The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a widespread and lucrative criminal activity causing major environmental and social harm globally. The IWT can be defined as the unlawful trade, smuggling, poaching

The Supplier must have knowledge of the IWT, experience and a track record of producing similar products on the IWT, biodiversity, development, and security issues, have existing partnerships within the countries selected for analysis or be in a position to subcontract to organisations with established in country knowledge. Other requirements include; • Language: Reports must be written in English. Meetings with the Authority must be held in English. • Format: Digital PDF document. • Length: Each final report on each country totalling 20 pages maximum, with 4 distinct sections to align with the workstreams, including a summary note at the beginning giving key findings.
• Structure: Supplier to produce an initial inception report with the proposed structure and methodology for the analysis. The Authority will provide feedback before agreeing final structure. There should be four core elements to the report for each country, in line with the objectives set out. Where findings call for additional sections to be added these will be discussed and agreed with the Authority beforehand. • Review: The Authority will endeavour to review reports in the following timescales: two weeks to review and comment on the inception report after oral presentation and three weeks to review and comment on the final written documents. • Deadline: The Authority prefers work to have concluded within 4 months of the start date.