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RBGKEW 1475 National stakeholder coordination and engagement within the BLF Madagascar/FMH project

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Buyer Address: THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, UKI75, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@kew.org

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
18462.0 GBP
Published
14 Jan 2026, 15:22
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
31 Aug 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Richard Lewis
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The BLF Madagascar is a large conservation research project being carried out in a designated priority country. The proposed consultancy supports capacity to meet with the primary mission of the project. This mission is to provide evidence-based recommendations to the Malagasy government for improving protected area management towards sustaining livelihoods of local communities, lowering biodiversity losses and reducing climate change impacts. Failure to rapidly recruit this consultant in the wake of the loss of our current coordinator will lead to a much lower chance of achieving the mission due the 6-month void that would occur through normal procurement with a further 3-month onboarding requirement for a project of this scale and complexity. This within a 24-month project window remaining.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

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