eC2: Structuring Business Model for Private Operation and Maintenance of First Line of the Quito Metro Project

Deadline: 07-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) Quito-metro-Line-1

Objective: The World Bank intends to hire consulting services to: define the business model for private sector participation in the operation and maintenance of the PLMQ project that meets the policy objectives of the EPMMQ; outline the preliminary legal, funding, financing and institutional terms (preliminary structuring); produce the required analysis for consideration and approval of said business model by the relevant local authorities; and define the roadmap and scope of structuring.

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eC2: Improving the Electricity Tariff Regulatory Framework in Honduras

Deadline:  05-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) India Energy

The objective of the assignment is to support the GoHN, in particular the regulatory body CREE, to develop multiyear tariff methodologies and draft the regulatory framework to set retail electricity tariffs, distribution and transmission (D&T) charges/tariffs based on efficient cost components and fees. The methodology and regulation should include i) an automatic adjustment mechanism for D&T components, as well as to reflect changes in power purchase costs, and ii) cover the main process for the D&T companies to periodically submit the tariff application and for the regulatory entity to review and approve.

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eC2: Support the Moldova National Food Safety Agency in Implementation of Inspection Reform

Deadline:  05-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) food_waste_garbage

The Project aims to support the Moldova National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) to shift to the risk based inspections system, develop clear risk criteria, inspection checklists, sound methodology and procedures for planning and performing inspections, including reactive inspections, and taking enforcement decisions – as introducing risk based inspections and risk-proportionate enforcement is one of the critical steps in developing a modern, performance based inspection system. Continue reading

eC2: Technical Consultant – Airport PPPs – IFC PPP Transaction Advisory

Deadline:  03-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) PPPs

IFC PPP Transaction Advisory is seeking to recruit an international technical consultant for structuring and implementation of an airport concession tender. The airport is in a EU member state and has capacity of ~5m passengers annually. Additional project information will be disclosed to the shortlisted companies. The work of the technical consultants is to be divided into two main phases. Phase 1 transaction structuring will encompass a technical analysis of all aspects of the project, including traffic projections, capital investment program, and environmental and social issues. Phase 2 will consist of the transaction implementation and will require from the technical consultant to assist in the successful tendering of the project by providing input to the technical annexes of the project documents, assistance with the bidders due diligence and evaluation of their technical offers.

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eC2: Preparation of baseline reports for the Water Global Practice results framework

Deadline: 05-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) water

The Water GP has defined an innovative results framework (RF) to track combined results from activities funded by the GWSP multi-donor trust fund and World Bank-financed operations. This results framework has been defined in partnership with donors to the GWSP to allow them to track the additionality of funding they provide to the multidonor trust fund. In a spirit of integration with WB operations, the RF was designed as a comprehensive framework for the WGP as a whole. Underlining the RF, the WGP has identified five priority themes where emphasis is critically needed to achieve the SDG for water (SDG 6) and contribute to many other SDGs which are so closely interlinked with the achievement of a Water-Secure world for all. These five themes are areas where countries need to redouble their efforts and in some cases, revise their strategies to increase their chances of meeting the water SDG: they include sustainability, inclusion, institutions, financing and resilience.

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eC2: Technical Consultant – Airport PPP

Deadline: 05-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) PPPs

IFC PPP Transaction Advisory is seeking to recruit an international technical consultant for structuring and implementation of an airport concession tender. The airport is in a EU member state and has capacity of ~5m passengers annually. Additional project information will be disclosed to the shortlisted companies. The work of the technical consultants is to be divided into two main phases. Phase 1 transaction structuring will encompass a technical analysis of all aspects of the project, including traffic projections, capital investment program, and environmental and social issues. Phase 2 will consist of the transaction implementation and will require from the technical consultant to assist in the successful tendering of the project by providing input to the technical annexes of the project documents, assistance with the bidders due diligence and evaluation of their technical offers.

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eC2: Roadmap and action plan for implementation of the market based instrument for greenhouse gas reduction for the micro, small, and medium enterprises sector in India

Deadline: 04-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)GAS

The assignment includes, but not least, scoping of the MSME sector, identifying suitable MBI(s) and recommends an optimum policy package, roadmap and action plan for implementation, and proposing critical design elements of MBI(s). In the assessment, the Consultant needs to take into consideration various elements on the sectors, such as emissions profile, contribution to India’s NDC, existing policies, mitigation options, incentive structures, and suitability to national circumstances. The proposed MBI should be based on the work of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)’s SME program and potential links and design convergence with the Perform Achieve and Trade scheme should be explored while reviewing policy and design options.

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eC2: Innovative approaches to Public-Private Partnerships in smart grid investments: Best practice experiences from government collaboration with utilities

Deadline: 02-Oct-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) solar-energy

The proposed work consists of three tasks: (i) an analysis of innovative approaches to Public-Private Partnerships in smart grid investments and the role of the public sector; (ii) Recommendations for application of PPP models for smart grid investments and identification of a project/project concept pipeline, and; (iii) Dissemination of study findings report, slide deck and supplementing material through internal and external outreach to target audience. The final output will be a report and slide deck. The report will emphasize experiences from ongoing smart grid PPP projects in developed and developing countries and must provide practical guidance on the design, preparation and implementation of smart grid projects that can be used by government officials, utility managers and World Bank Group staff.

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eC2: Technical expert team for Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization Project

Deadline: 27-Sep-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) water

Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KUIDFC) is the implementing agency for the Project and the Urban Local body (ULB) Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation will play a pivotal role in overseeing the transition to continuous water supply and subsequently ensuring that the service levels are sustained over the long term. To improve service delivery, KUIDFC and HDMC have entered into a twelve year performance based contract with a professional operator. The operator will be responsible for planning (one year), managing the transition to continuous water supply (three years) and sustaining the service delivery (eight years). The Project (KUWSMP) will be implemented over the first six years of the contract to ensure that service delivery is sustained for at least two years after transition to continuous supply. The World Bank has also received a request for inclusion of Kalaburgi and Belgavi into the Project through Additional Financing for which preparation is ongoing.

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eC2:Global Facility for Growth and Development (GFGD) Initiative

Deadline: 27-Sep-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)banknotes_640

The activities include supporting the global and country-specific analytical work meant to underpin World Banks “budget support” lending operations/projects and advisory services. Knowledge activities share knowledge and practical experiences on growth and development from countries that made a rapid and sustained economic transition. Project activities support country specific analytical work and project lending by making technical experts an integral part of the WBGs teams that undertake country specific economic work and lending operations.

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