All GPSNR working groups have a large chunk of work ahead of them. Here are all their updates:
Strategy and Objectives Working Group
The group has made good progress by establishing the new risk task force that will evaluate the exact scope of GPSNR’s risk based approach. It has also got its new Terms of Reference approved by the Executive Committee, and is now working on contracting a consultant for the Economic Risk Study and conducting a gap analysis of GPSNR’s current activities based on the platform’s Theory of Change.
Smallholder Representation Working Group
Having published the RFP to develop the GPSNR Smallholders Policy Framework equivalent, the group is focussing on the first Smallholders International Call of the year in March 2022, workshops in Liberia and Malaysia, and on developing country-specific smallholder engagement activities with smallholders and Country Champions.
Policy Toolbox Working Group
This group is continuing discussions among its three new subgroups: Transparent reporting roadmap, Implementation Guidance and RR Guidance & Tools. In the coming months, they will finalize guidance for the reporting requirements and share it with companies
At the same time, they are working with the smallholder representation working group on the Smallholder Policy Framework equivalent.
Capacity Building Working Group
After publishing the GAPs as living documents in English and Bahasa and selecting SNV-Proforest and Koltiva as consultants to work on the GAPs coaching in Indonesia, the working group continues to develop capacity building plans for Indonesia, Thailand and Ivory Coast.
They are also seeking your inputs for GPSNR’s knowledge sharing platform, which you can provide here.
Traceability and Transparency Working Group
Having finalized the traceability and transparency primer, the WG will wind down its operations.
Shared Responsibility Working Group
The Shared Responsibility has completed a review of the Shared Responsibility Framework, incorporating feedback from the Executive Committee. The Working Group will present an updated proposal to the EC as the next step, with a view to prepare a resolution at the 2022 General Assembly.
At GPSNR, we bring together companies, smallholders, academia and civil society to transform the natural rubber supply chain into a sustainable, equitable and fair one.
Even though it was launched just in 2018, more than 50% of the world’s natural rubber demand already finds membership in GPSNR. This is only a small reflection of the amount of work that has taken place over the last three years.
Scope
We are seeking a web design consultancy to design, code and publish a webpage that documents important decisions along with easy access to reports, processes and other important information. Informally, we call this a GPSNR ‘cheat sheet’. The content for the webpage will be provided by the GPSNR secretariat.
Core Tasks
Working closely with the GPSNR secretariat, the consultant will:
Create and finalise three web-page mockup (wireframes, prototypes, and corresponding user interface components like templates, stylesheets, scripts, images, etc) for the team to choose from
Once the mock up has been chosen by the team, the consultant will include four rounds of feedback from the GPSNR secretariat and key stakeholders in the development of the final page
Integrate components in the CMS to allow review and testing, and make corresponding adjustments based on feedback received
Liaise with GPSNR’s Communications Manager to ensure that the mockups are feasible for the GPSNR website
Work with GPSNR’s CRM & Data Analytics Associate to integrate the webpage with Salesforce
Terms
The engagement will take place for a period of five weeks from 11th April to 16th May 2022. Interim dates for wireframes and approvals will be mutually agreed upon after confirmation.
Necessary Competencies
Solid understanding of the concepts of user experience, user interface design principles and conceptual design.
Expert knowledge in Wordpress CMS and Elementor
Knowledge of Bootstrap, jQuery and AngularJS, HTML, and Elementor Shortcodes
Knowledge of industry-standard design tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver
Knowledge of Wordpress Content Management System, particularly with respect to page template design, will be considered an asset
Eye for design and attention to detail are essential
Submission Guidelines & Requirements
The following submission guidelines & requirements apply to this Request for Proposal:
Proposals will only be accepted from individuals or firms with experience relevant to this project.
Submissions must include 1) a portfolio of previous work 2) a paragraph describing how the consultant would approach such a project 3) a financial proposal with a breakdown of how much each competent of the work would cost.
Proposals must be signed by a representative that is authorized to commit to the bidder’s company.
Proposals must be received by 6th April 2022 to be considered. Proposals should be submitted to bani.bains@gpsnr.org and stefano.savi@gpsnr.org for consideration.
