Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution Tender, Sierra Leone - 52876310

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Country : Sierra Leone

Summary : Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution

Deadline : 31 May 2021

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TOT Ref.No.: 52876310

Document Ref. No. : 1274525

Financier : World Bank (WB)

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Expression of Interest are invited for PROBLUE - Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution in Sierra Leone.



Selection Information

Assignment Title

PROBLUE - Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution in Sierra Leone

Publication Date

05-May-2021

Expression of Interest Deadline

31-May-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time - Washington D.C.)

Language of Notice

English

Selection Notice

Assignment Country

· SL - Sierra Leone

Funding Sources

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under:

· BB - BANK BUDGET

Individual/Firm

The consultant will be a firm.

Assignment Description

SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP

REQUEST FOR ExPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2
https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: 1274525 - PROBLUE - Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution in Sierra Leone

Assignment Countries:
- Sierra Leone

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

PROBLUE is a new multi-donor trust fund housed at the World Bank that supports sustainable and integrated development of marine and coastal resources in healthy oceans. Marine litter is one of its four main pillars and is focused on addressing threats to ocean health including plastic litter from marine and land-based sources.

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
- BANK BUDGET

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:
[Please type list of restrictions]

INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE
The consultant will be a firm.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group now invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES
Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.

Attachments

· Optional TOR File

Qualification Criteria

· 1. Experience with field surveys, recycling sector analysis, value chain assessment, and strategic planning.

· 2. Regional experience.

· 3. Adequacy of methodology and the proposed work plan in responding to this TOR.

· 4. Qualifications and competence of the key staff related to the project requirements.








Reducing Land-Based and Marine Sources of Plastic Pollution
in Sierra Leone

Parent Project ID:
Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (P168608)


Terms of reference for Consultancy Services for
Rapid Assessment Survey of Coastal and Marine Litter
&
Enhancing and Strengthening the Informal Recycling Sector and Linkages with Formal Recycling and a Circular Economy

DRAFT

January 2021


Table of Contents
I. Overview and Background 1
Current Solid Waste Management in Metropolitan Freetown 1
Current Plastic Recycling Activities and Informal Waste Picker Sector 1
FCC Solid Waste Management Strategy 1
International Investment and Donor Activities 2
GPURL PROBLUE Project Description 2
II. Scope and Objectives of Consultancy 3
Scope 3
Objectives 5
Part I seeks to establish a comprehensive assessment on marine litter from land-based sources and will inform other project activities for the improvement of source-to-sea waste management in Freetown Western Area Urban District. 5
Outcomes 5
III. Statement of Work 6
Important notice 6
PART I - Assessment of marine litter from land-based sources 7
Task 1.1 Inception phase 7
The following tasks are foreseen in this inception phase: 7
Task 1.2: Identification and mapping of marine litter hotspots 9
Task 1. 3: Evaluation of the quantities and typologies of litter on the selected beach areas 10
Task 1.4: Evaluation of the quantities and typologies of litter in the selected wasters 11
Task 1.5 Recommendation and Final Report Development 12
PART II - Pathways for Waste Pickers - Enhancing and Strengthening the Informal Recycling Sector 14
Task 2.1. Inception phase 14
Task 2.2 : Survey of Work Practices and Working Conditions 15
Task 2.3: Informal Recycling Value Chain Assessment 17
Task 2.4: Strategy Development 18
IV. Consultant Activities, Deliverables and Schedule 21
V. Services, Personnel, Facilities and Resources to be Provided by FCC 23
VI. Staffing Qualifications 23
Consultant Qualifications 23
Key Personnel & qualifications 23
Annex 1: Map of selected areas to survey in Part I 25
Annex 2 : Map of project area for Part II 29

 

I. Overview and Background
Current Solid Waste Management in Metropolitan Freetown
Greater metropolitan Freetown (Western Area Peninsular) has a population of approximately 1.2 million and generated an estimated 355 mtpd of solid waste in 2019. Only 21% (75 mtpd) of solid waste is collected and disposed at designated disposal sites. The remainder of solid waste 79% (280 mtpd) is discarded as litter or disposed in random, unofficial dumpsites or dumped in waterways or drainage channels throughout the metro area. Metro Freetown has three disposal sites: Kingtom, Granville Brook (Kissy), and Waterloo. All are uncontrolled and significantly over capacity.
Collection services are provided to an estimate 46% of households plus an unknown percent of businesses and institutions by a network of informal waste pickers, youth groups, and private collection companies. Waste pickers and youth groups operate as primary collectors serving household and either (a) bring waste to transfer points (e.g., skips and roll-off containers serviced by the private collector MASADA on ad hoc basis) or (b) dispose of it at unofficial or official dumpsites. MASADA and other private companies are the major collectors for businesses and institutions. FCC does not have a solid waste tariff system; collectors charge households, businesses, and institutions directly for their services and only those willing to pay receive service.
Efforts to develop and sustain a collection, transfer and disposal system have been hampered by numerous challenges, including lack of government revenue system to fund waste management, insufficient private sector capacity, topography, population density, large number of informal settlements inaccessible by road, and no legal or regulatory consequence for littering and random disposal.
Solid waste leaks into the environment from all points in the system (street litter, direct dumping into waterways/ocean as well as existing dumpsites) causing myriads of public health problems and negative environmental impacts, including clogging waterways and drainage channels, exacerbating flood risks and the prevalence of vector-borne diseases, and contributing to marine pollution. The quantities of solid waste leaking into the environment result in massive coastal and marine plastic pollution.
Current Plastic Recycling Activities and Informal Waste Picker Sector
In greater Freetown, the value chain for plastic waste is limited to informal waste pickers and a small number of traders that export recovered material. Based on preliminary research, recycling value chains appear to be poorly developed, focused only on materials with positive market value that justify recovery, in particular plastic bottles.
No information is available regarding the size, demographics, and activities of the informal waste sector in Sierra Leone. In 2015, an effort to organize a Network of Waste Pickers of Sierra Leone registered over 700 waste pickers, however organizational efforts were interrupted by the Ebola crisis.
FCC Solid Waste Management Strategy
In 2019, FCC developed a proactive strategy to dramatically improve solid and liquid waste management. Target 1 of the strategy is to ensure that 60% of waste is collected, managed, and disposed by 2022. This target is to be achieved by implementing four complementary activities:
o Safe & efficient disposal: closure of Granville Brook dumpsite, upgrading King Tom dumpsite, and a new, sanitary landfill sited, developed and operated according to international standards.
o Removal of illegal dumpsites: identifying their locations and developing a plan and funding for removal and remediation.
o Cleanest zone competition: based on the existing program of monthly community-based clean up days, establishing competition among neighborhoods for rewards to the cleanest zones.
o Sustainable overall system: implementing a series of cross-cutting measures including public area cleaning (litter), a block system of collection services and transfer stations through private collectors, transfer points for inaccessible areas, donor support for private collectors, and dumpsite management services.
The strategy identified three critical enabling factors that must be implemented to support achievement of Target 1: 1) developing FCC-s institutional capacity, management processes, and data management system, 2) establishing a sustainable funding system for waste management based primarily on property a

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