Consultancy for Videography Services on Resilient Mangrove Shrimp Project for Camimex

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CONSULTANCY SERVICE

Videography services on Resilient Mangrove Shrimp Project for Camimex
(Origination project CMX-DFCD)

Location: Vietnam
Duration: Oct-Nov 2022

1. Introduction

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a not-for-profit international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, our work focuses on increasing people’s incomes and access to basic services in agriculture, energy, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Our projects directly benefit millions of people (5 million in 2020), and drive systems change by strengthening institutions and kickstarting markets. By connecting our global expertise with a longstanding in-country presence, we help realise locally owned solutions. And we do so in around 24 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995, and currently has over 30 national and international staff. SNV Vietnam’s team works together with communities, government agencies, and businesses in more than 50 provinces, including the remotest and poorest areas of the country. Our work focuses on three sectors - Agriculture, Energy, and Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH) - and three cross-cutting themes: Climate Change, Gender, and Inclusive Business. By continuing to focus on these interconnected areas and adapting and expanding our approach within them, we will reach more people in Vietnam and beyond and ensure that they have every opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty.

SNV has partnered with Climate Fund Managers (CFM), World Wildlife Fund Netherlands (WWF) and FMO, Dutch entrepreneurial development bank (lead organisation) to manage the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD), with objective to mobilise private sector investments in climate change adaptation at scale. The DFCD will run until 2037, is funded by Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has a total value of €160 million. The DFCD forms an important additional instrument for the Dutch government’s efforts in contributing to the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The DFCD provides finance and Technical Assistance to projects with a focus on climate change adaptation, to mobilize external private sector funding at scale. DFCD funding is divided amongst three operating windows, each with a specific focus: Origination Facility, Land Use Facility and Water Facility.

The DFCD’s?Origination Facility Investment Committee has approved an origination project proposal to support the development of a business investment plan at scale for climate-resilient mangrove shrimp production in the Mekong Delta, which is being undertaken by Camimex (the Camimex Group JSC). With this approval, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation has the intention to sign a grant funding agreement with Camimex, together with a SNV technical assistance package for the development of a business investment proposition related to the development and expansion of sustainably managed mangrove shrimp production.

To document and share the approach of the project, SNV seeks the services of a professional consultant(s) to work with the DFCD team in producing a brief (3’) and full video (15-20’) with English subtitles and Vietnamese voice-over compliance with terms and requirements as detailed below.

2. Background of the assignment

Capture, produce and deliver a brief (3’) and full video (15-20’) with English subtitles and Vietnamese voice-over of innovative finance, mangrove shrimp production, and sustainable ecosystems. The video must comply with the SNV consent form. The aim of the Camimex video clips is to showcase DFCD efforts to combat climate change through the project. The video will need to clearly capture the following aspects:

• Introduction and showcase the CMX - DFCD visibility in CM through activities and projects in the province.
• Introduction to climate resilient shrimp production in the Mekong Delta, a partnership between DFCD and Camimex with the support of local authorities and communities.
• Through the project, how have Camimex aimed to restore coastal mangrove, improve livelihoods, and protect biodiversity and ecosystems in resilience to climate challenges
• Promote gender mainstreaming and youth involvement in climate change adaptation and mitigation activities.
• How is GHG mitigation through mangroves implemented in the project?
• The impacts that the project brings to the beneficiaries (women, ethnic minorities, vulnerable people).

The consultant(s) will be required to have his/her own equipment that allows him/her to record high quality footage in different settings (outdoor, but also in rooms with limited light).

The consultant(s) will also be required to be available for travel to Southern provinces of Vietnam from Oct 2022.

3. Scope of work

• Record and edit footage of individuals, families, and groups, at different field locations related to the implementation of the CMX origination project (households, farming fields, others).
• The consultant will work with CMX and DFCD/SNV teams to develop the story board, highlighting potential activities that must be captured during the field work.
• CMX will help to connect to stakeholders and assure proper introductions to the stakeholders.

4. Time Frame and Deliverables

• Time frame:
  
  • Field work: October 2022
  • Post-production (editing, visual effects adding captions and selecting best photos) deadline: 10/12/2022
• Deliverables:
  
  • Submit draft video for comments and suggestions.
  • Final video with 02 versions in English and Vietnamese voice and subtitle; there is the short versions will have to be created also.
  • All final raw footages will be hand-over to CMX and DFCD.
  • Final video with approval from CMX and DFCD.
  • The video will be copyrighted to CMX and DFCD, and any violation of copyright law will be pursued appropriately.

5. Proposal Submission

Interested service providers are invited to submit their technical and cost proposal(s) comprising of the following:

• Team composition and tasks assignment.
• Detailed reference list indicating the scope and magnitude of similar assignments.
• Relevant services undertaken in the past three (3) years.
• Registration and other relevant statutory documents.
• Sample works: videos and photos of similar work.
• Full costing for proposed work in local currency.
• An indication of your rate for retainer services for consideration for future assignments.
• Self-Declaration form (https://smrtr.io/bL5LD)

6. Evaluation Factors

The Proposals for this contract will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness in complying with all the elements laid out in the tasks, consultant’s experience, and capacity.
• Past performance, especially in producing short documentaries for development context in preference with agribusiness and agriculture.
• Strong familiarity with scope of work.
• Quality of technical proposal.
• Budget (value for money proposition).

Additionally, all eligible technical proposal shall be evaluated based on consultants demonstrated capacity to undertake the assignment as per the following assessment criteria.

Administrative or eligibility criteria shall be on a pass/ fail and the following must be submitted.

• Certificate of registration for firms/companies;
• Constitution (Memo & articles of association/ company’s act);
• Valid trading licence;
• CVs of recommended consultants showing education background and related experience.

7. Ethical Code for Visual Communications

• We research and respect the culture we are documenting.
• We value our subjects by taking measures to interact with or involve them, and by treating storytelling and image-making as a collaboration.
• We use discernment in candid photography and videography, and all published material, because another’s dignity and honour matters to us.
• We inquire about how others are impacted by our images, examining the actual results of our best intentions.
• We are intentional about highlighting common humanity through images and storytelling.
• We refrain from making an image if asked not to.
• GDPR guidelines to be followed (consent form to be in place and traceable).
• Adhere to SNV child policy.

8. Submission of technical and financial proposals

Interested firms or individuals can submit their technical proposal including CVs of experts and the cost of the specific assignment to the link https://smrtr.io/bL5LD below 17.00pm on 9/10/2022.

Only successful applicants shall be contacted.

The TOR is attached for more information.