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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR UDDOKTA PROJECT iDE is an international NGO with over 37 years of experience in designing and delivering market-based anti-poverty programs in 14 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh currently has eight projects in agricultural markets, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and access to finance with a focus on women’s economic empowerment and climate-smart technologies. Uddokta - empowering entrepreneurs - is a three-year (2020-2022) project co-funded by Chevron and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by iDE. Under Chevron’s Bangladesh Partnership Initiative (BPI) and SDC’s COVID-19 Relief Emergency Grant, Uddokta seeks to improve income and livelihoods, and promote inclusive and non-discriminative society and employment opportunities of the poor and disadvantaged people through enterprise development and strengthening market systems in the Sylhet Division (Northeast of Bangladesh). The first objective of the project is to increase the income of 1,100 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the second objective is to ensure 1,500 out-of-job youths who have been affected by COVID-19 have full-time equivalent jobs in high-growth sectors. Approximately 30,000 households are anticipated to benefit from increased incomes as a result of improved social and economic wellbeing including access to goods, services, and employment triggered through systemic market changes catalyzed by Uddokta. Uddokta is being implemented in 4 districts in the Sylhet division: Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, and Sunamganj. iDE Bangladesh invites a proposal for consultancy services to conduct market analysis study for the Uddokta project. Please refer to the detailed TOR (attached here) for this assignment. Interested firms are asked to submit their Technical and Financial Proposal to bangladesh.procurement@ideglobal.org . Please write “Uddokta Market Analysis Consultancy” in the subject line. The proposals should be submitted by 11.59 pm BDT on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. We are only able to consider electronic submissions. Only shortlisted firms will be contacted and invited for a technical discussion. iDE reserves the right to accept or reject any submission without any prior explanation whatsoever. |