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TAAT Procurement Officer - Individual Consultant TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (TAAT) PHASE II TAAT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNIT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES SECTOR : Agriculture CONSULTANCY SERVICES : Procurement Officer Project ID No. _ This request for expression of interest (REOI) follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared on the African Development Bank Group's Internet Website( ) 12th August 2022. The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Phase II and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for TAAT Procurement Officer who will be based in Nigeria. This assignment is to engage a Procurement officer to support the TAAT Procurement specialist in managing, conducting, and administering procurement activities in line with the Bank's procurement policy framework. During the assignment, the consultant will be expected to perform the following duties: assist the Procurement Specialist in the implementation of procurement procedures for the program in accordance with AfDB and CGIAR requirements, as applicable; prepare a Program Procurement Plan that includes the focus value chains and Enablers in close consultation with Value chain and Enabler leaders; prepare and update the Value chains' annual procurement plans to be included in the program's quarterly and annual work plans and budgets; prepare relevant inputs to standard bidding documents, such as TORs, specifications and Bills of Quantities; participate in the bidding/tendering processes for the procurement of works, goods and services following AfDB and CGIAR procurement rules and procedures as applicable; collate all program technical quarterly and annual reports from the different value chains and Enablers for review and submission to the Bank; assist with the organization of program management meetings and AfDB supervision missions, including the preparation of all materials required for such meetings; prepare all procurement records to facilitate post-procurement reviews during supervision missions; prepare and maintain up-to-date procurement records in line with AfDB requirements; provide guidance and advice to assigned procurement staff at the compacts and participating institutions; carry out any other activities assigned by the Procurement Specialist or the Program Coordinator. The selected Consultant will be a member of TAAT PMU to be based in Nigeria and the assignment shall be for an initial period of One (1) year and subject to renewal with satisfactory performance The selected consultant should possess a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Commerce, Engineering, Science, Social sciences, Law or any other relevant discipline; certification or Training in or demonstrated working knowledge of procurement rules and procedures of AfDB/World Bank or other multilateral development agencies; at least 2 years of Procurement experience working with AfDB, AfDB financed project or with related Multilateral development bank; ability to deal sensitively in multi-cultural environments and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues and sound computer literacy in using standard applications (Windows and Microsoft Office). The IITA now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (including their detailed CV and letter of motivation detailing past related experience similar to this assignment.). Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (hrs). Expressions of interest together with a CV should be delivered by email to the addresses below by 3pm on 28th July 2025. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tel: 2 USA Tel: +1 Fax: Mobile No: