Special AgroIndustrial Processing Zones Project General Procurement Notice for Special AgroIndustrial Processing Zones Project 7 Components The project will include the following components Component1 Infrastructure Development and AgroIndustrial Hubs AIHs Management This component will support the establishment of AIHs and will catalyze processing activities of the Value Chain commodities For the component to meet and address the specific objective of the project which is to increase the competitiveness and business environment of the Nigerian agriculture sector it will provide both hard and soft infrastructure that would allow public and private sector investment into the sector at the upstream and downstream axes of the value chain Specifically the IsDB financing will support the Livestock including beef and dairy value chains in FCT Kano and Kwara The components activities will therefore entail the construction and or upgrading of AIHs of which IsDB will participate in the financing of three Hubs at the following locations 1 Paikokore Dobi Livestock Industrial Hub Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT for the Beef and Dairy value chains 2 Bagauda AgroIndustrial Hub in Kano State for the Tomato Rice and Oil Seed Groundnuts and Sesame value chains 3 LataNana Grazing Reserve Special Livestock Processing Hub in Kwara for Beef and Dairy value chains Component2 Agricultural Productivity and Production This component will seek to boost the supply of raw materials in the production areas that are in proximity and linked to the AgroIndustrial Hubs being developed under Component 1 Furthermore the interventions under this component will support farmlevel productivityenhancing infrastructure in agribusiness zones such as irrigation schemes rehabilitation land development water supply etc and the development of Agricultural Transformation Centers ATCs These ATCs will be strategically located within the farming communities around the AIH and would be used for the facilitation of farmers access to essential inputs such as quality seeds agrochemicals farm mechanization digitalization and primary handling facilities Specifically the SAPZ Project under IsDB financing will finance ten 10 ATCs in the following locations sites 1 FCT Two 2 ATCs in Kawu in Bwari Area Council and Karshi in Abuja Municipal Council for the Livestock dairy and beef value chain 2 Kano State Four 4 ATCs in Kura Bagwai Dawanau and Kakara for the Rice Tomato and Groundnuts Sesame Seed Oil respectively 3 Kwara Four 4 ATCs in Afon Milk Collection Center Asa LGA Gidan Magajiya Grazing Reserve Baruten LGA Kinikini Grazing Reserve Kaiama LGA and Olodan Grazing Reserve Ifelodun LGA for the Livestock value chain In addition this component will support the capacitybuilding activities related to Good Agriculture Practices GAP including climatesmart agriculture quality requirements testing and conformity standards and food safety Activities of this component will also include i an Information and Communication Technology ICT platform on which all actors are registered this includes a database of all producers ii seed system of highyielding and climateadapted crop and livestock varieties and mechanization services iii training registration and financing of lastmile agrodealer networks iv an electronic wallet to directly support producers with smart government subsidies to offset some of the costs of inputs especially fertilizer and seeds and v farm advisory services and RD Component3 Consultancy Services Under this component Design and Supervision Consultants will be engaged to produce the SAPZ master plans detailed designs for AIHs ATCs and supervision of civil works and facility managers to undertake the operation and maintenance of the zones Also a communications and market branding strategy will be developed for the Nigeria SAPZ Project to raise awareness This component will undertake a marketsounding exercise for each of the AIH locations to gauge private sector appetite and interest towards investing in the selected AIH take into consideration investor requirements with regard to the development of the sites and required incentives from the private sector perspective Consequently the Project will undertake annual investment promotion events to attract local and international investors to the respective AIHs and ATCs In addition the component will contribute to i improving enabling policy legislation and regulations for AgroIndustrial Zones in the country ii enabling the business environment special regulatory regime to support private sector investment including OneStop Shops digital infrastructure customs offices immigration support land access contracts and permits in the AgroIndustrial Hubs iii investment promotion branding and marketing of the agroindustrial zones iv capacity building for staff of relevant public institutions and v technical assistance for the review and mainstreaming of ITbased business registration licensing systems standard operating procedures for the SAPZ initiative in Nigeria Component4 Project Coordination and Management This component will support the establishment of a Federal Project Coordination Unit FPCU within FMARD and Participating State Implementing Units PSIUs at the Statelevel including training of FPCU and PSIUs staff and provision of vehicles equipment and furniture Component5 Financial Audit This component entails the services of an independent Financial Audit firm to carry out an annual audit of the projects FCT Kano and Kwara financial situation Component6 Contingency Emergency Response Component CERC This standalone zerovalue component is embedded in the project to allow for the use of the present project resources to cover emergency response activities by reallocating NonDisbursed funds amongst approved components upon request from the country Issue Date 13 April 2023 Last date of submission 31 December 2025 FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 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