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Advertisement – REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
WUSC invites proposals for the follo\wing: «\Development of A Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy for the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) Consultancy »
«RFP\\JOR\\2026\\PR\\741 »
The closing date for receipt of proposals will be «18 Nov 2026» at«04:00 PM Amman Local time» –
All submissions must be electronically submitted to Jordan procurement email address
« procurement.jo@wusc.ca»
For further information, contact WUSC through « procurement.jo@wusc.ca»
Contents
INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS 2
1. Description of the Procurement 2
2. Eligibility and Qualification of Bidders 2
3. Language of the Proposal 2
4. Documents included in the Proposal 2
5. Clarification and Amendment 3
6. Modification and Withdrawal 4
7. Payment and Currency 4
8. Format, signing and submission of Proposals 4
9. Deadline for Submission of Bids 4
10. BidOpening 4
11. Evaluationof Technical Proposals 4
12. Evaluation of Financial Proposals 5
13. Confidentiality 6
14. Notification of Award 6
15. Awardof Contract 6
16. Signingof Contract and Performance Security 6
17. Settlementof Disputes 7
18. Compliances 7
Annex 1:Terms of Reference (TOR) 8
INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS
1. Description of the Procurement
WUSC intends to procure a “Development of A Safeguarding and Women At Work Protection Policy for the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) Consultant” as per the Terms of Reference attached in Annex 1.
2. Eligibility and Qualification of Bidders
2.1 In order to be awarded the contract, bidders should possess the financial, economic, technical, and professional capacity to perform the contract. Bidders should fulfill their tax and social insurance liabilities in the country and should not currently be subject to a debarment penalty.
2.2 Bidders must adhere to the highest ethical standards, both throughout the bidding process and execution of the contract.
2.3 WUSC has a zero tolerance for unethical behavior/corrupt practices, including:
o Bribery: the act of unduly offering, giving, receiving or soliciting anything of value to influence the procurement process;
o Extortion or coercion: the act of attempting to influence the process of procuring goods or services, or executing contracts by means of threats of injury to person, property or reputation;
o Fraud: misrepresentation of information or facts for the purpose of influencing the procurement process;
o Collusion: an agreement between bidders designed to result in bids at artificial prices that are not competitive;
o Guilt of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the contracting authority as a condition of participation in the contract procedure or failing to supply this information;
o Anti-terrorism: support of any terrorist or terrorist group as defined by donors;
o Other civil, criminal acts or otherwise illegal activity which would be detrimental to the financial interests of WUSC
2.4 WUSC may declare the consultancy firms, their boards of directors and/or individual personnel ineligible to register with the organization either indefinitely or for a stated period of time.
2.5 WUSC will reject a proposal if it establishes that the bidder recommended for award has engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices in competing for the contract.
2.6 Freelance consultants are eligible for this RFP (Local bidders only – Located in Jordan)
3. Language of the Proposal
The Proposal as well as all correspondence and documents related to the proposal shall be written in English.
4. Documents included in the Proposal
The proposal will be prepared, submitted, and evaluated in two parts as follows:
4.1 Technical Proposal Format and Content
The Technical Proposal shall be prepared using the consultant/ firm’s format and shall comprise the documents listed\\.\\ The Technical Proposal shall not include any financial information. A Technical Proposal containing material financial information shall be declared non-responsive.
Section 1 (In case of an open tender where the suppliers are not known to WUSC; the following documents should be requested) for eligibility and compliance check/evaluation
o Covering letter on firms headed paper giving complete details including email addresses, telephone contacts, office location where applicable; not required for freelance bidders.
o Copy of Certificate of incorporation/registration (Commercial registration) where applicable; not required for freelance bidders.
o Valid Tax compliance certificate (where applicable)
o Copy of Current Trading License (Vocational license) where applicable; not required for freelance bidders.
Failure to submit the documents requested in section 1 will lead to rejection of the proposal.
4.2 Financial Proposal format and content
The Financial Proposal shall be prepared using the consultant/firm’s format, and it shall list all costs associated with the assignment, including (a) remuneration for Key Experts and Non-Key Experts, (b) reimbursable expenses as follows:
o Summary of Costs
o Breakdown of Remuneration of the key experts proposed
o Reimbursable expenses if any
4.2.1 The prices given in the financial proposal must include all taxes and duties in accordance with the laws of the country.
