Brief Summary of Organization and Program:
About Mercy Corps
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The Program/Department/Team
The Informal Livelihoods Advancement Activity (Iqlaaع) is a five-year activity that aims to put Jordanian micro and small enterprises (MSEs) , operating in the formal and informal sectors, on a path to recovery after the extraordinary crisis that the businesses have faced, help them access the safety net measures in Jordan, and, most importantly, regain productivity and growth.
The approach adopted by Mercy Corps Jordan (MCJ) to IQLAAع integrates direct assistance with Market Systems Development (MSD) interventions to support MSEs along the full journey from recovery to growth and resilience. Grounded in evidence-based, adaptive, and inclusive support, Jordan’s MSEs can emerge from the COVID-19 crisis stronger and more resilient, transformed through new ways of doing business and improved access to finance, markets, and services. Understanding that women, youth, and people living with disabilities (PLWD) face unique constraints to starting up and leading resilient MSEs, Iqlaaع’s design will infuse a Gender, Youth, and Social Inclusion (GYSI) lens throughout all interventions. Mercy Corps’ approach is committed to supporting MSEs build back, formalize, and grow, emphasizing systems-level change, equitable opportunities, and a dignified work environment for all women, men, youth, and PLWDs in Jordan.
Project Purpose
Iqlaaع wishes to create several micro aggregators to help Home-based Businesses (HBBs) and micro and small enterprises expand their markets. In line with this, Iqlaaع will develop the first micro-aggregator pilot by attracting existing HBBs and MSEs that are owned or managed by persons living with disabilities to take on this role, or by PLWDs who wish to form HBBs or micro-businesses to become aggregators. Accordingly, we are seeking to identify and build the capacity of interested eligible HBBs, MSEs, and teams of persons living with disabilities who will take on the roles, functions, and responsibilities of acting as market micro-aggregators.
The market micro-aggregators will be able to identify local, national, regional, and international businesses/marketing opportunities and link them to local HBB/MSE producers or service providers, to facilitate access to expanded markets and meet market requirements (including export certification if applicable, packaging and labeling requirements, etc.). Through the micro-aggregator, HBBs and MSEs can sell nationally, regionally, and internationally.
This Scope of Work will assist Iqlaaع in creating success stories that will promote inclusion within the MSE sector and offer PLWDs value-added economic opportunities along the supply chain. Trained micro-aggregators can become trainers for other PLWDs to scale and sustain this model in the future.
Tender description:
Iqlaaع is looking for a national individual lead consultant with business knowledge and experience in Jordan and internationally as well as practical experience in exporting products and/or services to identified export market opportunities. The lead consultant must demonstrate experience in sub-contracting local enterprises to produce goods or services which meet identified export market requirements and successfully export these products/services. These skills will be used as a foundation to develop and deliver relevant training to interested teams of PLWDs or existing enterprises owned or managed by PLWDs to establish or develop micro aggregation capabilities to assist HBBs, small, and micro enterprises reach attractive export markets. The consultant is encouraged to team up with a sub-consultant with background and experience in disability inclusion and training if the lead consultant does not have that experience, bearing in mind that MCJ will only sign a contract with the lead consultant. However, MCJ will approve which sub-consultant the lead wishes to team up with. The consultant must integrate necessary reasonable accommodations[1], accessible formats[2], and universal design[3] throughout the scope of work, and should ensure that the needs assessment, the training (including materials activities, exercises, agenda, etc.), and mentorship are conducted and developed in an inclusive manner, taking into consideration the needs of persons living with disabilities.
The training should also be developed in a manner that allows those attendees with the potential to become trainers and cascade this training to others. Furthermore, the training venue must be accessible[4] for the attendees.
After the training, a list of ready attendees – whether already registered established MSEs or individuals who don’t which to formalize at this moment but have the potential to move forward to the next level of the program -, will be supported by the consultant to develop business plans to either receive funds from MCJ or be referred to an incubator where the cost is covered by MCJ. The consultant will play a critical role in enabling MSE businesses’ growth through export opportunities identified and exploited by the selected micro aggregation teams or enterprises by providing coaching for an extended period of time.
The consultant will be working closely to:
How to Apply:
Intent to Bid will be available from Wednesday, December 7, 2022, and can be obtained from the following links:
https://jordan.mercycorps.org/tenders
Last date and time for submission is on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, till 03:00 pm (Amman Time).
Filled Intents to Bid and Supplier Information Forms must be sent by email to
[email protected], and any ITB sent to another email address will be disregarded.
For any inquiries contact Mercy Corps – tendering department at [email protected] indicating the tender number in the subject line.
[1] Reasonable Accommodations are defined per law number 20 for the rights of persons with disabilities for the year 2017 as the alteration of the environment or time-related conditions within a specific context of time or place to enable the person with a disability to practice a right and freedom or to gain access to services on an equal basis with others.
[2] Accessible Formats: The transformation of information, data, pictures, drawings, and other classified items to Braille, or large print, or the transformation of information into electronic or audio formats, or translating into Sign language, or using simplified language, or clarifying the information in any other manner without making any change in the essence or meaning to enable persons with disabilities to review and understand the issue.
[3] Universal Design: The adjustment of goods and services in their initial phases of design and production to allow for the utilization of such services and goods in a manner accessible to everyone.
[4] Accessibility: Attendees with disabilities must be able to reach and use the venue and all its parts such as the training hall, toilets, restaurant, external space, etc.
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