-:This is a DRAFT Solicitation :- (USAID/Bangladesh is encouraging all the prospective Offerors to reply on the questions as stated on the cover page of the draft RFP) The purpose of this Activity is to improve the conservation and protection status of key wildlife species, such as Asian Elephants, Bengal Tigers, Sharks, and Rays, in Bangladesh through a comprehensive wildlife conservation approach that is informed by research. This Activity will aim to improve wildlife conservation and protection through social and scientific research, community-government led actions, citizen engagement including journalists and youth, private sector engagement and awareness, stronger political commitment and coordination across different government and non-government agencies and countering illegal logging and wildlife crime through improved enforcement actions. This Activity will support Bangladeshis (especially government entities) to improve coordination and collaboration at a local, regional, transnational, and transcontinental level to combat wildlife crime. Key targeted areas will include key wildlife landscapes, and not limited to: 1) Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar; 2) Sundarbans; 3) Inland wetlands, coastal and marine ecosystems (if possible). Different locations of Bangladesh may be covered under this activity depending on associated wildlife crime hotspot areas. All questions, comments, and/or requests for clarifications must be sent in writing to the Administrative Contracting Officer, Sharifa Ahmed at
[email protected] , and a copy to Contract Specialist, Samssa A. Ali at
[email protected] and Saiful Islam at
[email protected] no later than January 18, 2025 (at 04:30pm Dhaka/Bangladesh Time).