Call for Proposal for Vocational Skills Development Projects for Youth and Young Mothers in Morogoro

Skills for Employment Tanzania (SET) is a project in Tanzania financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC) through the embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania. Implemented by Swisscontact, it aims to enhance employment opportunities for youth, young women, and young mothers aged between (15-24) through improving vocational skills development (VSD) in Tanzania. project envisages supporting VSD training for youth and young mothers in the agricultural sector in the Morogoro region to give them opportunities to access self-employment or increased income.

Depending on their area of interest or experience, the training provider is expected to present a proposal for either young mothers' training project or youth training project that can lead to (self)-employment.

In the project context:

· Young mothers refer to unemployed or self-employed single or divorced/separated/widowed women of the age 15-24, earning TZS. 150,000 or less per month and who have given birth to their first child when below 19 years of age or dropped out of school and are actively parenting the child.

·Youth: refers to women or men of age between 15-24, who are unemployed or self-employed, earning TZS, 150,000 or less per month, which is equivalent to approx. 2 USD per day.

Summary details
Official name of tender:Vocational skills Development (VSD) Projects for Youth and Young Mothers in Morogoro region.
Date of issue:April 5th, 2024
Deadline for submission of questions:

April 15th, 2024 

(Please refer to Section 4.2 of Request for Proposal and Terms of Reference document for details)

Date and location of briefing session:April 17th, 2024, at Swisscontact Office. Please note that Training Providers are also allowed to join the session online
Deadline for proposal submission:May 6th 2024
Documents to be submitted and address:

Soft copies of all required proposal documents with covering letter/email signed by a competent authority of the tendering organization, lodged via the provided email address:

[email protected]

The letter can be addressed to:

Swisscontact INGO| Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation

P.O. Box 48 | Morogoro | Tanzania

Plot 105 Pamba Street

Tel: 0765459916

www.swisscontact.org

(Refer to Section 5 of Terms of Reference document for further details of submission requirements that must be followed in order to make the bid valid)

Tender documentation and Terms of Reference (ToR):

For more details about the tender and other supporting documents please refer to the link below:

https://www.swisscontact.org/en/countries/tanzania/call-for-proposal/call-for-proposal

Please note that:

· Swisscontact respects gender equality and female-owned organizations/companies are strongly encouraged to apply.

·Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered

·Selection process will be done by an independent evaluation committee