To receive a copy of the draft content, applicants can email bani.bains@gpsnr.org
Project Timelines
The Request for Proposal timeline is as follows:
Submission of Proposal
6 Apr 2022
Selection of top bidders and further conversations
7 Apr 2022
Contract award/notification to unsuccessful bidders
11 Apr 2022
Work commences no later than
13 Apr 2022
Delivery of finalized webpage to GPSNR
16 May 2022
The above timeline is open to further adjustments based on discussions with the consultant and GPSNR’s ongoing key milestones.
Budget
The Platform is anticipating that a total budget of no more than 5,000 Singapore Dollars (SGD) be allocated to this engagement.
Payment terms shall be:
● 20% at the signing of the contract ● 30% at the midpoint date to be agreed upon and memorialized in the contract based on the submitted work plan ● 50% on delivery of the final page
Evaluation Factors
GPSNR will rate proposals based on the following factors:
Responsiveness to the requirements set forth in this Request for Proposals
Relevant past performance / experience and / or any samples of past work
Cost, including an assessment of total cost of ownership
Technical expertise/experience of bidder and the bidder’s staff
GPSNR reserves the right to award to the bidder that presents the best value to GPSNR as determined solely by GPSNR in its absolute discretion.
The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) is an international multi-stakeholder, voluntary membership initiative seeking to lead improvements in the socioeconomic and environmental performance of the natural rubber value chain. Members of the platform include tire manufacturers, rubber producers and processors, vehicle makers, NGOs, and smallholder natural rubber producers.
GPSNR is seeking to hire a consultant to develop the GPSNR Policy Equivalent for Smallholders, which will put forth commitments for economic, environmental, and social sustainability for GPSNR smallholder members.
Relevant Background
GPSNR Policy Framework for Member Companies
In September 2020, the GPSNR General Assembly endorsed the GPSNR Policy Framework for natural rubber production and sourcing for GPSNR ordinary member companies.
The GPSNR Policy Framework provides a framework for GPSNR member companies to align their natural rubber purchasing policies on all aspects of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social. Modelled around the Platform’s 12 Principles of Sustainable Natural Rubber, the GPSNR policy framework sets out eight overarching themes that include commitments to legal compliance, community livelihoods, healthy, functioning ecosystems (including no deforestation), and respecting all human rights.
In line with the GPSNR Policy Framework, the GPSNR Secretariat has prepared guidance on the Policy Evaluation Procedure to support members in aligning their corporate policies with the GPSNR Policy Framework.
GPSNR Smallholders Policy Equivalent for Smallholder Members
As of March 2022, GPSNR currently has 112 smallholder members across 10 countries: Brazil, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
While this represents a small percentage of the millions of smallholder producers globally, GPSNR is committed to developing the mechanisms, tools, and processes to support smallholders globally in adopting best practices for natural rubber production in terms of economic, environmental and social outcomes.
To advance this, the Platform is developing the GPSNR Smallholders Policy Equivalent. GPSNR is seeking to hire a consultant to make recommendations on the objectives, content, function, and roadmap of this new document, the Smallholders Policy (or similar equivalent), relative to the needs, interests, and capacities of the Platform’s smallholder members.
The consultant is expected to collect relevant information via desktop study and information provided by the GPSNR Secretariat and the GPSNR Smallholders Policy Task Force.
The consultant would also be expected to conduct a number of stakeholder engagement sessions (e.g., interviews, focus group discussion; including but not necessarily limited to GPSNR smallholder members, and GPSNR NGO and private company members with direct interactions with smallholder, such as natural rubber processers) based on the criteria set out below. The GPSNR Secretariat will provide a preliminary list of contacts and the consultant will be expected to propose additional contacts to interview, with a particular focus on external schemes / platforms that engage with smallholders.
Regular contact and provision of updates to the Task Force together with the Secretariat will be required.
Further Context
To become a Smallholder Member of GPSNR, the following criteria must be met:
The primary source of income for the smallholder is the farm (not only Natural Rubber)
The Natural Rubber production unit size is not more than 50ha (although the farm may be larger)
Profitsfrom the farm accrue primarily to the owner of the farm and their family
Deliverables
Objectives, Content and Function of the Smallholders Policy Equivalent
The consultant should put forth recommendations covering the objectives, substantive content, function, and roadmap (e.g., propose normative documents to be developed later on) of the Smallholders Policy Equivalent, considering the responses of key stakeholders to the following questions:
What are the objectives of the Policy Equivalent for GPSNR and GPSNR smallholder members?