4.2.2 The price offered must remain fixed during the contract performance.
4.2.3 The bid price must be in the requested Currency, which is Jordanian Dinar (JOD).
5. Clarification and Amendment
WUSC will, within 5 working days, respond in writing or electronic mail to any request for clarification received in writing or electronic mail no later than 7 days before expiry of the deadline for submission of the bid. The response will be distributed to all bidders without identifying the source of the request. All enquiries should be written to WUSC through (procurement.jo@wusc.ca).
6. Modification and Withdrawal
6.1 The bidder may submit a modified bid or a modification to any part of it at any time prior to the proposal submission deadline. The bidder’s withdrawal notice must be marked as “Modification”. No modifications to the bid shall be accepted after the deadline.
6.2 The bidder may submit a bid withdrawal notice to any part of it at any time prior to the proposal submission deadline. The bidder’s withdrawal notice must be marked as “Withdrawal”. No withdrawals to the bid shall be accepted after the deadline.
7. Payment and Currency
7.1 Payment under the Contract shall be made in the currency or currencies in the bid which is (JOD)
7.2 Payment will be made within 30 days upon submission of the invoice and satisfactory receipt of goods/services.
8. Format, signing and submission of Proposals
8.1 An authorized representative of the bidder shall sign the original submission letters in the required format as one original.
8.2 The original Technical Proposal shall be clearly marked “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” and the title of the attachment.
8.3 The original Financial Proposal shall be clearly marked “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” as the title of the attachment. (Note: Technical and financial proposals must be submitted in one email with separate attachments).
9. Deadline for Submission of Bids
The proposal must be submitted through the email with the subject of \\"Mapping Barriers to Women’s Entry and Participation in the ECCD Workforce in Jordan, with a Focus on Refugee Women and Women with Disabilities Consultant- RFP\\JOR\\2026\\741” and must be received by WUSC by Nov 18, 2026, 04:00 pm Amman local time. Bids received after this date will be rejected.
Proposals submitted must be valid for 90 days from the bid submission date.
10. Bid Opening
10.1 WUSC evaluation committee shall conduct the opening of the proposals immediately after the bid submission time.The opening date will be 19 November 2026.
10.2 At the opening of the proposals, only the Technical proposal shall be opened while Financial Proposal shall remain at the procurement department and shall be securely stored. bids the following shall be read out: (i) the name and the country of the bidder (ii) any modifications to the bid submitted prior to the proposal submission deadline, (iii) any other information deemed appropriate. This information will be filled in the bid opening form.
11. Evaluation of Technical Proposals
11.1 The evaluators of the Technical Proposals shall have no access to the Financial Proposals until the technical evaluation is concluded.
11.2 The tender committee shall evaluate the Technical Proposals on the basis of their responsiveness to the Terms of Reference and the RFP, applying the evaluation criteria, sub-criteria, and point system specified below. Each responsive Proposal will be given a technical score.
A Proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it does not respond to important aspects of the RFP or if it fails to achieve the minimum technical score.
During evaluation of bids, WUSC may request the bidder, in writing, using mailing address or email address, to provide clarification of his bid. No change in price or substance of the bid shall be sought, offered or permitted.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria
Criteria, sub-criteria, and point system for the evaluation of the Technical Proposals:
1\. Technical (which includes: Relevance of education and experience in conducting similar assignments and trainings, Experience in working with public institutions and government and INGOs , Experience in, conducting training sessions. Experiance of National policies and regulation assessment (70 points)
2\. Financial Proposal (30 points)
Total points for the four criteria\\\:\\\ 100
The minimum technical score (St) required to pass is: 65
The minimum Overall score: 70
12. Evaluation of Financial Proposals
12.1 The Financial Proposals of the bidders who attain the minimum technical scores are opened and the summary of cost prices read out and recorded in the bid opening form by the tender committee. All other Financial Proposals are returned unopened after the Contract negotiations are successfully concluded and the Contract is signed.
12.2 Arithmetical errors will be rectified in the following manner. If there is a discrepancy between the unit price and the total price, obtained in multiplying the unit price by quantity, the unit price will prevail. If there is a discrepancy between the words and figures, the amount in words shall prevail. If the bidder disagrees with such his bid will be rejected.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria
The lowest evaluated Financial Proposal (Fm) is given the maximum financial score (Sf) of 100.
The formula for determining the financial scores (Sf) of all other Proposals is calculated as follows:
Sf = 100 x Fm/ F, in which “Sf” is the financial score, “Fm” is the lowest price, and “F” the price of the proposal under consideration.
\[or replace with another inversely proportional formula acceptable to the WUSC\]
The weights given to the Technical (T) and Financial (P) Proposals are:
T = \[70\], and
P = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\[30\]
Proposals are ranked according to their combined technical (St) and financial (Sf) scores using the weights (T = the weight given to the Technical Proposal; P = the weight given to the Financial Proposal; T + P = 1) as following: S = St x T% + Sf x P%.
