Recruitment of a Firm for the Implementation of Catalytic Risk Finance for Youth

Recruitment of a Firm for the Implementation of Catalytic Risk Finance for Youth Request for proposal Description UNDP Djibouti seeks to engage a qualified firm to implement Milestones 2, 3 and 4 of the AGFUND-funded project “Catalytic Risk Finance for Youth MSMEs through Micro-Loans and Takaful Insurance in Djibouti”, building on the separately commissioned market and demand assessment. The assignment includes designing, obtaining Shariah certification and regulatory approval for, and launching one bundled micro-loan and Takaful insurance product for 30 youth-led MSMEs; engaging and training 80 youth-led MSMEs, including the 30 product recipients, with at least 40% women-owned enterprises; and providing business planning support and post-financing coaching. The firm will also co-develop a regulatory sandbox framework and support its launch, subject to government approval, strengthen the capacity of regulators, insurers and the national Shariah council, establish digital onboarding and messaging services, and deploy financial literacy tools and awareness campaigns achieving at least 5,000 social media impressions. The scope further covers institutional partnerships, administration of the first-cycle premium subsidy, monitoring, reporting, and provision of evidence and handover materials for the Djibouti Takaful Toolkit. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders . Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration . Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the c