REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Date of first publication: 17 June 2026

SheLeads Skills and Empowerment Project (SheLeads) is designed to address systemic and legal challenges faced by young women and girls in Madhesh Province. It aims to support access to skill development and entrepreneurship opportunities, thereby addressing barriers to economic access and fostering transformative change. The project focuses on vocational skills (short-, medium-, and long-term dual VET), results-based financing, enterprise development, financial inclusion, and youth engagement in local governance projects and initiatives. This project is financially supported by a Swiss Foundation, Ursula Zindel Hiliti Foundation and will be implemented in three different municipalities of Madhesh province namely, Karjanha, Lahan and Ganeshman Charnath.

(a) SheLeads / Helvetas Nepal invites sealed proposals from eligible, experienced, and competent private sector training and employment service provider/s or consulting firms (“consultant”) to provide consulting services for delivering vocational skills training and employment services for targeted young girls and women (18-40) in Result-based Financing (RBF) System.

(b) The detailed RFP document can be obtained by downloading from https://notice.helvetasnepal.org/.

(c) The proposals must be submitted physically at SheLeads Project Support Unit (PSU), Oasis Complex, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur on or before 3 July 2026, 16:00. Proposals/documents received after the deadline shall not be accepted.

(d) SheLeads / Helvetas Nepal reserves the right to reject the proposals at any stage without assigning any reasons and without incurring any liability to the affected Applicant(s). The project will not be responsible for any cost expenses incurred by the firms in connection with the preparation or delivery of their RFP.

SheLeads Skills and Empowerment Project / Helvetas Nepal

Oasis Complex, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur, Nepal

Phone: 01-5423772

Email: npl.sheleads@helvetas.org