The project "Strengthening regional collaboration to protect the Selva Maya in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico", financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU), is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zuammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH since 06/2024. The project focuses on the following areas:
1. It advises governments and conservation area authorities in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize on policy and monitoring tools aimed at providing better protection for the Selva Maya.2. It advises the relevant authorities on how to combat forest fires, forest conservation, measures to prevent the prohibited extraction of flora and fauna and climate-related health problems.3. It builds partnerships with the specialist agencies and training organisations which implement these approaches to restoring the forest landscape of the Selva Maya and adapting it to climate change.4. It works with the private sector to mobilise additional means for conserving the forest and biodiversity and supports local small and medium-sized business in their efforts to market sustainable products from the Selva Maya.
The project "Strengthening regional collaboration to protect the Selva Maya in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico" is seeking a consultancy firm that assures the duly implementation of the "country package" Belize. The services to be tendered include policy/technical advice, training, technology transfer, knowledge management along four mayor workstreams: forest and biodiversity governance, management of threats to forest and biodiversity resources, restoration of forest landscapes and co-operation with the private sector for sustainable forest protection and use. The tender includes the implementation of a M+E system and exchange formats at regional level (with Guatemala and Mexico).
GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.
Consideration of the price through the valuation method "Bestangebots-Quotienten-Methode"
In order to determine the most economical bidder, the contracting authority enters the total number of points achieved after technical evaluation. Only bids with a technical evaluation of at least 500 points are considered. Technical bids with fewer points are rejected as technically unsuitable.
Environmental protection and climate action (climate change mitigation/adaptation)The tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on the environment and the climate in its area of responsibility and, in addition, how it can contribute to improving the environmental and climate situation through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5).
Gender equalityThe tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on gender equality in its area of responsibility and how it can contribute to improving gender equality through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5).
Conflict and context sensitivityThe tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it is planning its activities in the context of conflicts or violence and what specific measures it has adopted for conflict- and context-sensitive implementation (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5).
Human rightsThe tenderer is required to outline in the tender how it can prevent negative impacts on the human rights situation in its area of responsibility and how it can contribute to improving the human rights situation through corresponding measures (see also relevant requirements in section 2.5).
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