Consultancy for Bahari yetu baseline survey Consultancy

Request for Proposals (RfP)

Bahari Yetu Baseline Survey

Tanzania Country Office Programme

RfP Reference: IUCN-25-01-P04809-1

Welcome to this Procurement by IUCN. You are hereby invited to submit a Proposal. Please read the information and instructions carefully because non-compliance with the instructions may result in disqualification of your Proposal from this Procurement.

1. REQUIREMENTS

A detailed description of the services and/or goods to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.

2. CONTACT DETAILS

During the course of this procurement, i.e. from the publication of this RfP to the award of a contract, you may not discuss this procurement with any IUCN employee or representative other than the following contact. You must address all correspondence and questions to the contact, including your proposal.

IUCN Contact: [email protected]

3. PROCUREMENT TIMETABLE

This timetable is indicative and may be changed by IUCN at any time. If IUCN decides that changes to any of the deadlines are necessary, we will contact you.

DATE – ACTIVITY

30 January 2025 – Publication of the Request for Proposals

4 February 2025 – Deadline for confirmation of intention to bid

6 February 2025 – Deadline for submission of questions

7 February 2025 – Planned publication of responses to questions

10 February 2025 – Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”)

23 February 2025 – Review of completed proposals

27 February 2025 – Planned date of contract award

03 March 2025 – Expected contract start date

30 April 2025 – Expected contract end date

Please email the IUCN contact to confirm whether or not you are intending to submit a proposal by the deadline stated above.

4. COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

4.1. Your Proposal must consist of the following three documents:

• Signed Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2)
• Technical Proposal (see Section 4.4 below)
• Financial Proposal (see Section 4.5 below)

Proposals must be prepared in English.

4.2. Your Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact (see Section 2). The subject heading of the email shall be [RfP Reference – bidder name]. The bidder name is the name of the company/organisation on whose behalf you are submitting the proposal, or your own surname if you are bidding as a self-employed consultant. Your proposal must be submitted in PDF format. You may submit multiple emails suitably annotated, e.g. Email 1 of 3, if attached files are too large to suit a single email transmission. You may not submit your Proposal by uploading it to a file-sharing tool.

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 within 12 hours, please send the password to the IUCN Contact. This will ensure a secure bid submission and opening process. Please DO NOT email the password before the deadline for Proposal submission.

4.3. Eligibility

In accordance with IUCN evaluation policy, the evaluators will be independent. This implies a total independence of the evaluators from Bahari Yetu project design, approval, implementation and execution. A written statement of independence from each individual involved in the baseline is a requirement.

4.4. Technical Proposal

The technical proposal must address each of the criteria stated below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number (left-hand column).

Proposals in any other format will significantly increase the time it takes to evaluate, and such Proposals may therefore be rejected at IUCN’s discretion.

Where CVs are requested, these must be of the individuals who will actually carry out the work specified. The individuals you put forward may only be substituted with IUCN’s approval.

1. IUCN will evaluate technical proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance:

Description – Information to provide – Relative weight

1. Clarity and completeness of proposal – 5%

2. Critical analysis of the project objectives and the TOR – 15%

• Understanding of the evaluation ToR, in particular the purpose and use; and understanding of the project design, objectives, context, and constraints (15 pt.)

3. Conceptual and methodological approach – 30%

• Proposed approach, methodology, principles and tools for baseline survey that demonstrates feasibility, quality, and clarity (30 pt.)

4. Operationalization of the approach and Methodology – 20%

• Working programme/ working schedule/Gantt chart for delivery of outputs (10 pt.),
• Staffing schedule, task assignment descriptions/ level of effort per team member, work organisation, back-up services, quality control, coordination (10 pt)

5. Consultants Competencies – 30%

• Team structure, including a description of roles and responsibility in team (e.g. team leader, senior, intermediate, junior consultants, and quality assurance) (10 pt.)
• A description of past experiences and main competencies of the selected team/individual against the technical requirements listed in sections 7 – 8 of the ToR (10 pt.)
• Gender balance within the team (5 pt.)
• Reference/links and contacts from similar past assignments (5 pt.)

TOTAL – 100%

4.5. Financial Proposal

4.5.1. The financial proposal must be a fixed and firm price for the provision of the goods/services stated in the RfP in their entirety.