13. Confidentiality
13.1 No bidder will contact WUSC on any matter related to his bid except for requests related to clarifications of the bid. Information concerning procurement process and evaluation of bids is confidential. Any clarification related to the selection process shall be done only in writing.
13.2 Any attempt by the bidder to influence improperly WUSC officials in the evaluation of the bid or Contract award decisions may result in the rejection of its bid, and may be subject to the application of prevailing WUSC’s debarment procedures.
14. Notification of Award
14.1 The Consultant with the Most Advantageous Proposal, which is the Proposal that achieves the highest combined technical and financial scores, will be notified of award of contract by WUSC in writing.
14.2 At the same time WUSC notifies the successful bidder, WUSC will notify all other unsuccessful bidders and provide a debrief where one is sought in writing within 5 days.
14.3 The notice of acceptance will be given by the successful bidder within 7 days of the notification of award.
15. Award of Contract
15.1 WUSC will award the contract to the bidder whose bid is determined to be substantially responsive and who offered the best evaluated bid.
15.2 WUSC reserves the right to accept or reject any bid or all bids and to cancel the bidding process at any time prior to award of the contract without thereby incurring any liability to bidders without being required to inform the bidders of reasons for such actions.
16. Signing of Contract and Performance Security
16.1 WUSC will send the successful bidder the Contract. The bidder will sign and date the contract and return to WUSC within 14 days of receipt of the notice of award.
16.2 Together with the signed Contract, the bidder will furnish WUSC with a Performance Security, if required to do so.
16.3 If the successful bidder fails to submit the performance security, if required to do so, within 14 days, then it shall be sufficient grounds to revoke the award of the contract. In this case, WUSC will award the contract to the next bidder.
16.4 A performance security may be required in cases where the supplier is given an advance payment. Performance Security must be in the form of a Bank Guarantee or a bond from an Insurance Company licensed by the Bank.
17. Settlement of Disputes
Disputes that may arise during the performance of the Contract shall be settled in accordance with the laws of the country, by arbitration or mutual agreement between the parties.
18. Compliances
Bidders must submit valid certificates of compliances from the relevant bodies as requested.
Burden of Childcare Reduced and Addressed for Women in Jordan (BUCRA)
Call for Consultant(s): DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFEGUARDING AND WOMEN AT WORK PROTECTION POLICY FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CORPORATION (VTC) Consultant
Terms of Reference
RFP\\JOR\\2026\\741
BACKGROUND:
Burden of Childcare Reduced and Addressed for Women in Jordan (BUCRA - meaning Tomorrow in Arabic) is a 5-year initiative (2024-2029) funded by Global Affairs Canada and designed to enhance the economic empowerment of women in Jordan. BUCRA takes a system approach that engages and supports local stakeholders from government, training bodies, the private sector and communities to drive gender-transformative change that addresses the most pressing childcare issues preventing women from participating and remaining in the workforce in Jordan. BUCRA targets over 8,600 women in 7 regions. The approach of equipping key stakeholders to address systemic barriers will enable the impacts to be experienced by women throughout Jordan over the long term.
BUCRA is implemented in partnership with several local implementing partners including relevant government agencies, the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) and the National Council of Family Affairs (NCFA) and civil society organization (Rayat Alyawm) under the umbrella of the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD). WUSC and partners will deliver under five key outcome areas: i) enhance the capacity of training providers to provide quality, market-relevant, and inclusive Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) training; ii) increase access by women to ECCD-related services to secure employment or start/expand their home-based nurseries; iii) improve capacity of key stakeholders to develop and implement gender-responsive policy and regulation fostering the availability of quality ECCD services; iv) improve attitudes among women and their communities about women's work and ECCD; and v) enhance the capacity of ECCD employers to provide quality, gender-responsive and inclusive ECCD services.
Context:
VTC is one of BUCRA’s key partners in the project’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of training providers to deliver quality, market-relevant, gender-transformative, and inclusive Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) training. As a training institution, VTC plays an important role in promoting safe, inclusive, and gender-responsive learning and working environments through its existing gender unit.
