Deadline: 6-Aug-21
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invites applications/proposals from registered Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Karamoja Region and have experience with land laws and land user rights and how they apply to the Karamoja region, particularly focusing on the project area of the Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Karamoja Region.
This includes Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, Nakapiripirit, Moroto and Nabilatuk Districts. This call for proposals is meant create awareness on land user rights and responsibilities, to ensure that community action enhance ecosystem services, adopt sustainable land management practices, and make it possible for achievement of sustainable food security in the Karamoja Region.
Priority will be given to proposals that will describe how the NGO will engage with communities to:
- Create awareness on their rights of access, use and control of land resources; their responsibilities regarding Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM), and equitable food security assurance.
- Contribute to reversal of land degradation, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and a reduction of climate change emissions.
Focus Areas
The assignment will focus on:
- Documenting the current situation with respect to awareness of land users on their rights to access, use and control of land resources and their responsibilities regarding INRM and Land Degradation Management, the common land user conflicts, their causes, effects on community food security status and the existing means of resolving the conflicts.
- Creating awareness on the land rights to the users (based on the land tenure systems and operational laws for that region), the issues raised during land use planning sessions, and those s raised by the communities, technical and policy makers.
- Developing recommendations that will inform policy and sub-national actors and planners on the appropriate actions that will enhance sustainable INRM/SLM for improved land productivity.
Location of work
- Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, Nakapiripirit, Moroto and Nabilatuk Districts.
Criteria
- Qualifications of the Service Provider
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- The Service Provider must describe and explain how and why they are the best entity that can deliver the requirements of UNDP by indicating the following:
- Profile – describing the nature of business, field of expertise, licenses, certifications, accreditations.
- Business Licenses – Registration Papers, Tax Payment Certification, etc.
- Latest Audited Financial Statement – income statement and balance sheet to indicate Its financial stability, liquidity, credit standing, and market reputation, etc.
- Track Record – list of clients for similar services as those required by UNDP, indicating description of contract scope, contract duration, contract value, contact references.
- Certificates and Accreditation – including Quality Certificates, Patent Registrations, Environmental Sustainability Certificates, etc.
- Written Self-Declaration that the company is not in the UN Security Council 1267/1989 List, UN Procurement Division List or Other UN Ineligibility List
- The Service Provider must describe and explain how and why they are the best entity that can deliver the requirements of UNDP by indicating the following:
- Proposed Methodology for the Completion of Services
- The Service Provider must describe how it will address/deliver the demands of the RFP; providing a detailed description of the essential performance characteristics, reporting conditions and quality assurance mechanisms that will be put in place, while demonstrating that the proposed methodology will be appropriate to the local conditions and context of the work.
- Qualifications of Key Personnel
- If required by the RFP, the Service Provider must provide:
- Names and qualifications of the key personnel that will perform the services indicating who is Team Leader, who are supporting, etc.
- CVs demonstrating qualifications must be submitted if required by the RFP; and
- Written confirmation from each personnel that they are available for the entire duration of the contract.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=80912