CDE
Eligibility of Bidders:   No application or requests for information should be sent at this stage.
Eligible for this service contract are services providers from ACP (Africa, Caribbean & Pacific) and EU countries
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Jordi Tio Rotllan
Procurement Unit
52 avenue Herrmann-Debroux
Brussels 1160
Belgium
Telephone:   + 32 2 679 18 11
Fax:   + 32 2 675 26 03
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://www.cde.int

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INDIVIDUAL SERVICE CONTRACT FORECAST
COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME (CEP) FOR AGRO-INDUSTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and, Zambia)

1. Publication reference
PS/SAF/1013/01/FO

2. Procedure
Restricted international call for service tender

3. Programme
Competitiveness Enhancement Programme for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Agro- Industries in Southern Africa.

4. Financing
CDE (Center for Development of Enterprises) budget: 10 th European Development Fund.

5. Contracting Authority
CDE (Center for Development of Enterprises)
Please visit our website in view to be more familiar with the Institution and our mandate. CDE website: www.cde.int

6. Nature of contract
Fee-based.

7. Contract description
Technical assistance in order to improve agro-industries and SMEs’:
• general management (training, planning, saving, accounting, accountability, enhancement of quality reporting and management information systems);
• productivity and sustainability of manufacturing operations (production and logistics, maintenance, quality assurance, utilities management, safety hygiene and environment and performance measurement and reporting);
• operational and financial management (organizational review, human resource management, cost accounting, integrated management planning, performance and reporting and, sales and marketing management); and
• capacity building of professional organizations in agro-industries.
The covered sub-sectors are milling (flour, sorghum, millet and sugar), dairy products, fruit products, oils and essential oils, fish and fish products, meat processing, and food manufacture (biscuits, cornflakes, wheat flakes, peanut butter and baby food supplements).
This programme shall be conducted in close collaboration with the European Delegations in each concerned country.

8. Indicative budget
Euro 679,000.-

9. Intended timing of publication of the procurement notice
23August 2010

10. Additional information
No application or requests for information should be sent at this stage.
Eligible for this service contract are services providers from ACP (Africa, Caribbean & Pacific) and EU countries.

11. Legal basis
EDF: ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended on 25 June 2005 and in 2008. Annex I & III.

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