Bahari Mali Project End Term Evaluation

Tanzania Country Office Programme

RfP Reference:

Welcome to this Procurement by IUCN. You are hereby invited to submit a Proposal. Please read the information and instructions carefully because non-compliance with the instructions may result in disqualification of your Proposal from this Procurement.

1. REQUIREMENTS

   1. A detailed description of the services and/or goods to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.

2. CONTACT DETAILS

   1. During the course of this procurement, i.e. from the publication of this RfP to the award of a contract, you may not discuss this procurement with any IUCN employee or representative other than the following contact. You must address all correspondence and questions to the contact, including your proposal.

IUCN Contact: tenders.tz@iucn.org

1. PROCUREMENT TIMETABLE

   1. This timetable is indicative and may be changed by IUCN at any time. If IUCN decides that changes to any of the deadlines are necessary, we will contact you.

DATE

ACTIVITY

17 November 2025 Publication of the Request for Proposals

20 November 2025 Deadline for confirmation of intention to bid

22 November 2025 Deadline for submission of questions

24 November 2025 Planned publication of responses to questions

1st December 2025 Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN (“Submission Deadline”)

4 December 2025 Review of completed proposals

8 December 2025 Planned date of contract award

10 December 2025 Expected contract start date

27 February 2026 Expected contract end date

1. Please email the IUCN contact to confirm whether or not you are intending to submit a proposal by the deadline stated above.

2. COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

   1. Your Proposal must consist of the following three documents:

• Signed Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2)

• Technical Proposal (see Section 4.4 below)

• Financial Proposal (see Section 4.5 below)

Proposals must be prepared in English.

1. Your Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact (see Section 2). The subject heading of the email shall be [RfP Reference – bidder name]. The bidder name is the name of the company/organisation on whose behalf you are submitting the proposal, or your own surname if you are bidding as a self-employed consultant. Your proposal must be submitted in PDF format. You may submit multiple emails suitably annotated, e.g. Email 1 of 3, if attached files are too large to suit a single email transmission. You may not submit your Proposal by uploading it to a file-sharing tool.

   IMPORTANT: Submitted documents must be password-protected so that they cannot be opened and read before the submission deadline. Please use the same password for all submitted documents. After the deadline has passed and within 12 hours, please send the password to the IUCN Contact. This will ensure a secure bid submission and opening process. Please DO NOT email the password before the deadline for Proposal submission.

   1. Eligibility

   2. Technical Proposal

   In accordance with IUCN evaluation policy, the evaluators will be independent. This implies a total independence of the evaluators from Bahari Mali project design, approval, implementation and execution. A written statement of independence from each individual involved in the baseline is a requirement.

   The technical proposal must address each of the criteria stated below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number (left-hand column).

   Proposals in any other format will significantly increase the time it takes to evaluate, and such Proposals may therefore be rejected at IUCN’s discretion.

   Where CVs are requested, these must be of the individuals who will actually carry out the work specified. The individuals you put forward may only be substituted with IUCN’s approval.

   IUCN will evaluate technical proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance:

Description

Information to provide

Relative weight

1. Clarity and completeness of proposal 5%

2. Critical analysis of the project objectives and the TOR

Understanding of the evaluation ToR, in particular the purpose and use; and understanding of the project design, objectives, context, and constraints (15 pt.) 15%

3.Conceptual and methodological approach

Proposed approach, methodology, principles and tools for baseline survey that demonstrates feasibility, quality, and clarity (30 pt.) 30%

4Operationalization of the approach and Methodology

• Working programme/ working schedule/Gantt chart for delivery of outputs (10 pt.),
• Staffing schedule, task assignment descriptions/ level of effort per team member, work organisation, back-up services, quality control, coordination (10 pt) 20%

5.Consultants Competencies

• Team structure, including a description of roles and responsibility in team (e.g. team leader, senior, intermediate, junior consultants, and quality assurance) (10 pt.)
• A description of past experiences and main competencies of the selected team/individual against the technical requirements listed in sections 7 – 8 of the ToR (10 pt.)
• Gender balance within the team (5 pt.)
• Reference/links and contacts from similar past assignments (5 pt.) 30%

TOTAL

100%

1. Financial Proposal

   1. The financial proposal must be a fixed and firm price for the provision of the goods/services stated in the RfP in their entirety.

