The IFC is seeking a consultant to develop a comprehensive roadmap for decarbonizing the country's steel sector. This roadmap will enhance the steel industry's contribution to the national GDP and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by driving innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Project Objective: To create a roadmap outlining strategies for the decarbonization of the Philippine steel industry by 2050, encompassing technological advancements, regulatory reforms, skills development, and market expansion.

Key Workstreams: The selected consultant will undertake the following:

Workstream 1: Technological Assessment: This involves analyzing low-emission steelmaking technologies (EAF, DRI-EAF, Gas-DRI, Hydrogen-DRI, induction furnace), benchmarking international best practices (India, China, USA, EU), optimizing raw material usage (iron ore, steel scrap), and modeling the impact of low-carbon steel production on GHG mitigation, domestic capacity, job creation, and green investments. This includes developing a baseline emissions scenario (BAU) and a net-zero scenario using the marginal abatement cost curve (MACC).

Workstream 2: Regulatory and Policy Recommendations: This focuses on creating a business-friendly regulatory environment to attract investment, promote green procurement (including exploring a "Buy Clean" initiative), align with international environmental standards (IEA, ResponsibleSteel, WTO), streamline regulatory processes, and incentivize R&D through tax incentives and grants.

Workstream 3: Skills Development: This involves identifying skill gaps in the workforce, proposing training and apprenticeship programs (with a focus on women's participation), and developing marketing strategies to attract a diverse workforce to the modernized steel industry.

Workstream 4: Prospect Identification: This includes identifying opportunities for marketing green/low-carbon Philippine steel internationally, and compiling a list of foreign companies involved in green steel production, assessing their potential for investment in the Philippines.

Deliverables: A comprehensive report detailing findings from each workstream and a public workshop to present the roadmap to the industry.

Required Qualifications: The consultant should possess significant knowledge and networks within the iron and steel sector, experience in evaluating financial and operational data, understanding of industrial decarbonization initiatives, and strong presentation skills.

Interested consultants are invited to submit EOIs. Further details regarding submission deadlines and requirements would be included in a formal Request for Proposals (RFP), which will be issued to firms shortlisted after EOI submissions.

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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Development of roadmap for Green and Low-Carbon Steel in Philippines

Assignment Countries:

• Philippines

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The IFC is seeking a consultant todevelop a comprehensive roadmap for decarbonizing the country's steel sector.This roadmap will enhance the steel industry's contribution to the national GDPand Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by driving innovation,sustainability, and competitiveness.

Project Objective: To create aroadmap outlining strategies for the decarbonization of the Philippine steelindustry by 2050, encompassing technological advancements, regulatory reforms,skills development, and market expansion.

Key Workstreams: The selectedconsultant will undertake the following:

Workstream 1: TechnologicalAssessment: This involves analyzing low-emission steelmaking technologies (EAF,DRI-EAF, Gas-DRI, Hydrogen-DRI, induction furnace), benchmarking internationalbest practices (India, China, USA, EU), optimizing raw material usage (ironore, steel scrap), and modeling the impact of low-carbon steel production onGHG mitigation, domestic capacity, job creation, and green investments. Thisincludes developing a baseline emissions scenario (BAU) and a net-zero scenariousing the marginal abatement cost curve (MACC).

Workstream 2: Regulatory andPolicy Recommendations: This focuses on creating a business-friendly regulatoryenvironment to attract investment, promote green procurement (includingexploring a "Buy Clean" initiative), align with international environmentalstandards (IEA, ResponsibleSteel, WTO), streamline regulatory processes, andincentivize R&D through tax incentives and grants.

Workstream 3: Skills Development:This involves identifying skill gaps in the workforce, proposing training andapprenticeship programs (with a focus on women's participation), and developingmarketing strategies to attract a diverse workforce to the modernized steelindustry.

Workstream 4: Prospect Identification: This includes identifying opportunities for marketing green/low-carbon Philippine steel internationally, and compiling a list of foreign companies involved in green steel production, assessing their potential for investment in the Philippines.

Deliverables: A comprehensive report detailing findings from each workstream and a public workshop to present the roadmap to the industry.

Required Qualifications: The consultant should possess significant knowledge and networks within the iron and steel sector, experience in evaluating financial and operational data, understanding of industrial decarbonization initiatives, and strong presentation skills.

Interested consultants are invited to submit EOIs. Further details regarding submission deadlines and requirements would be included in a formal Request for Proposals (RFP), which will be issued to firms shortlisted after EOI submissions.

FUNDING SOURCE

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

• TF0C7266: IFC

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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