The objective of the TA is to support the GoE balance the twin challenges of maintaining Egypt’s BE prosperity (notably ecotourism) while at the same time sustainably managing the coastal and marine environment, notably protected and pristine areas, in conjunction with human-made pressures and accidents, natural disaster risks and climate change effects.

As part of this TA, the World Bank is seeking to hire a Consulting Firm (“Consultant”) to support the preparation of a BE diagnostic for Egypt (component i) and contribute to the development of a Blue Economy Strategy for Egypt with related action plans (component iii). The assignment will cover the entire coastal and marine areas on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea including the designated protected, touristic (resorts, hotels, ecolodges, etc.) and other pristine areas. Annex 1 provides further details on bibliographical references.

This assignment covers Component (i) and Component (iii) only of the TA. A separate selection will take place to hire a Consultant for component (ii) based on distinct TOR.  The Consultant selected for this assignment will have to liaise and coordinate the work with the Consultant that will be selected to implement Component (ii).

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: Egypt Resilient Blue Economy

Assignment Countries:

- Not Country Related

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The objective of the TA is to support the GoE balance the twinchallenges of maintaining Egypt’s BE prosperity (notably ecotourism) while atthe same time sustainably managing the coastal and marine environment, notablyprotected and pristine areas, in conjunction with human-made pressures andaccidents, natural disaster risks and climate change effects.

As part of this TA, the World Bank is seeking to hire a Consulting Firm(“Consultant”) to support the preparation of a BE diagnostic for Egypt (componenti) and contribute to the development of a Blue Economy Strategy for Egypt withrelated action plans (component iii). The assignment will cover theentire coastal and marine areas on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Seaincluding the designated protected, touristic (resorts, hotels, ecolodges,etc.) and other pristine areas. Annex 1 provides further details onbibliographical references.

This assignment covers Component (i) and Component (iii) only of the TA.A separate selection will take place to hire a Consultant for component (ii)based on distinct TOR. The Consultant selected for this assignmentwill have to liaise and coordinate the work with the Consultant that will beselected to implement Component (ii).

FUNDING SOURCE

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

• BB: Bank Budget
• TF0C1312: PROBLU
• TF0C1327: PROBLU

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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