Consultancy service for a Study to determine which international buyers are buying goods from GRAISEA market actor partners

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Name of programme: Gender Transformative & Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia Phase2 (GRAISEA 2)

Name of organization: Oxfam

Contact person: Naveed Akbar, Private Sector Advisor, GRAISEA

E-mail (for inquiries only): [email protected]

Funder: The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok

Timeframe: 25 June to 15 August 2022

1. Project background

The GRAISEA 2 Programme (1 Aug 2018 – 31 July 2023) is a joint initiative led by Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam Novib, and Oxfam Sweden with funding from development partner the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok. The programme operates at regional level and in four countries in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines) and Pakistan. Drawing on progress and lessons from the first phase, GRAISEA 2 aims to transform opportunities for marginalised women and men in the agriculture sector in Asia by acting as a catalyst for the emergence of inclusive value chains and responsible business practices that respect human rights and drive women’s economic empowerment and climate resilience.

GRAISEA 2 is working directly with a number of processors, millers and exporters in its countries of operations. We would like to expand our work around influencing the international buyers who buy from them to improve conditions in their value chains.

2. Project Definition

Objective and scope

The goal of the assignment is to analyse and provide guidance on which international buyers are buying goods from the partners (and some potential partners) that GRAISEA is working with at the national level.

This will focus on Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia. In Vietnam this would include 10-20 rice millers/ exporters and shrimp processors/ exporters. In Cambodia, this would include several rice millers/ exporters. In Indonesia, this would include 1 to 3 shrimp processors/ exporters. Specifically we would like identified:

• Which international buyers are buying from these companies and in what quantities, across the value chain from initial intermediaries to supermarkets
• Relevant information around the nature of these relationships that can be easily identified e.g. if continuous or not, use of standards and nature of contracts, how produce is branded, any industry or sector commitment signed by buyers and interest on issues like human rights and climate change relevant to GRAISEA
• Guidance based on the consultants experiences on if/ how GRAISEA may want to influence these international buyers.

The ToR states a focus on processors. GRAISEA also works with a large number of producer groups and cooperatives in the countries mentioned. These largely sell to the processors this study focuses on, but also we believe sell to other processors that sell on to international markers. We would welcome a methodology that also includes where produce goes internationally that is not sold via our partner processors. However we recognize this may not be possible in a desk review (see below), and so though it would make a stronger application, it is not a must have.

For methods, we would provide names of companies and current information we have (this could include interviews with GRAISEA staff). We would expect the consultant to then carry out desk based research to find out relevant information i.e. we are not anticipating travel or interviews with our partner businesses themselves.

Deliverables

• Workplan, including outline of methodology
• First draft report
• Workshop with GRAISEA to go over first draft
• Final draft report

Preliminary Planning/Timeline

Activity / Time period

• Workplan: 25 June – 5 July
• First draft report: 5 July – 5 August
• Final draft report: 5 August – 15 August

3. Application detail

The following should be included in the applications:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the proposed consultants, proving relevant experience
• Technical proposal including interpretation of the ToRs, methodologies to be used and timeline
• Detailed budget estimation including: cost breakdown of consultant fee in days or hours spend, travel, and other tax included costs (mention whether these costs are inclusive or exclusive of applicable tax)
• If you have done similar work, please add your portfolio

4. Award criteria

• Knowledge of international agricultural value chains, in particular shrimp and rice
• Experience providing detailed assessments of international agricultural value chains
• Experience providing similar support to women’s economic empowerment/development programs
• Quality of technical proposal
• Examples of previous work
• Realistic time planning, given the assignment
• Value for money