Consultancy Firm to Provide Solid Waste Management Performance Assessment of the... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Jamaica

Summary : Consultancy Firm to Provide Solid Waste Management Performance Assessment of the National Solid Waste Management

Deadline : 14 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25542584

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : JAMAICA SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
Attn Procurement Manager Ground Floor, The Dorchester 11 Oxford Road (Entrance on Norwood Road) Kingston 5 Tel: (876) 968-4545/ Fax: (876) 929-3784
Jamaica
Email :contracting@jsif.org
URL :http://www.jsif.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy Firm to Provide Solid Waste Management Performance Assessment of the National Solid Waste Management Year 3 (073515).

A. General Introduction

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) was established in December 1996 as a component of the Government of Jamaica-s strategy to reduce and eradicate poverty. To this end the Government of Jamaica signed a loan with the World Bank for the funding of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) for which the JSIF is the implementing agency. The aim of ICDP is to improve access to urban infrastructure and services, increase public safety in economically depressed and socially volatile communities in Jamaica.

B. Scope of Work The JSIF wishes to engage qualified consulting firms to serve as Independent Verification Agent (IVA) for the implementation of the third year of the Results Based Financing (RBF) Scheme in fifteen (15) communities. The IVA will be required to conduct regular community monitoring and inspections to evaluate solid waste management performance of the NSWMA, fifteen (15) Community Based Organizations and eighty (80) environmental wardens against predetermined criteria. The IVA will also be obligated to prepare monthly, quarterly and annual stakeholder performance reports and coordinate quarterly consultation meetings.

C. Objective of the Assignment

The objective of the assignment is to assess the impact of incentive on Solid Waste Management Performance in the project communities.

D. Qualifications and Experience Interested Consultancy Firm should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualification and relevant experience to perform the services. The shortlisting criterion is as follows:

? General Experience

? Firms should provide environmental services especially in the area of solid waste management as core services and should submit a Company Profile that reflects that they have been established and in operation and undertaking environmental assignments for at least four (4) years.

? Specific Experience

? Firms should demonstrate prior experience working with Government entities,
individuals and community based organizations by submitting work samples of at least
five (5) similar assignments successfully undertaken (i.e. environmental or solid waste
management)
? Experience in working with Inner-City and Underserved communities
E. Duration of Contract (Renewable)
The duration of this contract is one (1) year.
F. Selection Method
A Consultancy Firm will be selected using the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS)
method in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank Guidelines for the Selection
and Employment of Consultants (Revised January 2011). Attention of Interested Consultancy
firm is drawn to the World Bank policy on eligibility; Clause 1.13(b) which states -
Government-owned enterprises or institutions of the borrower-s country may participate
in the Borrower-s country only if they can establish that they (i) are legally and financially
autonomous, (ii) operate under commercial law, and (iii) are not dependent agencies of the
Borrower or Sub-Borrower.
Please visit the JSIF website, http://www.jsif.org to view the detailed Terms of Reference
and the EOI Submission Standard Forms.
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) should be submitted in the formats provided on the EOI
Submission Standard Forms and must be delivered to the address below or emailed to
contracting@jsif.org at or before 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2018.
Procurement Manager
Jamaica Social Investment Fund
Ground Floor, The Dorchester
11 Oxford Road (Entrance on Norwood Road)
Kingston 5, Jamaica
Tel: (876) 968-4545/ Fax: (876) 929-3784
E-mail: contracting@jsif.org
Website: http://www.jsif.org

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