Request for Quotation for
Translation, Graphic Designing and Typesetting services
1. BACKGROUND
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is implementing activities under project IRQ/24/02/DEU aimed at strengthening labour market inclusion, supporting green employment opportunities and enhancing skills development in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Northern Iraq.
As part of these activities, the project will produce a series of analytical reports, policy briefs and apprenticeship training materials related to labour market diagnostics, reintegration of vulnerable groups and green economy skills development.
To ensure that these publications meet ILO corporate identity standards and publication quality requirements, the ILO seeks to recruit an individual consultant to provide professional design, layout and typesetting services for the publications listed in this Terms of Reference.
The selected consultants will be responsible for producing professionally designed and print-ready publications while ensuring compliance with ILO branding and formatting guidelines.

2. OBJECTIVE
Assignment Objectives: The objective of this assignment is to support the ILO in the design and formatting of project publications and apprenticeship training materials, ensuring:
• High-quality professional layouts
• Compliance with ILO corporate branding guidelines
• Preparation of print-ready publications
• Delivery of editable open-source design files.
• The publications will be in English while the training materials will be in Kurdish

3. SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT
The International Labour Organisation seeks for the services of a Translation, Graphic designing and typesetting firm to provide the following services over a period of 50Days from 1July 2026 to 31 August 2026.
3.1 Translation of training materials
The service contractor will be required to translation the following apprenticeship materials that will be packaged into the training toolkits:

Document Types PV
Installation and
maintenance Hydroponics Protected Agriculture/ Greenhouse Service required Deliverable #
Training Plan 5 5 5 Translated to
Kurdish 1

Training
program 15 15 15 Translated to
Kurdish 1
Occupational
Standards 40 57 66 Translated to
Kurdish 1
Curriculum 6 6 6 Translated to
Kurdish 1
Learning
Materials 400 250 250 Translated to
Kurdish 1
Total Pages 466 333 342

3.1 Graphic Designing and Typesetting of Reports and knowledge documents

The ILO requires a service contractor to design and format the following documents:

Document Type Pages Deliverable
#
Labour market situation analysis and green employment diagnostics in
the Green Economy in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (English) 40 2
Evidence-based inclusive policy development for improved labour market performance and integration of marginalized groups in
Northern Iraq: Desk Review and Policy Gap Assessment Report (English) 70 2
A Skills Diagnostic and Skills Gap Analysis in the Green Economy in
Northen of Iraq (English) 30 2
Three Policy Briefs (Titles to be provided) (English) 12-15 2
Improving Labour Market Inclusion of Refugees in the Kurdistan Region
of Iraq (English)-Policy Brief 4-5 2

3.2 Graphic designing and typesetting and combining into Training Tool Kit

Document Types PV
Installation and
maintenance Hydroponics Protected Agriculture/ Greenhouse Service required
Training Plan 5 5 5 Graphic designing and
typesetting and combining into Training Tool Kit
Training program 15 15 15 Graphic designing and
typesetting and combining into Training Tool Kit
Occupational Standards 40 57 66 Graphic designing and typesetting and combining into
Training Tool Kit
Curriculum 6 6 6 Graphic designing and
typesetting and combining into Training Tool Kit
Learning Materials 400 250 250 Graphic designing and
typesetting and combining into Training Tool Kit

Total Pages 466 333 342
Deliverable # 3 5 4

3.3 Design Requirements
The consultant shall ensure that:
• All publications follow ILO and GIZ corporate identity guidelines
• Layout and formatting ensure clarity, consistency and readability
• Charts, tables and visual elements are properly formatted
• Final documents are delivered in print-ready PDF format
• Editable design source files (Adobe InDesign format or equivalent) are delivered to the ILO
• The consultant will not be responsible for translation or proofreading, as final text will be provided by the ILO.

3.4 Work Process
The design process will follow these steps:
• The ILO shares finalized publication content with the consultant.
• The consultant prepares initial layout samples.
• The ILO reviews the layout and provides feedback.
• The consultant revises and finalizes the publication design.
• Final print-ready PDF files and editable design files are submitted to the ILO.

4. DELIVERABLES
The total duration required to provide graphic designing and typesetting services in this assignment over a period of 45days from 1 July to 25 August 2026. The selected service contractor will produce the following deliverables:

Deliverables Activity Delivery deadline
Deliverable 1: Translation of the following documents from either Arabic or
English to Kurdish Occupational Standards Due 15 July 2026
DACUM Charts
Training Plan
Training program
Learning Materials
Deliverable 2: Graphic design and type setting of the following documents Labour market situation analysis and green employment
diagnostics in the Green Economy in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (English) Due 15 July 2026
Evidence-based inclusive policy development for improved labour market performance and integration of marginalized groups in Northern Iraq: Desk Review and
Policy Gap Assessment Report (English)
A Skills Diagnostic and Skills Gap Analysis in the Green
Economy in Northen of Iraq (English)
Three Policy Briefs (Titles to be provided) (English)
Improving Labour Market Inclusion of Refugees in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (English)-Policy Brief
Occupational Standards (Kurdish) Due 20 August 2026

Deliverable 3: Graphic designing and combining into a Photo Voltaic Installation and Maintenance
Training Tool Kit Curriculum (Kurdish)
Training Plan (Kurdish)
Training program (Kurdish)
Learning Materials (Kurdish)
Deliverable 4: Graphic designing and combining into a Protected Agriculture
Training Tool Kit Occupational Standards (Kurdish) Due 20 August 2026
Curriculum (Kurdish)
Training Plan (Kurdish)
Training program (Kurdish)
Learning Materials (Kurdish)
Deliverable 5: Graphic designing and combining into a Hydroponics Training Tool Kit Occupational Standards (Kurdish) Due 20 August 2026
Curriculum (Kurdish)
Training Plan (Kurdish)
Training program (Kurdish)
Learning Materials (Kurdish)

5. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
The required service contractor should have the following:
• Required expertise in providing document translations, graphic designing and type setting services.
• Demonstrated experience of at least three years in offering such services.
• Multidisciplinary Team- the contractor must assemble a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team with expertise in document translation, graphic designing and type setting.
• The team should have demonstrated strong expertise using Adobe InDesign or similar design software and experience designing reports, policy briefs and technical publications and can pay special attention to corporate branding requirements.
• References: A portfolio of at least 3 similar projects, with references validating the organization's experience.

6. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
The ILO invites qualified consultancy firms to submit their quotations and A portfolio of at least 3 similar projects, with references validating the organization's experience.

Technical Proposal
Technical proposals should comprise of:
• Understanding of the ToRs, proposed methodology and timeframe for conducting all aspects of the assignment.

• Presentation of the company profile against the listed qualifications and requirements.
• CVs of each of the proposed team members demonstrate their experience and competence against the above requirements.
• Outputs from experience completed by the bidding company such as legal case classifications, legal analyses, consulting reports on labour and social security law in Iraq, legal briefs, etc.
Technical Proposals must be submitted in English in PDF format, with each page duly signed, stamped and dated.

Financial Proposal
Graphic designing and translation service contractor shall submit the Financial Proposal in US Dollar or Iraqi dinar following the table/format below in both the Excel and the PDF formats (table may be slightly adjusted). Each page of the Financial Proposal in the PDF format should be duly stamped, signed and dated. The Financial Proposal should be valid for 90 days after the deadline for submissions.

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UNGM Link: RFP/157/2026/KIN/ROAS - Request for Quotation for Translation, Graphic Designing and Typesetting services