Call for National Tender for the Supply of Startup Kits for Female Youth Club at Nuru Nigeria

Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Our mission is to build resilience corridors of farmer-owned and farmer-led agribusinesses and profitable rural livelihoods in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of northeast Nigeria proximate to conflict-vulnerable areas by 2030. Nuru Nigeria prioritises the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting, meaningful choices through a community-led, community-driven and community-sustained livelihood program across the agriculture value chain.

Applications are invited for:

Title: National Tender for the Supply of Startup Kits for Female Youth Club

Locations: Biu and Kwaya Kusar LGA, Borno, & Toungo LGA, Adamawa
Employment Type: Contract (Supply)

Background

• Female youth unemployment remains a persistent challenge in rural communities of North East Nigeria, particularly in Biu, Kwaya Kusar, and Toungo Local Government Areas (LGAs).
• Young women in these areas face structural barriers such as limited access to startup capital, practical skills, and business support systems, which restrict their ability to engage in productive and sustainable livelihood activities.
• The SUSTAIN Project seeks to address these challenges by promoting inclusive economic empowerment and job creation for women through community-based enterprise development.
• The Female Youth Club Startup Kit Initiative is designed to support female youths to establish and expand small-scale businesses by providing targeted startup kits, basic technical training, and entrepreneurship support.
• This activity will focus on practical, market-relevant enterprises that respond to local demand while promoting health, hygiene, and social well-being.
• By organizing beneficiaries into Female Youth Clubs, the initiative also strengthens collective action, peer learning, and sustainability of women-led enterprises at community level.
• The intervention will target selected communities across Biu, Kwaya Kusar, and Toungo LGAs, where female youths demonstrate strong interest in micro-enterprises but lack the tools and resources to start or scale their businesses to support income generation, self-employment, and small business startups among female youths.

Female Youth Club Kits will include:

• Perfume Production Kits
• Liquid Soap Making Kits
• Bar Soap Making Kits
• Crocheting Kits
• Candle Making Kits
• Hair Oil and Pomade Making Kits
• Local Spice Making Kit
• Reusable Sanitary Pad Production Kits.

Each kit will include relevant tools, raw materials, safety equipment, and basic packaging materials aligned with the specific enterprise.

Items to supply:

• Perfume Production Kits
• Liquid Soap Making Kits
• Bar Soap Making Kits
• Crocheting Kits
• Candle Making Kits
• Hair Oil and Pomade Making Kits
• Local Spice Making Kit
• Reusable Sanitary Pad Production Kits.

Opening, Evaluation of Tenders and Selection Criteria:

• The opening and examination of tenders is for the purpose of checking whether the tenders are complete and whether the tenders are generally in order.

Tender Process:
The following processes will be applied to this Tender:

• Tender Period
• Tender Closing
• Tender Opening
• Administrative Evaluation
• Technical Evaluation
• Financial Evaluation
• Contract Award
• Notification of Contract Award.

The subsequent evaluation of the tenders shall be carried out in Yola by an Evaluation Committee made up of representatives of Nuru Nigeria.
Tenders will be evaluated on the criteria listed below:

• Compliance with Nuru Nigeria Procurement terms and conditions. (Administrative)
• Prices based on best value for money of items requested. (Financials)
• Financials must be on company letterhead
• Registered general supplier companies in furniture (Preferably)
• Adherence with technical specifications requested. (Technical)
• Quality of the product. (Technical)
• Delivery Lead-time. (Technical)
• Similar past experiences with NGO/UN agencies. (Administrative)
• Availability of physical presence (Operational Office/shop). (Technical)
• Payment Terms and Conditions. (Technical)
• Validity of the offer. (Administrative).

Additional Information:

• In the interests of transparency and equal treatment and without being able to modify their tenders, bidders may be required, at the sole written request of the evaluation committee, to provide clarifications within forty-eight (48) hours.
• Any such request for clarification must not seek the correction of formal errors or of major restrictions affecting the performance of the contract or distorting competition.
• Any attempt by a bidder to influence the evaluation committee in the process of examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of tenders, to obtain information on how the procedure is progressing or to influence
• Nuru Nigeria, in its decision concerning the award of the contract will result in the immediate rejection of the tender.
• No liability can be accepted for the late delivery of tenders. Late tenders will be rejected and will not be considered.

Application Closing Date
6th February, 2026 at 5:00 PM.