      1. Prices include all costs

      2. Applicable Goods and Services Taxes

      3. Currency of proposed rates and prices

      4. Breakdown of rates and prices

      Submitted rates and prices are deemed to include all costs, insurances, taxes (except VAT, see below), fees, expenses, liabilities, obligations, risk and other things necessary for the performance of the Terms of Reference or Specification of Requirements. IUCN will not accept charges beyond those clearly stated in the Financial Proposal. This includes applicable withholding taxes and similar. It is your responsibility to determine whether such taxes apply to your organisation and to include them in your financial offer.

      Proposal rates and prices shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax.

      All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in US Dollars

      For information only, the price needs to be broken down as follows:

2. Additional information not requested by IUCN should not be included in your Proposal and will not be taken into account in the evaluation.

   1. Your proposal must remain valid and capable of acceptance by IUCN for a period of 90 calendar days following the submission deadline.

   2. Withdrawals and Changes

   You may freely withdraw or change your proposal at any time prior to the submission deadline by written notice to the IUCN Contact. However, in order to reduce the risk of fraud, no changes or withdrawals will be accepted after the submission deadline.

3. EVALUATION of PROPOSALS

   1. Completeness

   2. Technical Evaluation

      1. Scoring Method

   IUCN will firstly check your proposal for completeness. Incomplete proposals will not be considered further.

Your proposal will be assigned a score from 0 to 10 for each of the technical evaluation criteria, such that ‘0’ is low and ‘10’ is high.

1. Minimum Quality Thresholds

Proposals that receive a score of ‘0’ for any of the criteria will not be considered further.

1. Technical Score

Your score for each technical evaluation criterion will be multiplied with the respective relative weight (see Section 4.4) and these weighted scores added together to give your proposal’s overall technical score.

1. Financial Evaluation and Financial Scores

   The financial evaluation will be based upon the full total price you submit. Your financial proposal will receive a score calculated by dividing the lowest financial proposal that has passed the minimum quality thresholds (see Section 5.2.2) by the total price of your financial proposal.

   Thus, for example, if your financial proposal is for a total of CHF 100 and the lowest financial proposal is CHF 80, you will receive a financial score of 80/100 = 80%

   1. Total Score

   Your proposal’s total score will be calculated as the weighted sum of your technical score and your financial score.

   The relative weights will be:

   Technical: 70%

   Financial: 30%

   Thus, for example, if your technical score is 83% and your financial score is 77%, you will receive a total score of 83 * 70% + 77 * 30% = 58.1% + 23.1% = 81.2%.

Subject to the requirements in Sections 4 and 7, IUCN will award the contract to the bidder whose proposal achieves the highest total score.

1. Explanation of procurement procedure

   1. IUCN is using the Invitation Procedure for this procurement. This means that only invited bidders may submit a proposal. IUCN typically invites from four to six bidders to submit a proposal.

   2. You are welcome to ask questions or seek clarification regarding this procurement. Please email the IUCN Contact (see Section 2), taking note of the deadline for submission of questions in Section 3.1.

   3. All proposals must be received by the submission deadline in Section 3.1 above. Late proposals will not be considered. All proposals received by the submission deadline will be evaluated by a team of two or more evaluators in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in in this RfP. No other criteria will be used to evaluate proposals. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal received the highest Total Score. IUCN does, however, reserve the right to cancel the procurement and not award a contract at all.

   4. IUCN will contact the bidder with the highest-scoring proposal to finalise the contract. We will contact unsuccessful bidders after the contract has been awarded and provide detailed feedback. The timetable in Section 3.1 gives an estimate of when we expect to have completed the contract award, but this date may change depending on how long the evaluation of proposals takes.

2. Conditions for participation in this procurement

   1. To participate in this procurement, you are required to submit a proposal, which fully complies with the instructions in this RfP and the Attachments.

      1. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted a complete and fully compliant proposal.

      2. Any incomplete or incorrectly completed proposal submission may be deemed non-compliant, and as a result you may be unable to proceed further in the procurement process.

      3. IUCN will query any obvious clerical errors in your proposal and may, at IUCN’s sole discretion, allow you to correct these, but only if doing so could not be perceived as giving you an unfair advantage.

