Hiring a firm for Enhancing livelihoods of direct support beneficiaries through hand craft skill development and market linkage.[E10]

From the notice

Project: Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (P169943). REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRMS SELECTION) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP) Grant No. D732-ET Assignment Title: Hiring a firm for enhancing livelihoods of direct support Beneficiaries through hand craft skill development and market linkage. Reference No . ET-MOUDI-574806-CS-QCBS The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (UPSNJP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services ("the Services") will scaling up the successful handicraft skills development and market linkage model to reach more carefully selected DS beneficiaries and enhance their income and household consumption. The objective of the assignment: To strengthen, the livelihoods of 1,500 Direct Support beneficiaries-at least 70% of whom are women-in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Jimma, and Wolaita Sodo by providing targeted handicraft skills training and establishing sustainable value chain market linkages, thereby enabling at least 600 beneficiaries (40% of trainees) to access new or improved income-generating opportunities and demonstrate increased economic self-reliance. The estimated implementation period for the assignment is 6 months. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be requested from the below ema…[E4]

• ConditionWorld Bank procurement rules apply. Suppliers must be eligible under the World Bank Procurement Regulations, and firms debarred by the Bank cannot take part.[E5]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

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1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:29 UTC

   The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.

   Source document OP00477220

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1. E1

   The buyer is Ministry of Urban Development and Infrastructure.

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2. E2

   The project is in Ethiopia.

   “ET”

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3. E3

   Submissions are due by (local time, zone not stated) 13 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC.

   “2026-11-13 05:00”

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4. E4

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Project: Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (P169943). REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRMS SELECTION) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office Urban Productiv…”

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5. E5

   World Bank procurement rules apply. Suppliers must be eligible under the World Bank Procurement Regulations, and firms debarred by the Bank cannot take part.

   “Request for Expression of Interest”

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6. E6

   This is a World Bank Request for Expression of Interest.

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7. E7

   The procurement method is Quality And Cost-Based Selection.

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8. E8

   The notice was published on 26 Oct 2026.

   “2026-10-26T00:00:00Z”

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9. E9

   The World Bank gives the status as Published.

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10. E10

    The notice is titled "Hiring a firm for Enhancing livelihoods of direct support beneficiaries through hand craft skill development and market linkage.".

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