As a federally owned enterprise, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ provides advisory services to the Vietnamese Government in four priority areas: (1) Vocational training, (2) Environmental, (3) Energy, and (4) Sustainable Economic Development. For further information, please visit www.giz.de/viet-nam. 

About 90% of deforestation is caused by the expansion of agriculture – also in Southeast Asia. Therefore, the EU has adopted the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). According to the regulation, companies that place relevant products on the EU market or export them must ensure through due diligence that they are produced legally and without the conversion or degradation of forests after 2020. The new EU regulation affects Southeast Asian countries because they export relevant commodities such as palm oil, rubber, coffee, and timber to the EU market. Some governments have voiced concerns about the EU-regulation. Also, awareness about the opportunities of the EUDR for stakeholders could be increased.

The EU COM and BMZ have commissioned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to support the EU delegations to enhance the understanding for and alleviate concerns about the EUDR in Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam, in particular on its core elements (i.e. mandatory due diligence rules, traceability, benchmarking), and on the EU’s flanking measures to create an enabling environment for compliance by operators.

The project is referred to as Engagement with Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam to raise awareness on and to promote better understanding of the EU approach to reducing EU-driven deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR Engagement). It is implemented in Viet Nam during the entire timeframe of 24 months

The GIZ Office Hanoi is conducting a tender to seek qualified consultant for the assignment:

Quantity: estimated pages would be 440 pages in totalTentative duration: from August 2024 to August 2025Place of assignment: home-based tasksRequirements: The selected consultant is expected to have expertise and experience:

-       Bachelor’s degree in English language, media and communication, journalism or relevant fields.

-       05 years of experience proofreading and editing English usage products.

-       02 years of experience working for clients in the development cooperation sector from government offices, international NGOs, or international organizations.

-       02 years of experience proofreading and editing English usage of products on the topics of environment, forestry, biodiversity, trade, environmental policy.

-       Language: Being a British English native speaker with a strong command of the British English language used in professional contexts. Alternatively, if not British native – have evidence proving that they possess British proficiency equal to a native speaker (for example IELTS – at least 8.0 overall and 8.0 for writing skill, TOEFL iBT – at least 110 overall and 28 writing skill, advanced TESOL certificate, relevant linguistics certificate, etc.)

-       Providing 3 edited texts with track changes, clearly showing their reviews and edits. The samples - which will be provided by GIZ would include: 01 social media post; 01 technical report; 01 policy brief/factsheet/brochure or similar items.

Please send email to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de by 08.08.2024 to receive tender documents.

Interested consultants are requested to prepare the following documents in English:

1.    Letter of interest

2.    Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages)

3.    Reference letters or equivalent documents of clients for similar activities to this assignment, and other documents

4.    Proposed concept (if necessary, should not exceed 5 pages)

5.    Quotation offer (in Vietnam Dong)

Kindly note this is open tender (without negotiation)

The interested consultant will send all bidding documents at once to VN_PoS_Quotation@giz.de latest by 17:00 (Hanoi time) on 13.08.2024 with email subject: “Tender 83469438-EUDR-Language review”.

GIZ is obliged to ensure the confidentiality of all bidding documents submitted.

Important notes:

1.  Request of tender documents to be sent to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de by 08.08.2024

2.  related questions to be sent to Question-from-bidder-PoS-VN@giz.de before 08.08.2024

3.  Bidding dossier to be sent to VN_PoS_Quotation@giz.de before 17:00 on 13.08.2024. Sending documents to wrong email address will lead to disqualification of the bidder.

4.  Only selected consultant(s) will be invited to contract negotiations.

For data protection and information security reason: In case the total volume of your bids is below 10 MB, you can attach them directly in the email sent to us. In case the total volume of your bids is above 10 MB, the files must be sent via GIZ filetransfer system. We will provide the guidance on how to use filetransfer to interested bidders. Files sent via other applications/systems such as google drive, dropbox…will not be accepted.