Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam’s current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women’s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response.

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) from interested bank/non-bank financial institution (nbfi)/ venture capital (VC) firm  for Extending the required credit facilities / equity funding to the rural based enterprise -MSMEs, incubated under Oxfam in Bangladesh’s impact investment programme –EDP.

The goals of the EDP-Oxfam in Bangladesh are :

1. To develop a sustainable MSMEs sector through unlocking the access to finance, access to market and climate change adaptation for benefitting vulnerable community, women, youth and marginalised farmers
2. To promote local economic & employment opportunities through developing rural based MSMEs
3.  The EDP, Money Plus model is particularly interesting, as it bridges the MSMEs gaps in all four major fronts – access to growth capital (working & fixed) from formal financial institution through guarantee fund/ security, improve business capacity, access to latest Agri-tech and finally advanced skill sets for tapping to forward market.

Key condition for EOI:

1. Similar experience in extending the financing facility (credit or equity investment) to rural MSMEs particularly Agri & agro processing industries and/or off firm in Bangladesh through collaborating with any international development organization/ agency/ foreign donor organization/ foreign impact investor/ private investors, is desirable but not mandatory;
2. Have sufficient & skilled manpower or arrangement to handle such rural based MSMEs;
3. Have sufficient tailor-made financing or investment product towards extending the financing facility to the MSMEs;
4. Willing to provide the affordable terms and conditions to the MSMEs owner (s);
5. Willing to provide the Bangladesh Bank refinance or special finance facility for women led MSMEs, MSMEs and Agro processing industries loan/ investment.

Please refer to the detailed TOR (Click Here) for this assignment.

Key documents for EOI and Submission Instruction:

1. Company profile, with information regarding current branch network or geographic coverage
2. Previous experience (if any)
3. Existing different lending/equity investment products and key terms & conditions for MSMEs, particularly for rural based and women led enterprise

Those who are interested in above EOI, are requested to submit their full business proposal, for extending the credit/ debt or equity investment facility to the enterprises that incubated under Oxfam’s EDP. 

Please mention the EOI title “EOI for Oxfam EDP”  in the subject line during submission to  hrbd@oxfam.org.uk

Proposal submission deadline: 30 June 2018

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