To engage an organization for “Geo-Hydrological study and capacity development in Himachal Pradesh” under the Indo-German Biodiversity programme. For “Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services (HP-FES) project” under the Indo-German Biodiversity programme. The project is being implemented by Himachal Pradesh Forest Department (HPFD) and GIZ India

The project “HP-FES” is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department, Government of India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). 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 reach improved living conditions for the communities in the project areas in Himachal Pradesh that are reached by the new FES methods.

To introduce the 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. For the integration of the FES approach into the forest management of Himachal Pradesh the project is working in three core areas:

• Preparation of one FES based 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 on state level.

The detailed documentation with regards this call for proposals includes –

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

Timeline

Deadline to receive queries: 25^th May, 2018
Clarifications to the queries: 29^th May, 2018

The deadline for submission of proposal is:  15^th June, 2018 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.