What are the sustainability commitments and standards put forth in the Policy Equivalent?
How detailed should the commitments in the Policy Equivalent be?
How binding should the Policy Equivalent be for smallholder members (e.g., level of adoption requirements)?
What would the Policy Equivalent entail or mean for smallholder members upon its completion and endorsement?
What are the expected costs and benefits of implementing the Policy Equivalent for member and non-member smallholders?
How would the content, form or function of the Policy Equivalent compare to existing equivalents (e.g., participatory guarantee systems) in other commodities (e.g., coffee, cocoa, palm oil etc.), if any?
Follow-up Questions: What mechanisms can GPSNR put in place to assist farmers in managing the costs of adhering to implementing sustainability best practices?
This should be conducted through a needs review comprising a representative set of stakeholders (smallholders, NGOs, processers, and producers). GPSNR will facilitate virtual access and engagement with GPSNR smallholder and company members where applicable and requested by the consultant.
This RFP is also not limited in scope to smallholders or stakeholders in any specific geographical region, given that the output is expected to be globally applicable.
Submission Guidelines & Requirements
The following submission guidelines & requirements apply to this Request for Proposal:
Proposals will only be accepted from individuals or firms with experience relevant to this project.
Examples of previous relevant work should be provided as well.
A technical proposal must be provided that should be around 4 pages in length. This technical proposal must provide an overview of the proposed methodology as well as resumes of all key personnel performing the work. In addition, the technical proposal should provide a proposed schedule and milestones, as applicable.
A price proposal must be provided that is not more than 1 page. This price proposal should indicate the overall fixed price for the project as well as daily rates and an estimated total number of days.
Proposals must be signed by a representative that is authorized to commit bidder’s company.
Proposals must be received prior to 10 June 2022 to be considered. Proposals should be submitted to yeo.siyuan@gpsnr.org for consideration. You may also reach out to this contact for any questions or clarifications.
Project Timelines
The Request for Proposal timeline is as follows:
Request for Proposal Issuance
6 May 2022
Proposal submitted by consultant to yeo.siyuan@gpsnr.org
10 June 2022
Selection of Consultant / Notification to Unsuccessful Bidders
24 June 2022
Contract Award
1 July 2022
Work to commence no later than
8 July 2022
First Review
August 2022
Second Review
September 2022
Delivery of Recommendations to GPSNR
End-September 2022
The above timeline is open to further adjustments based on discussions with the consultant and GPSNR’s ongoing key milestones.
Budget
The Platform is anticipating that a total budget of no more than 25,000 GBP. If the consultant deems that travel plans are required to execute this project, these should be included in the proposal (along with any additional budgetary requirements).
Payment terms shall be:
● 20% at the signing of the contract ● 30% at the midpoint date to be agreed upon and memorialized in the contract based on the submitted work plan ● 50% on delivery of the final report
Evaluation Factors
GPSNR will rate proposals based on the following factors:
Costs and expected timeline
Responsiveness to the requirements set forth in this RFP
Methodology for developing the Policy Equivalent
Technical expertise/experience, including past performance/experience
GPSNR reserves the right to award to the bidder that presents the best value to GPSNR as determined solely by GPSNR in its absolute discretion.
The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) is an international multi-stakeholder, voluntary membership initiative seeking to lead improvements in the socioeconomic and environmental performance of the natural rubber value chain. Members of the platform include tire manufacturers, rubber producers and processors, vehicle makers and NGOs.
In December 2021, GPSNR members approved Reporting Requirements that would allow member companies to report on their progress implementing their commitments under the Policy Framework. With the approval of the reporting requirements, ordinary member companies shall report annually on the questions included in the Reporting Requirements for the member’s reporting category.
GPSNR members are required to submit data for the previous year according to the following reporting timelines: • Category A and Category B: Industrial Producers or Processors and Traders of Raw Materials: on or before 30 June • Category C: Manufacturers and Traders of Processed Material: on or before 30 September • Category D: OEMs and End Users: on or before 31 December.
To support GPSNR members in fulfilling their obligations under the Reporting Requirements, the platform is calling for consultants to develop a systemic view of the reporting process, inclusive of developing supporting documents and reporting templates for members to facilitate reporting, and exploring the potential user interface and portal design for data submission to ease the integration and consolidation of reported information from various GPSNR member categories.
Reporting scope and materiality are topics for consultant’s review and suggestion based on the GPSNR reporting requirement.
