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Vacancy
F 22-3(3)/For-JBIC/I&P/07/GIS/
Government of Tripura
Department of Forests
Tripura JICA Project
Aranya Bhavan
Pt. Nehru Complex, Agartala 799006.
Dated, Agartala the 10th November, 2008.
Invitation of Expressions of Interest for undertaking the job
of Preparation of Project Area Map of the Tripura JICA Project.
The Department of Forests, Govt. of Tripura has entered into an
agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
for implementing the Tripura Forest Environmental Improvement &
Poverty Alleviation Project (in short as the Tripura JICA
project) over a period of eight years commencing from the FY
2007-08. The project aims at improving the quality and density
of forest cover together with livelihood opportunities of the
forest dependant communities and rural poor. The concept of
Joint Forest Management (JFM) of the natural resources of the
state is the central theme of the activities of the Government
and this concept is also the core of this Project. The JBIC has
however been renamed from the 1st October, 2008 as the Japan
International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and as such the Project
authority has also accordingly been renamed as the Tripura JICA
Project.
2. Preparation of project area map through GIS technology is an
important component of the Project and its objective through
preparation of Project Area Map is to have a GIS database that
shall act as the basis for identification and selection of
target villages /mouza and watersheds under the Project for
eventual interventions as per the Project objectives and
activities. It shall also have to serve as the baseline data for
impact assessment of the project. The target area of the task
thus includes JFM areas in seven Forest Divisions and four
Wildlife Sanctuaries of Tripura. The detailed Terms of Reference
(ToR) which contains information on scope of works, outputs,
timeline and other requirements can be seen and downloaded from
the websites, www.tripurajbic.com Or www.tripurajica.com
3. The Organizations to qualify for the job is required to have
the following experiences and capability to carry out the work,
namely:
i.) Experience in cartography, GIS database creation, Remote
Sensing (RS) / multi-sensor and multi-date satellite image
interpretation for land use / land cover mapping, ground-truthing,
creation of Digital Elevation Models and Spatial Analysis.
ii.) Experience in handling of market leading GIS and Image
Processing Software with sufficient number of legal licenses
particularly of Arc GIS and Erdas Imagine software.
iii) Experience of conducting trainings on methods of field data
collection, detailed procedure of GIS database creation,
functionalities of GIS, Remote Sensing and satellite image
interpretation, for the field level Forest Officers including
preparation of training materials.
4. The Expressions of Interest are therefore invited from the
Organizations, Agencies, Bodies incorporated as Societies,
Private limited Companies and Institutions working in the field
of Mapping through GIS and Remote Sensing techniques which
fulfills the conditions mentioned in para 3 and having at least
five years’ of experience in executing similar nature of work in
the field of Forestry/ Natural Resource Management to submit
their bids in two parts (i) Technical bid and (ii) Financial bid
showing the details of the works proposed to be carried out,
together with timeline for completion of the job in the
technical bid. The financial requirement including taxes to be
deducted for the job, terms of payment etc complete in all
respect shall have to be submitted in the financial bid along
with all relevant credentials, copies of upto date Income
tax/VAT returns. The two bids may be submitted in separate
sealed envelops clearly super-scribing the contents and putting
both the sealed envelopes in an outer envelope super-scribing
"Bid for Preparation of Project Area Map for Tripura JICA
Project” so as to reach the office of the undersigned on or
before 3 P. M (IST) of the 5th of December, 2008, (last date for
receipt of the Expression of Interest) by registered post/ Speed
post, courier post/ in person.Bids received after the last date
stipulated above shall not be accepted.
Sd/-
(P. Biswas)
Director (A&F)
Project Management Unit
Tripura JICA Project
Room no. 321.Aranya Bhavan,
Pt. Nehru Complex, Agartala 799006.
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