Skills for Economic Transformation and Jobs Program — SET4Jobs Eastern and Southern Africa MPA Program

INTER UNIVERSITY COUNCIL FOR EAST AFRICA Plot M833 Kigobe Rd, Kyambogo | P.O Box 7110 Kampala | www.iucea.org | email:info@iucea.org GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE COUNTRY: UGANDA/EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | NAME OF PROJECT: SKILLS FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFAORMATION AND JOBS (SET4JOBS) IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA MULTI-PHASE PROGRAM APPROACH (MPA) PROGRAM GRANT NO.: IDA-E6260 PROJECT ID No.: P510027 The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) has received financing in the amount of US$ USD: 5 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Skills for Economic Transformation and Jobs (SET4Jobs) in Eastern and Southern Africa MPA Program (P510027), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following components; • Component 1 – Enhancing Regional Collaboration: Support to crossborder engagement by fostering structured collaboration, academic mobility, private sector engagement in thematic networks in priority and green sectors; regional higher education accreditation support; scaling and implementation support for a regional TVET qualifications framework; and regional knowledgesharing and employer engagement. • Component 2 – Capacity Building for Private Sector Engagement and Institutional Strengthening: Capacity building for accelerated private sector engagement and institutional strengthening, analytical and learning agenda activities including workbased learning, microcredentialing, tracer and comparative studies, genderinformed toolkits, and support to institutional governance and resource mobilization.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016) (Procurement Regulations) revised February 2025, and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations.2 Upon project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a No Objection.

Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, on the World Bank’s external website and the website of IUCEA as well as national newspaper (New Vision) and regional newspaper (The East African) Prequalification/Initial Selection of suppliers, for selected contracts, may be required and these will be specified in relevant notices. Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below: Project Coordinator SET4Jobs MPA Program Inter University Council for East Africa Plot M833 Kigobe Rd, Kyambogo Kampala, Uganda P.O Box 7110 Kampala Email: rayine@iucea.org Cc email: ckakooza@iucea.org Website: www.iucea.org