Caribbean sargassum: advancing commercial, scalable processing or storage

Closed: the FCDO invited research proposals by 10 October 2023 for the Evidence Fund's advancing commercial, scalable processing or storage of Caribbean sargassum.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 5 September 2023
• Last updated: 11 September 2023 — See all updates

• Funds: Closed
• Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Grenada
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  Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, and Suriname
• Sector: Agriculture, Climate change, Environment, Private sector/business and Technology
• Eligible organisations: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), UK-based non-profit organisations, UK-based small and diaspora organisations and Companies
• Value of funding: £100,001 to £500,000

This opportunity closed on 10 October 2023.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) invites proposals for research proposals that will:

• advance knowledge on the viability of business models that profitably extract value from sargassum, or
• turn sargassum into a carbon store

Non-profit and commercial organisations working towards the development objectives specified by Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding can apply.

What the fund will achieve

A growing influx of sargassum seaweed threatens the Caribbean’s marine ecosystems, economy and public health. Advancing commercial, scalable, safe solutions to process, sink or store sargassum could be vital to the Caribbean’s sustainable development. Caribbean government leaders have asked the UK government for support with research into existing and future business models, seeking economic benefits from its sustainable processing and storage.

How to apply

Email your technical and commercial proposal to the Evidence Fund manager [email protected] by 11:59pm British Summer Time (BST) on 10 October 2023.

Find out more about this call for proposals in the instructions and evaluation criteria and additional documents:

• Letter of invitation to tender: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals

• Instructions and evaluation criteria: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 1)

• Terms of reference: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 2)

• Application form: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 3)

• Commercial pro formas: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 4)

• Standard terms and conditions: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 5) (ODT, 246 KB)

• Pro forma contract: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 6) (ODT, 273 KB)

• Conflict of interest policy: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 7) (ODT, 9 KB)

• Safeguarding policy: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 8) (ODT, 8 KB)

• Letter and declaration to accompany proposals: Caribbean sargassum call for proposals (volume 9) (ODT, 7 KB)

The procurement mechanism for this initiative will be a Service Accountability Agreement. The FCDO will agree deliverables with preferred bidders during the contract negotiation phase, building on researchers’ proposals.

Contact

Evidence Fund manager: [email protected]

Published 5 September 2023
Last updated 11 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 11 September 2023

   The deadline to submit bids has been extended to 10 October 2023.

2. 5 September 2023

   First published.