Background

Project Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia would like to partner with a production house with specifications for documentary movie to support the project to produce a movie about Just Energy Transition Topic in Indonesia. We are currently opening a Request for proposal from production houses based in Indonesia to proposed their ideas to support our project.

We would like to open the audience’s eyes to why having access to electricity is important and why a just energy transition matters for Indonesia. Not in abstract terms, but through the life and experiences of Indonesian people. Through this documentary movie, Project CASE would like to send these messages:

1. Renewable energy can bring electricity to remote villages that fossil power plants have never reached, transforming daily life from darkness into possibility.
2. Renewable energy can provide constant and stable electricity with the support of energy storage, providing communities with electricity they need. 
3. Moving away from fossil fuels is not only about cutting emissions — it’s about people’s dignity, health, and livelihood, especially for those living near coal mines and coal plants.
4. Energy democracy means communities themselves can shape their future, blending renewable solutions with local wisdom to build a transition that is fair, inclusive, and lasting.

Timeline Proposal

Proposal submission will be open until September 10th 2025 on 22.00 WIB addressed to immakulata@iesr.or.id (Communications Officer of CASE, IESR) and cc to: agus@iesr.or.id (Program Manager of Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia IESR) and fadhil@iesr.or.id . Please add “RFP Response – JET Documentary Movie CASE” in your subject column. All proposals should be signed with an official organization or a representative of the organization that submitted the proposal.

Should the bidders need to ask additional questions, please contact the emails above.

Bidders that meet qualifications will be notified by Friday, 12 September 2025, and invited for a 30-minute pitch presentation, excluding the Q&A session. This presentation will serve as the basis for selecting the winning bidder, which will be announced by Friday, 19th September 2025.

After the announcement, contract negotiations with the winning bidder will start in a timely manner to keep on track of the timeline.

Should the bidder need to outsource to complete the responsibilities of this role, please state it clearly in the proposal. The total cost mentioned in the proposal should cover all the roles and responsibilities of the production house to finish the work. All outsourced organizations should be mentioned and explained within the proposal.

Please detail all costs of the related services. The terms and reference of the contact will be negotiated after announcing the winning bidder for this RFP.