Pilot for digital vessel monitoring systems, data platform & knowledge transfer in Grenada

Description

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is seeking a specialized consulting firm to design, procure, and execute a pilot project utilizing digital technologies and advanced data analytics within Grenada's fisheries sector. The initiative aims to strengthen regulatory compliance, enhance seafood product traceability for global market access, and optimize resource management.

1. Phase I — Vessel monitoring and electronic monitoring hardware
Hardware procurement: Procuring, installing, configuring, and testing 20 Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) devices and 10 Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) vessel cameras on selected longline fishing vessels.

Near real-time data analysis: Providing end-to-end technical services to process telemetry and video feeds, enabling authorities to track vessel position, speed, and direction, while accurately differentiating active fishing efforts from transit phases.

Operational field training: Delivering technical training and support to government representatives, compliance officers, and vessel operators to ensure proper hardware maintenance and continuous data transmission.

2. Phase II — Data platform development and analytics
Custom data management platform: Designing and deploying a tailored digital platform to integrate, process, and visualize multi-source data streams from VMS and EMS hardware.

Tuna industry optimization: Mapping specific national parameters and operational workflows of Grenada's tuna industry into the platform's architecture to support compliance and seafood origin verification.

Productivity metrics: Incorporating mathematical analytical tools to calculate critical fisheries indicators, specifically active fishing effort and Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE), to back stop national resource assessment reports.

3. Knowledge transfer and institutional sustainability
Multi-stakeholder training: Creating detailed user guides and hosting hands-on training sessions specifically targeted at boat owners, fish processing facility personnel, and field officers.

Long-term system uptake: Structuring the knowledge transfer framework to build full domestic autonomy, reducing long-term dependence on external technical support and ensuring system longevity.

Note: Interested companies must review the requirements in the BEO Bidders Portal.