4.5.2. Prices include all costs

Submitted rates and prices are deemed to include all costs, insurances, taxes (except VAT, see below), fees, expenses, liabilities, obligations, risk and other things necessary for the performance of the Terms of Reference or Specification of Requirements. IUCN will not accept charges beyond those clearly stated in the Financial Proposal. This includes applicable withholding taxes and similar. It is your responsibility to determine whether such taxes apply to your organisation and to include them in your financial offer.

4.5.3. Applicable Goods and Services Taxes

Proposal rates and prices shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax.

4.5.4. Currency of proposed rates and prices

All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in US Dollars

4.5.5. Breakdown of rates and prices

For information only, the price needs to be broken down as follows:

1-Summary

Total value of proposal – In USD – In Euro

Total Fees

Total Expenses

Total

2-Fees

Team member – Fee Amount(USD/Day) – Effort (Person-days) – Total fees (USD)

Team member 1

Team member 2

Team member x

………….

Total Fees (USD)

3-Expenses

All expenses need to adhere to IUCN Travel Policy for Non-staff.

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Description – Quantity – Unit Price – Total Price

1. Vehicle fuel – Litres

2. Train – Ticket

3. DSA – Days

4

5

6

TOTAL

4.6. Additional information not requested by IUCN should not be included in your Proposal and will not be taken into account in the evaluation.

4.7. Your proposal must remain valid and capable of acceptance by IUCN for a period of 90 calendar days following the submission deadline.

4.8. Withdrawals and Changes

You may freely withdraw or change your proposal at any time prior to the submission deadline by written notice to the IUCN Contact. However, in order to reduce the risk of fraud, no changes or withdrawals will be accepted after the submission deadline.

5. EVALUATION of PROPOSALS

5.1. Completeness

IUCN will firstly check your proposal for completeness. Incomplete proposals will not be considered further.

5.2. Technical Evaluation

5.2.1.Scoring Method

Your proposal will be assigned a score from 0 to 10 for each of the technical evaluation criteria, such that ‘0’ is low and ‘10’ is high.

5.2.2Minimum Quality Thresholds

Proposals that receive a score of ‘0’ for any of the criteria will not be considered further.

5.2.3. Technical Score

Your score for each technical evaluation criterion will be multiplied with the respective relative weight (see Section 4.4) and these weighted scores added together to give your proposal’s overall technical score.

5.3. Financial Evaluation and Financial Scores

The financial evaluation will be based upon the full total price you submit. Your financial proposal will receive a score calculated by dividing the lowest financial proposal that has passed the minimum quality thresholds (see Section 5.2.2) by the total price of your financial proposal.

Thus, for example, if your financial proposal is for a total of CHF 100 and the lowest financial proposal is CHF 80, you will receive a financial score of 80/100 = 80%

5.4. Total Score

Your proposal’s total score will be calculated as the weighted sum of your technical score and your financial score.

The relative weights will be:

Technical: 70%

Financial: 30%

Thus, for example, if your technical score is 83% and your financial score is 77%, you will receive a total score of 83 * 70% + 77 * 30% = 58.1% + 23.1% = 81.2%.

Subject to the requirements in Sections 4 and 7, IUCN will award the contract to the bidder whose proposal achieves the highest total score.

6. Explanation of procurement procedure

6.1. IUCN is using the Invitation Procedure for this procurement. This means that only invited bidders may submit a proposal. IUCN typically invites from four to six bidders to submit a proposal.

6.2. You are welcome to ask questions or seek clarification regarding this procurement. Please email the IUCN Contact (see Section 2), taking note of the deadline for submission of questions in Section 3.1.

6.3. All proposals must be received by the submission deadline in Section 3.1 above. Late proposals will not be considered. All proposals received by the submission deadline will be evaluated by a team of two or more evaluators in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in in this RfP. No other criteria will be used to evaluate proposals. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal received the highest Total Score. IUCN does, however, reserve the right to cancel the procurement and not award a contract at all.

6.4. IUCN will contact the bidder with the highest-scoring proposal to finalise the contract. We will contact unsuccessful bidders after the contract has been awarded and provide detailed feedback. The timetable in Section 3.1 gives an estimate of when we expect to have completed the contract award, but this date may change depending on how long the evaluation of proposals takes.

