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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">INVITATION TO BIDS</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Bid Package:</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"> Conduct Protected Area (PA) feasibility study on boundary and core
zones with high levels of biodiversity and corridors to connect fragmented habitats outside the core zone of Kon Plong and develop a Protected Area (PA) Feasibility Study for Ba To Quang Ngai province<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Purchaser:</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"> Fauna & Flora International<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Deadline for bid submission:</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"> 17:30, 25/9/2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Detailed bidding process information can be found in the attached <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aM5MDo4m8fttNXhznJiTwtjoHn3g92Of/view?usp=drive_link"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2763A5;text-decoration:none">Bidding
document</span></strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Fauna & Flora International saves species from extinction and habitats from destruction, while improving the livelihoods of local people. Our guiding principles are to work through
local partnerships, act as a catalyst for change, make conservation relevant, and base decisions on sound science. Founded in 1903, FFI is the world’s longest established international conservation body; our conservation work, and impact, spans the globe.</span></em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">For more information please visit <a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2763A5">www.fauna-flora.org</span></a></span></em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#70AD47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Le Hong Viet</span></b><span style="color:#70AD47;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.fauna-flora.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +84 (0)24 3719 4117 ext 11 | Mobile: +84 (0) 972520460</span><span style="color:#201F1E;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Address: No. 2-5, D2, 46 Tran Kim Xuyen Lane, Yen Hoa Ward, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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