Provision of Consultancy Service to Review and Facilitate the Development of General Management Plans (GMPs), for Mnazi Bay–Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park

Request for Proposals (RfP)

Provision of Consultancy Service to Review and Facilitate the Development of General Management Plans (GMPs), for Mnazi Bay–Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP).

IUCN Tanzania Country Office, Tanzania RfP Reference: IUCN-2026-July-P04809-004

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: dennis.mugera@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

July 30, 2026 - Publication of the Request for Proposals

August 2, 2026 - Deadline for expressions of interest

August 4, 2026 - Deadline for submission of questions

August 6, 2026 - Planned publication of responses to questions August 16, 2026 Deadline for submission of Proposals to IUCN ("Submission Deadline")

August 18, 2026 - Clarification of Proposals

August 21, 2026 - Planned date for contract award

August 24, 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's 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