Tender Details

Country: Zimbabwe
Summary: Consultancy to Support Market Linkages and Financial Inclusion
ZWT Ref No: 38656944
Deadline: 13 Dec 2019
Financier: United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership: Government
Tender Value: Refer Document
Notice Type: Tender
Document Ref. No.: 61866
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BackgroundThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from Department for International Development (DfID), the European Union (EU), the Embassy of Sweden and the Government of Zimbabwe is currently managing a resilience building programme in rural communities known as the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF). The programme seeks to improve the communities' adaptive, absorptive and transformation capacity while improving early warning mechanisms and capacitating government (both national and local) for improved evidence-based planning and policy making. Implementation of activities at community level under ZRBF takes place via a group of Consortia partners, with the leadership and guidance of Government stakeholders. ZRBF consortia partners have made strides in bringing on board a number of private sector companies in inclusive business models with rural communities as well as building the capacity of community groups to run Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) or Internal Savings and Lending Associations (ISALs) and broker other linkages with formal financial institutions.However, despite these efforts, the macroeconomic challenges in Zimbabwe have resulted in highly volatile business operating environment which has adversely affected some of the relationships that have been built. The removal of the 1:1 parity between the bond note and the USD saw continued deterioration of the RTGS dollar and uncoordinated pricing mechanisms for agricultural inputs and basic food commodities. Resultantly, the value of savings accumulated in various VSLAs/ISALs that had been established was eroded. The devaluation also affected possible contract farming arrangements with private sector players as the environment had become uncertain regarding terms of trade, the currency to adopt in transactions and theeconomic risks posed by the time lag in transactions. A number of private sector companies traded cautiously as they shied away from traditional cont...
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Consultancy to Support Market Linkages and Financial Inclusion - Zimbabwe Tender

The UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP), a Government sector organization in Zimbabwe, has announced a new tender for Consultancy to Support Market Linkages and Financial Inclusion. This tender is published on ZimbabweTenders under ZWT Ref No: 38656944 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2019-12-13.

The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.