Request for Proposals (RfP)
RESET Baseline Survey
Tanzania Country Office (TCO)
RfP Reference: IUCN-15-04-P05042-1
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. REQUIREMENTS1.1. A detailed description of the services and/or goods to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.2. CONTACT DETAILS2.1. 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: jolly.chemutai@iucn.org3. PROCUREMENT TIMETABLE3.1. 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
15 April 2025-Publication of the Request for Proposals
18 April 2025-Deadline for confirmation of intention to bid
20 April 2025-Deadline for submission of questions
22 April 2025-Planned publication of responses to questions
**29 April 2025-**Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”)
07 May 2025 -Review of Completed Proposals
09 May 2025-Planned date of contract award
9 May 2025-Expected contract start date
13 June 2025-Expected contract end date
3.2. 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 PROPOSAL4.1. 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)
In accordance with IUCN evaluation policy, the evaluators will be independent. This implies a total independence of the evaluators from RESOLVE NbS project design, approval, implementation and execution. A written statement of independence from each individual involved in the baseline is a requirement.
4.4. Technical ProposalThe 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.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 the proposal-5%
2.Critical analysis of the project objectives and the TOR-15%
Information to provide:
- 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%
Information to provide:
- Proposed approach, methodology, principles and tools for baseline survey that demonstrates feasibility, quality, and clarity (30 pt.)
4.Operationalisation of the approach and Methodology-20%
Information to provide:
- 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.)
- References/links and contacts from similar past assignments (5 pt.)
TOTAL-100%
4.5. Financial Proposal4.5.1. The financial proposal must be a fixed and firm price for the provision of the goods/services stated in the RfP in their entirety.4.5.1. Prices include all costsSubmitted 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 TaxesProposal rates and prices shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax.
4.5.4. Currency of proposed rates and pricesAll rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in US Dollars.4.5.5. Breakdown of rates and pricesFor information only, the price needs to be broken down as follows:1-Summary
Total value of the Proposal-In USD-In NOK
Total Fees
Total Expenses
Total
2-Fees
Team members-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[1].
Expenses-Unit-Unit Cost -Quantity -Total (USD)
Vehicle fuel -Litres
Train -Ticket
DSA-Day
[1] . 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 PROPOSALS5.1. CompletenessIUCN will firstly check your proposal for completeness. Incomplete proposals will not be considered further.
5.2. Technical Evaluation5.2.1. Scoring MethodYour 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.
5.2.2. Minimum Quality ThresholdsProposals that receive a score of ‘0’ for any of the criteria will not be considered further.
5.2.3. Technical ScoreYour 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 ScoresThe 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 ScoreYour 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 procedure6.1. 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.6.3. 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 procurementTo 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.
- 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.
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 IUCNIUCN 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.
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. ATTACHMENTSAttachment 1 Specification of Requirements / Terms of ReferenceAttachment 2 Declaration of Undertaking (select 2a for companies or 2b for self-employed as applicable to you)Attachment 3 Contract Template
**Title: Baseline Survey of “**Resilient Soybean for Empowerment in Tanzania (RESET)” project.
Objective of the Consultancy
This consultancy has the following objective(s):
The main objective of the assignment is to conduct RESET baseline assessment information for the indicators set out in the project Results Framework (RF).
The specific tasks of the assignment include:
- 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.
- 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.
- Examine the RESET Theory of Change (ToC) in relation to broader DGBP objectives and IUCN Tanzania Strategy.
- Contribute to the finalization of the results framework specifically the indicators – which should be gender-sensitive when appropriate, with a view of:
- 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).
- Suggest data sources and methods/approach of data collection, means of verification, reporting schedules and responsibilities
- Identify and map all stakeholders involved in the project, including local governments, private sectors, public bodies, NGOs, local communities, businesses, and other key players.
- Analyse key issues affecting women, youth and other vulnerable groups – e.g. in terms of participation in soybean production thus providing essential information on gender and youth mainstreaming.
- Identify and map relevant soy value chain actors in Tanzania that RESET can link with.
- Understand the project district’s context, issues, opportunities and develop relevant geospatial maps, triangulating RESET with existing projects in the regions.
- Suggest mechanism for monitoring, updating and evaluating current and potential project risks.
