HP-FES Project is being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Forest Department (HPFD) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The objective of this project is to enable the Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh to introduce the Forest Ecosystem Services approach in the state’s forest management in order to improve living conditions for the communities residing in the project areas of the state that are reached by the new FES methods. In a second step, other Western Himalayan states shall test and use Himachal Pradesh’s implementation experiences on FES.

To introduce the Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) approach in the state’s forest management, the project first sensitises the Forest Department and local communities in the pilot areas on the FES approach. To integrate the FES approach into the forest management of Himachal Pradesh, the project is working in three core areas:

• Preparation of one FES based Divisional Forest Working Plan.
• Establishment and implementation of FES Forest Management Plans in selected demonstration sites addressing the core ecosystem services provided by forests in Himachal Pradesh.
• Development and institutionalisation of a Long-Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) that allows the monitoring of the forest biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by forests at state level.

Contribution to 2030 Agenda
The Himachal Pradesh -Forest Ecosystem Services project directly contributes to the Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land. It promotes the sustainable management of forests (target 15.2), ensures the conservation of mountain ecosystems (target 15.4) and integrates ecosystem and biodiversity values into state and local planning, (target 15.9)
Commissioned

The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes –

• The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
• Grid for Assessing the Eligibility of Firms
• The Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Timeline

Deadline to receive queries: 12^th March, 2019
Clarifications to the queries: 15^th March, 2019

The deadline for submission of proposal is:  25^th March, 2019, by 17.30hrs

GIZ reserves the right to cancel/modify this tender and / or reject a bid document including subsequently a technical and financial proposal, without assigning any reasons.