Forest and Climate Leaders' Partnership (FCLP) Secretariat Operational Delivery Partner

It is anticipated that these services will be delivered via contract running to March 2026. This procurement will see services commencing in Summer 2024. It is anticipated that the services may continue to March 2030 through extensions to the contract if performance has been satisfactory. Indicative services to be delivered include but are not limited to: 1. Sub-contracting service providers, staff and consultancies as required by the FCLP Secretariat to meet or contribute towards FCLP objectives. In particular the Operational Delivery Partner will: a. Select and sub-contract the right experts (both individual consultants and consulting agencies) to help develop the policy initiatives working closely with FCLP members. b. Manage the fund disbursed to the sub-contractors. c. Supervise delivery of activities. d. The Operational Delivery Partner should ensure that the initiatives delivered by the sub-contracted agencies are implemented with environmental and social (including gender) integrity. 2. Administrative and logistical support for meetings and events including managing travel arrangements for FCLP Secretariat staff and FCLP members from Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible countries. More specifically, the Operational Delivery Partner will: a. Support the FCLP Secretariat to deliver a series of meetings and annual events. The meetings and events throughout each year will be a mix of online and in-person and the Operational Delivery Partner will be required to book venues, manage invitations, disseminate papers, and provide translation services (French and Spanish as a minimum, but other languages may also be required). b. Support the strategic communications of any public facing events through managing the FCLP website, the FCLP’s social media presence. It will also be responsible – where necessary - for press and media handling. c. For any in-person meetings and events, the Operational Delivery Partner will organise and support the travel of FCLP members from ODA-eligible countries, as required. The Operational Delivery Partner will coordinate travel costs and subsistence expenses for members and audit them to ensure that they are within agreed expenditure rules. 3. Provide support to the Secretariat in its daily operations, including work planning, and reporting to respond to donors’ requirements. In particular the Second Delivery Partner will: a. Support the FCLP Secretariat, the Co-Chairs the Steering Committee and the FCLP members providing inputs to the annual workplans and providing any additional support. Please note, the above indicative services are subject to change and the finalised list of services will be detailed at the point of procurement. More information on this will be provided at the market engagement event on Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:00 BST. Additional information: We are hosting an online early market engagement event on the 17th April 2024 from 11:00-12:00 BST. If you wish to attend this event, please complete the form here: https://forms.office.com/e/1drrErmdsc We intend to go out to tender in the upcoming months.