   2. In order to participate in this procurement, you must meet the following conditions:

• Free of conflicts of interest
• Registered on the relevant professional or trade register of the country in which you are established (or resident, if self-employed)
• In full compliance with your obligations relating to payment of social security contributions and of all applicable taxes
• Not been convicted of failing to comply with environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection
• Not bankrupt or being wound up
• Never been guilty of an offence concerning your professional conduct
• Not involved in fraud, corruption, a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorism, or any other illegal activity.

  1. You must complete and sign the Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2)

  2. If you are participating in this procurement as a member of a joint venture, or are using sub-contractors, submit a separate Declaration of Undertaking for each member of the joint venture and sub-contractor, and be clear in your proposal which parts of the goods/services are provided by each partner or sub-contractor.

  3. Each bidder shall submit only one proposal, either individually or as a partner in a joint venture. In case of joint venture, one company shall not be allowed to participate in two different joint ventures in the same procurement nor shall a company be allowed to submit a proposal both on its behalf and as part of a joint venture for the same procurement. A bidder who submits or participates in more than one proposal (other than as a subcontractor or in cases of alternatives that have been permitted or requested) shall cause all the proposals with the bidder’s participation to be disqualified.

  4. By taking part in this procurement, you accept the conditions set out in this RfP, including the following:

• It is unacceptable to give or offer any gift or consideration to an employee or other representative of IUCN as a reward or inducement in relation to the awarding of a contract. Such action will give IUCN the right to exclude you from this and any future procurements, and to terminate any contract that may have been signed with you.
• Any attempt to obtain information from an employee or other representative of IUCN concerning another bidder will result in disqualification.
• Any price fixing or collusion with other bidders in relation to this procurement shall give IUCN the right to exclude you and any other involved bidder(s) from this and any future procurements and may constitute a criminal offence.

1. Confidentiality and data protection

   1. IUCN follows the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information you submit to IUCN as part of this procurement will be treated as confidential and shared only as required to evaluate your proposal in line with the procedure explained in this RfP, and for the maintenance of a clear audit trail. For audit purposes, IUCN is required to retain your proposal in its entirety for 10 years after the end of the resulting contract and make this available to internal and external auditors and donors as and when requested.

   2. In the Declaration of Undertaking (Attachment 2) you need to give IUCN express permission to use the information you submit in this way, including personal data that forms part of your proposal. Where you include personal data of your employees (e.g. CVs) in your proposal, you need to have written permission from those individuals to share this information with IUCN, and for IUCN to use this information as indicated in 8.1. Without these permissions, IUCN will not be able to consider your proposal.

2. Complaints procedure

If you have a complaint or concern regarding the propriety of how a competitive process is or has been executed, then please contact procurement@iucn.org. Such complaints or concerns will be treated as confidential and are not considered in breach of the above restrictions on communication (Section 2.1).

1. Contract

The contract will be based on IUCN’s template in Attachment 3, the terms of which are not negotiable. They may, however, be amended by IUCN to reflect particular requirements from the donor funding this particular procurement.

1. About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Headquartered in Switzerland, IUCN Secretariat comprises around 1,000 staff with offices in more than 50 countries.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,300 Member organisations and some 10,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

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1. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference

Title: End Term Evaluation of Bahari Mali Project in Tanzania.

Evaluation context

This is the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a consultant firm, for the IUCN End term evaluation (ETE) of the project titled “Bahari Mali Project” implemented by the IUCN Tanzania Country Office and under the IUCN East and Southern Africa Office (ESARO). The project started on 01.09.2022 and is ending on 30.11.2025. It is thus expected that the findings and recommendations of this ETE will play an important role in the execution of the next phase. Along with IUCN Tanzania Country Office, Bahari Mali Project is implemented in partnership with Ocean Hub Africa (OHA) and WIOMSA and it is funded by Irish Embassy in Tanzania.

Background

Project Reference: P04348

Donor reference:

About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and around 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

www.iucn.org

https://twitter.com/IUCN/

About the Project

Bahari Mali project builds on the IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa’s Blue Resilience Framework, composed of 3 key pillars: Blue Planet, Blue People and Blue Partnerships. The programme also contributes towards implementation of the Great Blue Wall Initiative.

Bahari Mali forms part of the implementation of the Embassy of Ireland’s Strategy for Tanzania (2022-26), especially in ensuring the resilience, prosperity and equality of women and youth within a priority region (Tanga). Specifically, the programme contributes towards the Embassy’s Strategic Outcome 4: “Tanzanian women and girls have more sustainable and resilient livelihoods, more capacity to adapt to climate change and benefit from a sustainable blue economy” and partly to Outcome 3 on improved nutrition.

