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

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.

Method of Application
The tender package can be downloaded from the link in this publication. It shall consist of two categorizations, documents should be dully filled, signed and stamped.

Click here to download the Tender Package

Order of arranging documents:

Administrative and technical documents should be put in the same envelope and marked “Administrative and Technical”. Financial offers should be placed in a different envelope marked “Financial offer” All copy should be placed in a sealed, non-identifiable envelope. This sealed non-identifiable envelope shall be titled: Tender for the supply of startup kits for female youth club: ITB-2026-0014.

Note: Only bidders that pass Administrative and Technical evaluation will proceed to Financial Evaluation.

The tenders can be submitted through the following:
Hand delivery of Physical bids receipt to the following address:
Nuru Nigeria - Yola Office,
Plot No: Plot K46 Karewa GRA,
Jimeta, Yola, 
Adamawa State (between 8:30 am - 5:00 pm).

For e-bids submissions By Email to the following email addresses: procurement@nurunigeria.org using the title “ITB-2026-0014” as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Late bids submission will not be accepted, and will be returned to the Proponent or discarded.
• Also, all bids will be irrevocable after the Call for Tenders closing date.

Content of Tenders:

• The Tenderer must provide all the documents provided by NN in the tender package with other documents requested by NURU NIGERIA in compliance with the requirements set out.
• The proposal shall include, as a minimum:
  • NN Supplier registration form” and Code of conduct duly completed.
  • These NN forms should be completed with all required information and the below to be provided accordingly.
  • Proof of company registration in Nigeria (CAC certificate);
  • Proof of being a registered supply company
  • Current Tax Payment Certificate;
  • Quotation or detailed Price offer.
  • Prices offered must be in Nigerian Naira currency.
  • Only Unit price with WHT included will be accepted.
  • Quotation must have a date and validity
  • Quotation must mention mode of payment.
  • Nuru Nigeria’s Code of Conduct filled and signed by the duly authorized person.
  • Experience of working with INGOs and/or UN Agencies with two (2) relevant employees of such organizations as a reference.

Disclaimer: Failure to provide all of the above and in the formats stipulated will result to disqualification of the Tenderer’s proposal.