SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: CIF NPC IP Private Sector Mobilization Consultancy
Assignment Countries:
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this exercise is to understand the landscape and potential for bringing private investment into the four eligible areas of the NPC program in Egypt, within the thematic investment areas. The results of this assignment will provide a review of existing models for promoting private sector investment into these areas, based on a global review of practice, and an assessment of the applicability of each model to the Egyptian context. For the purposes of this assignment, “private sector mobilization” should be understood to include:
- Commercial investment in NPC projects, through
- direct lending by international financial institutions, institutional investors, or funds to NPC projects alongside CIF and partner resources;
- purchase of capital market products issued by or including the NPC projects;
- equity investment in NPC-related vehicles, such as for example nature-based carbon removal credit project developers, if relevant;
- or other models
- Market-based revenue generation or cost reduction from NPC projects, through
- Sale of carbon, biodiversity, plastic, or other relevant credits to private buyers;
- Purchase of other ecosystem services, including climate resilience benefits, by private buyers;
- Stakeholder-supported land-value uplift capture models;
- Insurance premia or other risk pricing reductions;
- or other models
- Development of NPC projects by private sector actors, such as
- Agricultural producers;
- Downstream food producers;
- Coastal property developers;
- or others.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility restrictions apply:
- [Please type list of restrictions]
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group 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. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now
NOTES
Following this invitation for EOI, 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 be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.
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