Request For Expressions Of Interest For Team Consultant or Firm to analyse the Landscape for two forest restoration sites in West/Central Kalimantan
Background
SNV Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) is an international not-for-profit development organisation established in 1965 in the Netherlands. Our global team of advisors use their specialised expertise in Agriculture, Energy and WASH to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of people, with a focus on the poor and marginalized groups.
SNV is a consortium member of The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD). The initiative provides finance and Technical Assistance to mobilize and scale external private sector funding for climate smart development. SNV manages Origination Facility (OF) and identifies investment opportunities that support climate change adaptation, mitigation as well as key sustainable development co-benefits such as biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, poverty reduction and gender equality. The OF has identified opportunities with Forest Carbon to co-develop and scale the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of key mangroves, peatlands, wetlands and other high carbon and biodiversity conservation tropical forest landscapes in Indonesia.
SNV is assisting Forest Carbon with project development at multiple project sites across West and Central Kalimantan with high potential for the development of carbon forestry projects with high carbon, biodiversity, and community development potential. Forest Carbon is in the process of assessing feasibility and securing investment from a consortium of investors to develop two of these sites into long-term projects.
SNV is seeking an Indonesian consultancy firm or a team of consultants to undertake a landscape analysis in those two project sites. The purpose of the task is to better understand the wider landscape and dynamics impacting on the priority sites to identify other, synergistic, investments. The analysis conducted by the service provider will play a key role to secure commercial investment to launch a long-term project by providing a foundation of data to support future information gathering.
Essential Criteria for Pre-Qualification
A firm or team of consultants, with minimum 7 years of proven track record working in Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector in Indonesia. The team composition must show proven experience in GIS, remote sensing, and LUA-LUCA in Indonesia and conducting stakeholder interviews, recording community perceptions and perspectives and leading equitable community engagement Working familiarity with mangrove and peatland ecosystem will be an advantage. Excellent writing and communication skill in Indonesian and English.
EOI Submission
Qualified team consultant or firm interested in providing the work are invited to submit their EOI to indonesia-procurement@snv.org (with subject: “EOI Landscape Analysis FC) so they may be pre-qualified for submission on RFPs/ RFQs by latest 25 November 2020. Your EOI shall describe why you are qualified to provide the work, attaching your Company Profile/Team Consultant Profile and sample of relevant work.
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