ABOUT WWF ZAMBIA

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an independent conservation organization, with over 30 million followers and a global network active in nearly 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

The Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas (CAPA) Initiative is a 2 years 7 months’ project. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a direct donor and Global Affairs Canada is the primary donor of the project. The project goal is to increased resilience of people – women, men and gender-diverse people to current and future climate change in selected biodiversity-rich ecosystems of the Global South.

Climate change has affected the amount of rainfall received in the KAZA landscape. Droughts and prolonged dry spells have accelerated degradation of riverine areas in the landscapes. The low rainfall received in the area is not sufficient to recharge the underground streams and aquifers due to increased surface water runoff in the degraded parts of the landscapes.  To address the problem of degradation and reduce surface runoff, CAPA interventions will focus on increasing tree and vegetation cover in the landscape. This is likely to improve water infiltration and percolation into the soil, and help create microenvironments within the landscape that will reduce both heat stress and evapotranspiration rates. The expectation is that the action will not only strengthen the resilience of the ecosystem to the impacts of the current and future climate impacts, but that of the people living in and around these target landscapes as well.

SCOPE OF WORKS

The works solicited for include

1. Supply and delivery of hardened fruit tree seedlings of well-known provenance and management history to WWF landscape offices for onward transportation and distribution to farmers.
2. The supplier should provide transport, loading and offloading services up to the project assigned offloading site.
   The suppliers are required to supply and transport healthy tree seedlings with an appropriate root to shoot ratio to project office and sites where necessary.

The supplier should provide information about the tree seedlings they are supplying include;

1. Seedlings species name
2. Age of seedlings
3. Tree seedling provenance or Progeny
4. Tree seedling treatment and fertilizer application regime

DELIVERY DETAILS:

The suppliers shall delivered the tree seedlings to: WWF Sesheke Office, DNPW Sioma Ngwezi Area Office, and Nsongwe Village in Kazungula district near Livingstone.

Schedule of deliveries and quantities

Lot 1. Sesheke

• Orange – 4,000
• Guava – 1,500
• Avocado – 4,000
• Lemon – 1,500
• Tangerine – 2,000
• Mango – 1,000

Lot 2. Sioma

• Orange – 4,000
• Guava – 1,500
• Avocado – 4,000
• Lemon – 1,500
• Tangerine – 2,000
• Mango – 1,000

Lot 3. Nsongwe

• Orange – 2,000
• Guava – 500
• Avocado – 1,000
• Lemon – 500
• Tangerine – 1,000
• Mango – 1,000

Tree seedlings should be hardened in readiness for transporting and transplanting in the field.

The supplier should provide information about the tree seedlings they are supplying include;

1. Seedlings species name
2. Age of seedlings
3. Tree seedling provenance or Progeny
4. Tree seedling treatment and fertilizer application regime

Mandatory Contract Requirements

The supplier should provide

1. Evidence of conducting similar works in the past years
2. Certificate of registration as tree nursery operator
3. Valid tax payer certifications
4. Bank statement showing capacity of vendor

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Bids submission is Electronic VIA Email; zcoprocurement@wwfzam.org 
2. Documents should be submitted in PDF Format clearly Labled CAPA – Supply of Fruit Tree Seedlings
3. Closing Date for submissions is 27th November 2024