NATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR CLIMATE CITIZENS ASSEMBLY 2026-CAPE TOWN

[SCOPE OF TENDER......]The service provider will support UNDP and government stakeholders in delivering the Climate Citizens Assembly. 1. Project Coordination and Governance · Establish and coordinate the Assembly Secretariat · Support governance structures and oversight mechanisms · Facilitate coordination between partners (government, academia, civil society)2. 2. Assembly Design and Preparation In accordance with international best practice: · Finalise deliberative methodology and session structure · Develop facilitation guides, learning materials and codes of conduct · Coordinate facilitator recruitment and training (including multilingual and trauma-informed approaches)3. 3. Participant Recruitment and Sortition · Implement a statistically representative sortition process · Conduct outreach to ensure inclusion of marginalised groups · Finalise participant cohort (~100 participants) 4. Logistics and Participant Support · Coordinate transport, stipends, catering and childcare · Ensure accessibility and inclusive (translation services, support measures) 5. 5. Facilitation of the Assembly (minimum 5 days) · Deliver structured learning sessions and expert inputs · Facilitate deliberations in small groups and plenary sessions · Manage voting and consensus-building processes6. Recommendations and Policy Engagement · Compile and edit the final recommendations report · Organise public handover to City of Cape Town and provincial government · Support engagement between participants and policymakers7. 7. Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Outputs · Conduct process monitoring and participant evaluation · Support independent evaluation of outcomes I. KEY TASKS TO BE PERFORMED The service provider will support UNDP and government stakeholders in delivering the Citizens Assembly. Key Activities: · Establish governance structures · Coordinate stakeholders – government, academia, civil society. · Finalize deliberative methodology – session design, facilitation guides, codes of conduct. · Implement the project · Facilitate the project and policy engagement– present findings to City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government. · Reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the process · Produce knowledge products – final report, policy briefs, practitioner toolkit, dissemination outputs. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the contact details of this tender as indicated in the solicitation document.[UNDP OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA]PROCUREMENT UNIT]