Request for Proposals (RfP)
TITLE: Technical Assistance to Conduct the Project Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment: Transforming Eastern Province Through Adaptation (TREPA) Project.
IUCN RWANDA Country Office
RfP Reference: IUCN-2025-04-P03168-02
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
1.1. A detailed description of the services and/or goods to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.
2. CONTACT DETAILS
2.1. 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: tenders.rwanda@iucn.org
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
April 14, 2025-Publication of the Request for Proposals
April 20, 2025-Deadline for confirmation of intention to bid
April 21, 2025-Deadline for submission of questions
April 24, 2025-Planned publication of responses to questions
April 28, 2025-Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”)
NA-Interviews / site visits / presentations
May 05,2025-Clarification of proposals
May 09,2025-Planned date for contract award
May 15,2025-Expected contract start 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 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 (see Section 2). The subject heading of the email shall be [IUCN-2025-04-P03168-02_ bidder name]. The bidder’s 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. Pre-Qualification Criteria
IUCN will use the following Pre-Qualification Criteria to determine whether you have the capacity to provide the required goods and/or services to IUCN. Please provide the necessary information in a single, separate document.
Pre-Qualification Criteria
1. 3 relevant references of clients similar to IUCN / similar work
2. Confirm that you have all the necessary legal registrations to perform the work
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.
IUCN will evaluate Technical Proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance:
No.-Criteria-Information to provide-Relative weight
1. Approach and Methodology
1.1. Conceptual and methodological approach-20%
Description of the conceptual and methodological approach including experimental designs, sample size and power calculations, and training delivery approach. (15 pt.)
Explanation of the relevance and effectiveness of the methodological approach (5 pt.)
Information to provide
Technical proposal
1.2. Operationalisation of the approach and Methodology-40%
Ability, proven by the experience/previous assignment, of the firm to implement the proposed methodology (10 pt.)
Working programme / working schedule for delivery of outputs. Service provider providing the most advantageous and realistic delivery schedule (15 pt.)
Staffing schedule and task assignment descriptions aligned with team members expertise/experience (10 pt.)
Work organisation, back-up services, quality control, and logistics (5 pt.)
Information to provide
Technical Proposal
2. Consultants Competencies
2.1. Team Leader: 25%
Education: post-graduate degree at or above MSc level in Natural Resources or Environmental Management, (Agro) Forestry, Agriculture, Climate change adaptation/mitigation or a related discipline (5 pt.)
Work experience: at least five (5) years leading biophysical, ecosystem integrity, and soil health assessments (7 pt.)
Program/Project M&E experience (3 pt.).
Donor experience, (GCF or GEF preferred) (10 pt.)
Information to provide
Copy of degree, at least 3 certifications completion provided by the client institution or service certificate by the employer
2.2. Experts/Subject matter experts:15%
Education: Master’s degree in fields related to data requirements/themes of the assignment, but not same as team leader (5 pt.)
Work experience: at least three (3) years as a subject matter specialist in evaluation/Outcome measurement studies in the areas of biophysical, ecosystem integrity, and soil health assessments (5 pt.)
Program/Project M&E experience in Rwanda (3 pt.)
Donor experience, (GCF or GEF preferred) (2 pt.).
Information to provide
Copy of degree, at least 3 certifications completion provided by the client institution or service certificate by the employer
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, but you need to confirm if you are registered In VAT.
4.5.4. Currency of proposed rates and prices
All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in Rwandan Francs (RWF).
4.5.5. 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 quotes should be in Rwandan Francs.
Description-Quantity-Unit Price-Total Price
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2
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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, 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 scored for each of the criteria from 0 to the maximum for each criteria.
5.2.2. Minimum Quality Thresholds
Proposals that receive a score of ‘0’ for any of the criteria will automatically be disqualified.
5.2.3. Technical Score
Your score for each technical evaluation criterion will be multiplied with the respective relative weight (see Section 5.4) 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. Overall Score
Your proposal’s Overall 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 indicated in Section 3.1. Late proposals will not be considered. All proposals received by the submission deadline will be evaluated 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
7.1. 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:
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Free of conflicts of interest
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Registered on the relevant professional or trade register of the country in which you are established (or resident, if self-employed)
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In full compliance with your obligations relating to payment of social security contributions and of all applicable taxes
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Not been convicted of failing to comply with environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection
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Not bankrupt or being wound up
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Never been guilty of an offence concerning your professional conduct
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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:
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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.
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Any attempt to obtain information from an employee or other representative of IUCN concerning another bidder will result in disqualification.
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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 procurement@iucn.org. 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.
12. 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)
Terms of Reference for IUCN Consultancy
Title: Technical Assistance to Conduct the Project Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment: Transforming Eastern Province Through Adaptation (TREPA) Project.
Objective of the Consultancy
The landscape integrity assessment has a twofold objective of assisting the project team and participants to determine quantitatively the project results at the field, farm and landscape levels in FY 2024 while building their capacity to conduct annual survey in subsequent years. Both measurement and capacity building efforts will emphasize the indicators set out in the project logical framework and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Plan.
This consultancy has the following specific objective(s):
- Conduct biophysical/landscape integrity assessment for TREPA interventions;
- Design and train project participants on the annual survey framework with appropriate methods, sampling protocols, data collection tools, analytical framework, and reporting template;
- Undertake the survey and determine the values of the key biophysical indicators (refer to the indicator table below) before and after restoration activities that started in October 2023.
Background
Project Reference: P03168
Donor reference: FP167
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.
