:Background About Women’s Affairs Center (WAC)

Women Affairs Centre (WAC) was established in August 1991 by a group of activist   professional women to promote women's rights and gender equality within the Palestinian society via empowering and enhancing women abilities in a range of non-traditional skills to address the problems and respond to the needs of women under the difficult political, socio­economic, cultural and legal context in the Gaza Strip. It’s a women knowledge-based centre playing an innovative and catalytic role in empowering women; and advocating women's rights and gender equality in the Palestinian sustainable development process. WAC is an independent and non-profit Palestinian NGO with the purpose of empowering women and advocating women’s rights and gender equality through capacity development, information and innovative research and advocacy programs.

 ”About the project " Combat plastic pollution through innovative and climate-friendly recycling business models “2023:

DCA/NCA and its implementing partner, Women Affairs Centre (WAC), propose a gender responsive project to tackle plastic waste problems by empowering women against the negative effects of Climate to improve SWM among local stakeholders and there existing opportunities to create a more enabling policy and regulatory environment in collaboration with local duty bearers communities, and private sector actors to enhance betterunderstanding of the eco-system of plastic waste management including the main stakeholders operating in this field.

The project " Combat plastic pollution through innovative and climate-friendly recycling business models " is 6 months, it implemented by WAC funded by DCA/NCA. The Project will focus on different solutions for sustainable management and treatment of solid waste especially plastic waste.whilst meeting the basic humanitarian needs for GBV survivors and their families.

In addition, supporting female entrepreneurs that are from a low socio-economic background by creating an income generation business through innovative and climate friendly business models.

 :Assignment Objective

: WAC is considering the selection of highly qualified company to provide guidance to Youth Mobilizer Committee (YMC) , they are a group of people who have been trained previously by WAC on issues related to climate change, adaptation mechanisms to climate change , environmental sustainability and they worked as facilitators in many environmental awareness workshops in different areas  , to assist them in shaping their ideas to clearly identify the integrated solid waste management especially plastic (generation ,collection ,transfer ,transport , recycling and disposal ). 

            The training company will be mainly responsible for providing 30 hours for YMC to                                     validate their ideas & knowledge regarding the plastic waste.

: WAC is considering the selection of highly qualified company to provide guidance 25-hour training to build capacities for (25) municipalities staff and, Councils for Solid Waste Management on plastic sorting mechanisms, and health preventive measures to validate their ideas & knowledge regarding the plastic waste.

:Target Group

1.  20 member of Youth Mobilizer Committee (YMC) (male & female), from different cities of the Gaza Strip
2.  25 member of municipalities staff and councils for solid waste management (male & female) from different cities of the Gaza Strip 

Application:

The offers should contain the following:

1. One copy of both technical and Financial offers in separate and sealed envelopes.
2. Profile / CV of the training company with relevant experience in similar consultancies.
3. The prices in Dollars.
4. Schedule of the expected period of accomplishment the required service with considering the required period.
5. Enclose the proposed feasibility study sample.
6. Copy of ID.

Evaluation:  

The evaluation method will be the quality and cost-based selection. A two-stage procedure shall be utilized in evaluating the Proposals; a technical evaluation and a financial evaluation.

Proposals will be ranked according to their combined technical and financial scores using the weights of 70% for the Technical Proposal; and 30% for the offered price.

Closing Date and Delivery

Closing date for receiving offers is 14/08/2023 at 15:00 PM. Offers must be submitted by hand to WAC procurement officer.

The interested consultants(companies) are kindly requested to express approval of the offer by signing all the TOR papers, with submitting the requested documents to the below address:

WAC Address: Al Rimal –Khalil Al Wasir ST.Al Said Building  Tel: 00970 8 2877311. 2877312

For further information, please contact :0599158885