ACCESS TO FINANCE RWANDA

Request for Proposals For Conducting a study on the supply of affordable housing through national and international investment and financial instruments and tools

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 

PROCUREMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: AFR/RFP- AFFORDABLE HOUSING/NOV/2023. 

Dear Prospective bidder:

Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) is a Rwandan not for profit company established in 2010 to promote financial inclusion and financial sector development. AFR is currently funded by Sweden, Jersey Overseas Aid, and the MasterCard Foundation.

Access to Finance Rwanda is part of the broader Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) in Africa that seeks to create a transformative impact on the ending of poverty by supporting efforts to improve financial inclusion and financial sector development through helping financial institutions and markets drive a more inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

AFR supports the removal of systemic barriers that hinder access to financial services by low-income people, particularly the rural poor, women, youth and MSMEs. AFR supports the development and provision of financial services including savings, credit, insurance, investment, payments, and remittances. AFR is a gender-intentional organization, having mainstreamed gender across all programming.

 AFR is guided by the Market System Development (MSD) approach recognising that efforts to increase financial inclusion and financial sector development must be market-led, profitable and sustainable.

Proposals should be directly responsive to all items, terms, conditions, specifications, and other documents referred to in this RFP. 

• If you are interested in this assignment, please express your interest by Tuesday, 21^st November 2023.
• Any requests for clarifications to the RFP may be submitted until Monday, 27^th November 2023
• Bidders should submit their proposals no later than Tuesday, 5^th December 2023 17:00HRS CAT 

Responding bidders are advised that this solicitation does not in any way obligate AFR to make a contract award or compensate the responding firms for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of their proposals. Additionally, AFR may award a contract without conducting negotiations; all proposals should be submitted initially using your most favourable terms. AFR reserves the right to award any resultant contract to other than the offeror submitting the lowest price proposal based on technical excellence, schedule superiority or client request. 

All communications regarding this RFP should be addressed via email: procurement02@afr.rw 

Below is the summary planned procurement schedule: 

Cordially,

Jean Bosco Iyacu

Chief Executive Officer