Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH under its ProSoil Project invites bids from potential consultancy firms for preparation of CWRM plans using Hydrological & Geo-Informatics Tools for Maharashtra State.

Background:
Within the Special Initiative One World-No Hunger of the German Government, the project “Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security” (ProSoil) aims to promote sustainable approaches on soil protection and rehabilitation in 5 districts of Maharashtra (Ahmednagar, Dhulia, Jalna, Yavatmal and Amarawati) & 2 districts of Madhya Pradesh (Mandla and Balagat). The core of the approach in India is improving the soil fertility for achieving higher crop yield, by addressing the challenges of climate change and land degradation as well. The project is a cooperation with NABARD as political partner and MoA&FW as strategic partner.

Objectives:
The specific objectives of the work are as follows:

• To develop CWRM plans at village/ Gram Panchayat (GP) and district/catchment level CWRM plans using Hydrological & Geo-informatics Tools
• To localize Hydrological & Geo-informatics Tools based CWRM planning at District/ Catchment level
• Capacity development of district/ block level partners and stakeholders for CWRM plan preparation using Hydrological & Geo-informatics Tools

Tasks of the assignment:

• In this context, the selected agency is expected to carry out following tasks within key 3 Work packages as mentioned in the TOR:
• Task 1: Preparation of CWRM Plans for the district
• Task 2: Sustainable Livelihood Development and Water security plans for pilot demonstration block
• Task 3: Capacity Development and Institutional Mechanism

Please refer to the bidding conditions and follow the instructions carefully.

The detailed documentation with regards to this call for proposal includes –

• The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
• Grid for Assessing the Eligibility of Firms
• The Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Tender timelines are:

• Posting date : 3^rd October, 2020
• Deadline to receive queries: 9^th October, 2020
• Clarifications to the queries received: 15^th October, 2020
• Deadline for submission of bid: 25^th October, 2020

GIZ reserves the right to cancel/modify this tender and /or reject a bid document including subsequently a technical and financial proposal, without assigning any reasons.