INTER-AFRICAN COFFEE ORGANIZATION (IACO)
CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
1. The IACO has received a grant from the African Development Fund to finance the Capacity Building Project of the Interafrican Coffee Organisation (IACO).
2. The principal objective of this project is to strengthen IACO and its affiliated Coffee Regulatory and Supervisory institutions in the areas of quality assurance, marketing and export promotion.The project will upgrade four cup tasting centres in Cameroon, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire and Zambia to serve as regional quality assurance and training centers. Training will be provided to professionals in quality assurance, international marketing and export promotion and improve access to market data by establishing a Regional Market Information System (MIS) at the IACO head-office in Côte d’Ivoire.
The project will:
  • Recruit an International training Institution to provide eight (8) liquorers with a short-term (about 3 weeks) intensive training in quality assurance
  • Recruit an international consultant to assist the coffee regulatory and supervisory institutions in IACO member countries, in the development of a national export promotion strategy, especially in package design and brand development.
  • Recruit two (2) technical assistants to IACO, to design and implement the MIS and to train the staff member who will operate the system.
  • Finance a 3 weeks-short course on international marketing and sales, designed for 50 staff at the Coffee Regulatory and Supervisory institutions and Ministries, in a major overseas consuming country, e.g. the U.S, Canada or the U.K.
  • Finance a two-days African forum to showcase the continent’s products to international buyers. This event will be coordinated by IACO. The project will cover the cost of the venue, promotional materials, advertising of the event, and return air travel for IACO staff, and staff of the boards and authorities in member countries.
  • Procurement of specialized MIS and office equipments
3. The project includes the following three components :
Coffee Quality Improvement - The project will finance the upgrading of equipment of four cup tasting centres in Cameroon, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire and Zambia. Eight (8) liquorers will receive short-term (about 3 weeks) intensive training in quality assurance.Coffee Marketing and Promotion - The project will finance the development of a regional Market Information System (MIS), located at the IACO head-office in Côte d’Ivoire. It will provide IACO member countries with real-time prices in international markets along with updated news and analysis of supply conditions in markets around the world. The MIS will also focus on the collection and dissemination of data on supply and demand conditions in IACO member countries. Other activities under this component include financing the training of 25 professionals in coffee regulatory and supervisory institutions in member countries, in export promotion. Project Coordination - The project will be coordinated by IACO. A Project Coordinator will be recruited to coordinate all project activities by IACO and by Coffee Regulatory and Supervisory institutions in the member countries. The Project Coordinator will supervise the the work of all international consultants recruited under the project.
4. All consulting services shall be acquired through short listing in accordance with the Bank “Rules of Procedure for the Use of Consultants”. The selection procedure will be based on the technical quality with price consideration. The services for workshops will be acquired through direct negotiations with existing eligible institutions and NGOs. Procurement of specialized MIS and office equipments will be through International Shopping.
5. Interested Consultants may obtain further information and should send their Expression of Interest, by contacting :
InterAfrican Coffee organization (IACO)
IACO/ADB Multinational Capacity Building Project
Miss Karitia Coulibaly, Project Coordinator
3rd Floor – CAISTAB Building
BP V 210 ABIDJAN – Cote d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 20 22 98 25 / 20 21 61 85 / 20 21 61 31
Fax: + 225 20 21 62 12 / 20 22 98 26