To combat the negative impacts of the drastically increasing amounts of plastic waste in the recent decades in India’s environment, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has joined hands with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) International Services to support the reduction of plastic waste entering the environment of the two Ganga cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.

The objective of the project Aviral- Reducing Plastic Waste is to reduce the plastic waste entering in these cities environment by strengthening an integrative and improved plastic waste management system in these two cities. The efforts will also contribute to achieving the objectives of the flagship programs of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (Namami Gange) and the Clean India Mission (Swachh Bharat Mission).

The proposed interventions will focus on the enhancement of existing capacities, improvement of selected elements of the plastic waste value chain, promotion of innovations along the plastic waste value chain and implementation of awareness activities engaging with all relevant stakeholders. All activities will be implemented in partnership with various agencies.

Given this, GIZ InS seeks the services of agency (individually or in consortium) to design and implement a portfolio of replicable plastic waste management awareness and engagement practices. This includes on the one hand the design of a long-term campaign by preparing an awareness and engagement strategy and action plan covering activities like clean-up campaigns, school engagement. On the other hand, this includes the development of an event guide for plastic waste management in both cities .

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

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

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

Tender timelines are:

• Posting date : 14^th August, 2020
• Deadline to receive queries : 21^st August, 2020
• Clarifications to the queries received : 28^th August, 2020
• Deadline for submission of bid : 9^th September, 2020

F.A.Q

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.