Invasive Iguana Community Outreach in Northern Division-Fiji Tender, Fiji - 31633321

Procurement Summary

Country : Fiji

Summary : Invasive Iguana Community Outreach in Northern Division-Fiji

Deadline : 02 Apr 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31633321

Document Ref. No. : 54128

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Level 8 Kadavu House, 414 Victoria Parade, Suva - City Center, Fiji Phone: +679 331 2500
Fiji

Tender Details

We kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Invasive Iguana Community Outreach in Northern Division Please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2, in preparing your Proposal. Proposals may be submitted on or before Tuesday, April 2, 2019( FJ Time) and via email to the address below: Etenderbox.pacific@undp.org Context of the Requirement Fiji Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Project Community Outreach Implementing Partner of UNDPBiosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF)Brief Description of the Required Services[1]Under the Fiji IAS Project (output 3.1) a comprehensive public outreach program will be established that will endeavor to reach every community on the target islands multiple times to enlist the help of as much of the population as possible in reporting new invasive speciesand maintain their continued sensitivity to the topic. The outreach strategy will be built upon the core message of "IAS and biosecurity is everyone's responsibility" to broaden support for both the Giant Invasive Alien Species (GII) eradication and increase personal and stakeholder responsibility for strengthened IAS management more broadly. The status of GII on Taveuni remains unknown. Determining this status must be the highest priority for this position because it, in turn, determines the best options for managing and eradicating GII in Fiji. This project will assess whether GII have successfully become established on Taveuni through the implementation of two simultaneous strategies. Public outreach will be used to inform communities of the threat the GII poses to their livelihoods, but, more importantly, will seek from them all recent reports of iguana sightings and their cooperation in quickly reporting any further sightings. All credible sightings will then be followed up by project staff to assess whether GII inhabit the reported locality. Outreach will be continued at a high rate for a period of at least 1-2 years to ensure the best possible coverage of the island's communit...

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