FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
INVITATION FOR TENDER
STUDY TO VALIDATE THE DRIVERS OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED TREE PLANTING MATERIAL (IPM)
The Forestry Development Trust is an independent institution established in 2013 by the Gatsby Charitable foundation with a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of natural resources and tourism. The Trust aims is to transform the commercial forestry sector in Tanzania by facilitating changes at the sector level that will enhancement and build competitiveness, inclusiveness and resilience the trust aimed at working with central and local government local and international partners and all levels of commercial forestry tree growers towers. To achieve its goal the trust focuses on specific areas in working with both private and public stakeholders one of these areas is increased use of IPM
SALES DATA ARE increasingly showing downward trend as opposed to adoption study report. This downward trend of uptake of IPM has been attribute to several perceive which need to be verified and establish their weight so as to improve and strengthen the intervention strategy for increased adoption
Consultants required Skills and Experience
The consultants is required to demonstrate strong credential in the following
- Detailed understanding of the private commercial forest context of the southern highlands of Tanzania especially medium and small scale tree growers
- Detailed understanding in commercial forest silvicultural practices
- Demonstrated competency on behavior change
- Experience in stakeholder’s consultation in the context of market system development
Proposal content and submission
All proposals should include the following
- An expression of interest letter which indicates applicants availability, capability and sustainability for the assignment
- Details of the composition of the team, CVs experience and relevance of each proposed team member for the assignment
- Clear methodology on how the study will be conducted
- Provide summary of indicative budget for the assignment
- At-least two reference letters from reputable organizations starting how you organization has the capacity and experience on the assignment based on prior working relationship
- A sample of report from the previous complete assignment will an added advantage
Proposal will be reviewed based on the following criteria
- Proven track record and experience of the institutions in undertaking similar consulting assignments
- Composition and qualification of the team members
- Financial feasibility based on the proposed budget submitted
- Completeness of the proposal documents as required especially with reference letters and previous sample report
Proposal must submitted by 25th February 2020 to [email protected] and [email protected] queries can also be directed to aforementioned address
Source the Guardian 18th February 2020