The reporting process should cover the following scenarios (non-exhaustive list): (i) tier-1 supplier is disclosed to GPSNR (ii) tier-1 supplier is not disclosed to GPSNR (iii) members with suppliers across different category groups that are not GPSNR members (iv) members with external reports that may substantiate the GPSNR reporting requirement (v) how the information is consolidated at GPSNR level at the end of each category reporting cycle
Figure below is taking one example of tire maker category member reporting on NR supply chain scope to illustrate the potential complexity of the reporting process.
The expected documents to be developed should include:
A guidance document for each reporting category outlining the appropriate methodology and reporting format for each question, with reference to necessary definitions. One example of reporting segment that requires guidance is Policy Component 2.5 and 2.6 for member categories C and D.
Standardized reporting templates which may utilize word documents, excel spreadsheets, or other appropriate reporting formats.
The documents developed should ensure that data can be consolidated easily across the supply chain with an understanding that the information will be passed downstream. Where appropriate, the requested data should align with data gathered by other reporting schemes to reduce the reporting burden (including, but not limited to, CDP, Ecovadis, ZSL SPOTT, GRI, FSC, PEFC, SNR-i).
The reporting user interface which includes ability for member to upload supporting evidence (e.g., documents, photos etc) and portal design should also enable easy intake by the Secretariat for data analysis, verification and reporting. The ability to design integration with Salesforce is a plus.
Submission Guidelines & Requirements
The following submission guidelines & requirements apply to this Request for Proposal:
Proposals will only be accepted from individuals or firms with experience relevant to this project.
Examples of previous relevant work should be provided as well.
A technical proposal must be provided that should be around 6 pages in length. This technical proposal must provide an overview of the proposed methodology as well as resumes of all key personnel performing the work. In addition, the technical proposal should provide a proposed schedule and milestones, as applicable.
A price proposal must be provided that is not more than 1 page. This price proposal should indicate the overall fixed price for the project as well as daily rates and an estimated total number of days.
Proposals must be signed by a representative that is authorized to commit bidder’s company.
Proposals must be received prior to 14th of March to be considered. Proposals should be submitted to stefano.savi@gpsnr.org and aidan@gpsnr.org for consideration.
GPSNR anticipates shortlisting at least two individuals or firms to have more in-depth discussions with, and will make an award to one of these “down-selected” individuals or firms.
Project Timelines
The Request for Proposal timeline is as follows:
Request for Proposal Issuance
4 Mar 2022
Proposal submitted by consultant to stefano.savi@gpsnr.org
14 Mar 2022
Selection of Consultant / Notification to Unsuccessful Bidders
18 Mar 2022
Contract Award
22 Mar 2022
Work to commence no later than
23 Mar 2022
Specific work-plan agreed upon with GPSNR’s Policy Toolbox Working Group (WG1)
24 Mar 2022
1st deliverable: first draft of guidance on GPSNR Reporting Requirement content and reporting template for PPTs (category A & B), both GPSNR and non-GPSNR.
18 Apr 2022
Final draft of guidance on content for PPTs
25 Apr 2022
2nd deliverable: first draft of guidance on GPSNR Reporting Requirement and reporting template for category C & D, both GPSNR and non-GPSNR.
13 May 2022
Final draft of guidance on content for category C & D
20 May 2022
3rd deliverable: first draft proposal for a streamline reporting process, user interface and portal design to integrate and consolidate the reporting information from all GPSNR member categories
24 Jun 2022
The final draft proposal submitted to WG1
7 Jul 2022
Budget
The Platform is anticipating that a total budget of no more than 30,000 SGD. If the consultant deems that travel plans are required to execute this project, these should be included in the proposal (along with any additional budgetary requirements).
Payment terms shall be:
● 20% at the signing of the contract ● 30% at the midpoint date to be agreed upon and memorialized in the contract based on the submitted work plan ● 50% on delivery of the final report
Evaluation Factors
GPSNR will rate proposals based on the following factors, with cost being the most important factor:
Cost
Responsiveness to the requirements set forth in this Request for Proposals
Relevant past performance/experience
Technical expertise/experience of bidder and bidder’s staff
The ability to collect relevant information at the global and local level
GPSNR reserves the right to award to the bidder that presents the best value to GPSNR as determined solely by GPSNR in its absolute discretion.
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