Consulting Services for Business Advisory Services to Beneficiaries (Grantees) of Gender Inclusive Workplace Infrastructure in Central Region

Scope of Work

The Consulting Services ("the Service") include Consultancy services to provider Business advisory services to beneficiaries of Gender Inclusive Workplace Infrastructure and Common User Production Facilities (CUPFs) beneficiary enterprises for Lot 1 , Central Region, Lot 2- Northern Region, Lot 3- Western Region, Lot 4- Easter Region. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at https://mglsd.go.ug/procurement/

Requirements & Qualifications

The Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development now invites eligible consulting firms ("Consultants") to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria is as follows:

1. At least five (5) years’ proven experience in providing business advisory, enterprise development, business incubation, MSME support programmes or related consultancy services.
2. Demonstrated experience in business planning, business model development, sustainability planning, financial management and operational strengthening for MSMEs, cooperatives, shared production facilities or similar enterprises.
3. Proven experience in market systems development, value chain strengthening, market feasibility assessments and enterprise growth strategies in sectors such as agro-processing, dairy, leather, crafts or related productive sectors.
4. Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering capacity-building, mentoring and technical assistance programmes for entrepreneurs, business associations, incubators or enterprise support institutions.
5. Experience in grants management, financial oversight, operational efficiency improvement and support to enterprises funded by Government, Development Partners or Donor-funded programmes.
6. At least five (5) years’ experience in implementing and monitoring Environmental and Social (E&S) safeguards, including stakeholder engagement, grievance redress mechanisms (GRM), occupational health and safety, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) risk mitigation.
7. Demonstrated experience working with Government Ministries, Development Partners, private sector organizations and multi-stakeholder programmes supporting women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and MSME growth.
8. Experience in monitoring, supervision and reporting for donor-funded projects, including establishment of performance monitoring systems and preparation of analytical and implementation reports.

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