Interested parties are invited to submit a proposal in response to the attached request for proposals to undertake a study to define the costs and benefits to FFA Member countries of applying electronic monitoring system to tuna longline fishing vessels operating in their waters and on the high seas in the WCPO.

To enable you to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) for this work. please find enclosed.

Annex l: Instructions to bidders

Annex ll: Terms of Reference, containing a description of FFA's requirements for which these services are being sought.

Annex lll: FFA Standard Conditions of Contract

The deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday 24 March 2021, 16:30 pm Solomon Islands Time.

Queries or questions are to be emailed to FFA contacts, ‘Ana F. Taholo [email protected] or Hugh Walton [email protected] 

Tenders must be received by 4:30 pm (Solomon Island time) on 24 March 2021. Tenders should be addressed to: Director-General FFA Tender Committee Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) PO Box 629 Honiara All proposals should be emailed to [email protected] and titled: Electronic Monitoring of Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels and Associated Operations in FFA Members’ Waters and High Sea of WCPO – a cost-benefit analysis.