Bahari Mali Project was a three-year project focused on advancing Sustainable Blue Livelihoods in the Tanga-Pemba Seascape, Tanzania. Generally, the project aimed to “unlock and support the development of the blue economy while contributing to long-term effective, equitable, and inclusive conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Tanga-Pemba seascape”.

More specifically, Bahari Mali Project aims to achieve the following objectives:

1. Improve livelihood and socio-economic status of coastal communities particularly women and youth as an approach towards enhancing resilience of coastal communities in the Tanga-Pemba Seascape.
2. Improve management of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Tanga-Pemba Seascape through enhanced adaptive governance.
3. Improve knowledge and awareness among key stakeholders in Tanga-Pemba Seascape and the Western Indian Ocean region for improved conservation of ecosystems and coastal and marine resources.
4. Enhance advocacy in blue economy for effective conservation of ecosystems and coastal and marine resources in the Tanga-Pemba seascape.

Description of the Assignment

The International Union for Conservation of Nature intends to use part of the Bahari Mali project financial support received from Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania to engage the consultant/firm to conduct End Term Evaluation.

Rationale and Purpose

This Endterm evaluation fulfils IUCN requirements to conduct an independent evaluation for the purpose of learning and reflection on project management and early results, it is also a contract requirement under the agreement with Irish Embassy in Tanzania to conduct the ETE. It is thus expected that the findings and recommendations of this Endterm evaluation will not only help to assess overall success of Bahari Mali Project but also identify its impact, sustainability, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency. Furthermore, this ETE will help to determine if the project's objectives were met, provide accountability, identify lessons learned for future initiatives, and inform decision making.

Audience, key stakeholders and use

The primary intended users of this End Term Evaluation are:

• The Bahari Mali Project implementation team including Country Representative, Project manager, technical officers in IUCN’s Tanzania Office for the purpose of managing the Project, and in particular, for adjusting and improving delivery of outcomes, and gathering lessons to inform future project design and implementation of other projects.
  • Head of Coastal and Ocean Resilience (COR) thematic area in the IUCN’s Regional Office for the East and Southern Africa for the purpose of gathering lessons to inform future project design and implementation of other projects in the region under the COR thematic area;
  • The IUCN Monitoring and Learning team, for the purpose of improving the Project monitoring and learning approach;
  • The Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania will use information especially on achievements and challenges for learning purposes as well as guidance for a tentative decision- making process on future funding.
  • The report will also be shared with Government of Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania for information purpose.

Objectives and evaluation questions

This End Term evaluation will be carried out in conformity with IUCN’s Evaluation Policy (2023) and use a sub- set of the widely accepted OECD DAC Evaluation criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability.

The End Term Review should explore the Project’s work and achievements with the aim of documenting progress so far and providing guidance on how to optimize lessons learned for future project planning, implementation and evaluation. Through the assessment of the performance and lessons learnt, this End Term Evaluation will also contribute to accountability.

The specific objectives of the End Term Evaluation are:

• To assess the relevance of the Project in terms of aligning and responding to the objectives of the current IUCN Programme and other IUCN needs and priorities in relation to cost and ocean resilience as well as management and conservation of marine resources;
  • To assess its coherence with the situational analysis and how well the Project fits in its context and its compatibility with other interventions led by IUCN;
  • To assess the effectiveness of the Project in achieving its objectives and provide clear insights about what has and has not worked and why. It will also analyse key underlying risks, assumptions and constraints which have affected intended results, highlighting how external factors might have affected the Project and how the project adapted to this situation.
  • To assess efficiency in terms of use of resources and value for money through the delivery of the Project;
  • To assess whether measures put in place by the project ensure sustainability of results in the longer term, including how synergies with Bahari Mali Project for delivering the broader vision of sustainable Blue Economy in Tanzania;
  • To identify lessons and provide set of actionable recommendations on how the Project and the project coordination/management could be adjusted to strengthen delivery of results and therefore informing implementation of the next phase and or replication in other areas.

