The Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center (WOC)is a multi-purpose community center in the heart of Kayonza, which promotes the social and economic empowerment of women in Rwanda. The Center offers education and rights training, job-skills training, and economic and employment opportunities for women and the community at-large. With the goal of achieving self-sustainability, the Center also operates revenue-generating activities to finance its educational and training work, such as lodging facilities, restaurant and bar, coffee shop, handicraft gift shop, market stalls, food production unit, and rental of space for meetings and events. The Urugo-WOC is managed and operated by a Limited Liability Company (LLC) fully owned by Women for Women International.
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TENDER NOTICE FOR SUPPLY OF FABRICS & TEXTILES –LOT1
Tender Reference: URUGO/FT/2026/001
Issue Date: 16 July 2026
Closing Date: 23 July 2026
- Background
Urugo Women Opportunity Center (WOC) is a social enterprise committed to empowering women and youth through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), entrepreneurship development, hospitality, dairy processing, leather works, textile production, agriculture, and other income-generating initiatives.
To strengthen its operational capacity and enhance practical training across its production units, Urugo WOC invites eligible and qualified suppliers to submit sealed bids for the supply and delivery of Machinery & Equipment for various departments.
- Objective
The objective of this tender is to procure high-quality machinery and equipment required to improve practical training, production efficiency, and operational effectiveness across Urugo WOC’s technical training and business units.
- Scope of Supply
| Item
Category |
Sub
Program |
Item | Specification | Unit | Qty |
| Materials | Carpet
Weaving |
Dyed cotton thread | kgs | 500 | |
| Materials | Carpet
Weaving |
Natural
Wool Yarn (undyed) |
Kg | 2000 | |
| Consumables | Sewing &
Tailoring |
Fabrics for Shirts | Different
quality, Different types, assorted |
m | 200 |
| Consumables | Sewing &
Tailoring |
Interlining | assorted
Thermicola black & white as per request |
Roll | 2 |
| Consumables | Sewing &
Tailoring |
Kitenge and African
Fabrics (cotton, wax prints) |
London,
cotton, indigo, Battic (assorted with different quantities, as per request) |
Lot | 280 |
| Consumables | Sewing &
Tailoring |
Linen
Fabrics |
Meter | 40 | |
| Consumables | Sewing &
Tailoring |
Nitting
Treads (cotton) |
Soft and
Manula papars assorted |
kg | 20 |
- Delivery Requirements
- Deliver all items to Urugo WOC Head Office, Kayonza District.
- Supply new, high-quality products.
- Replace any defective items at no additional cost.
- Provide warranty information where applicable.
Delivery Terms
Prices should include:
∙ Transportation
∙ Loading
∙ Offloading
∙ Installation (where applicable)
Quotations should include:
∙ Unit Price
∙ Total Price
∙ VAT
∙ Country of Origin
∙ Brand
∙ Manufacturer
∙ Delivery Period
∙ Warranty
∙ Catalogue/Brochure
- Required Documents
- Application Letter addressed to the Executive Director of Urugo WOC. 2. RDB Certificate.
- Valid Tax Clearance Certificate.
- VAT Registration Certificate.
- RSSB Clearance Certificate.
- Three (3) Recommendation Letters and/or Completion Certificates from previous clients.
- Detailed Quotation indicating unit prices, total prices, delivery period, and validity period.
- Submission Instructions
- Bids must be submitted in two (2) hard copies.
- Submission location: Urugo WOC Head Office, Kayonza District.
- Deadline: 23 July 2026 at 5:00 PM.
- Late submissions will not be considered.
- Evaluation Criteria
- Compliance with tender requirements.
- Technical conformity of supplied items.
- Supplier experience and references.
- Delivery capacity and timeline.
- Price competitiveness.
Urugo WOC reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and is not bound to accept the lowest-priced offer.
Evelyn K. Karamagi
The Executive Director
WfWI Empowerment center LLC ( Urugo WOC)
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