Tenders

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is seeking to contract a qualified travel management company to offer the following services:

Interested firms or bidders are required to download the tender documents i.e. Request for Proposals and Tender Evaluation Matrix with instructions to bidders from the link: http://www.ilri.org/tenders  upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Ksh.5, 000 to be deposited to Account Name - International Livestock Research Institute, Account Number - 6526210012, Bank: NCBA Bank Kenya PLC, Branch Code: ILRI Agency,Nairobi, Swift code: CBAFKENX

The payment receipt/bank deposit slip MUST be attached to the tender document.

Enquiries 

All enquiries to be sent to ILRIProcurementKenya@cgiar.org

Submission

Soft copy tender documents (only) to be submitted to our closed tended email: ILRItravelservicestender@cgiar.org marked “Provision of Travel Management services”. 

NB:  No hard copy documents will be accepted.

Reservation

ILRI reserves the right to accept or reject any application without assigning any reason thereof.
 

General Background

Nearly half of the Earth’s land surface is classified as rangeland, and the health and productivity of this land are directly critical to the livelihoods, cultures and resilience to shocks and stresses of more than 500 million people around the world, many of whom are indigenous peoples, who depend on rangelands. However, there are significant data gaps on rangelands in terms of distribution, status, changes taking place, restoration, and other opportunities.

To fill these gaps International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will be establishing the first-ever global data platform agreed upon by global actors for consolidating data and monitoring rangelands including in relation to rangelands health and monitoring, resource and land use change, sustainable value chains and opportunities for rangeland restoration. 

Objective of the Assignment

To establish and maintain for 28months years a global data platform on rangelands as the “go-to” information source on rangelands, with data made publicly available. It will include information on land use change and restoration. It will be a platform for monitoring rangelands and interventions targeting them.  
 

DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT, DUTY STATION, AND EXPECTED PLACES OF TRAVEL
Duration: 28 months from July 2023 – November 2025
 

Submission of Proposal 

Soft copy of the technical and financial proposal must be submitted on or before July 10, 2023 to a separate secure email accounts ILRIETRangelandsdataThechnical@cgiar.org  for technical proposal and ILRIETRangelandsdataFinancial@cgiar.org  for financial proposal ILRI may, at its discretion, extend this deadline for the submission of bids by amending the RFP , in which case all rights and obligations of the procuring entity and candidates previously subject to the deadline will thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended.