Consultancy to Conduct An Environmental and Social Tender - 45990085

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Country: Belize

Summary: Consultancy to Conduct An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)

Deadline: 07 Oct 2020

Posting Date: 24 Sep 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 45990085

Document Ref. No.: 84/2020/GCF3Rs/Barbados/CCCCC

Competition: ICB

Financier: Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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90700000 - Environmental services

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Request for proposals are invited for Consultancy to Conduct An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP).
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Consultancy to conduct

An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
and
Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)
The R-s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R CReWS Barbados) Preparation Project Contract#84/2020/GCF3Rs/Barbados/CCCCC
September 2020
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP No: Contract#84/2020/GCF3Rs/Barbados/CCCCC
Organization Name:
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTER
Title of Consulting Services:
Consultancy to conduct An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)
SECTION1. Letter of Invitation
Contract#84/2020/GCF3Rs/Barbados/CCCCC
7 September 2020
Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC)

2nd. Floor

L. Nicholas Building

North Ring Road

Belmopan City

BELIZE
Dear Sir/Madam.
1. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has secured project preparation funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Project Preparation Facility (PPF) to develop a full funding proposal for a project titled, “The R-s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R-CReWS)” and intends to apply a part of the proceeds towards payments for the Contract “Consultancy to conduct an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)”.
2. The CCCCC now invites firms to submit proposals to provide services for the Consultancy to conduct an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)”. More details on the services to be provided can be found in the Terms of Reference attached.
3. Request for Proposals for this consultancy will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures and is open to all bidders.
4. A firm will be selected under the Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method and procedures described in this RFP.
5. The RFP includes the following documents:

Section 1 - Letter of Invitation

Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants

Section 3 - Technical Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms

Section 5 - Terms of Reference

Section 6 - Standard Forms of Contract.

6. Interested and eligible consulting firms may obtain further information from Theresa

Sanderson, Procurement Officer, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

(CCCCC), Email: [email protected], between the hours of

8.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday through Friday, and inspect the Bidding Documents at:

http://caribbeanclimate.bz/, Opportunities “Consultancy to conduct an Environmental and

Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan

(ESMP)”.

7. Bids must be submitted electronically in accordance with the bidding document datasheet.

Each submission should bear the name and address of the firm, addressed to the Executive

Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and be clearly identified as:

“Consultancy to conduct an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)

and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)” and submitted to

http://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/bid-submission/.

8. Interested firms are required to submit their Technical and Financial Proposal

on or before 2:00pm (GMT-6), Wednesday 7th October 2020.

9. The CCCCC reserves the right to accept or reject any tender and to annul the process and

reject all tenders at any time prior to the contract signature, without thereby incurring any

liability.

Yours sincerely,

Theresa Sanderson

Procurement Officer

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SECTION 2.

Instructions to Consultants

Definitions (

(a) “Centre” means the agency with which the selected Consultant

signs the Contract for the Services.

(b) “Consultant” means any entity or person that may provide or

provides the Services to the Centre under the Contract.

(c) “Contract” means the Contract signed by the Parties and all the

attached documents listed in its Clause 1, that is the General

Conditions (GC), the Special Conditions (SC), and the

Appendices.

(d) “Data Sheet” means such part of the Instructions to Consultants

used to reflect specific country and assignment conditions.

(e) “Day” means calendar day.

(f) “Government” means the government of the Centre-s country.

(g) “Instructions to Consultants” (Section 2 of the RFP) means the

document which provides shortlisted Consultants with all

information needed to prepare their Proposals.

(h) “LOI” (Section 1 of the RFP) means the Letter of Invitation being

sent by the Centre to the shortlisted Consultants.

(i) “Personnel” means professionals and support staff provided by

the Consultant or by any Sub-Consultant and assigned to perform

the Services or any part thereof; “Foreign Personnel” means such

professionals and support staff who at the time of being so

provided had their domicile outside the Government-s country;

“Local Personnel” means such professionals and support staff

who at the time of being so provided had their domicile inside the

Government-s country.

(j) “Proposal” means the Technical Proposal and the Financial

Proposal.

(k) “RFP” means the Request For Proposal to be prepared by the

Centre for the selection of Consultants, based on the SRFP.

(l) “SRFP” means the Standard Request for Proposals, which must

be used by the Centre as a guide for the preparation of the RFP.

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(m) “Services” means the work to be performed by the Consultant

pursuant to the Contract.

(n) “Sub-Consultant” means any person or entity with whom the

Consultant subcontracts any part of the Services.

(o) “Terms of Reference” (TOR) means the document included in the

RFP as Section 5 which explains the objectives, scope of work,

activities, tasks to be performed, respective responsibilities of the

Centre and the Consultant, and expected results and deliverables

of the assignment.

1. Introduction 1.1 The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, will

select a consulting firm/organization (the Consultant) from

those who respond to publication for the submission of

proposals, in accordance with the method of selection

specified in the Data Sheet.

1.2 Consultants are invited to submit a Technical Proposal and a

Financial Proposal, or a Technical Proposal only, as specified

in the Data Sheet, for consulting services required for the

for contract negotiations and ultimately for a signed Contract

with the selected Consultant.

1.3 Consultants should familiarize themselves with local and

regional conditions and take them into account in preparing

their Proposals. To obtain first-hand information on the

assignment and local and regional conditions, Consultants are

encouraged to visit the Centre before submitting a proposal and

to attend a pre-proposal conference if one is specified in the

Data Sheet. Attending the pre-proposal conference is optional.

Consultants should contact the Centre-s representative named

in the Data Sheet to arrange for their visit or to obtain additional

information on the pre-proposal conference. Consultants

should ensure that these officials are advised of the visit in

adequate time to allow them to make appropriate arrangements.

1.4 The Centre will provide, on a timely basis, at no cost to the

Consultants the inputs and facilities specified in the Data Sheet,

assist the firm in obtaining licenses and permits needed to carry

out the services, and make available relevant project data and

reports.

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1.5 Consultants shall bear all costs associated with the preparation

and submission of their proposals and contract negotiation.

The Centre is not bound to accept any proposal, and reserves

the right to annul the selection process at any time prior to

Contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the

Consultants.

Conflict of 1.6 The Centres policy requires that Consultants provide

Interest professional, objective, and impartial advice and at all times

hold the Centre-s interests paramount, strictly avoid conflicts

with other assignments or their own corporate interests and act

without any consideration for future work.

1.6.1 Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing,

Consultants, and any of their affiliates, shall be

considered to have a conflict of interest and shall not be

recruited, under any of the circumstances set forth

below:

Conflicting (i) A firm that has been engaged by the Centre to

activities provide goods, works or services other than

consulting services for a project, and any of its

affiliates, shall be disqualified from providing

consulting services related to those goods,

works or services. Conversely, a firm hired to

provide consulting services for the preparation

or implementation of a project, and any of its

affiliates, shall be disqualified from

subsequently providing goods or works or

services other than consulting services resulting

from or directly related to the firm-s consulting

services for such preparation or

implementation. For the purpose of this

paragraph, services other than consulting

services are defined as those leading to a

measurable physical output, for example

surveys, exploratory drilling, aerial

photography, and satellite imagery.

Conflicting (ii) A Consultant (including its Personnel and Subassignments Consultants) or any of its affiliates shall not be

hired for any assignment that, by its nature, may

be in conflict with another assignment of the

Consultant to be executed for the same or for

another Centre. For example, a Consultant hired

to prepare engineering design for an

infrastructure project shall not be engaged to

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