RFP - Design, Development, Deployment, Capacity Building and Technical Support

Agency: UNDP | Reference: UNDP-TZA-00431 | Type: Request for proposal The Government of Tanzania, through the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), with support from UNDP and funding from the Government of Japan through the TICAD Window, is implementing a project aimed at strengthening institutional and community capacities to manage Human–Wildlife Conflict (HWC) through advanced technology solutions.Under Output 1.1, the project seeks to establish:A Vehicle and Village Game Scout (VGS) Tracking System;A Pilot Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Monitoring Hub;A Performance Visualization System.These systems are intended to improve wildlife monitoring, enable early warning and rapid response, improve patrol coordination, strengthen evidence-based decision making, and support future extension of the system to other WMAs. Through continuous technical consultations and engagement with TAWIRI, UNDP, government authorities and local stakeholders, the consultancy will ensure that the systems are designed and deployed in a manner that reflects:Human–wildlife conflict dynamics in the Makao ecosystem;Local community operational realities;Existing elephant-collar tracking infrastructure;Data privacy and security requirements;Government requirements for local hosting, ownership and management of wildlife data; andConnectivity, power supply and other field-operational constraints.All systems shall be hosted on servers physically located in Tanzania and managed by authorized government institutions. Wildlife movement data and other sensitive operational information shall not be transferred to external cloud environments.The Contractor shall undertake the following activities to design, develop, test, deploy and operationalize an integrated HWC monitoring and early-warning platform. The Contractor shall propose measurable performance targets for each predictive function, including precision, recall, false-positive rate, prediction horizon, and model confidence measuresUNDPisseekingacompetentserviceprovidertodesign, develop, test, deploy and operationalize an integrated HWC monitoring and early-warning platform. The Contractor shall propose measurable performance targets for each predictive function, including precision, recall, false-positive rate, prediction horizon, and model confidence measuresPlease indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link:http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.orgusing the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website:https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders.Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the contact details of this tender as indicated in the solicitation document.UNDP TANZANIAPROCUREMENT UNIT CONTACT: • Email: irene.kajuna@undp.org