Consultancy Services for Undertaking Assessment of environmental and physical condition of L. Gaadhoo and its surrounding.

INTRODUCTION 

Agro National Cooperation (AgroNat) intends to procure the services of a consultancy firm/individual to develop an Assessment Report of L. Gaadhoo.

SCOPE OF WORKS

The assignment includes the preparation of Environment Assessment and Physical structural assessment report of L. Gaadhoo and its surrounding.

The consultancy firm/individual shall furnish the report after visit to the island and discussion with AgroNat.

The tasks to be undertaken by the consultancy firm/individual under this TOR are to be managed by Agro National Cooperation:

Undertake field observations and necessary stakeholder consultations and develop the Assessment Report as per the TOR provided in Annex 1.

• Submit the draft report to AgroNat.
• Prepare the final report by considering the comments given by AgroNat. 
• Submit the final report to AgroNat.

ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION

To be eligible for this assignment,

1. The consultancy firm/Individual should submit full CV highlighting the criteria given below:
   1. The lead consultant should have a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science/Environmental Management/Environmental Engineering or related field with minimum 05 years’ experience in the field of environment and 02 years’ task specific experience in preparing such reports. Postgraduate qualifications will be an added advantage.
   2. The team shell also has members with post graduate degree/ bachelor’s degree in surveying, mapping or other relevant field with minimum of 5 to 10 years’ experience working in these fields.
   3. Demonstrate past experience in performing the services (description of similar assignments, value of such assignments).

The duration proposed by the consultancy firm/individual should not exceed the requirement.

DELIVERABLES

• Draft Report: The draft Assessment report shall be submitted to AgroNat no later than 14 calendar days after the commencement of the assignment in accordance with the TOR provided in Annex 1 and in the general format.
• Final Report: The consultancy firm/individual shall produce the final Assessment Report by considering the comments made, if any, by AgroNat. The final Assessment Report shall be submitted to AgroNat, no later than 30 calendar days after the commencement of the assignment. The report should include Map (arial drone and scale drawings) of the island – existing features and area, vegetation line, high tide line, low tide line, reef line etc.

STANDARD OF REPORT 

The Assessment report must address all the areas mentioned in the TOR and must be submitted with scaled maps, photographs, and a drone footage of the island.

DURATION

a) The duration of the entire assignment is 30 calendar days

MARKS CRITERIA

PAYMENT

Bid winning consultancy firm/individual shall be given an advance payment of 30% of the proposal, upon submission of performance guarantee of equivalent value.

Upon release of EMP Decision Statement from EPA as per EIA Regulations, balance 70% of payment will be given to the Consultancy Firm/Individual.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL

As a precautionary measure against the spread of the global pandemic COVID-19, the tender for hiring an eligible party for ‘Consultancy Services for Undertaking Assessment of environmental and physical condition of L. Gaadhoo and its surrounding’; Agro National Corporation (AgroNat) decides to receive bids through email and bid opening to be held through a Zoom meeting.

Tender should be emailed to [email protected] on or before 17^th June 2021 at 1300hrs Maldivian time.

Bid documents collection meeting will be held through Zoom on 17^th June 2021 at 1300hrs Maldivian time.

Bid documents should be password protected and should be emailed before the deadline.

Any Bid document received after 13hrs of 17^th June 2021 will not be considered.

Bid documents should be in PDF format and Zipped as a single file.

Password should be provided during the Zoom meeting to open the bid document.

Only parties who have emailed bid documents will be allowed to join the bid Zoom meeting.

For further information, please email to, [email protected]