About the Project
The IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) specifically in Rwanda designed a project namely TREPA Project – Transforming Eastern Province through Adaptation in the Eastern Province of Rwanda from 2021 up to 2027. It is a six-year project, based in IUCN Rwanda Country Office, and funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
The TREPA Project is restoring 60,000 hectares of drought-degraded landscapes into climate resilient ecosystems through re-forestation, agroforestry, restoration of pasturelands, and soil erosion control measures in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. In addition, irrigation infrastructure projects in the targeted landscapes will be climate-proofed by the TREPA Project. These projects under MINAGRI could include Export Targeted Modern Irrigation (ETI) in Mpanga (600 hectares) and Mahama (1200 hectares), Kayonza Irrigation and Integrated Watershed Management Project in Kayonza (2000 hectares), Warufu- Mugesera in Gatsibo and Ngoma as well as Rurambi dyke in Bugesera.
The TREPA Project is finally supporting the national and local institutions to effectively plan, manage and monitor climate adaptation outcomes from improved land use at national and decentralized levels. The TREPA Project is implemented by IUCN (accredited entity) together with the Rwanda Forestry Authority and Enabel as executing entities in partnership with ICRAF, World Vision, and CORDAID. The Ministry of Environment is responsible for chairing the Project Steering Committee and ensures coherence with national strategies and policies.
For the implementation of the TREPA Project, three components are covered namely:
Component 1: Restored landscapes that support climate resilient agro-ecological systems and livelihoods in Eastern Province.
Component 2: Market and value chain development for climate resilient agricultural and tree products linked to financial products and services for sustainable management of agro-ecological systems.
Component 3: Strengthened enabling environment to effectively plan, manage and monitor climate adaptation outcomes from improved land use at national and decentralized levels.
To ensure that the project activities are implemented in the respective Components, the Executing Entities will enter relevant subsidiary and/or procurement agreements with Service Providers and suppliers of Goods and Services and respect Component 3, relevant TA Provider(s) for the relevant Activities.
Description of the Assignment
Purpose
TREPA is designed to strengthen climate resilience of forest landscapes, people and markets, and subnational institutions. By employing a paradigm shift approach to deployment of nature-based solutions, TREPA hypothesizes that adoption of these NbS within 100 landscapes (each landscape comprising of 400 ha of agroforestry adjacent to protected forest, public forest, smallholder private forest and pasturelands) is positively impacting livelihoods and resilience of smallholder farmers and the health of their lands while creating environmental co-benefits. To monitor progress towards these positive impacts, the project will be conducting periodic surveys. The first survey is planned for this year (2025) and will require technical assistance/support from an external consultant.
The purpose of the technical assistance is, on the one hand, to conduct the annual survey to determine quantitatively the project’s outcomes at different landscape levels. Specifically, it will assess landscape condition and integrity (and resilience) by measuring biophysical parameters of the representative landscapes. While such annual surveys measure the changes for previous and FY 2024, the survey will be a reference for future targets and constitute the basis to measure the project performance in future years.
This technical assistance will, on the other hand, build the capacity of the project team and participants (beneficiaries and local leaders) to competently conduct participatory monitoring and evaluation of ecosystem restoration and locally led climate adaptation actions. It is assumed that future annual surveys will be conducted in a participatory manner by the project team and participants. Therefore, the technical assistance to conduct landscape integrity assessment will establish necessary survey protocols and tools that will be tested and piloted in FY 2025 and onward while establishing ex-ante and ex-post status of key biophysical and environmental parameters of the project results.
Duration of the Assignment
The assignment will be conducted within a period of **60 days (**From 15 May to 15 July 2025).
Deliverables and Activities
The consultant will provide the following deliverables and carry out the following activities:
Deliverable/Activity-Description-Deadline
1. Deliverable 1-Inception Report-15 May 2025
2. Deliverable 2-Training and training Report-22 May 2025
3. Deliverable 3-Draft Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment Report-17 June 2025
4. Deliverable 4-Final Annual Survey Report-02 July 2025
5. Deliverable 5-Provision of data sets-08 July 2025
Payment Schedule
The Timetable below summarises the chronological order of deliverables and indicates milestones at which IUCN will pay the Consultant.
Deliverable-Milestone payment
Inception Report-30%
Training and training Report-10%
Draft Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment Report-40%
Final Annual Survey Report-20%
Skills and Experience
The consultant team will comprise of Team Leader and other subject matter experts to fit the competencies:
Team Leader: Education: post-graduate degree at or above MSc level in Natural Resources or environmental Management, (Agro) Forestry, Agriculture, Climate change adaptation/mitigation or a related discipline, at least five (5) years of working experience leading biophysical, ecosystem integrity, and land health assessments, Program/Project M&E experience, Donor experience with GCF or GEF donors, preferably.
Other subject matter experts: Master’s degree in fields related to data requirements/themes of the assignment, but not same as team leader, at least three (3) years of Work experience as a subject matter specialist in evaluation/Outcome measurement studies in the areas of biophysical, ecosystem integrity, and soil health assessments, Program/Project M&E experience in Rwanda, and Donor experience (GCF or GEF preferred).
Supervision and coordination
The consultant will report to and work under the supervision of Senior Programme Officer, Enterprise & Economics at Rwanda IUCN country Office.
Declaration of Undertaking in relation to RfP Technical Assistance to Conduct the Project Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment: Transforming Eastern Province Through Adaptation (TREPA) Project.
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:
- 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 RFP Technical Assistance to Conduct the Project Annual Landscape Integrity Assessment: Transforming Eastern Province Through Adaptation (TREPA) Project.
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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How to apply
Step 1: Acquire Tender Documents
Obtain the relevant tender documents.
Step 2: Review Requirements
Thoroughly read the tender specifications, terms, and conditions.
Step 3: Prepare Proposal
Prepare your proposal as guided, ensuring all the required information is included.
Step 4: Submission
Submit your completed proposal by 28th, April, 2025 via the email address tenders.rwanda@iucn.org