Procurement policies and bid opportunities

The International Rescue Committee, hereinafter referred to as “the IRC”, is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that provides relief, rehabilitation, protection, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees, displaced persons and victims of oppression and violent conflict.

The IRC is currently implementing a five-year urban livelihoods program: Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re: Build). The Re: Build program is funded by the IKEA Foundation and is currently under implementation in Kampala (Uganda) and Nairobi (Kenya). The objective of Re: Build is to enable positive change in the lives of urban refugees and generate evidence of what works in designing livelihoods programs for urban refugees and their host communities. Our approach in delivering this objective is by identifying client-centered approaches and practices that have the potential of building economic self-reliance for the refugees and their host communities. We will continuously test effectiveness of these approaches, and regularly promote the findings through diverse platforms as a strategy for championing the cause of urban refugee with governments, donors, civil society and private sector to facilitate adoption of successful interventions at a large scale, with the aim of creating transformative opportunities for millions of people in East African cities and beyond.

The IRC invites proposals from interested bidders for Data collection (multiple end line surveys) and fieldwork activities for the Re:build wave 1 Randomized Control Trial (RCT) research study in Kampala, Uganda. IRC will sign a service agreement with the successful bidder.

The IRC Sudan program invites proposals from interested bidders for the supply of dignity kits. IRC will sign a Master Purchase Agreement for one year (1) year with the successful bidder(s). All bidders who are currently engaged by IRC for the supply of dignity kits are required to re-apply in order to comply with conditions stipulated in the RFP.

The International Rescue Committee, hereinafter referred to as “the IRC”, is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that provides relief, rehabilitation, protection, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees, displaced persons and victims of oppression and violent conflict. The IRC has been working in Uganda since 1998 in response to mass displacement and devastation wrought by the rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Since then, in partnership with various donors, the IRC in Uganda has expanded to meet the needs of the conflict-affected regions of Karamoja and Acholi, and in the West Nile region, Southwestern Uganda as well as amongst urban refugees in Kampala and has a requirement to contract vocational institutions to provide vocational skills training to IRC clients—urban refugees and the host communities in Kampala with more focus on the three divisions of Makindye, Rubaga and Central Divisions.

The IRC Uganda program invites applications from interested vocational training institutions in Kampala for provision of vocational skills training for urban refugees and host communities in the three divisions of Makindye, Rubaga and Central.

We are looking for local technology partners and hardware manufacturers to sell or lease tablets or other devices, support connectivity, storage and charging solutions, and assist with technology set-up, training and management.

The local technology partner should have technical capabilities to set-up devices with software, support any technology-related challenges that may arise in the field (remotely and/or in-person), and work with our design team to explore storage, connectivity and charging solutions in areas with low resources and high levels of constraints.

Our vision is to work closely with the local technology partner to develop and execute an optimized model in our next phase in Cox’s Bazar. Based on a successful execution in Cox’s Bazar, we hope to continue working with the local technology partner as we scale-up the program.