Procurement and distribution of learning materials and vocational skills kits

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE KWARA STATE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT Request for Bids (RFB) - Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Nigeria Name of Project: AGILE - Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project Contract Title: Procurement and distribution of resource materials and vocational skills kits. IDA No.: P170664 RFB Reference No.: NG-KWARA AGILE ADF-571329-GO-RFB, Package 1 Issued on: 23rd October, 2026 1. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project (AGILE) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Procurement and distribution of resource materials and vocational skills kits to Literacy Centres and Vocational Centres across Kwara State.

• The Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Procurement and distribution of resource materials and vocational skills kits to Literacy Centres and Vocational Centres across the state. The delivery period shall be four (4) months.

Margin of Preference shall not be allowed. 3. Bidding will be conducted through National Open Competitive Procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulation for IPF Borrowers” (September, 2025) (“Procurement Regulation”) Available on www.worldbank.org/en/programs/project-procurement/framework and it open to all Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

• Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Kwara State Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning & Empowerment Project, The State Project Coordinator, Adeshina Azeez Salami kwarastateagile@gmail.com, CC: nihinlolabolarin@gmail.com and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below: No 17, Agba Road, GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State. 5.

The bidding document in English may be purchased from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) only in a Bank draft in favour of “Kwara State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project”; or bank transfer to the SPIU’s bank account details below: Account Name: AGILE Project Account Account Number: 0093368754 Bank Name: Sterling Bank. The Document may be collected at the address below on presentation of proof of payment or sent by email, or at the request of the bidder, the documents could also be sent by courier after payment of an additional fee to cover the cost of delivery.

• Bids must be delivered to the address in paragraph 10 below on or before Friday, 20th November, 2026. 12:00 pm (local time). Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at AGILE Project Office, No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday, 20th November, 2026 at 12:00 pm (local time).

• All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration duly signed by the bidder authorized representative. 8. All Bids must be accompanied by a Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and/or Sexual Harassment (SH) Declaration.

• Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. 10.

The address referred to above is: The State Project Coordinator, AGILE Project Office, No 17, Agba Road, G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. +234-8124700145, +234-8078095567 email: kwarastateagile@gmail.com CC: nihinlolabolarin@gmail.co