Three additional lines of inquiry should be addressed: contribution to the IUCN One Programme Approach; Gender and youth and Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS)

An initial set of questions that should guide the Endterm Evaluation in assessing the Project against each given criterion have been developed as follows:

Relevance

1. How appropriate and relevant is the project approach and intervention logic in terms of its objectives and anticipated outcomes, and within the broader context of the sustainable Blue Economy?
2. Is the project Theory of Change (ToC) and logic for interventions realistic?
3. To what extent is the project aligned to national/subnational strategies and priorities?
   • Has there been any change (i.e policy changes) that affected the relevance of the Project since it has started?

• If so, how well did the project adapt to the changing environment and how well has the design adjusted to emerging circumstances?

Coherence

To what extent were the capabilities of different implementing partners and other stakeholders considered in the design of the Project? How strategic are the partnerships established under the project considering their ability to influence and their current level of commitment and capacity to deliver?

• To what extent does the Project align to or contribute to other interventions carried by IUCN in Tanzania?
• To what extent does the Project align to or contribute to interventions implemented by other organizations in the specific project areas in Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania?
• To what extent did Bahari Mali Project harmonize its interventions with government priorities and other stakeholders?

Effectiveness

To what extent has the Project delivered on its objectives?

Objective 1

• How successful has the project been in integrating livelihoods and socio-economic status of coastal communities particularly women and youth as an approach towards enhancing resilience of coastal communities in the Tanga-Pemba Seascape
  • To what extent did market-based approaches supported by the Project help project beneficiaries to transition toward sustainable blue economy production systems?

Objective 2

• How effective has the project been in promoting and prioritizing improved management of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Tanga-Pemba Seascape through enhanced adaptive governance
  • To what extent have marine governance institutions and processes been strengthened and contributed to build an enabling environment?

Objective 3

• How useful were knowledge and awareness strategies and approaches aimed to improve conservation of ecosystems and coastal and marine resources in Tanga-Pemba Seascape and the Western Indian Ocean region?

Objective 4

• To what extent did the project enhance advocacy in blue economy for effective conservation of ecosystems and coastal and marine resources in the Tanga-Pemba seascape.
• Are there any unintended consequences as a result of the actions of the Project?

Efficiency

• To what extent is the project governance (coordination and decision-making structures and processes) system conducive to results achievement?
• Has the management approach promoted by the Project led to the most effective use of the resources, cost savings and efficiencies of scale in the provision of coordination and technical support? More specifically:
  • Are accounting and financial systems adequate for project management and producing accurate and timely financial information?
  • Have progress reports been produced accurately, timely and responded to reporting requirements?
  • In terms of periodic update meetings, what worked and what didn't in ensuring effective communication and project alignment, and why?
• To what extent has the Project been able to adapt to any changing conditions to improve the efficiency of project implementation?
• To what extent are the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework and tools adequate and effective? In particular:

  • To what extent are the selected indicators and targets appropriate to determine whether Bahari Mali Project has achieves its objectives?

  • To what extent did the MEL framework detect any needed course corrections in the Project’s

    approach and activities for better progress towards results?

  • To what extent did supervision missions/ monitoring visits aid or delay the project's progress, and why?

Sustainability

• Is there evidence of ‘community ownership’ of the project initiatives? What evidence exists that shows that the enabling condition are in place to continue what was initiated by the project?
• To what extent have the mitigation measures identified to address the risks been implemented? Were these measures effective?
• Are there new risks that have arisen that can impact the permanence of the results achieved that were not foreseen?
• In addition to the above criteria and questions, the evaluator(s) will also ensure that the following topics are addressed in the evaluation:

• One Programme Approach:

• To what extent did the project engage relevant constituents of the Union in its design or implementation so far (Government, IUCN Members and Commission Members with experience in Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania)?

• Gender, youth and human rights:

• To what extent do the project’s objectives and design promote and advance gender equality and/or gender responsive strategies? Also, to what extent has the project monitored its progress with gender responsive and sex-disaggregated monitoring data?
• To what extent do the project’s objectives and design respond to youth needs and priorities, or promote youth participation and/or leadership or intergenerational exchange? Also, to what extent has the project monitored its progress with age-disaggregated monitoring data?
• Has there been any negative effects for women from project interventions and if so how has these been handled?
• Has there been any human rights challenges arising from project interventions and if so how has these been handled?

• Environment and Climate

• Has there been any negative effects on environment and climate from project interventions and if so how has these been dealt with?

• Anti-corruption

• What measures are put in place to avoid corrupt practices?

