Request for Quotations: Provision of consultancy service to design and deliver a bioscience bootcamp for entrepreneurial scientists in Bioinnovate Africa participating countries

About the role

BioInnovate Africa, a regional biosciences research and innovation initiative supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), seeks to engage a private firm to assist the BioInnovate Africa Programme Management Office (PMO) in designing and delivering a 3-5 day bioscience bootcamp. The bootcamp targets early-career entrepreneurial scientists at universities, research organizations, and firms within BioInnovate Africa participating countries in eastern Africa. The goal is to enable these scientists to develop innovative and commercially viable biological-based ideas, improving their capacity to create competitive proposals for BioInnovate Africa or similar innovation project calls.

For more details, refer to the Terms of Reference (TOR).

Requirements

• Provide the consulting firm’s registration documents, PIN, and Tax Compliance certificates, along with a post address, physical location, website, and contact persons.
• Submit consultants’ registration and license documents with relevant statutory bodies.
• Include the firm’s profile detailing the organization chart and CVs of key technical staff who will deliver the project, clearly indicating technical skills, academic qualifications, and years of experience.
• Demonstrate sufficient practical hands-on experience (over 3 years) in preparing, facilitating, and executing bioscience bootcamps. The firm must show the ability to manage a call and selection process and provide examples of success stories from previously conducted science-related bootcamp activities.
• Possess a good working knowledge of BioInnovate Africa’s mission and objectives, including the nature and type of sustainable innovation projects.
• Provide a competitive fee quote (in US$) to perform the assignment.

Submission details

Interested private firms must submit their Request for Quotations electronically to icipetenders@icipe.org by 11:00 hours East Africa Time on 29th May 2020. Submissions should be clearly marked: “Request for Quotations – Provision of consultancy service to design and deliver a bioscience bootcamp for entrepreneurial scientists in BioInnovate Africa participating countries.” Late submissions will be rejected.

Submissions should be addressed to:

Procurement Manager
Duduville campus, Carroll Wilson Building, Off Thika Road, Kasarani
P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi