Company Profile
Rainforest Alliance, a New York-based 501(c)3, and UTZ, an Amsterdam-based foundation, merged in 2018. Together, the new Rainforest Alliance is now a $70 million per year organization with offices in 17 countries (and growing) and over 5000 staff. The merged organization has two main offices—one in Amsterdam and one in New York City.
The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities.
We work towards making responsible business the new normal through our certification program, tailored supply chain services, landscape and community work and advocacy.
For more information, please visit http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/about.
Job Description
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Registration Of Project Farmers Trees On Their Farms
SUMMARY INFORMATION
- Project name: Landscape Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN)
- Location/s: High Forest Zone (Sui River Landscape) in Western North
- Assignment: To conduct tree registration exercise using the RMSC tree registration app.
- Period: Expected start date 4th May 2025 and expected end date 19th June 2025:
- Work closely with Project staff.
CONSULTANCY SUMMARY
About the Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance (RA) is an international nonprofit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour. Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, act on climate, promote rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people. As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land use and commodity production.
In line with this vision, RA is implementing the four-year LEAN project, since November 2020, in partnership with World Vision Ghana, Tropenbos Ghana and EcoCare Ghana, and co-funded by the European Union through their flagship GCCA+ Initiative.
Main Objective
LEAN´s overall objective is to support national efforts to conserve biodiversity, improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, build climate resilience, and reduce emissions from land-use change across Ghana´s high forest, savannah, and transition zones.
The project´s specific aims are as follows:
- Support the establishment of strong, long-lasting and socially inclusive landscape governance structures in three priority landscapes.
- Reduce land degradation, prevent forest loss, increase productivity, build climate resilience, and promote natural resource conservation training for smallholder farmers within the project landscapes.
- Improve market incentives for smallholder farmers to access diversified income streams.
- Support the design and implementation of a LandScale-based Landscape Performance Management Framework.
As part of the project´s implementation, the project´s management is seeking a consultant(s)/firm to conduct tree registration for 4500 farmers in the high forest zone (Sui River Landscape).
Objective of the Assignment
The LEAN project is seeking consultants, firms, and organizations to conduct a tree registration exercise on behalf of Rainforest Alliance in the Sui River Landscape. The Sui River Landscape includes four districts: the Bibiani-Anhwiawso-Bekwai, Sefwi Wiawso, Bodi, and Akontombra Districts.
The tree registration exercise aims to identify, document, and register 4,500 farmers trees using the RMSC app in the Sui River landscape to create a comprehensive and up-to-date database of farmers who have their trees mapped and profiled within this area awaiting FC certification. This will incentivize farmers to plant more trees and nature them since they will be sure of ownership of the trees and will thus result in effective management, monitoring, and conservation/restoration practices.
The consultant:
- Should be trained RMSC on tree registration before carrying out the assignment.
- Is to register four thousand five hundred (4500) farmers trees on their farms at 1,125 farmers per district (4 districts).
- Should identify and document all pertinent information about each farmer and trees as required by RMSC in the T-regis software application.
- All data collected should be successfully synced and is available on the RMSC tree registration web platform.
- Is to provide a report detailing the number of farmers that have their trees registered, number of farms per farmer and the total number of registered trees
ASSIGNMENT LOCATIONS
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No
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Project Landscape
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Municipality/ District
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Region
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1
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High Forest Zone (Sui River Landscape)
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- Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai
- Sefwi Wiawso
- Bodi
- Akontombra
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Western North
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Required Skills or Experience
CONTRACTOR SERVICES AT A MINIMUM, MUST INCLUDE:
The Consultant or Consultant Firm should have the following qualifications and credentials:
- The lead consultant must have at least a master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, M&E, statistics, environmental science, or social science.
- Should be familiar with the RMSC Tree registration app.
- Electronic data collection and analysis expertise, including social, environmental. Thus, the team/individual must have the capacity to identify data sources, assess data quality/integrity.
- Good understanding and knowledge of the project Landscapes, speak the local language of the target populations and stakeholders and have excellent fluency in written and oral English.
- Experience with delivering high-quality products and respecting budgets and timelines.
Deliverables
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Deliverables
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Deliverable Details
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Timeline for delivery (number of calendar days after the contract is signed)
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1. Inception Meeting
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Presentation on proposed Methodology for data collection, general schedule of activities to be carried out
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4th May 2025
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2. Inception Meeting & Report
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Should incorporate input provided during inception meeting and describe final methodology, data collection tools and plan, and information and tools obtained from LEAN.
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7th April 2025
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5. Draft Report
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Produce a draft report on the tree registration using the format below:
- Executive Summary
- Background
- Methodology
- Results (total number of farmers that have their trees registered, number trees registered, number farms etc).
- Conclusions and
- Recommendations.
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12th June 2025
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6. Delivery of Final Report and dataset
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Produce a final report on the tree registration using the format below:
- Executive Summary
- Background
- Methodology
- Results (total number of farmers that have their trees registered, number trees registered, number farms etc).
- Conclusions and
- Recommendations.
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19th June 2025
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How To Apply
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
- Proposals and/or any additional information received after the submission time and date are subject to rejection by The Rainforest Alliance. Incomplete proposals may be rejected by RA at its discretion.
- Rainforest Alliance reserves the right to request additional information at any time during the procurement process.
- RA is at liberty to make multiple or no selections as part of the proposal process. RA also reserves the right to cancel the procurement.
- All proposal costs shall be borne by the applicant and will not be reimbursed by RA.
SELECTION CRITERIA
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Criteria
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Maximum Value (%)
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The lead consultant have at least a master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, M&E, statistics, environmental science, or social science, is familiar with the RMSC Tree registration app. Have, electronic data collection and analysis expertise, have experience in delivering high-quality products and respecting budgets and timelines.
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25
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Experience in conducting similar assignments/surveys at a large scale.
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25
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Good understanding and knowledge of the project Landscapes,speak the local language of the target populations and stakeholders and have excellent fluency in written and oral English.
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25
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Cost of executing the assessment
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25
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Total
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100
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PROPOSAL PROCESS AND FORMAT
- The letter of interest, technical, and financial proposal should be sent by email to ghanaoffice@ra.org latest April 30, 2025.
- A letter of interest summarizing the reason why you should be selected for this consultancy.
- A Technical proposal not more than 15 pages detailing the consultant(s) understanding and interpretation of the ToR, expertise and record of accomplishment, proposed methodology/ approach to carry out this assignment, Assignment plan, abridged CVs of proposed personnel you intend to use for this assessment excluding enumerators.
- A Financial proposal. Detailed budget that indicates the professional fees and any other related costs to be incurred by the consultant(s) while conducting this assignment. Please note that the contract price will be fixed regardless of changes in the cost components. The proposed budget should detail all relevant costs, such as transportation, professional fees, accommodation, stationery etc. An additional column could be added to the budget to help the evaluation team understand what each item will be used for.
- The financial proposal should be calculated in US dollars ($), including all taxes and duties.
- Contact details of recent references (at least 2), including email, contact person’s name and phone number.
Thank you for your interest in working with The Rainforest Alliance
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