20.09.2023

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

Tajikistan Resilient Landscape Restoration Project
Assignment Title: Conducting National Forest Inventory and Forest Management Plan
activities on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan
Reference No. TRLRP-CS-QCBS-01

The Republic of Tajikistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Tajikistan resilient landscape restoration project and intends to use part of these funds for the consulting services to support the Center for Implementation of Investment Projects of Committee for Environmental Protection (CIIP CEP) under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to Conduct National Forest Inventory and Forest Management Plan activities on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The main objective of providing consulting services under this Terms of Reference is National Forest Inventory (NFI) Better information is required at the national level, for strategic planning and monitoring. For over 30 years, Tajikistan has been without national-level data on its forests. During these decades, there have been significant quantitative and qualitative changes in forest ecosystems. The project will finance a national-level systematic NFI using a low sampling density, employing state-of-the art methodologies for forest inventory, including geospatial analysis using earth observation data. The NFI process will begin with a national land cover classification project that will (a) guide the selection of field locations for sample plot inventory and (b) classify the entire national land cover according to nationally agreed categories. The NFI will establish key parameters such as the total areas of forest by type and ownership (as needed), total standing volumes by species and size class, regeneration, incidence of pests and disease, and the distribution of key indicator species for biodiversity conservation. Other relevant data will also be collected, for example, evidence of illegal removals, erosion, forest fires and so on, as required. The NFI will focus on forests and tree cover wherever this occurs (ie State Forest Fund, protected areas, other government lands, private lands, etc).
Forest Management Plans (FMP) The consultant will collect suitable survey data before preparing forest management plans for the following eight State Forest Management Entities as defined in the Terms of reference.
The Center for Implementation of Investment Projects of Committee for Environmental Protection (CIIP CEP) under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:

 Experience of the firm (25 points);
 Core business and years in business (15 points)
 Technical and managerial capabilities (10 points)

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to the Section III, Para 3.14,3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank's” Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, November 2020,” setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS (Consultants Quality and Cost-based Selection) method set out in the Procurement Regulation.
Terms of reference and further information can obtained at the address below during working hours from (08.00 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. local time) or can be found at www.tajnature.tj.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
Expressions of Interest (including profile of the firm, experience, primary legal documents, etc) must be delivered in a written form prepared in English and Russian languages to the address below in person, or by e-mail by September 25, 2023, 16:00 Dushanbe time.

For the attention of: Mr. Junaidzoda Muhibullo, Director
5/1 Shamsi str., Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
Phone number: +992 2 36 59 72
E-mail: cepciptj@gmail.com

TOR for TRLRP-CS-QCBS-01