Plastic ventures identification ,needs and opportunity assessment Full Time

Request for Proposals (RfP)

Plastic ventures identification ,needs and opportunity assessment

IUCN- Tanzania country office, Dar es Salaam and Coastal Regions

RfP Reference:

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.

2.CONTACT DETAILS

During 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

3.1 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

3April 2025-Publication of the Request for Proposals

10April 2025-Deadline for submission of questions

14April 2025-Planned publication of responses to questions

19April 2025-Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”)

21- 23April 2025-Planned date for contract award

24April 2025-Expected contract start date

3.2 Please email the IUCN contact to confirm whether (wheither )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 4.3 below)

• Financial Proposal (see Section 4.4 below)

Proposals must be prepared in English.

4.2 Your Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact provided .The subject heading of the email shall be [RfP Reference – Plastic ventures identification ,needs and opportunity assessment]. 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:

All Tanzania nationals are fulfilling the requirements stated in terms of reference are eligible.

4.4 Technical Proposal:

The technical proposal must address each of the criteria stated below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number.

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.

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

Description-Information to provide-Relative weight(%)

1.Team composition and qualifications (Multidisciplinary team)- 10%

Information to provide

Advanced degree (Masters, PhD) in Business Management, Environmental Science, Waste Management, Climate Change, Marine Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation, Natural Resources Management, or any other related field.

2. Competence-20%

Information to provide

At least ten (10) years of experience in plastic waste management, circular economy, plastic management, sustainable business development, with proven expertise in gender-responsive approaches.

3. Methodology-30%

Information to provide

Description of the methodology approach to be used to deliver the work

4. Work plan- 20%

Information to provide

Working program / working schedule for delivery of deliverables

5. Understanding of the local context-20%

Information to provide

Knowledge of Tanzania’s economic, environmental, and social dynamics related to plastic waste.

TOTAL-100

4.4 Financial Proposal:

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

4.4.2 Prices include all costs:

Submitted rates and prices are deemed to include all costs, insurances, taxes (except VAT), 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.

4.4.3 Applicable Goods and Services Taxes

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

4.4.4 Currency of proposed rates and prices

All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in Tanzania shillings

4.4.5 Breakdown of rates and prices

For information only, the price needs to be broken down in the following Table. Kindly, add all related price information like daily rates, transport, logistics fees that will be used while conducting this study. The price quates should in Tanzania shillings

Description-Quantity-Unit Price-Total Price

1

2

3

4

5

6

TOTAL

4.5 Additional information not requested by IUCN should not be included in your Proposal and will not be considered in the evaluation.

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

4.7 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:

5.1Completeness

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

5.2Technical Evaluation

5.2.1Scoring 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.

5.2.3Technical 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, 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 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

7.1To 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 bankrupt or being wound up
• Not been convicted of failing to comply with environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection.
• 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.

1. 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.

10.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).

11.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.

12.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 people’s 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/

13.ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1 : Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference

Attachment 2 Declaration of Undertaking (select 2a for companies or 2b for self-employed as applicable to you)

Attachment 3 : Contract Template

Terms of Reference

Title: Plastics ventures identification, needs and opportunity assessment

Objective of the Consultancy:

This consultancy has the following objective(s):

1.To identify small-scale plastic ventures with potential positive impact to the environment and social-economic development in Tanzania’s coastal regions to identify their business and environmental management potential, technical and financial gaps and other opportunities.

2.To inform strategies to strengthen the role of small-scale plastic ventures in supporting conservation of environment and blue economy development, with a strong emphasis on gender-responsive and socially inclusive solutions.

Background

Project Reference:

Donor reference:

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

The rampant state of coastal and marine ecosystems degradation, weak land use systems, poor marine and coastal resources governance, high dependence on marine resources and climate change are the biggest problems threatening long term productivity of Tanzania’s coastal and marine natural capital. Critical issues include: coastal development; mangrove destruction; marine pollution from surface run off and plastics waste; overfishing, damaging fishing practices and weak resources governance; targeting of juvenile and undersize fish and invertebrates (lobsters, crabs, sea cucumber); an uncoordinated and piecemeal approach to biodiversity and ecosystem-based fisheries management at the local level; poor advocacy skills and limited knowledge on environmental legislation for community conservation efforts; and unsustainable financing of coastal and marine resources.

