Consultant - Vocational Training Service

Consultant_ Vocational Training Service _Level 1 training for youths

390-hour Stone and Brick Layer Mason Training for 80 youth, and 390-hour Junior Building Electrician Training for 40 youth

Background

Strengthening Actions for Fostering Resilience through Individual, Community and Institutional Readiness in Nepal (SAFER Nepal) Project, implemented by the NRCS in partnership with the American Red Cross (AmRC), is designed to reduce disaster-related deaths, injuries, and losses by strengthening community and institutional resilience. Building on earlier initiatives such as the Paschim Disaster Preparedness Project (PDDP), SAFER was launched in 2023. The first cycle (SAFER I) successfully concluded in February 2026 supporting communities, schools, and municipalities in disaster preparedness.

The second phase (SAFER II) began in March 2026, continuing in the Achham and Bajura districts of Sudurpaschim Province, with a focus on consolidating achievements in order to make communities, schools and local governments disaster ready through raising level of intervention for graduation process. Its objective is to further enhance disaster risk management (DRM), preparedness, and response capacities across communities, schools, local governments, and NRCS subnational structures. As a result, communities and schools have become more disaster ready, vulnerable groups are better organized, awareness has increased, and community institutions such as CDMC are better equipped to take action while remaining connected to local systems and organizations.

The project districts face high risks of earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, droughts, and other climate-induced other hazards, compounded by rugged terrain, remoteness, and fragile infrastructures. SAFER Nepal hasprioritized support to 20 of the most at-risk communities and 12 schools across four municipalities; Sanfebagar and Mellekh in Achham district, and Budhiganga and Khaptad Chhededaha in Bajura district. The project emphasizes strengthening knowledge, capacity, and connectedness of vulnerable communities to better anticipate, prepare for, and respond to disasters and climate-induced risks. It also supports wards, municipalities, and NRCS district chapters and sub-chapters to enhance disaster knowledge, mobilize resources, and build capacity to foster a culture of preparedness and deliver effective assistance.

The current phase (SAFER II) project incorporates significant amounts of risk management and risk reduction measures. As part of this, it aims to deliver vocational training in mason and building electricians to selected youths from target communities and municipalities. These training will enable the graduates to build earthquake resilient houses which reduces vulnerability of local population to earthquake risks on the one hand and increases availability skill mason workers for reconstruction aftermath of earthquake in future, while also enhancing livelihoods and productivity through improved skills on the other hand. In the event of an earthquake, these trained masons will serve as key assets for resilient shelter construction saving lives. Likewise, building electricians is an important part of shelter construction with high demand of skilled human resources within and outside of the project area. Since the project area encounters long tradition of off-seasonal migration to different cities of India in lean period of a year, productivity and income of training graduates significantly increase contributing to enhancing resilience of vulnerable population in the area.

Objective

The primary objective of this assignment is to engage a competent vocational training institute/training service provider to deliver:

i. 390-hour Stone and Brick Layer Mason Training for 80 youth, and

ii. 390-hour Junior Building Electrician Training for 40 youth

The courses will be in accordance with the CTEVT-approved curriculum and standards (refer to Annexes 1 and 2 for the course outlines).

The training program aims to enhance the technical skills and employment opportunities of local youth while contributing to the construction of earthquake-resilient shelters in the target area. Through the acquisition of market-relevant competencies, participants are expected to improve their income-generating opportunities while promoting earthquake resilient construction shelters in seismically active areas like Achham and Bajura districts.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Consultation with project team and stakeholders in target districts to design stone and brick layer mason and electrician training delivery approach including finalization of trainees’ selection criteria and vocational training delivery approach.
• Submit an inception report outlining various approaches and methodologies to be adopted for delivering the training.
• Develop the criteria for the selection of trainees in Achham and Bajura.
• Deliver mason and electrician training in selected location/s with suitable approach ensuring standard prescribed by the CTEVT curriculum (quality of materials used in the training, scheduled time duration, number of trainees, experience of instructors, etc).
• Provide training in close coordination and consultation with the assigned technical person of NRCS and IFRC/American Red Cross.
• Support to explore possibilities and develop linkages with local builders and contractors to build career pathways for income-generating opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE

The required qualifications and experience of the service provider or technical schools:

• At least three years of experience in delivering vocational training to a minimum of 1,000 participants, with demonstrated expertise and adequate resources required for effective training delivery, management and post training support.
• Experience in delivering CTEVT Level 1 or higher level will be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in achieving high training completion and pass rates while minimizing participants' dropout rates.

Required Documents/Certificates with the Proposal (Include as Annex)

The documents/certificates that should be submitted/attached with the proposal are:

1. Separate technical and financial Proposal in two different envelopes.
2. Copy of VAT/PAN registration certificate.
3. Copy of Business registration certificate.
4. Copy of TAX clearance certificate
5. Financial Audit Report for the last 3 years
6. Annex I – IFRC General Terms and Conditions (GTC) 
7. Annex II - ToR, signed and stamped
8. Annex-III- Declaration of Undertaking, in company letterhead, signed and stamped
9. Annex-IV- IFRC Supplier Registration Form (SRF)
10. Annex V - IFRC Code of Conduct, signed and stamped

Click on the links below for detailed RFP and Annexes:

1. RFP-CDN-26-049 - Consultancy
2. Annex I - Terms and Conditions for Service Contracts
3. Annex II - ToR Vocational Training
4. Annex III- Declaration of Undertaking
5. Annex IV- IFRC Supplier Registration Form
6. Annex V - IFRC Code of Conduct

Please submit your technical and financial proposal separately no later than October 28, 2026, 5:00 PM Nepal Time in two separate sealed envelopes with all requested documents, 

The proposal should be received at the address below between 10:00 hrs. and 17:00 hrs. (Nepal Time) from 14 October to 28 October (except Saturday, Sunday & Public holidays -19 -23 October). 

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Country Delegation, Nepal

Kalimati, Kathmandu

The envelope MUST clearly mention the name of the sender and receiver and be marked with the subject “Mobilization of Vocational Training Service Provider to deliver Level 1 Training to Youths”, (Ref: RFQ-CDN-26-049)”.

Only short-listed service providers will be contacted for presentation of the proposal. Proposals received after the deadline or incomplete applications in any respect will not be considered.

The IFRC reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the offers without assigning any reason whatsoever and is not bound to accept the lowest bid.