Background
Project Reference: P05042
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 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.
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the Project
For over three decades, IUCN has been working in Tanzania to support conservation and natural resources management endeavours with a focus on land systems, water resources, oceans management, climate change and biodiversity. Tanzania’s socio-economic growth and development is underpinned by its diverse wealth of natural capital and favourable climate conditions. The country is one of the twelve mega-diverse countries in the world endowed with different natural ecosystems and a massive wealth of biodiversity. Agriculture, which is highly dependent on functional environmental systems is one of the most important sectors of Tanzania’s economy, responsible for approximately 25% of GDP and 85% of exports. This makes Tanzania a major food basket for the region.
Currently, the Tanzania Country Office envisions supporting the realization of a healthy and resilient environment that sustains the social, economic aspirations of the people. In recent years however, Tanzania has experienced an acute decline in the health, conditions and status of its natural resources. Tanzania is also witnessing significant loss of wildlife species and their habitat driven primarily by deforestation, encroachment and land degradation. The available annual renewable water resources are decreasing. Therefore, for Tanzania to meet its highly ambitious national development and growth targets while at the same time managing the critical natural resources and systems upon which the people and economy depends, there is need to scale up the implementation of strategic policy and programming actions in agriculture, climate change, biodiversity conservation and land systems management. To achieve this, IUCN Tanzania has developed and is implementing a portfolio of programmes including RESET project.
RESET project is a three-year activity funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), that is focused on high agro-production landscapes of Iringa and Morogoro within the SACGOT region. The main objective of RESET project is to develop and implement sustainable, climate-adaptive smallholder farmers practices across soybean value chain, enhancing the resilience of production systems and market access while promoting the commercialization with the private sector and MSMEs to adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
This will be achieved through development of a vibrant deforestation-free soy value chain that will attract more investments and promotion of scalable climate smart agriculture solutions, human capital development and inclusive business that boost employment and agency for smallholder farmers, women, and youth. In turn this is expected drive market system aggregation to reduce inefficiency and costs.
The project will support and build synergies between several SDGs, including SDG 1 (No poverty), SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 5 (Gender equality), SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities) and SDG 13 (Combat climate change and its impacts). The project strongly aligns with Tanzania’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 2021) in terms of higher-level objectives (e.g. national planning) and specific adaptation activities e.g. water management.
Furthermore, RESET is also well aligned with the Agricultural Sector Development Programme (ASDP II) contributing to both components 1, 2 and 3 on Land Management, Enhanced Agricultural Productivity, Commercialization and Value Addition respectively. It also contributes to National FYDP 2021/22-2025/26 and clean energy ambitions.
The proposed project seeks to introduce a combination of multi-sectoral climate smart technologies, practices and processes to foster climate change adaptation by small and marginal farmers and vulnerable groups, especially women who are dependent on agriculture and attract youth through Quality Declared Seed (QDS) enterprise development as well as capacity building and empowerment along the soy supply chain.
Implementation of the RESET project will be through three interlinked outcomes:
Outcome 1: Improved adaptive capacity and resilience of smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.
Outcome 2: Enhanced land health by use of agro-ecological farm management strategies in the farming system.
Outcome 3: Improved technology uptake leading to increased business efficiency, turnover and job creation for youth and women.
Description of the Assignment
The International Union for Conservation of Nature intends to use part of the RESET project financial support received from Denmark 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 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:
- Documents review, including all relevant documents provided to the Consultant by IUCN and other RESET partners as well as other documents identified and obtained by the Consultant and deemed relevant for conducting the baseline study.
- Gathering and analysis of secondary data and metrics including GIS data.
- Develop an appropriate baseline study design preferably cross-sectional study with randomized sampling procedures.
- Perform sample size and power calculations.
- Key informant interviews (ensuring a balanced gender perspective)
- Focus Gorup Discussions (ensuring a balanced gender and age perspective).
- Field visits to conduct interviews and surveys with Local Government Leaders, key National Level Institutions and Ministries, representatives of Farm and Forest Producer Organisations, other socio-economic groups, businesses, private sector, extension service providers, CBOs, and communities in the targeted districts.
- 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, vulnerable individuals and other relevant groups – across all data collection methods.
Duration of the Assignment
The assignment will be conducted and all deliverables completed by end of May 2025.
