SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Biodiversity and Watershed Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience Program
- Notice Date
- 4/10/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Philippines USAID-Manila, Amer Emb/Manila, USAID #8115, APO, 96440
- ZIP Code
- 96440
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-492-12-000017
- Point of Contact
- Elviradela Cruz, Phone: 632-552-9928, May Bringula, Phone: 632-552-9920
- E-Mail Address
-
ecruz@usaid.gov, mbringula@usaid.gov
(ecruz@usaid.gov, mbringula@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this notice is to comply with the synopses and pre-solicitation notice requirements of FAR 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. Any solicitation resulting from this notice will be handled in accordance with FAR 5.102(d); This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. Subject to the availability of funds, the United States Agency for International Development Mission to the Philippines (USAID/Philippines) plans to issue a request for proposal (RFP) in order to select a contractor as primary implementer of the five-year B+WISER Program. The objectives of the Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) Program are to (1) conserve biodiversity in forest areas, (2) reduce forest degradation in targeted priority watersheds, and (3) build capacity to conserve biodiversity, manage forests, and support low emissions development. The B+WISER Program also intend to contribute to disaster risk reduction at the subnational level. To contribute to achieving the B+WISER Program's higher-level objective of improved natural resources and environmental services, the Offeror will design and implement activities that maximize achievement of the following results: •· - Protection and conservation of biodiversity and critical habitats improved; •· - Governance of key biodiversity areas and watersheds strengthened; •· - GHG emissions sequestered through improved forest and management and reforestation; •· - Long-term capacity of national and local institutions for adaptive planning and natural resource management enhanced; •· - Economic incentives and benefits to local communities from forests and biodiversity increased; •· - Relevant policies, laws, agreements or regulations enacted or adopted; •· - Public and private participation in natural resource management increased; •· - Capacity of academic institutions and government institutions for scientific and policy research enhanced; and •· - Risks from natural disasters reduced. Place of Performance: Philippines Primary Point of Contact: Elvira P. Dela Cruz, Acquisition & Assistance Specialist, ecruz@usaid.gov Secondary Point of Contact: May Bringula, mbringula@usaid.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OM/PHI/SOL-492-12-000017/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Philippines, Philippines
- Record
- SN02718945-W 20120412/120411000128-628ff86f4c62f0e49eff911e1df7a101 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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