National Consultancy for Marine Spatial Modeling to Identify Large Marine Seascape (LMS) in the Northern Madagascar

Request for Proposals (RfP) Madagascar office, ReSea Project, Coastal and Ocean Resilience program

RfP Reference: IUCN-26-08-P04216-3

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 and/or goods 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: Jolly CHEMUTAI, Procurement and Operational Assistant**,** [contact details removed]

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 5th august 2026 - Publication of the Request for Proposals 12th august 2026 - Deadline for submission of questions 14th august 2026 - Planned publication of responses to questions 21st august 2026 - Deadline for submission of Proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”) 25th august 2026 - Clarification of Proposals 1st September 2026 - Planned date for contract award 4th September 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 – 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 filesharing 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. 2 relevant references of similar work in coastal and marine spatial planning 2. Confirm that you have all the necessary legal registrations to perform the work

4.4. Technical Proposal

The Technical Proposal must address each of the criteria stated below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number (left-hand column). 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 will evaluate Technical Proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance: Description-Information to provide-Relative weight

1. Academic training in Oceanography or marine biology or similar (30%)

Education, Training, and Qualifications.

2. Modelling approach : Multi-Criteria Spatial Modeling and Analysis (50%)

Spatial analysis frameworks and approach (example : Weighted Linear Combination, Ordered Weighted Linear Combination, Ordered Weighted Averaging, and Fuzzy Logic). 3. Contribution to marine habitat mapping exercise at national or Regional level (20%) Remote sensing mapping projects carried out, and coastal and marine ecosystems assessed or mapped. TOTAL 100%

4.5. Financial Proposal

4.5.1. The Financial Proposal must be a fixed and firm price for the provision of the goods/services stated in the RfP in their entirety.

4.5.2. Prices include all costs

Submitted rates and prices are deemed to include all costs, insurances, taxes (except VAT, see below), fees, expenses, liabilities, obligations, risk and other things necessary for the performance of the Terms of Reference or Specification of Requirements. IUCN will not accept charges beyond those clearly stated in the Financial Proposal. This includes applicable withholding taxes and similar. It is your responsibility to determine whether such taxes apply to your organisation and to include them in your Financial Proposal.

4.5.3. Applicable Goods and Services Taxes

Proposal rates and prices shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax.

4.5.4. Currency of proposed rates and prices

All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in [KMF].

4.5.5. Breakdown of rates and prices

For information only, the price needs to be broken down as follows: Description-Quantity-Unit Price-Total Price Detail