Update UG National Forest Plan

Review and Update of the Uganda National Forest Plan Request for Proposals (RfP) Review and Update of the Uganda National Forest Plan Consultancy Services to Support the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) to Review and Update the National Forest Plan and Align it with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) Requested by IUCN Uganda Country Office (UCO) Land Systems Programme under the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Implementation Hub: Delivering the Bonn Challenge. Responsive and Needs-Driven Support and Financing for the Implementation of Carbon-Intensive Forest Landscape Restoration Strategies Delivering National Climate and Development Targets. Project Nunber: P03298 RfP Reference Number: IUCN-26-05-P03298-2. Welcome to this Procurement by IUCN. You are hereby invited to submit a Proposal. Please read the information and instructions carefully because non-compliance with the instructions may result in disqualification of your Proposal from this Procurement. 1. REQUIREMENTS 1.1. A detailed description of the services to be provided can be found in Attachment 1. 2. CONTACT DETAILS 2.1. During the course of this procurement, i.e. from the publication of this RfP to the award of a contract, you may not discuss this procurement with any IUCN employee or representative other than the following contact. You must address all correspondence and questions to the contact, including your Proposal. IUCN Contact: Ms Margaret Amony, Finance and Administrative Officer/ Procurement Focal Person, UCO Email address: tenders.ug@iucn.org 3. PROCUREMENT TIMETABLE 3.1. This timetable is indicative and may be changed by IUCN at any time. If IUCN decides that changes to any of the deadlines are necessary, we will publish this on our website and contact you directly if you have indicated your interest in this procurement (see Section 3.2). DATE ACTIVITY 23rd Sept 2026 Publication of the Request for Proposals 7th Oct 2026 Deadline for expressions of interest 12th Oct 2026 Deadline for submission of questions 13th Oct 2026 Planned publication of responses to questions Deadline for submission of Proposals to IUCN (“Submission 15th Oct 2026 Deadline”) IUCN: Request for Proposals Page 1 of 24 Review and Update of the Uganda National Forest Plan DATE ACTIVITY 18th Oct 2026 Clarification of Proposals 20th Oct 2026 Planned date for contract award 28th Oct 2026 Expected contract start date 3.2. Please email the IUCN contact to express your interest in submitting a Proposal by the deadline stated above. This will help IUCN to keep you updated regarding the procurement. 4. COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL 4.1. Your Proposal must consist of the following four separate documents: • Signed Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2) • Pre-Qualification Information (see Section 4.3 below) • Technical Proposal (see Section 4.4 below) • Financial Proposal (see Section 4.5 below) Proposals must be prepared in English. 4.2. Your Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact (see Section 2). The subject heading of the email shall be [RfP Reference No. IUCN-26-05-P03298-2 bidder name]. The bidder name is the name of the company/organisation on whose behalf you are submitting the Proposal, or your own surname if you are bidding as a self-employed consultant. Your Proposal must be submitted in PDF format. You may submit multiple emails suitably annotated, e.g. Email 1 of 3, if attached files are too large to suit a single email transmission. You may not submit your Proposal by uploading it to a file-sharing tool. IMPORTANT: Submitted documents must be password-protected so that they cannot be opened and read before the submission deadline. Please use the same password for all submitted documents. After the deadline has passed and within 12 hours, please send the password to the IUCN Contact. This will ensure a secure bid submission and opening process. Please DO NOT email the password before the deadline for Proposal submission. 4.3. Pre-Qualification Criteria IUCN will use the following Pre-Qualification Criteria to determine whether you have the capacity to provide the required goods and/or services to IUCN. Please provide the necessary information in a single, separate document. Pre-Qualification Criteria 1 3 relevant references of clients similar to IUCN / similar work 2 Confirm that you have all the necessary legal registrations to perform the work 3 How many employees does your organisation have who are qualified for this work? 4.4. Technical Proposal The Technical Proposal must address each of the criteria stated in the table below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number (in the two middle-columns). Proposals in any other format will significantly increase the time it takes to evaluate, and such Proposals may therefore be rejected at IUCN’s discretion. Where CVs are requested, these must be of the individuals who will actually carry out the work specified. The individuals you put forward may only be substituted with IUCN’s approval. IUCN: Request for Proposals Page 2 of 24 Review and Update of the Uganda National Forest Plan IUCN will evaluate Technical Proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance as follows: SN Description Information to provide Relative weight 1 Technical capability 1.1 State your understanding of the assignment 10 objectives and tasks. 1.2. Define the scope of work clearly and in sufficient 10 detail. 1.3. Articulate how you will achieve each objective 20 and task in sufficient detail, while directing proper level of effort towards each objective and task. 1.4. State your understanding of the expected 15 outputs and provide technical solutions and expected outcomes. 1.5. Define the equipment, techniques, tools, 15 approaches, and methods to be used in executing the assignment. 1.6. [...] Procurement details Reference: IUCN-26-09-Update UG National Forest Plan-851 Procedure: SOP1 - Open Procedure Procurement type: Consulting IUCN office (lead): IUCN Headquarters Requisitioning unit: Forest and Grasslands (CH) Project: P03298 Global FLR Implementation Hub Country of performance: Uganda Expected contract duration: 5 months from date of contract signing Estimated contract value: <25,000 CHF Currency of proposals: EUR - Euro Language of documents: English Donor requirements: Follow IUCN DoA Deadline for questions: 12 October 2026 20:59 UTC Deadline for technical and financial proposals: 15 October 2026 13:00 UTC Expected contract award date: 28 October 2026 20:59 UTC Documents - Terms of Reference: Review of National Forest Mgt Plan Consultancy_RfP.pdf - Conditions for Participating: Conditions for Participating ENG-SPA-FRA v17-09-26.pdf - Standard contract: Standard Agreement.docx The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership union of government and civil society organisations working on nature conservation and sustainable development. IUCN procures consulting services, goods and works for its projects worldwide through the IUCN Procurement Portal. For all contracts above CHF 25,000 IUCN selects contractors through a formal competitive tendering process under its Standard Operating Procedure 1 (Open Procedure). Interested bidders must register on the portal, review the Terms of Reference, the Conditions for Participating and the standard contract, and submit their technical and financial proposals through the portal before the stated deadline. Questions must be raised through the portal's Q&A function before the deadline for questions.