Recruitment of Service Providers to Operate Child Friendly Spaces — Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT), Mercy Corps

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Non-Consulting Services Employer: Mercy Corps Project: Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT) – AF1 Contract title: Service Provider to Operate 30 Child Friendly Spaces [CFS] Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No.: P181490 RFB No: SD-MC-511188-NC-RFB Issued on: 22.09.2025 1. The Mercy Corps has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enhancing Community Resilience Project (THABAT) – AF1 (P181490) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract [1]for Operator for 30 Child Friendly Spaces. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing.” 2. The Mercy Corps now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Service Provider to Operate 30 Child Friendly Spaces: | |

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Lot 1: Basunda i) Al Jamam Primary School ii) Allam Primary School iii) Kuneina Tabaldiya Primary School iv) Al Zahara Primary School v) Gheriagana Primary School vi) Omar Al Farouq Primary School | • Establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Spaces that provide structured and play-based learning, psychosocial support, and protection services for children. • Ensuring that children from IDP communities and other vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces that offer emotional, social, and cognitive support. • Providing age-appropriate recreational, educational, and social activities that promote resilience, healing, and positive coping mechanisms among children affected by displacement and conflict. • Ensure quality of provision of activities through training and supervision of facilitators and community staff, and monitoring of services. • Implementing child protection mechanisms within the CFS to prevent and respond to risks such as abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Facilitating community engagement and caregiver support to enhance child protection within families and communities. • Ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities and promoting gender-sensitive approaches in all CFS activities. |

-CFS Manager (6) -CFS Facilitators (48) -E-learning Assistants (12) -Cleaners (12) -Guards (12) | • 3rd week of Nov |

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Lot 2: Alfao i) Major 5 primary school ii) Village (11) Primary School iii)Village (7 B) Primary School iv)Village (36 B) Primary School v) Village (11) Primary School vi) Harira Al Ratamat Primary School | • Establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Spaces that provide structured and play-based learning, psychosocial support, and protection services for children. • Ensuring that children from IDP communities and other vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces that offer emotional, social, and cognitive support. • Providing age-appropriate recreational, educational, and social activities that promote resilience, healing, and positive coping mechanisms among children affected by displacement and conflict. • Ensure quality of provision of activities through training and supervision of facilitators and community staff, and monitoring of services. • Implementing child protection mechanisms within the CFS to prevent and respond to risks such as abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Facilitating community engagement and caregiver support to enhance child protection within families and communities. • Ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities and promoting gender-sensitive approaches in all CFS activities. |

-CFS Managers (6) -CFS Facilitators (48)- -E-learning Assistants (12) -Cleaners (12) -Guards (12) | • 3rd week of Nov |

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Lot 3: Alrahad i) Ali Babiker Primary School ii)Al Intifadha Primary School iii)Hay Al Ganain Primary School iv)Khashm Al Batta Primary School v)Al Muthana bin Amro Primary School vi)Al Thoura Primary School | • Establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Spaces that provide structured and play-based learning, psychosocial support, and protection services for children. • Ensuring that children from IDP communities and other vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces that offer emotional, social, and cognitive support. • Providing age-appropriate recreational, educational, and social activities that promote resilience, healing, and positive coping mechanisms among children affected by displacement and conflict. • Ensure quality of provision of activities through training and supervision of facilitators and community staff, and monitoring of services. • Implementing child protection mechanisms within the CFS to prevent and respond to risks such as abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Facilitating community engagement and caregiver support to enhance child protection within families and communities. • Ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities and promoting gender-sensitive approaches in all CFS activities. |

-CFS Manager (6) -CFS Facilitators (48) -E-learning Assistants (12) -Cleaners (12) -Guards (12) | • 3rd week of Nov |

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Lot 4: Al-Fashaga i)Al Ribad Primary School ii)Al Nahdha Primary School iii)Al Mansoura Primary School iv)Al Jabarab Primary School v)Al Mugasama Primary School vi)Al Markaz Al Rifee Intermediate School | • Establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Spaces that provide structured and play-based learning, psychosocial support, and protection services for children. • Ensuring that children from IDP communities and other vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces that offer emotional, social, and cognitive support. • Providing age-appropriate recreational, educational, and social activities that promote resilience, healing, and positive coping mechanisms among children affected by displacement and conflict. • Ensure quality of provision of activities through training and supervision of facilitators and community staff, and monitoring of services. • Implementing child protection mechanisms within the CFS to prevent and respond to risks such as abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Facilitating community engagement and caregiver support to enhance child protection within families and communities. • Ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities and promoting gender-sensitive approaches in all CFS activities. |

-CFS Manager (6) -CFS Facilitators (48) -E-learning Assistants (12) -Cleaners (12) -Guards (12) | • 3rd week of Nov |

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Lot 5: Al-Mafaza i)Al Humayra Primary School ii)Annas Bin Malik Primary School iii)Khawla Bint Al Azzwar Primary School iv)Al Sharqiya Primary School v)Al Faki Abdalla Primary School vi)Khalid Bin Al Waleed Primary School | • Establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Spaces that provide structured and play-based learning, psychosocial support, and protection services for children. • Ensuring that children from IDP communities and other vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces that offer emotional, social, and cognitive support. • Providing age-appropriate recreational, educational, and social activities that promote resilience, healing, and positive coping mechanisms among children affected by displacement and conflict. • Ensure quality of provision of activities through training and supervision of facilitators and community staff, and monitoring of services. • Implementing child protection mechanisms within the CFS to prevent and respond to risks such as abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Facilitating community engagement and caregiver support to enhance child protection within families and communities. • Ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities and promoting gender-sensitive approaches in all CFS activities. |

-CFS Manager (6) -CFS Facilitators (48) -E-learning Assistants (12) -Cleaners (12) -Guards (12) | • 3rd week of Nov 3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers -” February 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders (or only to prequalified Bidders as the case may be) as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Mercy Corps Sudan office, James Wandera- jwandera@mercycorps.org and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1500 hours [Sunday to Thursday] at the address given below: Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps Office Sudan. 5. The bidding document in ENGLISH may be collected by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to [jwandera@mercycorps.org] and the address below: Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps Office Sudan. The document will be sent through following email: sd-tenders@mercycorps.org 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below: Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps Office Sudan on or before 2 PM Sudan Time on 16.10.2025. 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 the address below: Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps Office Sudan. at 2 PM Sudan Time on 16.10.2025 7. All Bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration,” 8. 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.”] 9. The address(es) referred to above is (are): Address: Aljubarab East District, Gedaref, Mercy Corps Office Sudan. Contact Name : James Wandera Mobile : +249900700962 Email : jwandera@mercycor