Request for Proposal On Preparation Of Feasibilty Reports On Livelihoods Resource Mapping In OPELIP

Request for Proposal On Preparation Of Feasibilty Reports On Livelihoods Resource Mapping In OPELIP

The Programme Management Unit (PMU), OPELIP invites RFP from eligible bidders for preparation of feasibility reports on livelihoods resource mapping in OPELIP. The interested eligible bidders may download bidding documents and other details from websites i.e. www.opelip.org  & www.otelp.org . Last date of receipt of applications by hand, speed post/courier only is 15 hours on 3rd August,2018 and the bid shall be opened in the presence of bidders/bidders representative at 16 hours on 3rd August, 2018 at the office of PMU, OPELIP.

Programme Director, OPELIP reserves the right of accepting or rejecting any or all bids without assigning any reason thereof.

Form TECH-3: a description of the approach, methodology and work plan for performing the assignment, including a detailed description of the proposed methodology.

Suggested structure of your Technical Proposal:

a) Technical Approach and Methodology

b) Work Plan

c) Organization and Staffing

a) Technical Approach and Methodology.{Please explain your understanding of the objectives of the assignment as outlined in the Terms of Reference (TORs), the technical approach, and the methodology you would adopt for implementing the tasks to deliver the expected output(s), and the degree of detail of such output. Please do not repeat/copy the TORs in here.}

b) Work Plan.{Please outline the plan for the implementation of the main activities/tasks of the assignment, their content and duration, phasing and interrelations, milestones (including interim approvals by the PMU), and tentative delivery dates of the reports. The proposed work plan should be consistent with the technical approach and methodology, showing your understanding of the TOR and ability to translate them into a feasible working plan. A list of the final documents (including reports) to be delivered as final output(s) should be included here.}

c) Organization and Staffing.{Please describe the structure and composition of your team, including the list of the Key Experts, Non-Key Experts and relevant technical and administrative support staff.}

Background and Brief description of the Project

The Odisha PVTG Empowerment and Livelihoods Improvement Programme's (OPELIP) goal is to achieve enhanced living conditions and reduced poverty of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal groups (PVTG) and other poor communities. This is sought to be achieved through realizing the development objective of enabling improved livelihoods and food and nutrition security for a total of 62,356 households. Beneficiary households would comprise 32,090 PTGs, 13,970 other Scheduled Tribe (ST) households, 5,486 Scheduled Caste households and 10,810 others.

Purpose & Objective of Livelihoods Improvement:

The purpose of the component is to ensure income security and access to fair markets for the PVTGs by expanding income generating opportunities and developing marketing collectives.

The objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of PVTG households with regard to traditional home based income generating activities, expand the scale and scope of these activities, create sustainable service and support systems for these activities, enhance the value of the NTFPs collected by the PVTGs, establish viable collectives to realise fair prices for NTFPs and create opportunities for employment in the urban industrial economy

Scope of Work:

The specific scopes of work for the assignment are as specified hereunder:

1. Inception meeting with the Project Management Unit (PMU) staff

2. Development of Detail Methodologies for feasibility reports on Livelihood resource mapping and submission of Inception Report

Selection criteria for the Agency

The Consultancy Services for the preparation of feasibility reports on livelihood resource mapping in 17 MPAs under OPELIP will be procured following the Quality and Cost Based Selection method. The Agency will be required to submit a full technical proposal and financial proposal as per the information in the Instruction to the Agency in the Request for Proposal.

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