Formal Written Price Quotations are hereby invited for the following: Conduct a Comprehensive Disaster Risk Assessment to inform the Development of a Level 1 Disaster Management Plan for Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. Scope: The successful service provider shall be expected to: 1. Identify, analyze and priorities known threats including communities at risk (CARs) within the Metro; 2. Develop and put in place contingency plans for responding to known priority threats as identified. The activities to be undertaken must include but not limited to the following: (a) Identify high-risk areas in communities; (b) Ground-truthing, data updates and data gathering; (c) Adaptation of investigation methods; (d) Hazard identification and analysis, and (e) Vulnerability assessment and common vulnerabilities; (f) Institutional, individual and societal capacity assessment; (g) Define and applying GIS requirements for known threat including communities at risk (Cars); (h) Development of current reality assessment; (i) Establish foundational institutional arrangements for disaster risk management; (j) Develop and implement response and recovery contingency plans for known priority risks; (k) Develop the capability to generate a Level 2 Disaster Risk Management Plan; (l) Identify key governmental and other stakeholders and outline respective roles and responsibilities and assess their capacities. It must also be noted that the project must not exceed 6 months from the date of appointment (must be concluded before June 2025). (Tender №110698162)