Employability Summit 2026 – Kenya Tech Frontiers: Pathways for a Virtual Workforce
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 19KE5025Q0098
- Agency
-
Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561499 All Other Business Support Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- Nairobi Kenya
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, is seeking professional services to design and deliver the 2026 Employability Summit: Kenya Tech Frontiers - Pathways for a Virtual Workforce. The contractor will be required to prepare 100 Kenyan youth aged 18-35 to serve as a U.S.-ready virtual workforce and establish documented business linkages with American companies through networking and facilitated engagements. Key requirements include conducting a needs assessment, developing curriculum with two specialized tracks (Tech Frontiers and Doing Business with the USA), recruiting participants through a merit-based process, delivering 20 full-day training sessions, and facilitating four regional summits across five American Corner locations. The contractor must achieve performance targets including at least 80% attendance, 70% participant satisfaction, and generate measurable business outcomes such as 3-5 signed MOUs and 8-10 potential outsourcing contracts. The contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis to the lowest-priced, acceptable, responsible offeror, with proposals due by September 26, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. East Africa Time.
This opportunity does not utilize any set-aside designation and is open to all qualified contractors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). No current incumbent contractors or potential award values are specified in the solicitation notice. The project timeline spans from October 2025 to May 2026, encompassing the delivery of comprehensive training programs designed to create business partnerships between Kenyan youth and American companies. All work will be performed in Nairobi, Kenya, specifically across five U.S. government-affiliated American Spaces that will serve as visible hubs for U.S. innovation, skills training, and entrepreneurship. The program is designed to reinforce America First policy directives by ensuring outcomes deliver measurable benefits to the United States while positioning Kenya as a reliable partner for U.S. trade and outsourcing opportunities.
Notice text
The U.S. Embassy Nairobi requires in-person professional services to design and deliver the 2026 Employability Summit: Kenya Tech Frontiers – Pathways for a Virtual Workforce across five U.S. government–affiliated American Spaces.
Program Purpose:
- Prepare 100 Kenyan youth (ages 18–35) to serve as a U.S.-ready virtual workforce and as reliable partners for U.S. trade and outsourcing opportunities.
- Establish documented business linkages with American companies through networking and facilitated engagements.
- Reinforce America First policy directives by ensuring outcomes deliver measurable benefits to the United States.
- Position American Spaces in Kenya as the visible hubs for U.S. innovation, skills training, and entrepreneurship.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SS-Services_CI Employability Summit Solicitation 091225 sgnd.pdf |
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