Consultancy Services to Support the Development and Financing of Green and Social... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Ghana

Summary : Consultancy Services to Support the Development and Financing of Green and Social Infrastructures

Deadline : 17 Apr 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 41537773

Document Ref. No. : GIIF/AFD/CS/-0120

Competition : ICB

Financier : Agence Francaise De Development (AFD)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : GHANA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND
Kwadwo Kwakye Gyan Mr. 9th Floor, Accra World Trade Center, Ridge Ambassadorial Enclave, No 29 Independence Avenue ACCRA, WEST AFRICA 9300 Tel: + 233 242 211 320
Ghana
Email :kwadwo.kgyan@giif.gov.gh

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy Services to Support the Development and Financing of Green and Social Infrastructures.

CONSULTING SERVICES
Expressions of Interest

Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (“GIIF”) has applied for a financing from Agence Française de Développement ("AFD"), and intends to use the funds thereof for payments under a Technical Assistance (“TA”) contract to support the identification and appraisal of sustainable infrastructure debt financings.
The Services of the consultant shall consist of Technical Assistance to GIIF, for a total amount of maximum 400, 000 euros, to support the development and financing of green and social infrastructures, whith a focus on renewable energy, telecommunication, water and sanitation, public transportation, hospitals and universities.
GIIF hereby invites Applicants to show their interest in delivering the Services described below.
This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to:

q Consulting firms q Individual consultants

q NGOs q Joint Venture between NGO(s) and consulting firm(s)

Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines for AFD Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr.
The Applicant shall submit only one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV). If an Applicant (including any JV member) submits or participates in more than one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same Subconsultant may participate in several applications.
If the Applicant is a JV, the expression of interest shall include:
- a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by all members,
or
- a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement proposal,
In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Subconsultants.
Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications.
Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent and similar services shall be submitted.
Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:
- The contracts size: should be above 300 000 EUR (excluding tax);
- The nature of the Services: support to financial institutions in appraising and structuring green and social infrastructure loan financings ; drafting terms of reference for feasibility or detailed technical studies ; managing tenders ; reporting and monitoring international donor funded projects (including : impact measurement, support to project administration and procurement processes) ; work on technical assistance program, capacity building, trainings.
- The technical area and expertise: experience in technical and financial analysis of climate and SDG-related projects ; experience in the banking industry and with credit lines ; experience in project finance and credit risk assessment ; climate and gender mainstreaming activities in the context of infrastructure development ; renewable energy technologies ; environnemental and social safeguards ; carbon footprint tools and SDG impact measurement ; avoid-reduce-offset methodologies with a focus on forest and biodiversity protection ;
- The location: in developing and emerging countries; in West Africa; and in Ghana.

The Client will also take into account for the evaluation of the applications the following items:
- Skills and availability of in-house technical back-up experts provided to the on-site experts;
- Local representatives/partners.
Among the submitted applications, GIIF will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent.
The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below no later than Friday, 17th April, 2020 .
The Chief Executive Officer
Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund
Post Office Box CT9300, Cantonments, Accra
9th Floor, Accra World Trade Centre

Telephone: +233 (0) 24 221 1320
Email: kwadwo.kgyan@giif.gov.gh, kwame.osei@giif.gov.gh, kkgyan2018@gmail.com
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address above during office hours:
9:00am to 5:00pm GMT .



Appendix 1 to The Request for Expressions of Interest
(To be sumitted with the application, signed and unaltered)
Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Responsibility

Reference of the bid or proposal (the "Contract")
To: (the "Contracting Authority")

1. We recognise and accept that Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") only finances projects of the Contracting Authority subject to its own conditions which are set out in the Financing Agreement which benefits directly or indirectly to the Contracting Authority. As a matter of consequence, no legal relationship exists between AFD and our company, our joint venture or our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants. The Contracting Authority retains exclusive responsibility for the preparation and implementation of the procurement process and performance of the contract. The Contracting Authority means the Purchaser, the Employer, the Client, as the case may be, for the procurement of goods, works, plants, consulting services or non-consulting services.
2. We hereby certify that neither we nor any other member of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations:
2.1 Being bankrupt, wound up or ceasing our activities, having our activities administered by the courts, having entered into receivership, reorganisation or being in any analogous situation arising from any similar procedure;
2.2 Having been:
a) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata in the country where the Contract is implemented, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such conviction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this conviction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
b) subject to an administrative sanction within the past five years by the European Union or by the competent authorities of the country where we are constituted, for fraud, corruption or for any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such sanction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this sanction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
c) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during the procurement process or performance of an AFD-financed contract;
2.3 Being listed for financial sanctions by the United Nations, the European Union and/or France for the purposes of fight-against-terrorist financing or threat to international peace and security;
2.4 Having been subject within the past five years to a contract termination fully settled against us for significant or persistent failure to comply with our contractual obligations during contract performance, unless this termination was challenged and dispute resolution is still pending or has not confirmed a full settlement against us;
2.5 Not having fulfilled our fiscal obligations regarding payments of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of either the country where we are constituted or the Contracting Authority`s country;
2.6 Being subject to an exclusion decision of the World Bank and being listed on the website http://www.worldbank.org/debarr (in the event of such exclusion, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this exclusion is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
2.7 Having created false documents or committed misrepresentation in documentation requested by the Contracting Authority as part of the procurement process of this Contract.
3. We hereby certify that neither we, nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations of conflict of interest:
3.1 Being an affiliate controlled by the Contracting Authority or a shareholder controlling the Contracting Authority, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.2 Having a business or family relationship with a Contracting Authority`s staff involved in the procurement process or the supervision of the resulting Contract, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.3 Being controlled by or controlling another bidder or consultant, or being under common control with another bidder or consultant, or receiving from or granting subsidies directly or indirectly to another bidder or consultant, having the same legal representative as another bidder or consultant, maintaining direct or indirect contacts with another bidder or consultant which allows us to have or give access to information contained in the respective applications, bids or proposals, influencing them or influencing decisions of the Contracting Authority;
3.4 Being engaged in a consulting services activity, which, by its nature, may be in conflict with the assignments that we would carry out for the Contracting Authority;
3.5 In the case of procurement of goods, works or plants:
a) Having prepared or having been associated with a consultant who prepared specifications, drawings, calculations and other documentation to be us

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