ACCESS TO FINANCE RWANDA

Request for Proposals For Consultancy to Support AFR in Analyzing the MSME FinScope 2024 Survey Dataset and Producing a Report on Rwanda MSME Financial Inclusion

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PROCUREMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: AFR/RFP- MSME FINSCOPE24 REPORT/APRIL/2024.

Dear Prospective bidder:

Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) is a Rwandan not for profit company established in 2010 to promote financial inclusion and financial sector development. AFR is currently funded by Sweden, Jersey Overseas Aid, and the MasterCard Foundation.

Access to Finance Rwanda is part of the broader Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) in Africa that seeks to create a transformative impact on the ending of poverty by supporting efforts to improve financial inclusion and financial sector development through helping financial institutions and markets drive a more inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

AFR supports the removal of systemic barriers that hinder access to financial services by low-income people, particularly the rural poor, women, youth and MSMEs. AFR supports the development and provision of financial services including savings, credit, insurance, investment, payments, and remittances. AFR is a gender-intentional organization, having mainstreamed gender across all programming.

 AFR is guided by the Market System Development (MSD) approach recognizing that efforts to increase financial inclusion and financial sector development must be market-led, profitable and sustainable.

Proposals should be directly responsive to all items, terms, conditions, specifications, and other documents referred to in this RFP.

• If you are interested in this assignment, please express your interest by Tuesday April 30^th, 2024.
• Any requests for clarifications to the RFP may be submitted by Friday, May 3^rd, 2024.
• Bidders should submit their proposals no later than Friday, 10^th May 2024 17:00 HRS CAT

NB: This tender is restricted to local firms only.

Responding bidders are advised that this solicitation does not in any way obligate AFR to make a contract award or compensate the responding firms for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of their proposals. Additionally, AFR may award a contract without conducting negotiations; all proposals should be submitted initially using your most favorable terms. AFR reserves the right to award any resultant contract to other than the offeror submitting the lowest price proposal based on technical excellence, schedule superiority or client request.

All communications regarding this RFP should be addressed via email: procurement02@afr.rw 

Below is the summary planned procurement schedule:

Cordially,

Jean Bosco Iyacu

Chief Executive Officer