Consultancy for Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)

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Tender Organisation:

LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION

Tender Sector:

Management Consultancy Tenders

Tender Service:

Worldwide

Tender Region:

African

Tender Country:

Liberia

Tender CPV:

72000000 : IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Document Type:

Tender Notice

Tender Description:

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy for Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan (Rap) Project Title: Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP) Borrower Bid Reference: LEC/LESSAP/RAP/03/2021 Procurement Method: Consultant Qualification Selection Submission Deadline Date/Time: Apr 18, 2023 15:00 Notice No: OP00220332 The Liberia Electricity Corporation now invites qualified and eligible Consultancy firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultancy firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are listed below. Information about the firm’s capacity and number of years in offering services/business of RAP and ESIA Implementation. The RAP consultant shall be a firm certified or licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia to conduct Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) studies for projects in Liberia. The firm shall have at least 7 years of demonstrable knowledge and experience in the preparation/updating and or implementation of RAP for infrastructure projects in the republic of Liberia under the World Bank or other donor-funded infrastructure projects in developing countries. Experience working on RAP studies for Energy projects especially Transmission & Distribution (T&D) projects particularly in West Africa and preferably in Liberia will be considered an advantage. Technical and managerial organization of the firm and the firm should have adequate relevant professional staff as detailed in the ToR. (Number of technical staff along with their education & experience level required, CVs are not required at this stage); The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 and revised November 2017, August 2018, and November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours, i.e., 0900 to 1600 hours GMT, Monday to Friday. Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form to the address below via email on or before Tuesday, April 18, 2023, with the subject: “Consultancy Services for Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) under the Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP)”. Executive Director for Projects Liberia Electricity Corporation P.O. Box 10-165 Waterside Water Street, 1000 Monrovia, Liberia Email: mfarley@lecliberia.com and copied to pmashingaidze@lecliberia.com, hkimber@lecliberia.com , dbeyan@lecliberia.com Appendix 1: TERMS OF REFERENCE Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) 1.0 Introduction Since the end of the 14-year civil war (1989-2003) in Liberia, the Government of Liberia (GOL) has been working towards energy sector development with reconstruction and rehabilitation at different levels. The country has been frantically striving in a bid to restore and to certain extent has revived energy services by planning and implementing with the assistance of many donors several energy projects including the rehabilitation and expansion of generation plants, and transmission and distribution (T&D) networks of LEC. As part of this effort to enhance and revive the country’s electricity sector, the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) developed a plan, known as the Energy Access Plan (EAP-2013-30) to expand the transmission and distribution networks in the country. In this plan, the Government announced an ambitious plan to provide energy services to at least 70% of the population of Monrovia and 35% of the country’s population by 2030.

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