BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS – KENYA

SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Assignment Title: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS – KENYA Assignment Countries: Kenya ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The objective of this assignment is to recruit a qualified firm to deliver business management training that equips women in business to improve how they manage their enterprises and prepare them for growth. Gender diversity is an important strategic theme for IFC. IFC supports clients to invest in the value women bring as consumers, business leaders, employees, entrepreneurs, and suppliers, and to develop gender-smart solutions that expand women’s access to financial products, services, and capacity-building opportunities. The client is a full-service commercial bank in Kenya serving individuals, SMEs, larger corporates, financial institutions, and international counterparties. The client seeks to strengthen its capacity to serve the women’s segment in Kenya. ELIGIBILITY Eligibility restrictions apply: Only firms that have IFC training certification to deliver adult training. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now NOTES Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding. Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.