7. Conditions for participation in this procurement

7.1 To participate in this procurement, you are required to submit a proposal, which fully complies with the instructions in this RfP and the Attachments.

7.1.1. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted a complete and fully compliant proposal.

7.1.2. Any incomplete or incorrectly completed proposal submission may be deemed non-compliant, and as a result you may be unable to proceed further in the procurement process.

7.1.3. IUCN will query any obvious clerical errors in your proposal and may, at IUCN’s sole discretion, allow you to correct these, but only if doing so could not be perceived as giving you an unfair advantage.

7.2. In order to participate in this procurement, you must meet the following conditions:

• Free of conflicts of interest
• Registered on the relevant professional or trade register of the country in which you are established (or resident, if self-employed)
• In full compliance with your obligations relating to payment of social security contributions and of all applicable taxes
• Not been convicted of failing to comply with environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection
• Not bankrupt or being wound up
• Never been guilty of an offence concerning your professional conduct
• Not involved in fraud, corruption, a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorism, or any other illegal activity.

  7.3. You must complete and sign the Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2)

  7.4. If you are participating in this procurement as a member of a joint venture, or are using sub-contractors, submit a separate Declaration of Undertaking for each member of the joint venture and sub-contractor, and be clear in your proposal which parts of the goods/services are provided by each partner or sub-contractor.

  7.5. Each bidder shall submit only one proposal, either individually or as a partner in a joint venture. In case of joint venture, one company shall not be allowed to participate in two different joint ventures in the same procurement nor shall a company be allowed to submit a proposal both on its behalf and as part of a joint venture for the same procurement. A bidder who submits or participates in more than one proposal (other than as a subcontractor or in cases of alternatives that have been permitted or requested) shall cause all the proposals with the bidder’s participation to be disqualified.

  7.6. By taking part in this procurement, you accept the conditions set out in this RfP, including the following:

• It is unacceptable to give or offer any gift or consideration to an employee or other representative of IUCN as a reward or inducement in relation to the awarding of a contract. Such action will give IUCN the right to exclude you from this and any future procurements, and to terminate any contract that may have been signed with you.
• Any attempt to obtain information from an employee or other representative of IUCN concerning another bidder will result in disqualification.
• Any price fixing or collusion with other bidders in relation to this procurement shall give IUCN the right to exclude you and any other involved bidder(s) from this and any future procurements and may constitute a criminal offence.

8. Confidentiality and data protection

8.1. IUCN follows the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information you submit to IUCN as part of this procurement will be treated as confidential and shared only as required to evaluate your proposal in line with the procedure explained in this RfP, and for the maintenance of a clear audit trail. For audit purposes, IUCN is required to retain your proposal in its entirety for 10 years after the end of the resulting contract and make this available to internal and external auditors and donors as and when requested.

8.2. In the Declaration of Undertaking (Attachment 2) you need to give IUCN express permission to use the information you submit in this way, including personal data that forms part of your proposal. Where you include personal data of your employees (e.g. CVs) in your proposal, you need to have written permission from those individuals to share this information with IUCN, and for IUCN to use this information as indicated in 8.1. Without these permissions, IUCN will not be able to consider your proposal.

9. Complaints procedure

If you have a complaint or concern regarding the propriety of how a competitive process is or has been executed, then please contact [email protected]. Such complaints or concerns will be treated as confidential and are not considered in breach of the above restrictions on communication (Section 2.1).

10. Contract

The contract will be based on IUCN’s template in Attachment 3, the terms of which are not negotiable. They may, however, be amended by IUCN to reflect particular requirements from the donor funding this particular procurement.

11. About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Headquartered in Switzerland, IUCN Secretariat comprises around 1,000 staff with offices in more than 50 countries.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,300 Member organisations and some 10,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

www.iucn.org

https://twitter.com/IUCN/

12. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference

Title: Baseline Survey of PAMOJA TUHIFADHI BAHARI YETU PROJECT – (TOGETHER WE PROTECT OUR OCEAN PROJECT) in Tanzania.