Within the framework of BUCRA’s Year 3 Annual Work Plan, there is a need to provide technical support to the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) on safeguarding and gender-based violence (GBV), with the aim of fostering a safe and inclusive training and working environment for all employees, free from violence, harassment, and discrimination, and ensuring the protection of their rights and dignity and equal opportunities. This support will include a systematic review of VTC’s existing institutional documents and practices related to safeguarding, GBV, workplace protection, complaints mechanisms, human resources (HR), codes of conduct, reporting, and referral mechanisms. The review will assess both formal policies and procedures and the extent to which existing institutional mechanisms are implemented and function effectively in practice. It will also build on the findings of the previous institutional audit to identify gaps, avoid duplication, and inform the development or updating of relevant institutional documents, alongside targeted capacity-building activities to strengthen VTC’s institutional capacity to prevent and respond to safeguarding concerns and GBV.
Purpose:
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance to the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) to review its existing safeguarding, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and related institutional documents and develop a comprehensive Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy, supported by practical recommendations and capacity-strengthening measures.
The consultancy aims to strengthen VTC’s institutional capacity and systems to prevent, identify, report, and respond to safeguarding concerns, GBV, harassment, discrimination, and other protection-related risks affecting all staff and learners in both the workplace and learning environments.
The assignment will follow a participatory and consultative approach, engaging relevant VTC stakeholders to ensure that the policy is context-specific, aligned with VTC’s institutional mandate and existing mechanisms, and clearly defines roles, responsibilities, reporting procedures, and response measures
Scope of Work:
- Review and map all existing VTC policies, procedures, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, HR mechanisms, complaints and reporting mechanisms, safeguarding/GBV-related documents, referral pathways, and other relevant institutional mechanisms. The review should also consider relevant findings and recommendations from the previous VTC institutional audit and assess how existing mechanisms are currently applied in practice, where information is available. The review may also consider existing policies and procedures from other Jordanian institutions and governmental bodies, where lessons learned could be relevant to the VTC.
- Conduct a safeguarding and GBV institutional gap analysis based on the document review, previous institutional audit findings, relevant national requirements/frameworks, and applicable good practices. The analysis should identify what mechanisms currently exist, what is missing or insufficient, areas of overlap or inconsistency, implementation gaps, and priority areas requiring strengthening. This gap analysis should specifically use an intersectional lens to understand how diverse groups of employees (women, men, persons with disabilities, and other minorities) are able to benefit or are excluded from existing policies and practices.
- Facilitate a validation session to ensure that the findings of the gap analysis correspond to the VTC’s understanding. This step will ensure that the analysis does not have any gaps, and that there is buy-in for overarching policy direction before a draft is presented to VTC management.
- Develop a draft Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy tailored to VTC’s institutional and vocational training context, covering prevention, reporting and complaints mechanisms, referral and response procedures, confidentiality, roles and responsibilities, and protection from GBV and other safeguarding concerns.
- Facilitate a second validation session with relevant VTC staff to review the draft policy, validate the findings and proposed mechanisms, identify any remaining gaps or implementation considerations, and agree on revisions required before finalization.
- Finalize the Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy, incorporating VTC’ s feedback and providing practical recommendations for implementation, institutionalization, and follow-up within VTC.
- Design and deliver practical safeguarding and GBV training of trainers for relevant VTC staff and other identified focal points. The training should introduce the finalized policy and strengthen participants’ understanding of safeguarding principles, prevention, identification and reporting of concerns, complaints and reporting mechanisms, referral and response procedures, confidentiality, protection from retaliation, roles and responsibilities, and practical application of the policy within VTC. This training should give staff and focal points the tools, materials and knowledge needed to support dissemination of the policy throughout the organization, as well as to conduct regular refresher trainings, after the conclusion of this consultancy
- Final Consultancy Report and Recommendations: Submission of a comprehensive final report outlining the consultancy process, key findings, developed policy, and practical recommendations for institutional strengthening and implementation.
- \\Inception Report and Review Methodology :\\Detailed inception plan outlining the proposed methodology, document review approach, analytical framework, consultation process, key stakeholders, assessment tools, and proposed timeline.
- Safeguarding and GBV Gap Analysis: Safeguarding and GBV gap analysis findings built on identifying existing mechanisms, identifying gaps, overlaps, inconsistencies, implementation challenges, and priority areas for improvement, based on relevant national requirements and applicable good practices.
- Safeguarding and GBV Gap Analysis Validation Session: Develop session materials or presentations and facilitate a discussion to ensure that VTC staff and management are in agreement with the gap analysis findings.
- Draft Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy: Draft Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy tailored to VTC’s institutional and vocational training context including practical recommendations for strengthening existing institutional mechanisms and addressing the priority gaps identified through the review and gap analysis.
