Environment Safeguard Specialist Tender in Papua New Guinea - 2294275

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Country: Papua New Guinea

Summary: Environment Safeguard Specialist

Deadline: 19 Jan 2015

Posting Date: 10 Jan 2015

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 2294275

Document Ref. No.: ESDP/PPL/C/5 a

Competition: ICB

Financier: World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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79713000 - Guard services

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST(CONSULTING SERVICES?INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)For Naoro Brown HydropowerProject Credit No./Grant No.: 5201-PGAssignment
Title: Environment SafeguardSpecialistReference No. ESDP/PPL/C/5 The Independent State of Papua New Guinea has received a credit from the World Bank for its PNG EnergySector Development Project (ESDP) and intends to apply part of this credit to finance the position of Environment SafeguardSpecialist/Advisor for Naoro Brown Hydropower (NB) Project for consulting services. The consulting services ("the Services") of the Environment Safeguard Specialist/Advisor will include A. working closely with the Transaction Advisor, providing strategic detailed advice to PNG Power on all the EnvironmentalSafeguards requirements and aspects of the NB project leading to the selection of Developer and up to FinancialClose.A. assisting the Transaction Advisor with the bidding documents for the selection of the NB developer to ensure allenvironmental safeguards requirements are incorporated into these documents. A. reviewing all relevant project documents including the ESDP ProjectAppraisal Document (PAD), the ESDP Appraisal and Conceptstage of Integrated Safeguards Data Sheets (ISDS), the listed safeguards documentsabove, the terms of reference''''s contained inAnnex A, the preliminaryand final stage feasibility studies and all other documents. A. liaising with the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) and all other relevant PNG national and provincialauthorities on behalf of the government, to ensure timely information is provided to these agencies, and to ensure they receive therequired project documents (ESIA and EMP) for their review.
The Environment Safeguard Advisor would then be responsible forensuring any issues raised by DEC are addressed satisfactorily. A. reviewing, revising and updating the Terms ofReference (TOR) for Environmental Baseline and will supervise the consultantdoing this work and ensure baseline report is completed according to the TOR. A. reviewing the detailed engineering designs and all construction related drawings and contract documents to ensure all ofthe environmental management measures are included therein.A. working with the Social Advisor to prepare theCommunication and Consultation Strategy for potential Project-affectedPeople (PAPs) and other stakeholders. A. additional feasibility study work (i.e. Preparation of Geological Baseline Survey including additional drilling to assessoptions for limiting seepage from the reservoir and, subject to further review, possibly some drilling along the tunnel route, andinformation dissemination withaffected communities) is required.
The Environment Advisor will be responsible for ensuring thisdrilling work is done in accordance with the agreed safeguards requirements. A. preparing/revising/updating the TOR, the draft contracts, and all other necessary documents relating to hiring andmanagement of the Panels of Experts (dam safety and social / environmental) A. reviewing the ESIA, EMP, DSP and all other safeguards documents prepared bythe NB developer for compliance with the tors and thus the applicable triggered WB policies and the requirements of theGoPNG.A. day-to-day supervision of the NB developer regarding the environmental aspects to ensure compliance with all of therelevant and approved safeguards documents, including consultations with the project affected persons and all otherstakeholders.A. training the key staff of NB developer and the civilworks contractors on allcompliance requirements and environmental safeguard issuesPNG Power Limited now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing theServices. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating thatthey have the required qualifications andrelevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are; at least 12 yearsrelevant experience working on the environmentalissues associated with hydropower projects in challenging and sensitive physicalenvironments in developing countries; familiarity with World Bank safeguards policies, or those of other international developmentagencies such as AusAID, ADB, JICA, EU etc? and gained at least 5 years of direct hands on experience working on hydropowerprojects funded by these agencies or bi-lateral agencies.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of theWorld Bank''''s Guidelines on Conflict of Interest; Bank policy requires thatconsultants provide professional, objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold the client''''s interests paramount, withoutany consideration for future work, and that in providing advice they avoid conflicts with other assignments and their own corporateinterests.Consultants shall not be hired for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations toother clients, or that may place them in a position of being unable to carry out the assignment in the best interest of theBorrower. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the following address (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 19th January, 2015. 1. Mr Chris BaisDirector? Strategic Planning and BusinessDevelopmentPNG Power Limited, P. O. Box 1105,
Tel: (675)324 3546BOROKO, NCD.
Fax: (675) 3250008Papua New Guinea
E-mail: [email protected] 2. Francis UratunManager? Infrastructure, Strategic Planning andBusinessDevelopmentPNG Power Limited, P. O. Box 1105, Tel : ( 675 ) 324 3548BOROKO, NCD. Fax : ( 675 ) 3250008Papua New Guinea Email : [email protected]

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