The Bahari Yetu project’s development hypothesis is that the stewardship of the marine biodiversity and blue economy will be improved if: 1) science based natural resource management and governance at a landscape and seascape scale is improved; 2) economic benefits from conservation-based enterprises are increased for women and youth; 3) new technologies and approaches for increased climate resilience measures by communities are introduced and adopted; 4) knowledge management and capacity building on marine and coastal resources management (including forests) is improved; and 5) natural resource policy development, institutions, evidence-based research and monitoring, and implementation are enhanced.

The project will build on the foundation and opportunities established by current and previous 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 program rationale rests on the linkage between environment and economic growth and poverty alleviation, and the challenge of sustainable management of Tanzania’s biodiversity assets.

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.

Pamoja Tuhifadhi Bahari Yetu Project is implemented over a period of four years (48 months) starting from November 2024. In mainland Tanzania the project is executed in four regions (Mtwara, Coastal, Lindi and Dar es Salaam) while in Zanzibar the project is executed in two regions (North and South Unguja). IUCN team up with FORUMCC, WWF, WCS and TNC Tanzania program Offices as key project implementing partners (IPs). IUCN and TNC will support implementation of component 1; IUCN, WWF and WCS support implementation of component 2; IUCN and FORUMCC support implementation of component 3 and IUCN supports implementation of components 4 and 5. IUCN and the main IPs work with relevant public institutions, NGOs and CBOs to implement the project.

Description of the Assignment

The consultant will perform the following main tasks:

1. Review relevant existing policies and legal frameworks to highlight gaps and opportunities in promoting plastic circular economy in Tanzania.
2. Map and profile at least 25 small-scale plastic ventures along Tanzania’s coastal regions with potential positive impact to the environment and social-economic development.
3. Analyse the business potential including business growth, market and job creation, environmental protection potential, technical, governance and financial gaps and other opportunities of the identified 25 ventures.

Duration of the Assignment

From 24 April 2025 to 28 May 2025

35working days after contract signature

Deliverables and Activities

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

Deliverable/Activity-Description-Deadline

1.Inception report

Description

Understanding the assignment, Clear Methodology, work plan ,team

Deadline

Five (5) days after contract signature

2.Draft report detailing:

Description

i. The analysis of policies and legal frameworks highlighting gaps and opportunities in promoting plastic a circular economy in Tanzania.

ii. Map and profile of at least 25 small-scale plastic ventures along Tanzania’s coastal regions with potential positive impact to the environment and social-economic development.

iii. Analysis of the business potential including business growth, market and job creation, environmental protection potential, technical, governance and financial gaps and other opportunities of the identified 25 ventures

iv. Strategic recommendations on how identified ventures can be supported to accelerate and upscale their businesses.

Deadline

20 days after the inception report validation

3.Final validated report

Description

Plastics ventures identification including their technical and financial gaps and opportunities – task is to hire and manage a consultant

Deadline

10 days after draft report validation

Payment Schedule

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

Deliverable-Milestone payment

1. Inception report -30%

2.Draft report – 40%

3.Final report (after validation)-30%

Total -100%

Skills and Experience:

The consultant must have the following skills, education and experience as a minimum:

• Advanced degree (Masters /PhD) in Business Management, Environmental Science, Waste Management, Climate Change, Marine Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation, Natural-Resource Management, or any other related field.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in waste management, circular economy, or sustainable business development, with proven expertise in gender-responsive approaches.
• Proven experience in conducting technical and financial assessments and integrating gender-sensitive methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and report writing skills, with the ability to facilitate participatory and inclusive discussions.
• Demonstrated experience working with women- and youth-led enterprises or community-based initiatives.
• English and Swahili language fluency in both speaking and writing
• GIS knowledge
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply

Supervision and coordination

The consultant will report to and work under the supervision of:

MONGA Elinasi, Regional Programme Manager – Coastal and Ocean Resilience

Declaration of Undertaking in relation to RfP Plastic ventures identification ,needs and opportunity assessment

I, the undersigned, hereby confirm that I am an authorised representative of the following organisation:

Registered Name of Organisation (the “Organisation”): _______________________

Registered Address (incl. country): _______________________________________

Year of Registration:__________________________________________________

I hereby authorise IUCN to store and use the information included in the attached Proposal for the purpose of evaluating Proposals and selecting the Proposal IUCN deems the most favourable. I acknowledge that IUCN is required to retain the Proposal in its entirety for 10 years after then end of the resulting contract and make this available to internal and external auditors and donors as and when reasonably requested.