Deliverables and Activities
The consultant will provide the following deliverables and carry out the following activities:
Deliverable/Activity-Description
Deliverable: Inception report
Description:
- 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.
- Baseline approach
- Methodology
- Workplan and anticipated timelines for data collection, analysis, report writing and submission.
- Proposed outline the baseline report be agreed with IUCN (see item “C” below)
- 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.
Deliverable: Draft Baseline Survey Report
Description:
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 landscape profiles for each targeted region.
Deliverable: Final baseline datasheet
Description:
The final datasheet disaggregated by sex, where applicable
Deliverable: An indicator and data collection manual
Description:
The consultants will develop and share the indicator and data collection manual for the RESET 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.
Deliverable: Final Baseline Survey Report
Description:
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:
- Cover page, Table of contents, List of acronyms.
- 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.
- Introduction – description of project area, context, geospatial maps, triangulation with existing projects in the region.
- 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.
- 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 project location.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- RESET project document.
- Project result frameworks
- IUCN evaluation policy
- IUCN enterprise risk management policy
- IUCN Tanzania Country Programme Strategy
- IUCN ESARO Land System Strategy
- Other documents considered to be necessary by the consultant.
Consultant will be required to find and review relevant documents from RESET consortium members as well as other documents from open sources such as National Determined Contribution (NDC) of 2021, Agriculture Sector Development Programme (ASDP) II, SAGCOT Green Print, 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
Submission of the Inception Report-20%
Draft Baseline Survey Report -40%
Final Baseline Survey Report (with final data sheet and indicator and data collection manual)-40%
Skills and Experience
The consultant or consultancy firm will work independently with IUCN providing overall coordination. The consultant or consultancy firm needs to meet the following minimum conditions:
- Minimum of 5 years of existence and experience in food systems, rural socio-economy, environmental economy, climate change impacts assessment and natural resource management.
- Experience in soybean value chain in the context of developing countries.
- Experience in Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) assessments.
- Experience in Land Health assessment.
- Experience in Climate Smart Agriculture, climate vulnerability assessments and GIS.
- Having undertaken programme or project baseline assessments in Tanzania (experience in other countries within the East African region will be an added advantage).
- Experience in designing ex-post impact studies with demonstrated application of various evaluation designs – experimental non-experimental designs, sample size and power calculations.
The key skills and competencies of team members include:
- A relevant post-graduate degree at or above MSc level in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Economics, Natural Resources Management, Climate Change adaptation/mitigation or a related discipline.
- At least ten (10) years’ experience in food systems assessment, Climate Smart Agriculture assessment, socio-economic, biophysical assessment including application of GIS and climate change impacts assessment.
- Previous experience in the development of project Theories of Change, log-frames/results frameworks with SMART indicators.
- Clear understanding of research methodologies and experience using a range of research tools and techniques with regards to food systems, climate smart agriculture and climate change adaptation.
- Experience in gender and youth mainstreaming into Climate Smart Agriculture is key.
- Experience working in Soybean value chain development is an added advantage.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Knowledge of Swahili language is desirable.
Supervision and coordination
The consultant will report to and work under the supervision of Programme Manager.
Declaration of Undertaking in relation to RfP Request for Proposals (RfP) RESET Baseline Survey
I, the undersigned, hereby confirm that I am an authorised representative of the following organisation:
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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:
- The Organisation is duly registered in accordance with all applicable laws.
- The Organisation is fully compliant with all its tax and social security obligations.
- The Organisation and its staff and representatives are free of any real or perceived conflicts of interest with regards to IUCN and its Mission.
- 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.
- None of the Organisation’s staff has ever been convicted of grave professional misconduct or any other offence concerning their professional conduct.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Organisation complies with all applicable environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection.
- 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.
- 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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DECLARATION in relation to IUCN-15-04-P05042-1
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):
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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:
- I am legally registered as self-employed in accordance with all applicable laws.
- I am fully compliant with all my tax and social security obligations.
- I am free of any real or perceived conflicts of interest with regards to IUCN and its Mission.
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- I have never been convicted of grave professional misconduct or any other offence concerning my professional conduct.
- I have never been convicted of fraud, corruption, money laundering, supporting terrorism or involvement in a criminal organisation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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