- To facilitate a validation Session: Validation session with relevant VTC staff, including the Gender Unit, to present and review the draft policy, gather feedback, clarify institutional roles and implementation requirements, and identify necessary revisions.
- \\Final Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy :\\Final Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy incorporating feedback from WUSC and relevant VTC staff following the validation session.
- Safeguarding and GBV Capacity- Strengthening Training of Trainers: Practical safeguarding and GBV training for relevant VTC staff to introduce the finalized policy , covering safeguarding principles, prevention, identification and reporting of concerns, complaints mechanisms, referral procedures, confidentiality, and staff roles and responsibilities and other concerns. The consultant is responsible for designing the training materials and supporting resources to facilitate the application of the knowledge and practices introduced during the training.
- Final Consultancy Report and Recommendations: A comprehensive report documenting the review process, key findings of the safeguarding and GBV gap analysis, assessment of existing institutional mechanisms, identified gaps and priority areas for improvement, and capacity-building activities delivered. In addition to clear and actionable, evidence-based practical recommendations for strengthening VTC’s safeguarding and GBV prevention and response mechanisms, including practical recommendations for policy implementation, institutionalization, monitoring, and follow-up.
- Announcement date
- Q&A Questions and Answers (Procurement.jo@wusc.ca)
- Deadline for submitting the bid
- Signing of agreement with the Selected Consultant & Kick-off meeting
- Submission of inception report
- Submission of gap analysis and recommendation Report
- Submission of draft safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy
- Validation session
- Submission of final safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy
- Safeguarding/GBV training sessions (Including Introduction to the Policy)
- Submission of final consultancy report
- Advanced university degree in Gender Studies, Social Work, Psychology, Law, Human Rights, Development Studies, Public Health, Safeguarding, Social Sciences, or another relevant field.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in safeguarding, gender-based violence, gender equality, protection, gender-responsive programming, or related areas, with proven experience in developing, reviewing, or strengthening institutional safeguarding and GBV policies, protection frameworks, codes of conduct, or related institutional policies.
- Experience conducting institutional assessments, document reviews, consultations, and gap analyses.
- Demonstrated experience in designing and facilitating training on safeguarding, GBV, gender equality, protection, or related topics.
- Experience working with government institutions, vocational training institutions, civil society organizations, development partners, or other relevant institutions.
- Strong knowledge of the Jordanian context and relevant national frameworks related to gender equality, GBV, safeguarding, protection, and women’s participation in the workforce, with a solid understanding of gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate participatory consultations and validation processes with diverse stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical, reporting, and professional writing skills.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills in Arabic, with good command of English.
- A technical proposal outlining their approach, methodology, and work plan.
- Profiles of proposed trainers/facilitators if applicable.
- A financial proposal in Jordanian Dinars, inclusive of all costs.
- A summary of relevant past experience.
- 25% payment will be made upon signing, after receiving the appropriate invoice
- 20% upon submission of the inception Report.
- 25% upon submission of the Safeguarding and Women at Work Protection Policy
- 30% % payment will be made after submitting the final report.
DELIVERABLES:
Note: WUSC will be responsible for the orientation session costs- (Logistics, Venue, etc..)
The Policy and all related training materials shall be developed and submitted in Arabic. WUSC will be responsible for translating the Policy into English. The Consultant shall proofread and validate the English translation to ensure its accuracy, consistency with the original Arabic version, and technical appropriateness, and provide final approval of the translated version.
TIMELINES:
Table 1: Important Dates
Key Activities
Date
05 .Nov.2026
12 .Nov.2026
1. NOV.2026
26.Nov.2026
10.Dec.2026
1. Dec.2026
11.Jan.2027
21.Jan.2027
26.Jan.2027
4.Feb.2027
18.Feb.2027
Qualifications and Experience Required:
The consultant should meet the following requirements:
Application Requirements
Interested applicants should submit:
Proposal Submission Deadline:
Proposals should be submitted no later than 18. Nov. 2026 – 16:00 hrs.
to the following Email: procurement.jo@wusc.ca
Price and payment:
Note: All payments will be subject to service tax deduction as per ISTD regulations in Jordan.
Note: All financial proposals must be tax-inclusive (No tax exemption)
Legal responsibility:
All materials produced under this TOR are the property of WUSC and cannot be distributed or used by any agencies.
In case of any inquiries, please contact WUSC Jordan Country Office Email: procurement.jo@wusc.ca with the subject line of: PR\\JOR\\2026\\741
