Environmental and Social Consulting Services

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°Due to the character limitation, the remaining minimum requirements concerning the Qualification of the Social Experts, the Sector knowledge of the Environmental Experts and Social Experts , and the Sufficient Number of Experts and their Qualification are indicated below.

*Qualification of the Social Experts

- Minimum academic qualifications:

Master’s Degree or a degree of equivalent level in studies with immediate relevance to the conduct of social assessments, such as

• Anthropology, or

• Ethnology, or

• Sociology, or

• Related subjects.

- Minimum knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of the social risks and impacts including Human Rights Impact Assessment, employment and working conditions (ILO conventions) and social-economic conditions and livelihoods in the affected communities in at least five of the sectors listed below in the section "Sector Kowledge of the Environmental Experts and Social Experts"; Knowledge of least twelve sectors must be demonstrated among the core team social experts.

• Comprehensive knowledge of social and good knowledge of environmental standards of the World Bank Group, the Equator Principles and other international standards in the area of environmental and social management and due diligence.

• Understanding of the KfW requirements towards social and environmental assessments, which are detailed in the sustainability guidelines of KfW IPEX-Bank and KfW Development Bank, both of which are attached as Annex 2_a and Annex 2_b to the contract terms and conditions.

• Fluent (written and spoken) in English, and in addition, French or Spanish. All social experts combined must have fluency in French and Spanish.

- Minimum general professional experience in dealing with tasks or in performing services of the tendered kind:

• At least 6 years of experience in an advisory role with project affected communities, development and implementation of resettlement plans and livelihoods restauration plans, stakeholder and community engagement.

• At least 3 years of experience in conducting social impact assessments and human rights assessments in projects funded by development banks or Equator Principles Financial Institutions.

• At least 3 years of experience in implementing and monitoring social management plans for projects funded by development banks or Equator Principles Financial Institutions.

- Minimum project experience comparable to the tendered assignment:

The Social Expert must, as a minimum requirement, have experience in providing services of the tendered kind in the past by executing reference projects comparable to this assignment for other purchasers. These project references must satisfy all of the following minimum requirements:

1. At least 5 project references need to be submitted.

2. Each project must have been implemented in terms of one of the following standards:

a. World Bank Environmental and Social Standards, or

b. IFC Performance Standards or

c. Standards of similar development banks (ADB, IDB, AfDB, EBRD, EIB) or

d. Equator Principles.

3. At least one reference must demonstrate experience with the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards and at least one reference must demonstrate experience with the IFC Performance Standards.

4. Each personal project reference must be completed after 2014. Personal project references must involve at least 10 working days of expert’s input.

5. Through the required minimum amount of 5 personal project references, the expert must demonstrate experience in dealing with each of the following tasks at least once in the role of principle responsible, showing his or her ability of covering the task. The 5 reference projects must together demonstrate the expert’s experience regarding the following:

a. Environmental and social appraisal (social and human rights aspects only), and

b. Gap analysis of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (social and human rights aspects only).

* Sector Kowledge of the Environmental Experts and Social Experts

The Environmental Experts and the Social Experts must fulfil their minimum knowledge and skills requirements in relation to the following sectors:

• Energy (e.g. renewables, geothermal and thermal power)

• Infrastructure (e.g. roads, transmission lines, railways, pipelines, airports, harbours)

• Waste management (e.g. waste treatment plants, landfills)

• Water supply and sanitation (irrigation, waste water treatment plants, sewage networks)

• Water resources (e.g. dams, desalination plants, water management)

• Health care, education and basic services programmes

• Agribusiness and agricultural programmes

• Emergency programmes, humanitarian aid

• Conservation / Nature protection / Protected areas management

• Policy based approaches (Policy based funding, Results based financing)

• Financial Intermediaries

• Mining and extractives

• Industrial facilities (e.g. cement, steel, refinery, automotive, petrochemical plants)

• Oil and gas (e.g. refineries, pipelines, terminals)

* Sufficient Number of Experts and their Qualification

The tenderer must have access to a sufficient number of experts (Expert Pool) who meet the profile and qualification requirements

• At least 2 Emissions and Pollution Control Experts

• At least 2 Biodiversity Management Experts

• At least 2 Resettlement and Community Relations Experts

• At least 1 Indigenous Peoples Expert

• At least 1 Cultural Heritage Expert

• At least 2 Occupational Health and Safety Experts

The Expert Pool members must, as a minimum, have the following qualifications:

- A completed Master’s Degree or a degree of equivalent level in studies with immediate relevance to the proposed role in the assignment

- At least 6 years of experience in advisory roles in projects immediately related to environmental and social assessment or management and due diligence

- Experience with the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards or the IFC Performance Standards.

°Tenders need to be submitted exclusively electronically in text form. A signature is not required. Bidders

must carry out the electronic submission using the supplier portal of KfW’s e-tender platform at https://ausschreibungen.kfw.de. The submission of a Tender requires you to register and to log in. After you have registered and logged in, please use the tab ‘Supplier Wizard’ to open your personal overview and to submit your tender. The preparation of the Tender has to be done by feeding our Supplier Wizard with information and also by attaching several forms and documents to the tender by uploading them within the Supplier Wizard`s tab “Own attachments”. While all forms are provided through KfW, you will need to prepare the concept (max. DIN-A-5 pages) requested by KfW yourself. A list of the forms and documents that have to be uploaded with the tender – some of them only in case they are applicable – is given in Chapter 12 of the "Conditions for Participation". KfW will examine the eligibility of bidders on the basis of the self-declarations a bidder has submitted using the Supplier Wizard and supplementary forms (for References etc.). A bidder, a consortium of bidders and each

other undertaking a bidder relies on to demonstrate his eligibility, has to prove with a self declaration (tick boxes of the Supplier Wizard) that there are no reasons for an exclusion due to Sections 123 and 124 of GWB.

° The tenderer must submit the external annexes “Declarations concerning eligibility” “Short CV of the Team Coordinator”, “Short CVs of the Social Expert”, “Short CV of the Environmental Expert”, “Price Sheet” and a written concept (max. 5 Din-A-4 pages), using the Supplier Wizard`s tab “Own attachments".

Befähigung zur Berufsausübung

The tenderer must disclose the professional or trade register he is enrolled in and the number under which his business is referred to therein: A Tenderer who is registered abroad shall indicate the number of the foreign professional and/or trade register he is enrolled in and which is kept in the country where he has his registered office or his place of residence. Indications must be made in "Declarations concerning eligibility".

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The minimum language skills of the Environmental Experts and Social Experts in III.1.3 and VI.3 are adjusted: The Environmental Experts / Social Experts must be fluent (written and spoken) in English. Moreover, all environmental experts / social experts combined must demonstrate fluency in French and Spanish.