Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for the Provision of Organization Strategic Plan Consultancy Services in favor of The National Road Fund of Liberia.
Date: August 26, 2024
RFP No.: NRF/SBA/CQS/003/2024
Assignment Title: Organization Strategic Plan Contract
Duration: 6 months
- Background and Organizational Context
The National Road Fund Office was set up in 2016 with the stated aim of managing the effective financing of road and bridge maintenance works. The primary objectives of the National Road Fund are:
- To ensure that road assets are sustained and that sufficient funds for both periodic and routine maintenance are allocated for this purpose.
- To ensure that each of the categories of national, sub-national and feeder roads have a sufficient share of the total budget such that these roads can operate as an integrated network.
- To defray the costs of loans approved by Government to extend the length of maintainable roads.
- To ensure that the needs of the road users and those impacted by roads are considered in terms of safety, security and environment.
Since its inception and consistent with its objectives, the NRF has spent millions of dollars rehabilitating thousands of miles of roads all across the country and now wants to focus on creating a strategic planning framework that will guide the growth and expansion of its work. In support of this activity, the National Road Fund has received an approved budget from the Government of Liberia for Fiscal Year 2024 and intends to allocate a portion of this towards payment under the Contract Package: Organization Strategic Plan Contract
With this backdrop, the National Road Fund of Liberia now invites eligible consultancy firms to indicate their interest in providing the service stated.
- Contract Objective
The overall objective of this intervention is to increase the productivity and viability of the NRF’s interventions and impact of NRF-financed projects/interventions through the preparation of a holistic strategic plan that ensures that ongoing internal and external NRF interventions are guided by the process of using available knowledge to document the organization’s intended direction. In addition, this process will greatly assist the NRF to effectively allocate resources, align shareholders and employees on the organization’s goals, and ensure those goals are backed by data and sound reasoning.
- Scope of Work
The successful strategic planning firm will:
- Facilitate workshops with key stakeholders and develop a Theory of Change (ToC) for the NRF that outlines the intended impacts, target populations, and pathways for achieving the NRF’s strategic goals
- Draft the strategic planning document, incorporating the Theory of Change, strategic objectives, and key initiatives planned for the period of 2025-2030.
- Plan and facilitate a series of strategic planning meetings and workshops with NRF Leadership Team, strategic planning core team, and other key stakeholders.
- Guide the strategic planning team in prioritizing program/impact areas and initiatives based on the analysis, organizational goals, and NRF’s impact drivers
- Outline processes for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the strategic plan to track progress and impact effectively and compile feedback and revisions from NRF’s Leadership Team and other stakeholders to finalize the strategic plan.
- Present the final strategic plan for approval from the NRF executive team and IMSC and prepare comprehensive documentation of the strategic planning process, including detailed reports on findings, workshop outcomes, and strategic recommendations.
- Expected Deliverables:
- An inception report outlining the steps and methodology to be used in developing the NRF Office Strategic Plan 2025-2030
- A comprehensive context analysis reports the defines and articulates the future context under which the NRF will have to operate within the course of the implementation of the strategic plan
- A draft and final strategic plan for 2025-2030, including a detailed properly articulated Theory of Change
- A final report summarizing the methodology, process, findings, and recommendations of the strategic planning process.
Basic Requirements
- Letter of Expression of Interest signed and stamped by authorized personnel.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in organizational development, training or development programmes – specifically related to private sector development and inclusive human development;
- Demonstrated experience in developing effective strategic plans for programmes with a wide range of stakeholders, based on participatory approaches;
- Strong analytical skills, sound judgement, the capacity to think strategically, including the ability to produce high quality policy materials, high level strategic documents and advice for development implementation;
- Successful track record of similar assignments with excellent analytical, research, writing (English) and facilitation skills.
- A Brief Company Profile,
- Updated and signed bios of the following proposed key personnel for implementation of the Organization Strategic Plan Contract Consultancy Service and contact details.
- Legal and qualification documentation (Current Business Registration, Articles of Incorporation, Valid Tax Clearance and PPCC Vendor Registry).
- Interested Consultants must provide additional information indicating they are qualified to perform the service.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 10:00am to 4:00pm business day.
All interested firms must submit their Expression of Interest no later than on or before Friday September 6, 2024 at 11:00am. Only shortlisted firms will be contacted.
All REOI’s must be sealed and delivered to the Procurement Office. One (1) original and one (1) photo copies.
Approved
Hon. Joseta Neufville-Wento
Manager
National Road Fund of Liberia
Procurement Unit
National Road Fund of Liberia
Between 9th & 10th Streets, Payne Avenue, Building #134
Email address: vjohnson@nrf.gov.lr
Contact number: 0776-330-319