REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR PROVISION OF SECURITY AND SAFETY SERVICES

Job Description

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR PROVISION OF SECURITY AND SAFETY SERVICES

SOS Children’s Villages was established in Sierra Leone in 1974. We work with government and partners in communities to help families care for their children or to provide an alternative family for children who have no one to care for them, or who have lost parental care or are exposed to risks of neglect, abandonment, abuse and exploitation. Located in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone has a wide range of programmes, in which the love of a caregiver is essential, to ensure children grow in a loving home and become their strongest selves.

Our Vision: Every child belongs to a family and grows up with love, respect and security.

Our Mission: We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures, and we share in the development of their communities.

Our Values: Courage, Commitment, Trust, Accountability

Programmes include Alternative Care settings, Youth care programmes that support more than 530 children and young people leaving in villages and in communities. In addition to quality care, we advocate for children, young people and women’s rights, protection, safeguarding and empowerment. SOS Children’s Villages also provide quality education to over 4,000 students through its Herman Gmeiner International Schools, Kindergartens and Technical Vocational/ Employability and Entrepreneurship Training Centre in support of care-exit strategies and reintegration processes. Other projects include the Youth Innovation challenge & Youth-Can! which support young entrepreneurs with their businesses and young people on their quest to employment or self-reliance. The emergency programmes aid vulnerable families cope with the impact of COVID-19 and the economic downturn to prevent family separation. 

SOS Children’s Villages invites Security Companies to submit their proposal for the provision of Security and Safety Services required by the organization to enhance its operations.

Interested Companies should provide a detailed company profile with copies of their Certificate of Business Registration, National Revenue Authority Tax Clearance and NASSIT Clearance Certificate addressed in a sealed envelope clearly marked 

“Proposal for the provision of Security and Safety Services” 

addressed to:

SOS Children’s Villages 

Beach Road, 

Lumley, 

Freetown.

The closing date for submission of bid is Friday 13th June 2024