Where the Proposal includes Personal Data as defined by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), I confirm that the Organisation has been authorised by each Data Subject to share this Data with IUCN for the purposes stated above.

I further confirm that the following statements are correct:

1. The Organisation is duly registered in accordance with all applicable laws.
2. The Organisation is fully compliant with all its tax and social security obligations.
3. The Organisation and its staff and representatives are free of any real or perceived conflicts of interest with regards to IUCN and its Mission.
4. The Organisation agrees to declare to IUCN any real or perceived emerging conflicts of interests it or any of its staff and representatives may have concerning IUCN. The Organisation acknowledges that IUCN may terminate any contracts with the Organisation that would, in IUCN sole discretion, be negatively affected by such conflicts of interests.
5. None of the Organisation’s staff has ever been convicted of grave professional misconduct or any other offence concerning their professional conduct.
6. Neither the Organisation nor any of its staff and representatives have ever been convicted of fraud, corruption, money laundering, supporting terrorism or involvement in a criminal organisation.
7. The Organisation acknowledges that engagement by itself or any of its staff in fraud, corruption, money laundering, supporting terrorism or involvement in a criminal organisation will entitle IUCN to terminate any and all contracts with the Organisation with immediate effect.
8. The Organisation is a going concern and is not bankrupt or being wound up, is not having its affairs administered by the courts, has not suspended business activities, is not the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations.
9. The Organisation complies with all applicable environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection.
10. The Organisation is not included in the UN Security Council Sanctions List, EU Sanctions Map, US Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions List, or the World Bank listing of ineligible firms and individuals. The Organisation agrees that it will not provide direct or indirect support to firms and individuals included in these lists.
11. The Organisation has not been, is not, and will not be involved or implicated in any violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, or injustice or abuse of human rights related to other groups or individuals, including forced evictions, violation of fundamental rights of workers as defined by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, child labour, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment.

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< Name and position of authorised representative of the Proposer >

Declaration in relation to RfP Plastic ventures identification ,needs and opportunity assessment

I, the undersigned, hereby confirm that I am self-employed and able to provide the service independent of any organisation or other legal entity.

Full name (as in passport):

Home or Office (please delete as appropriate) Address (incl. country):

I hereby authorise IUCN to store and use the information included in the attached Proposal for the purpose of evaluating Proposals and selecting the Proposal IUCN deems the most favourable, including Personal Data as defined by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I acknowledge that IUCN is required to retain my Proposal in its entirety for 10 years after then end of the resulting contract and make this available to internal and external auditors and donors as and when reasonably requested.

I further confirm that the following statements are correct:

1. I am legally registered as self-employed in accordance with all applicable laws.
2. I am fully compliant with all my tax and social security obligations.
3. I am free of any real or perceived conflicts of interest with regards to IUCN and its Mission.
4. I agree to declare to IUCN any real or perceived emerging conflicts of interests I may have concerning IUCN. I acknowledge that IUCN may terminate any contracts with me that would, in IUCN sole discretion, be negatively affected by such conflicts of interests.
5. I have never been convicted of grave professional misconduct or any other offence concerning my professional conduct.
6. I have never been convicted of fraud, corruption, money laundering, supporting terrorism or involvement in a criminal organisation.
7. I acknowledge that engagement in fraud, corruption, money laundering, supporting terrorism or involvement in a criminal organisation will entitle IUCN to terminate any and all contracts with me with immediate effect.
8. I am not included in the UN Security Council Sanctions List, EU Sanctions Map, US Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions List, or the World Bank listing of ineligible firms and individuals. I agree that I will not provide direct or indirect support to firms and individuals included in these lists.
9. I have not been, am not, and will not be involved or implicated in any violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, or injustice or abuse of human rights related to other groups or individuals, including forced evictions, violation of fundamental rights of workers as defined by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, child labour, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment

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