• Science/policy/action interface:

• To what extent is the knowledge or science produced or disseminated by the Project likely to influence policy or actions in the future?

• Methods and sources

• This evaluation will be carried out in conformity with the IUCN Evaluation Policy (2023)1, which sets out IUCN’s institutional commitment to evaluation, and the criteria and standards for the evaluation and evaluation of its projects, programmes and organizational units.

• Scoping Phase - Framing the boundaries of the evaluations

• The evaluator(s) will review key project documents and engage with IUCN to finalise the evaluation objectives, questions, criteria and methodology. Against the above, the evaluator(s) will identify appropriate evidence that needs to be gathered and synthesized to fully inform the evaluation process – as well as sources of information including key individuals to be interviewed. The output of this phase will be an inception report which will include a methodological note and an evaluation matrix presenting how each evaluation questions will be addressed, data sources and data collection methods that will be used to gather additional information needed and a set of criteria to rate the strength of the evidence collected. The evaluation matrix will be reviewed and should be approved by IUCN. Adequately addressing the key evaluation questions will be the basis for IUCN to sign off on the completeness of the inception report.

• Further data collection and analysis; development of draft evaluation report

• In this phase, the evaluator(s) will work with IUCN and other key stakeholders to gather and consolidate the necessary information to address the evaluation questions. It will also include field visits for onsite observations and meetings with key partners and beneficiaries in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. The Evaluator(s) will present their preliminary findings during a short webinar in order to collect feedback from key target audience. The link between the evaluation questions, data collection, analysis, findings and conclusions must be clearly made and set out in a transparent manner during the presentation. Following the webinar, the evaluator(s) will submit a draft evaluation report for further review by the target audience.

• Finalizing the evaluation reports and presenting findings to key stakeholders

• Once the draft reports have been circulated, IUCN will undertake a final review of the reports and provide their comments in written to the evaluator(s). The comments will be integrated by the evaluator(s) in the final version of the report and serve to finalize recommendations and to develop lessons learned. The evaluator will submit a final evaluation report in word and PDF and will include a separate document highlighting where/how comments were incorporated. The final report should clearly and transparently demonstrate links between evaluation questions, data collection, analysis, findings and conclusions. The conclusion and recommendations presented in the final report should be underpinned by a strong set of evidence and will be further explained during the final webinar.
• Finally, evaluator(s) will produce a short but concise summaries that can be disseminated to the wider public for general information on the project’s results and performance
• Methods, sources and analysis
• The evaluator(s) is expected to use mixed methods to allow a degree of triangulation and synthesis, including:
• Desk review of relevant documentation from the project;
  • Interviews (individual or in Focus group) of key stakeholders across the two landscape;
  • Survey of additional stakeholders;
  • Field visit. It is expected that the evaluator will visit sampled areas where the project is implemented both in Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania;
  • Other methods may be proposed as needed and as project resources allow.
• Stakeholders to be consulted
• The evaluation will adopt a consultative approach, seeking and sharing opinions with stakeholders at different stages throughout the evaluation process. Stakeholder categories include, but are not limited to: IUCN project staff, project executing partners and external stakeholders involved in the delivery of the project activities. External stakeholders may include national and local government representatives, private sector representatives and community members, including youth and women.
• The list of stakeholders that will be consulted will be presented and validated through the inception report. The total number of stakeholders to be consulted in the different landscape where the project is implemented is however estimated to approximately 100 individuals. IUCN will provide a suggested list of stakeholders in different categories during inception. The evaluation team may propose changes or additions.
• Duration of the Assignment
• It is expected that evaluator(s) will submit their deliverables according to the following schedule in Table 1. The starting date for the End-Term Evaluation is 5th December 2025. Expected end date is 27th January 2026.

