Cannot send dropdown menu items from External data source

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Cannot send dropdown menu items from External data source
Need help please;
I am trying to send an item from my excel to a dropdown list menu. The SelectElement class is not just possible due to the fact that "Input" tag is seen instead of the "Select" tag when I inspect the parent element(drop down list).
The element I want to send has no Search Critera. I have even tried to have same element on both Excel and web application, then provided a dynamic Xpath but still nothing being sent or selected. I am doing below:
action.MoveToElement(driver.instance.FindElement(By.Id("gwt-debug-team-input"))).SendKeys(value);
The above ID is the id of the parent element.
When I use my created (dynamic) Xpath I get Invalid Xpath expression, that XPath looks like: //*[contains(text() = '"+value+"')]
Any solution to overcome this problem?
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