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: Sudan Somoud - Bank Support and Monitoring Agent
Assignment Countries:
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
The core elements of the Bank’s oversight role in the Sudan Somoud - Enhancing Community Resilience Project are set out in the grant agreements signed with Implementing Entities. To support the Task Teams to fulfil its monitoring and supervision obligations in areas where its staff are unable to access project sites, the Bank seeks to engage a suitably qualified and experienced Bank Support and Monitoring Agent with the objective of providing a monitoring layer to complement the monitoring activities of the Implementing Entities and ensure that Bank funds are utilized for the purposes specified in the grant agreement and project documents. The geographical scope focuses on all areas with limited access to Bank personnel. The Project Appraisal Document (PAD) provides an overview on the project activities and areas. Where the Bank relies on the Implementing Agencies internal procedures, such areas would be excluded from the scope of Bank oversight and as such also of BSMA monitoring.
For details on the project including the PAD see https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P181490.
The BSMA ’s services will include monitoring of all aspects of Project implementation, including:
- a) Implementation progress or completion status (including community selection and fund allocations, verification of stakeholder engagement activities, timeliness of implementation, physical verification of infrastructure and goods including quality, quantity, sizing/dimensions, etc. prepared as part of small-scale climate-resilient infrastructure development),and compliance that the physical implementation of projects (including physical verification of works/construction) is in accordance with signed contracts and approved safeguards instruments which are prepared based on the requirements of the WB safeguards policies, UNICEF/WFP policies and procedures and relevant laws and regulations of Government of Sudan.
- b Monitoring of the Implementing Agencies’ implementing partners’ fiduciary compliance within the limits focused on site assessments as outlined below.
- c) On the environmental and social risk management (ESRM) side, the BSMA shall carry out verification of the degree of compliance with ESRM requirements as per the site ESRM instruments including site visits to construction sites, waste disposal sites aided, etc.. This will include monitoring compliance with the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan and more specifically the ESF instruments used in the project.
- d)Monitor functioning of the project’s grievance redress mechanism (GRM).
- e) Carryout physical verification with digital photographs of ongoing works and goods supplied, through geo-tagged information and support of smart technology, alerting the Bank and relevant Implementing Agency to deficiencies in quality and implementation and following up on the correction of these deficiencies.
- f)Compile lessons from activity verification, challenges faced and output monitoring to generate reports on lessons learned and recommendations for improving monitored projects.
The BSMA will also be responsible for monitoring any project activities to develop the capacity within the lowest level of governance structures to enable delivery of basic services – at the community and Locality level.
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility restrictions apply:
- General eligibility restrictions apply
- The selected firm shall be able to act in a neutral manner on this project and thus any firm providing an EOI must ensure no affiliation and/or potential conflict of interest with project implementors (UN, NGOs, contractors), the Government of Sudan and its public administration on different levels, or any non-state armed actors. The firm shall disclose any potential concerns to the World Bank for judgment.
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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