REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
SUMMARY OF PROCUREMENT
World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks to award a fixed-price contract for an agency who will provide technical support in GIS and cartography to WRI experts on the one hand, and to MATIER and sectoral ministries on the other, in the management and sharing of the various geospatial data that will be produced as part of the implementation of the Sustainable Land Use Program (PUDT). The duration of the contract is one year, renewable upon satisfactory achievements and demand from the PUDT’s main decision-making bodies. The deadline for submission of the proposal is August 15, 2024, from the date on which WRI notifies the consultant of its selection. During the period of the contract, the consultant is expected to set the foundations for a neutral, safe space to work, where team members can trust the process and provide valuable input to the consultant’s work.
About the World Resources Institute
Founded in 1982, The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to turn ideas into action. We work with governments, companies, and civil society to build solutions to urgent environmental challenges. WRI’s transformative ideas protect the earth’s environment and promote development because sustainability is essential to meeting human needs and fulfilling human aspirations in the future.
About the CAFI-PUDT project
The Sustainable Land Use Program (PUDT – Programme d’Utilisation Durable des Terres) is part of the Partnership between the Republic of Congo and the Central African Forest Initiative. This partnership was formalized through the Letter of Intent signed on September 3rd, 2019, by the President of the Republic of Congo and the President of the French Republic. The commitments made following this letter of intent were to support the diversification of the national economy, which is almost 70% dependent on the exploitation of hydrocarbons, towards a responsible sustainable use of land allocations by developing the 90% of the country's arable land that is not cultivated.
PUDT's mission is to support the Republic of Congo in implementing a land-use planning process in line with its policy of low-carbon, inclusive economic diversification at national and local levels.
To achieve this important mission WRI has been selected as part of an AFD-led consortium to provide technical expertise to the MATIER on spatial planning. WRI's role is to support MATIER in the management and sharing of geospatial data for the land-use planning portal.
WRI is directly involved in the achievement of six results of the Sustainable Land Use Program (SLUP), in particular:
- Guidelines for land-use planning decisions
- Popularization of Geographic Information Systems and cartography
c. Cleaned and updated land use data: on-demand GIS analyses for the portal, High Conservation Values (HCV) and all other major components of the Sustainable Land Use Program.
d. Harmonized methodology for community land mapping: draft methodology, documents related to methodology testing, final/approved methodology. These products will be designed jointly by WRI and the selected national CSOs.
- Capacity-building for MATIER staff and program sector ministries
e. Capacity building of key stakeholders in the use of geospatial data: assessment report on needs training and capacity building plan, training materials for trainers and users.
f. Knowledge and technology transfer: Strategy to ensure the autonomous use of all program deliverables by designated national stakeholders.
It is within this framework that WRI is recruiting a national structure specialized in geospatial data management technology and cartography.
SCOPE OF WORK AND OUTPUTS/DELIVERABLES
Through WRI, the identified agency will provide technical support in GIS and cartography to MATIER experts and sectoral ministries, in the management and sharing of the various geospatial data that will be produced as part of the implementation of the PUDT.
In relation to the expected results of the PUDT products, the agency identified will have the following responsibilities:
Scales for digitizing the various geographical entities
Basic reference system for cartographic work
Working cartographic base (topographic base)
Metadata sheet associated with geospatial data
Activities
Activity 1. Identification of available data, analysis of the data-sharing circuit and validation of the data and metadata to be collected.
Activity 2. Facilitation of the development and adoption of permanent memorandums of agreement for data exchange between MATIER and key ministries.
Activity 3. Creation of a documentary and geographic database on current and planned land use and occupancy.
Activity 4. Adaption of the land-use planning portal to national needs and priorities (organizational procedures, engagement strategy, server configuration and technician training).
The expected deliverables are the following:
TIMING
The contract period is for 1 year and is renewable, depending on the conditions of the contract and the deliverables provided by the consultant.
BUDGET
The expected value of this contract is between 30 000 USD – 40 000 USD. Following an estimate of the number of days required to carry out the activities as defined in the project document (PRODOC) the budget should be broken down according to each activity scheduled in the first year.