FOREST INVENTORY AND SOCIOECONOMIC DATA COLLECTION SERVICES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to submit a proposal in English to provide, within a five-month period, validated biophysical national forest inventory data and conduct household socioeconomic surveys across five distinct lots. Lot 1 Acklins, with 7 sampling units (SU) biophysical national forest inventory data. Lot 2 Abaco, with 19 SU biophysical national forest inventory data. Lot 3 North Andros, with 31 SU biophysical national forest inventory data. Lot 4 South Andros, with 22 SU biophysical national forest inventory data. Lot 5 Data collection of 135 completed and quality-checked household socioeconomic surveys on mangrove use across Andros, Abaco, Acklins, and New Providence. The data will inform national forest carbon stock estimation and sustainable forest and mangrove management policies in The Bahamas. If you are interested in submitting an offer, please make sure to have, at least, a UNGM Basic Registration with FAO (www.ungm.org). Instructions on how to access FAO tender documents through UNGM are attached to the present Notice under the “DOCUMENTS” tab; please follow these instructions when submitting your proposal. OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL. OFFERS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. Many thanks and best regards, FAO PROCUREMENT SERVICE