Objective of the Consultancy

The main objectiveof the baseline study for Bahari Yetu project is to generate baseline benchmark that will enable tracking of performance indicators and provide an up-to-date, real picture – based upon collected qualitative and quantitative data – of the current socio-economic and ecological situation in targeted seascapes in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. In achieving its purpose, the baseline study will also meet the following specific objectives:

1. Establish baseline data for the set indicators against which progress and impact of the strategic project outcomes and the cross-cutting priorities (i.e. Gender equality, Human Rights, Climate Change, Environment, Anti-corruption, and Knowledge management) can be measured.
2. Provide a solid foundation for identifying impact pathways and learning agenda that will contribute to learning initiatives that are aligned with the project’s objectives.
3. Examine the Bahari Yetu Theory of Change (ToC) and how it contributes to IUCN Tanzania and ESARO Cost and Ocean Resilience Strategy.
4. Contribute to the finalization of the results framework specifically the indicators – which should be gender-sensitive when appropriate, with a view of:

• Fine-tuning the final list of indicators in the result framework to identify SMART indicators for the project and their relevance and applicability to targeted seascapes/landscapes.
• Define indicators for which baseline values are needed and provide them, as well as identify indicators for which target values should be identified (and suggest target values)

1. Document the methodology, sources of information and tools used to collect baseline data – to feed into the development of Bahari Yetu MEL plan, to allow for replication of data collection over time.
2. Analyse key issues affecting women, youth and other vulnerable groups – e.g. in terms of participation in marine and coastal resources governance, access and utilization, income sources and decision making thus providing essential information on gender and youth mainstreaming.

Background

Project Reference: P04809

Donor reference: Contract No. 700002168

About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and around 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

www.iucn.org

https://twitter.com/IUCN/

About the Project

Bahari Yetu Project will build on the foundation and opportunities established by current and previous IUCN’s and Partners’ programs and projects, increasing focus on the well-being of rural populations, biodiversity conservation and climate action while retaining blue economy strategy implementation as its core goal. The project rationale rests on the linkage between environment and economic growth and poverty alleviation, and the challenge of sustainable management of Tanzania’s biodiversity assets. Through a participatory approach that emphasizes improved governance of natural resources, the Bahari Yetu project will generate results relevant to both the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and EU Delegation Blue Economy priorities in target sub-regions. Therefore, UCN has designed the Bahari Yetu project as a response to identified challenges as well as to support, strengthen and upscale the concrete deployment and implementation of rural development, biodiversity conservation and sustainable management in line with policy and institutional frameworks of Tanzania. The project will align management and conservation of the marine and coastal resources and demonstrate that addressing conservation and development objectives simultaneously leads to better decisions and more sustainably managed ecosystems under the Blue Economy framework.

Bahari Yetu Project will be implemented over a period of four years (48 months) starting from November 2024. In mainland Tanzania the project will be executed in four regions (Mtwara, Coastal, Lindi and Dar es Salaam) while in Zanzibar the project will be executed in two regions (North and South Unguja). It is anticipated that the project will indirectly benefit approximately 500,000 individuals from the project regions who rely on marine and coastal resources for their sustenance.

In terms of implementation, the project will be implemented in partnership with 4 main partners i.e. WWF, WCS, TNC Tanzania program Offices and ForumCC. These partners will work in close collaboration with key relevant public institutions such as MPRU, MCA, NEMC, TAFIRI, ZAFIRI, NCMC higher learning institutions in the country, local conservation organizations and relevant Ministries and local government authorities.

Bahari Yetu project goal is to improve environmental protection and biodiversity conservation of the coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania.

The project is expected to achieve the following intermediate outcomes:

1. Improved biodiversity conservation of the marine resources.
2. Community-led management of coastal forests strengthened.
3. Plastic leakage into the environment, waterways and the ocean reduced.
4. Institutional capacity for research and monitoring of coastal resources improved.

To achieve the above expected results. The project will be implemented through five interconnected work components as summarised in the table below:

Component – Geography/target/objective

1. Protection of Marine Resources and Biodiversity. – Mtwara and Unguja North

2. Strengthen Community-led Management of Coastal Forests. – Rufiji, Kilwa and Unguja

3. Combat plastic leakage into the environment, waterways and the ocean – Temeke, Ilala, Kinondoni and Mafia Island

4. Improve institutional capacities for research, monitoring, surveillance, and management of coastal and marine resources. – The target will be institutions directly responsible for the management, research and monitoring of marine resources, climate change and carbon in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

5. Project management, Coordination and Acceleration of Impact. – The objective is to ensure the project is effectively delivering expected results.

