Description:

Addition for Disaster Assistance and Development invites qualified service providers to make a firm offer for the provision of consultancy services for the Rapid market assessment and analysis of value chains in Khartoum state- Omdurman Locality. 

Program Overview

ADD plan to implement a market-driven livelihood intervention in Khartoum State from June to December 2026. The initiative targets internally displaced persons IDPs and host communities, with a focus on rural populations, agro-pastoralists, pastoralists, and women. The project places a strong emphasis on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) by engaging female participants in viable, demand-driven incom generation activities (IGAs) 

With over a decade of experience implementing livelihood programs in Khartoum, ADD will facilitate knowledge-sharing and peer-to-peer learning between successful female entrepreneurs, women’s cooperatives, and farming groups. The project aligns with ADD market systems development (MSD) approach, ensuring that skills development and IGAs are commercially viable, responsive to market demands, and embedded within sustainable value chains.

Strategic Objective

The primary goal is to identify high-potential IGAs by analyzing market dynamics, community needs, and available resources. This ensures that interventions are:

• Market-led – leveraging real-time market data to align business opportunities with demand trends.
• Sustainable – fostering long-term economic participation rather than short-term assistance.
• Scalable – identifying systemic constraints and opportunities to create enabling environments for economic growth.

A Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) will be conducted to evaluate supply and demand trends, identify market gaps, and assess potential entry points for beneficiaries. The findings will inform interventions aimed at reducing structural barriers, strengthening market linkages, and enhancing the economic resilience of both IDPs and host communities.

Market Analysis & Business Ecosystem Mapping

A detailed sectoral analysis will be conducted to assess:

• Existing businesses and enterprise landscapes in the target areas.
• Sub-sector skill gaps and labor market demand for specific trades.
• Opportunities and constraints for new business formation and expansion.
• Institutional capacity to support livelihood initiatives, including financial services, vocational training, and enterprise support mechanisms.

Scope of Work

The Study shall cover Omdurman in Khartoum state, where IDPs and host communities settled down, and the project will be implemented. However, and through a consultative and participatory process, the consultant will work with ADD MEAL team to perform the following activities:

• Data collection from the primary source.
• Data management: the consultant will review and manage all collected and entered data.
• Data cleaning and data analysis: the consultant should clean all the data, and he/she should analyze the data by performing data entry and verification.
• Make available a finalized, cleaned dataset.
• Draft final analysis report: the consultant will prepare final draft survey report and submitted to ADD.
• Providing analysis presentation, the consultant will present finding of market survey to ADD and UNHCR program team.

Methodology

The detailed methodology of this market assessment will be designed by the consultant; However, ADD provided the below general overview that will guide the consultant to design detailed methodology and carry out the assignment. 

The intervention will be guided by participatory, inclusive, and market-responsive research methodologies, ensuring that findings are informed by gender, age, disability, and social norms considerations. Data collection methods include:

• Conduct joint discussions with ADD and UNHCR team to create a common understanding on the program, implementation techniques, strategic approaches, expectations, and deliverables of the assignment;

• Key Informant Interviews (KIIs): Engaging community leaders, government officials, and market actors to assess institutional capacities and business ecosystem enablers.
• Focus Group Discussions (FGDs): Conduct focus group discussions (FGD) with a wide range of actors and potential program participants along the value chain (youth, women, people Transitioning Out of Pastoralism (TOP), producers, enterprise groups, private and public sector actors, service providers, etc). to capture nuanced insights into market access barriers.
• Secondary Data Review: Examining existing livelihood assessments, labor market reports, and sectoral studies to contextualize findings.

Please note that this should not be construed in any way as an offer to a contract with your firm. Your proposal should be prepared in English and your proposal shall comprise the following components:

1. Technical  Proposal 
2. Technical Financial offer 
3. CVs/Profile 

You are requested to hold your proposal valid for 30 days from the date of submission. ADD will make its best effort to select a firm within this period. Please note that the cost of preparing a proposal and negotiating a contract, including any related travel or accomedation, is not reimbursable nor can it be included as a direct cost of the assignment.

Deadline for submission is 18 June 2026 at 04:00 PM Sudan time. Please submit your proposal to the following email address: 

Email: add-tender@addorg.org and Coping finoff_hq@addorg.org

ADD, anticipate entering a contract where the daily rate will be fixed for the duration of this service.