Ruby on Rails Development and Support for the IUCN Red List and Species Information Service

IUCN UK Office is procuring a Ruby on Rails development and support partner for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the new Species Information Service (SIS). The Red List is the world authoritative source on conservation status of plants, animals and fungi. SIS is the underlying species data platform. The successful firm will provide ongoing Rails development, feature delivery, bug fixing, performance optimisation, security maintenance and second-line support over an 11-month period.

Ruby on Rails feature development against the IUCN product backlog for Red List and SIS. Bug fixing and second-line technical support. Database optimisation (PostgreSQL or similar). API development and maintenance. Security patching and dependency management. Code review. Coordination with IUCN Red List Unit and SIS technical team. Documentation.

Development firm or experienced consultancy with strong Ruby on Rails track record (minimum 5+ years). Experience with large-scale Rails applications, complex data models and APIs. Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, background jobs, modern frontend integration. Ability to work in English. Experience supporting scientific or conservation data platforms an advantage. IUCN Declaration of Undertaking.

IUCN standard RFP evaluation: mandatory compliance, technical evaluation against Specification of Requirements, team CVs, references, methodology. Financial evaluation. Award to highest combined score within budget.