Pre-Qualification of Business Development Service Providers & Financial Intermediaries

Program: Women’s Economic Empowerment through Cashew Processing (WEECAP)
Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau
Issued by: Winrock International
Release Date: June 25, 2025
Submission Deadline: July 17, 2025

The WEECAP Consortium invites Expressions of Interest from qualified Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) and Financial Intermediaries (FIs) operating in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, or Guinea-Bissau. This EOI aims to pre-qualify a diverse pool of service providers who can be matched to the specific needs of cashew sector firms, particularly those led by women and youth.

Selected firms will join WEECAP’s BDSP/FI Network and may be called upon to support pre-identified enterprises through tailored scopes of work. This is not a call for immediate service delivery, but an opportunity to be part of a flexible, call-down support mechanism that prioritizes fit-for-purpose engagements.

All applicants must complete the EOI Application Form (Annex B) and submit the required attachments listed in the checklist. This includes:

• Narrative description of services, experience, and results
• CVs of key personnel or team leads
• Organizational profile or operational footprint
• Examples of past work with women/youth-led firms or cooperatives
• Client references
• Availability and mobilization capacity
• Indicative fee schedule: Applicants are encouraged to submit an indicative daily or service-based fee schedule for their core BDSP and/or FI services. This information will be used by WEECAP for internal benchmarking and planning purposes only and does not constitute a pricing commitment.
• (Optional) Outcome metrics: estimated number of firms supported, capital mobilized, inclusion ratios

All materials may be submitted in English or French.