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: Development of the Methodological Framework: City Planning Labs Capital High Impact Prioritization
Assignment Countries: Global
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
City Planning Labs, a program under the World Bank’s Urban, Resilience, and Land Global Practice, aims to help cities improve how they plan, prioritize, and finance infrastructure investments. Its core methodology, Capital High Impact Prioritization (CHIP), provides an integrated, spatially driven approach to address common weaknesses in city-level investment systems and promote inclusive, resilient, and fiscally responsible urban development.
CHIP uses a process-oriented digital platform that integrates geospatial data to simulate coordinated and efficient municipal spending. This spatial intelligence allows cities to visualize urban conditions, identify priority areas, and optimize budget allocations. The platform also embeds participatory, multisectoral decision-making by using interactive maps as a common language, helping stakeholders build consensus around investment priorities.
A structured, time-bound, and location-based framework organizes projects across short-, medium-, and long-term cycles. Scenario modeling supports phased portfolios aligned with fiscal and political constraints. CHIP’s evidence-based scoring system links spatial relevance with economic and social impact, improving communication with development partners and helping cities demonstrate de-risked, investable project pipelines. By systematically collecting and evaluating opportunities, the platform enhances visibility for blended and private capital.
Building on Indonesia’s Capital Investment Planning framework, CHIP will offer an automated, scalable, open-source tool to support iterative, context-sensitive municipal investment decisions. Deliverables are advisory analyses for internal World Bank use.
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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