• Evaluation deliverables

• The evaluator(s) will be accountable for producing the following products for this End Term Evaluation:
• Draft inception report and Inception report on proposed evaluation methodology, work plan and structure of the report including a detailed evaluation matrix;
• A Draft Preliminary End-Term Evaluation report and presentation, to be presented at a debriefing meeting with Bahari Mali partners
• Final End-Term Evaluation report, including key findings, a set of limited and strategic recommendations (not to exceed 10 recommendations total), and response addressing issues raised during presentation of draft.
• A Final presentation targeted to evaluation key audiences in which the key finding and recommendations from the End Term Evaluation will be presented.
• A two-page executive summary of key findings, lessons, recommendations and messages from the End Term Evaluation report.
• The Inception Report should be in English and include the following structure:
• Identification of the subject of the review, and relevant context
• Purpose and scope of the evaluation: why is the evaluation being conducted at this time, who needs the information and why? What aspects of the project will be covered, and not covered, by the evaluation
• Theory of change and results. A one-page diagram and explain it with a narrative, including a discussion of assumptions and drivers. This section should also confirm the formulation of planned results so that the evaluand can be assessed against its intended results
• An evaluation matrix presenting how each evaluation criteria and questions will be addressed, the indicators, the data sources and the data collection methods and tools that will be used to gather the information needed for the End Term Evaluation and a set of criteria to rate the strength of the evidence collected.
• Methodology including approach for data collection and analysis, and stakeholder engagement, a rationale for selection of the methods, and selection of data sources (i.e. any sites to be visited, stakeholders to be interviewed)
• The evaluation workplan and schedule, as well as a description of roles and responsibilities for the management of the evaluation
• Potential limitations of the evaluation
• If any, a short summary of key improvements/modifications suggested from the original ToR.
• The final End-Term Evaluation report should be in English and include the following structure:
• Title page including project identification details
• Executive Summary (including at a minimum the methodology, findings and recommendations)
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• A short introduction to project/programme – context and description
• Purpose of the Evaluation
• Evaluation Issues and Questions
• Methodology (including approach to data analysis)
• Findings - organized according to the key evaluation questions
• Conclusions and lessons learned
• Recommendations – actionable recommendations clearly linked to findings and lessons
• Annexes

• Travel requirements

• For this ETE, it is expected that the evaluator(s), including the team leader, visit sampled sites in both Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania where the project is implemented (Tanga Region in Mainland Tanzania and Pemba in Zanzibar). Travel will have to be organized in accordance with IUCN Travel Policy and Procedures for Non-Staff2. All the cost related to travel need to be clearly and transparently reflected in the financial proposal.
• Reference Documents
• Relevant documents that IUCN will share with the Consultant include (but not be limited to)
• the following:
• Bahari Mali project document.
• Bahari Mali Theory of Change
• Project result frameworks
• IUCN evaluation policy
• IUCN enterprise risk management policy
• IUCN Tanzania Country Programme Strategy
• Bahari Mali baseline, MTR and progress reports
• Other documents considered to be necessary by the consultant.

• Payment schedule

• The evaluator(s) shall be paid upon completion of the following milestones:
• 30% upon signing of the contract
• 30% after presentation of the draft report (noting that acceptance of the inception report is a required milestone)
• 40% after the approval of the final report

• Qualifications of the Evaluators

• IUCN requires a person or a team of evaluators with experience in assessing change in complex systems and with extensive expertise and knowledge in at least one of the following fields: Governance, Marine conservation and management, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Innovative finance, Natural resources management, Organization capacity building, Nature-base Solutions, Climate change, and Socioeconomic Development or a combination thereof, applied to policy instruments and practice.
• In addition, the Lead team member will meet the following technical requirements:
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in supporting, designing, planning and/or conducting development evaluations; with demonstrated quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills, with proven record of conducting formative, process and impact evaluation;
• Proven experience in evaluating similar projects; Prior experience in conducting evaluation in areas where the Project is implemented would be an asset;
• English language fluency in both speaking and writing
• At least one team member must be fluent in written and spoken Kiswahili (native speaker or professional proficiency level).
• Gender balance: Women are strongly encouraged to apply as team leader and gender balance will be considered as an asset for evaluators applying as a team.
• The evaluation team members should be completely independent from any organization that have been involved in designing, implementing, executing or advising any aspect of the project.
• Supervision and coordination
• This End Term Evaluation is commissioned by IUCN and Day-to-day management and coordination will be done by Bahari Mali Project team and MEL Officer. This evaluation will be undertaken by an independent evaluation team, selected through IUCN’s procurement process.

How to apply

Step 1: Acquire Tender Documents
Obtain the relevant tender documents.

Step 2: Review Requirements
Thoroughly read the tender specifications, terms, and conditions.

Step 3: Prepare Proposal
Prepare your proposal as guided, ensuring all the required information is included.

Step 4: Submission
Submit your completed proposal by December 1st , 2025, via the email address

tenders.tz@iucn.org