Request for quotation : Nursery and Grafting Service Provider and skills Training in North Lebanon.

1. Description of the needed service:

CARE international in Lebanon (CIL) is contracting a service provider who is capable of delivering the following services:

Providing Training Sessions and employment opportunities:

This training will primarily target vulnerable women and youth from Syrian and Lebanese communities, residing in rural and peri-urban areas, and seek to address challenges they experience in entering the employment market. The youth participants will be selected by CIL from local vocational schools and through communal referrals, and will go through an application, testing and selection process, in accordance with WFP outreach and assessment guidelines.

After graduating from the PSS and LS trainings, 120 targeted youth participants will participate in Vocational training (VT), targeted to the agricultural and agro-food processing sector, covering topics such as Irrigation systems, Nurseries and grafting, Green Houses Installation and welding, and catering; in addition to safety measures and hygiene management. VT will last 1 month, including 40-60 hours of training. After graduating the VT, 60 vulnerable youth participants will be placed in paid “On-the-job” training (OJT) at a host employer who will assign a dedicated trainer to build the youth on job-related skills practically for a period of 15 days (40-60 hours for one-month period). OJT hosting entities will be carefully chosen by CARE based on the retention possibility as well as the potential of knowledge transfer. The dedicated trainer will be compensated for his time with a payment of 150 USD per participant paid by CIL. Following the OJT, the 60 youth participants will be able to obtain a three-month paid Apprenticeship (40-60 hours per month) with participating employers, in order to open employment pathways for these trained youths. During Apprenticeships, youth will be treated as employees in the probation phase aiming to be retained. They will execute real tasks (productive) while covering some lacking skills. CARE will identify employers in the position to take on newly-skilled laborers and will establish and monitor the capacity building plan. By the end of the apprenticeship, CARE expects a high retention rate of apprentices transitioning to formal employment, based on previous experience.

2. The Application Process and Selection Criteria:

The request for a service provider will be advertised through Daleel-madani for different candidates to provide quotations; in addition to any candidates identified by the procurement department after the market assessment.

For applicants applying as a company/organization, the following documents are to be attached to the application:

• Profile of the organization;
• Quotation letter for services to be filled by the service provider including both the Financial and the Service requirements tables filled;
• CVs of potential trainers/coaches;
• Copy of registration certificate showing MoF number (if existing);

The Service Providers shall observe the highest standard of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts. CIL will reject a bid if it determines that the bidder recommended for award, has engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, or coercive practices in competing for, or in executing, the contract.