Request for Proposals (RfP) GCF project feasibility study and design, Tanzania
IUCN Tanzania Country Office
Issue Date: 30 September 2019
Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2019
– INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS AND PROPOSAL CONDITIONS
1.1.Summary of the Requirement
IUCN Tanzania, in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Vice President’s Office (Environment), invite services of a reputable Firm to undertake a series of assessment and design actions to inform the development of a full proposal for a 5-year project entitled “Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholder Farming Communities and Agro-pastoral Systems in Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar -ECCRA” to be funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The detailed Terms of Reference can be found in Part 2 of this RfP
1.3.Conditions
IUCN is not bound in any way to enter into any contractual or other arrangement with any Proposer as a result of issuing this RfP. IUCN is under no obligation to accept the lowest priced Proposal or any
Proposal. IUCN reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time prior to contract award. By participating in this RfP, Proposers accept the conditions set out in this RfP. Proposers must sign the “Proposer’s Declaration” and include it in their Proposal.
1.4.Queries and questions during the RfP period
Proposers are to direct any queries and questions regarding the RfP to the above IUCN Contact. No other IUCN personnel are to be contacted in relation to this RfP. Proposers may submit their queries no later than 11 October 2019, Midnight East African Time (EAT). As far as possible, IUCN will issue the responses to any questions, suitably anonymised, to all Proposers. If you consider the content of you question confidential, you must state this at the time the question is posed.
1.5.Amendments to RfP documents
IUCN may amend the RfP documents by issuing notices to that effect to all Proposers and may extend the RfP closing date and time if deemed appropriate.
1.6.Proposal lodgement methods and requirements
Proposers must submit their Proposal to IUCN no later than Midnight EAT on 18 October 2019 by email to: [email protected] and [email protected] . The subject heading of the email shall be RfP – GCF Tanzania ECCRA Project – [Proposer Name]. Electronic copies are to be submitted in
PDF and native (e.g. MS Word) format. Proposers may submit multiple emails (suitably annotated –
e.g. Email 1 of 3) if attached files are deemed too large to suit a single email transmission.
IMPORTANT: Submitted documents must be password-protected so that they cannot be opened and read before the submission deadline. Please use the same password for all submitted documents. After the deadline has passed and no later than 8 am EAT on 22 October 2019, please send the relevant password to the same email address as used for submitting your Proposal. This will ensure a secure bid submission and opening process. Please DO NOT email the password before the deadline for Proposal
submission. Proposals must be prepared in English and in the format stated in Part 3 of this RfP.
1.7.Late and Incomplete Proposals
Any Proposal received by IUCN later than the stipulated RfP closing date and time, and any Proposal that is incomplete, will not be considered. There will be no allowance made by IUCN for any delays in
transmission of the Proposal from Proposer to IUCN.
1.8.Withdrawals and Changes to the Proposal
Proposals may be withdrawn or changed at any time prior to the RfP closing date and time by written notice to the IUCN contact. No changes or withdrawals will be accepted after the RfP closing date and
time.
1.9.Validity of Proposals
Proposals submitted in response to this RfP are to remain valid for a period of 90 calendar days from the RfP closing date.
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1.10. Evaluation of Proposals
The evaluation of Proposals shall be carried out exclusively with regards to the evaluation criteria and their relative weights specified in part 3 of this RfP