Upon contract award, key project documents will be provided to the Consultant, including the Bahari Yetu Theory of Change, project proposal and the result framework.

Description of the Assignment

The International Union for Conservation of Nature intends to use part of the Bahari Yetu project financial support received from Delegation of European Union to Tanzania to engage the consultant/firm to conduct a baseline study. The main purpose of the assignment is to determine and document baselines for select indicators of socio-economic and ecological/ biophysical outcomes and impacts of the project. The baseline study will cover all the project indicators that do not have existing baseline data. This study will be designed and conducted in a manner such that it will serve as the baseline for a terminal impact study to be conducted in strict compliance to evaluation standards, norms, and ethics. The study therefore seeks to establish the status of key project parameters and to inform specific programmatic/project targets and subsequent performance monitoring and evaluation by project’s key stakeholders including implementing partners, beneficiaries, and development partners.

The consultant will identify and describe the most appropriate and efficient methodology and approach for designing and conduction a baseline study which will not only inform project target setting, implementation fidelity and performance, but also serve as the baseline for future impact studies. It is envisioned that the methodology will include (but not limited to) the following:

1. Documents review, including all relevant documents provided to the Consultant by IUCN and other Bahari Yetu partners as well as other documents identified and obtained by the Consultant and deemed relevant for conducting the baseline study.
2. Gathering and analysis of secondary data and metrics including GIS data.
3. Develop an appropriate baseline study design preferably cross-sectional study with randomized sampling procedures.
4. Perform sample size and power calculations.
5. Key informant interviews (ensuring a balanced gender perspective)
6. Focus Gorup Discussions (ensuring a balanced gender and age perspective).
7. Field visits to conduct interviews and surveys with representatives of BMUs, blue and green economy beneficiaries, members of village natural resources management committees, extension service providers, communities in the targeted seascapes/landscapes, relevant Ministries, local government authorities, relevant research institutions, MPRU, MCA, partners in the same seascapes/landscapes and any other relevant actors.
8. Organise a workshop to present the revised draft report to project team and partners.

It will be fundamental to ensure a fair representation of all stakeholder groups – including women, youth, and other relevant groups – across all data collection methods.

Sample sites

With reference to project objectives and proposed indicators, data will be collected in representative strategic sites obtained through randomized sampling procedures. Sampling frame of wards, villages and shehia will be provided to consultant before study designing phase. Just to highlight, data will be collected in Mtwara, Rufiji, Kilwa, Temeke, Ilala, Kinondoni and Mafya in mainland Tanzania. In Zanzibar, data will be collected in Unguja North.

Duration of the Assignment

The assignment will be conducted and all deliverables completed within a period of approximately two months starting from March to end of April 2025.

Deliverables and Activities

The consultant will provide the following deliverables and carry out the following activities:

Deliverable/Activity – Description – Deadline

• Inception report – 7 March 2025

In the project inception phase, the consultant will undertake consultative calls and meetings combined with review and analysis of documents, which will culminate in the development of the inception report which will be submitted to IUCN within 14 days of contract signing. This report will describe in detail the following.

1. Baseline approach
2. Methodology
3. Workplan and anticipated timelines for data collection, analysis, report writing and submission.
4. Proposed outline the baseline report be agreed with IUCN (described below)
5. A list of key informants and list of documents to be reviewed

The consultants will convene an inception meeting for discussing the report with a view to making comments for improvement.

• Draft Baseline Survey Report – 7 April 2025

The draft report will clearly indicate the methodology specifications and the baseline values for the specified indicators. The baseline values should be in the units of measurement indicated in the project documents. Draft baseline report should include initial recommendations for the finalisation of the indicators in the project Result Framework as well as general individual seascape/landscape profiles for each targeted location.

Final baseline datasheet – 18 April 2025

The final datasheet disaggregated by sex, where applicable

An indicator and data collection manual – 18 April 2025

The consultants will develop and share the indicator and data collection manual for the Bahari Yetu Project, including baseline values, suggested targets when relevant, detailed data sources and names and affiliations of key informants, means of verification and data collection tools for indicators assessed during the baseline study to allow replication over time.

Final Baseline Survey Report – 18 April 2025

Project stakeholders will review the draft report and provide feedback that will inform the subsequent update of the draft report to final report. The final baseline study report will be presented to IUCN and partners for adoption and approval.

