Term of reference (TOR) to recruit a consultant

Term of reference (tor) to recruit a consultant

Title of the assignment: Assessing and developing Food safety and quality documents and delivering of onsite training for three fruit and vegetable processing SMEs (TruLuv Plc, Anjonus enterprise, and Aifa foods).

GENERAL INFORMATION

Program/Project Title: Economic Growth Through Fruit Transformation

Duty Station: Two consultants were required for this assignment: one will conduct the tasks for TruLuv Plc and Aifa Foods in Addis Ababa and the second one supports Anjonus in Arba Minch

Duration of the assignment: 1st Jan – 30th April /2025

Expected Starting Date: Jan 1st week 2025

Introduction

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses, and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious foods for all people, especially the most vulnerable.

Background

GAIN contributes to fighting malnutrition in Ethiopia through innovative and sustainable models that increase access to safe, affordable, and nutritious foods among communities vulnerable to malnutrition. In this regard, Gain is currently implementing a project called Economic Growth through Fruit Transformation, which is working on the agro processor in collaboration with various private and government sectors. Capacity building of SMEs, which are contributing to the project especially by drying of fruit and vegetables and using the dried fruits to produce the nutritionally value-added products are the most appropriate areas to ensure the quality and safety of the product throughout the value chain of the final product.

As part of this plan, GAIN is looking to hire a consultant who will conduct an assessment to the targeted SMEs’ facilities, working environment, and overall safety status to those contributing or directly working on this project, namely, Anjonus (based in Arba Minch) and Aifa food (based in Addis Ababa), which produce dried fruit products, and TruLuv based in Addis Ababa that uses the dried fruits to enrich the granola bar. Based on the findings of the assessment, the consultant is expected to develop relevant documents such as SOP, recording format, laboratory manual, quality manual/total quality management including food safety, and HACCP procedure to those SMEs.

After finalizing the development of those relevant documents, the consultant will also develop overall training material and deliver on-site training to each SME to fill their gaps and enhance their capacity and create understanding of the relevant food safety, GHP, GMP, standard requirements, work procedures, and implementation of the established HACCP procedure.

Objective

General objective

To assess each SMEs facilities and working environments, develop relevant documents such as (SOP, recording format, laboratory manual, quality manual/total quality management including food safety, HACCP procedure), and deliver food safety and quality aspects onsite training.

Specific objective

The specific objectives of this assignment are to:

• develop a detailed plan and assessment tool for each specific SME facility and working environment.
• conduct the assessment as per agreed tools.
• develop relevant documents such as SOP and related format, laboratory manual, quality manual/total quality management including food safety, HACCP procedure, and related documents for TruLuv products, Anjonus, and Aifa food products.
• print and document all necessary working procedures and formants in the right place of the SMEs’ facilities.
• develop training material/manual for each SME based on the assessment and their identified gaps.
• deliver onsite training for each assessed SME with the reference of the developed training material/manual.

Scope of the assignment

• Develop a detailed plan and tools for the onsite assessment/ observation of each SMEs’ overall facility and working environment, as well as the development of the relevant documents as detailed in the background.
• Conduct the onsite assessment based on developed tools.
• Collaborate with the SME management or an assigned technical person and develop the relevant documents.
• Share the assessment report, relevant prepared documents, and formats for specific SMEs and GAIN for review and submit the final report addressing comments.
• Develop training material/manual including the pre and post assessment tool.
• Deliver onsite training to each SME.
• Final report

For full information, please refer this linked document: ToR to recruitment of consultant- for SOP and relevant documents developemnt.pdf – Google Drive