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Independent Assessor for the Salone Access to Finance Matching Grant Facility
Procurement Process
RFP - Request for proposal
Office
UNCDF - SIERRA LEONE
Deadline
15-Oct-24 @ 11:00 PM (New York time)
Published on
24-Sep-24 @ 12:00 AM (New York time)
Reference Number
UNCDF-00143
Contact
Maxime Allonce - maxime.allonce@uncdf.org
Introduction
To catalyse Agri-financing in Sierra Leone through the matching grant facility, UNCDF will sign a performance-based payment agreement with 4-6 financial institutions. The financial institutions will act as responsible parties and will be responsible for on granting the funds to selected agricultural MSMEs. The financial institutions shall be responsible for conducting due diligence on the MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) applicants, disbursing grant, and loan funding to selected MSMEs and providing oversight to ensure that the funds are used for the intended purpose. In this context, UNCDF is looking for a firm to act as an independent assessor to review, validate, measure the milestones, and provide recommendations for full or partial disbursement of grant funding to the financial institutions.
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