Outline of the Final Baseline Survey Report:

1. Cover page, Table of contents, List of acronyms.
2. Executive summary – should be a clear and concise stand-alone document that states the most salient findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study and gives readers the essential contents of the baseline report in the three to five pages.
3. Introduction – description of project area, context, geospatial maps, triangulation with existing projects in the seascape/landscape.
4. Methodology and study design – should describe the methodology and design of the quantitative and qualitative components, constraints and limitations to the study, and issues in conducting the study. Clear delineation of focus group discussions, socio-economic baseline methods (sampling/ counterfactual), climate trends as well as ecological baseline methods.
5. Tabular summary of quantitative study results – should present findings of the quantitative survey in table form and or graphics for all indicators and for the aggregate program area.
6. Findings – should present results from the quantitative survey and qualitative study. Results from the quantitative survey should be analysed and discussed, using findings from the qualitative study for triangulation, interpretation, and validation of results. Any bivariate and multivariate analysis undertaken should also be included.
7. Conclusions and recommendations – should provide high-level conclusions from the baseline study and recommendations for the design and implementation of the future final evaluations. Recommendations must be relevant to the project and context and include concrete and realistic steps for implementing.
8. Annexes – all special documentation identified as necessary or useful (e.g. other relevant findings in form of tables/graphs, list of key informants consulted (with titles), quantitative survey/qualitative study instruments, sampling plan for the quantitative survey, syntax files etc.).

Reference Documents

Relevant documents that IUCN will share with the Consultant include (but not be limited to)

the following:

• Bahari Yetu project document.
• Bahari Yetu Theory of Change
• Project result frameworks
• IUCN evaluation policy
• IUCN enterprise risk management policy
• IUCN Tanzania Country Programme Strategy
• Bahari Mali baseline, MTR and progress reports
• Other documents considered to be necessary by the consultant.

Consultant will be required to find and review relevant documents from Bahari Yetu implementing partners as well as other documents from open sources such as The European Union’s (EU) Blue Economy Programme for Tanzania, National Determined Contribution (NDC) of 2021 and the National Environmental Master Plan for Strategic Interventions (2022-2032), relevant national sectorial policies, etc.

Payment Schedule

The Timetable below summarises the chronological order of deliverables and indicates milestones at which IUCN will pay the Consultant.

Deliverable – Milestone payment

7 March 2025: Submission of the Inception Report – 20%

7 April 2025: Draft Baseline Survey Report – 40%

18 April 2025: Final Baseline Survey Report (with final data sheet and indicator and data collection manual) – 40%

Skills and Experience

IUCN requires a firm (“The Consultant”) with experience in conducting baseline data collection survey and with extensive expertise and knowledge in at least one of the following fields: natural resources governance; ecosystem restoration; marine conservation; fisheries and aquaculture, GIS and remote sensing, Climate Change, social and/or economic development policymaking, gender issues or a combination thereof. Expertise and previous experience in similar exercises.

The Consultant should be able to perform the tasks associated with the consultancy in both English and Kiswahili. The Consultant should therefore meet the following technical requirements:

1. Advanced university degree in fisheries and aquaculture, Climate Change, marine conservation, and natural-resource management.
2. At least ten years of relevant experience in supporting, designing, planning and/or conducting baseline studies and/or mid-terms reviews or evaluations; with demonstrated quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills
3. Competent in GIS technology particularly design and application of GIS models for benchmarking and assessing ecological and socio-economic status in the landscapes and seascapes.
4. Relevant experience with cost and ocean resilience programming and or community-based forest management.
5. Previous experience in the development of project Theories of Change, log-frames/results frameworks with SMART indicators.
6. Clear understanding of research methodologies and experience using a range of research tools and techniques with regards to marine plastics, blue economy, climate change adaptation and natural resources management.
7. Experience of working with coastal community is an added advantage
8. English language fluency in both speaking and writing
9. At least one team member must be fluent in written and spoken Kiswahili (native speaker or professional proficiency level).

Women are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be selected based on merit.

Supervision and coordination

The consultant will report to and work under the supervision of Regional Programme Manager – Coastal & Ocean Resilience (COR) and or Chief of Party, Bahari Yetu project.

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