What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe government authority located in Virginia requires a vendor to provide validation and verification services. The selected vendor must review the Project Design Document, Monitoring Reports, and supporting documentation. The buyer requires the vendor to validate the project design against High-Level Principles and perform a field visit between March and June 2027 to complement desktop and virtual interviews. Additionally, the vendor must verify the 2026 and 2027 Coral Reef Atoll Environmental Account under the Accounting for Nature Framework and Method for Coral Reef Atolls. The vendor must verify 2026 and 2027 monitoring methods and biodiversity indicators for bird islet and management effectiveness monitoring reports, conduct stakeholder interviews and field assessments as required, evaluate site conditions, prepare findings and non-conformities, and issue validation and verification reports. Eligibility is restricted to onshore, USA organizations only. Work performance will occur offsite. The buyer is looking for proposals regarding the budget. Bidders must submit all questions no later than October 1, 2026.
Scope of work
- Review the Project Design Document, Monitoring Reports, and supporting documentation
- Perform a field visit between March and June 2027 to complement desktop and virtual interviews
- Validate project design assessing alignment with the High-Level Principles
- Verify 2026 and 2027 Coral Reef Atoll Environmental Account under Accounting for Nature Framework
- Verify 2026 and 2027 bird islet and management effectiveness monitoring reports and biodiversity indicators
- Conduct stakeholder interviews and field assessments as required
- Evaluate coral reef atoll condition, bird islet indicators, and conservation management effectiveness
- Prepare findings, non-conformities, and recommendations, and issue validation and verification reports and statements
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Technical Approach, Methodology and Detailed Work Plan | Not specified |
| Management, Key Personnel, and Staffing Plan | Not specified |
| Corporate Capabilities, Experience, Past Performance, and references | Not specified |
| Cost Proposal | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Accreditation to perform verification of Environmental Accounts under the Accounting for Nature Framework
- Expertise in nature-based carbon validation and verification processes or other nature-based solutions or sustainability assurance processes
- Key personnel with over 10 years of expertise in marine science, conservation management, and community safeguards
- Prior experience in the Philippines, preferably with local staff (or the ability to build local capacity) on assurance and/or nature-based projects
- Demonstrated professional-level fluency in both oral and written English
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal
- Cost Proposal
- Signed Offeror Representation of Transparency, Integrity, Environmental and Social Responsibility
- Signed AFD Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Responsibility
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit all proposals and correspondence to [email protected] referencing the RFP name in the subject line by November 4 at 11:59PM US Eastern Time.