Request for Proposal

Published Date: 24th August ,2026

Request for Proposal 

The Community Development Centre (CDC), established in B.S. 2049 by a group of dedicated development professionals and activists, is a well-recognized non-governmental organization with more than three decades of experience in community empowerment. With strong technical expertise, robust financial systems, and deep understanding of the local context, CDC has successfully led inclusive and multi-sectoral programs in Sudurpaschim Province. Its work spans across inclusive education, health, WASH, disaster risk reduction, youth engagement, child protection, and women's empowerment. By addressing pressing challenges such as inadequate infrastructure, harmful social practices, governance gaps, low educational performance, and persistent barriers for marginalized groups, the organization has played a pivotal role in driving sustainable improvements in the lives of vulnerable communities.

The Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal (EWPN) Joint Programme is a collaborative initiative of the Government of Nepal, the European Union, ILO, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women. The programme advances gender equality and women's economic empowerment through strengthened social norms, improved economic rights and enhanced institutional capacities. EWPN operates across Madhesh, Karnali and Sudurpashchim Provinces, supporting women farmers and micro-entrepreneurs engaged in vegetables, goat rearing and citrus through capacity building, access to finance, market linkages and value chain strengthening. The programme is aligned with national gender equality frameworks and contributes to inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Women in rural Nepal continue to face significant barriers in accessing formal finance. Despite their large presence in agriculture, only a limited proportion of women farmers have access to affordable lending, savings products or formal credit. Structural constraints — distance to bank branches, low financial literacy, lack of documentation, limited collateral ownership and sociocultural norms — continue to exclude women from the formal financial ecosystem. National assessments indicate that only around 36% of Nepalis regularly use formal banking services, pushing many smallholders toward informal lenders charging excessively high interest rates. At the same time, agricultural lending has declined and commercial banks have become increasingly cautious due to perceived credit risk in agriculture and the suspension of concessional lending schemes.

The current macroeconomic context, however, presents a window of opportunity. With historically low commercial lending rates, excess liquidity in the banking system and stagnating credit demand, banks are increasingly motivated to explore new lending avenues. This aligns well with EWPN's objective of strengthening women's access to finance by addressing last-mile barriers. Evidence shows that where financial literacy, documentation support and direct community engagement are combined, women's access to formal banking services increases substantially. Building sustained bank–customer relationships at the community level therefore has both developmental relevance and long-term sustainability potential.

Under EWPN, ILO works through three implementing partners — FORWARD Nepal, SAEWCC (Dailekh) and Community Development Center (CDC) – Doti — reaching over 1,500 women directly and more than 4,000 farmers indirectly. As part of the programme extension, EWPN is scaling two interventions: strengthening the capacity of women farmers and market actors to develop gender-responsive and viable business and investment plans, and improving access to formal finance through structured partnerships with commercial banks. Three trainings are planned, one in each province, for a total of 90 businesses in the agriculture sector that are ready to scale.

To ensure quality, coherence and technical rigour across these interventions in its area of operation, Community Development Center (CDC) – Doti is seeking to engage a Regional Finance Expert for Sudurpashchim Province.

The detail of service is as following:

Terms and conditions for 'supply and delivery':

1. RFP should be submitted by 30th August, 2026 (7 days of the notice publication), RFP received after the specified date and time of the invitation, will not be considered.
2. Quoted rate should be mentioned with VAT/PAN and other necessary Taxes if applicable in remarks and financial proposal should be submitted in separate file.
3. Consultants should send the PAN/VAT registration document, Tax clearance document, Suppliers renewal document and experience document if any. (as per RFP)
4. Expected service delivery date will start within 07 days of Agreement signed.
5. The contract will be awarded as per CDC's bid evaluation criteria which is clearly refined in RFP.
6. CDC doti reserves the right to reject any or all quotation. The successful bidder or bidders will be notified at the earliest date possible.
7. Consultants should use the prescribed template or subject line as mentioned in RFP for technical proposal and standard templated for financial proposal as per attached or request to cdcprocurement49@gmail.com or Office and Offers should be sent the following address.
8. Further detailed ToR of Consultant service as below:  

Note: link for ToR 

1. TOR-Finance Expert.zip

Any individual consultancy services require as posted above

approach, will be requested by above email

For Additional information regarding this invitation contact

Community Development Center (CDC), Doti Dipayal Silgadhi Municipality ward No 6, Silgadhi, Doti

Phone No: 094-411081/9869967612

Submission email address: cdcprocurement49@gmail.com