Botswana
ocds-bidanga-BW-OP00346869
Consultancy to Develop Strategies for Climate Resilience in Selected Basins and carry out Dam Synchronisation Studies
Deadline
April 3, 2025
Key information
- Type
- Conseil & Études
- Procuring Entity
- Southern African Development Community
- Location
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- Deadline
- April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AMClosed
- Estimated Value
- Not disclosed
- Language of Notice
- English
Description
SADC SECRETARIAT
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS-BASED SELECTION)
COUNTRY: Botswana
NAME OF PROJECT: SADC REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECT (RCRP)
PROJECT ID: P180171
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SELECTED BASINS AND CARRY OUT DAM SYNCHRONISATION STUDIES
REFERENCE NUMBER: SADC/3/5/2/384
DATE OF ISSUE: 20th March 2025
Background
The SADC Secretariat through the SADC Regional Climate Resilience Project (RCRP) has received a grant. The Project is the first in a Series of Projects (SOP), and involves Madagascar, Mozambique, South Sudan, Comoros, and two regional organizations: SADC, and the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO). The overarching development objective of the SOP is to strengthen the resilience to water-related climate impacts in Eastern and Southern African countries.
The project serves as a first step towards a regional platform to tackle climate adaptation through a common and coordinated approach, including on fund raising and consolidating multilateral and bilateral support - which is critical to ensure alignment, development, and scaled-up financing of critical adaptive interventions.
It will contribute to improved disaster risk management in support of regional resilience and the strengthening of climate change, adaptation and mitigation, under the cross-cutting issues of the SADC Vision 2050, as well as contribute towards the achievement of the aspirations of SADC as spelt out in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan 2020-2030
The SADC Secretariat intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under the contract for hiring a firm to undertake a CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SELECTED BASINS AND CARRY OUT DAM SYNCHRONISATION STUDIES
The SADC Secretariat invites submissions from suitably qualified and interested firms to undertake this consultancy, recruited using Consultants Qualifications-based Selection. following World Bank Procurement Regulations dated September 2023.
Title : CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SELECTED BASINS AND CARRY OUT DAM SYNCHRONISATION STUDIES (A Firm)
Time Commitment : 100%
Accountable : Acting Head, Disaster Risk Reduction Unit
Duration of Assignment: 18 months
- The Objectives of the Assignment; To identify options for improving infrastructure assets operations to increase the resilience of selected SADC river basins. The detailed scope of work can be obtained from the terms of reference below.
- The SADC Secretariat now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consulting firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (i.e., Company profile detailing alignment to the assignment, description of similar assignments undertaken, experience in similar conditions and availability of appropriate skills among staff).
- The consulting firm should have significant in-depth expertise and knowledge in activities such as stakeholder engagement, training and capacity building conducted under this assignment must align with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and its applicable Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs), ensuring that recommendations consider potential environmental and social risks and align with best practices in transboundary water resource management. Work under this consultancy is also expected to incorporate gender-sensitive approaches in all project activities and conduct a GBV/SEA/SH risk assessment. All technical assistance and recommendations must align with World Bank Dam Safety requirements (ESS4 - NAS4).
- Establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest which is available on the Bank’s website at https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/Procurement-Regulations-September-2023.pdf. The Consultant will be selected under the Consultants Qualifications-based Selection.
The firms will be selected using the following criteria:
| Evaluation Criteria | Points | Firm specific experience related to the assignment |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | Availability of Qualified and Experienced Experts | 60 |
| Total | 100• Interested consultants may obtain further information and detailed terms of reference at the address below during office hours 08h00hours to 16h30hours Botswana time.• Expressions of interest must be submitted electronically in PDF format and dully signed via this LINK: https://collab.sadc.int/s/p2Hmn7Qkzt3CW8T by midnight Botswana time on 3 April 2025 and should mention the name of the consultancy assignment. CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SELECTED BASINS AND CARRY OUT DAM SYNCHRONISATION STUDIES (A Firm)Firms are advised to submit their proposals during working hours for support in case of any technical problems. Expressions of Interest must be submitted as one PDF file or zipped folder bearing the name of the applicant.• Below is the address for obtaining further information:The Procuring entity: SADC SecretariatHead of Procurement UnitContact person: Ms. Mercy MikuwaTelephone: +267 364 1989 / 3951863Fax: 3972848E-mail: [email protected]Copy to: [email protected]; [email protected]Annex 1TERMS OF REFERENCETERMS OF REFERENCEForCONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SELECTED BASINS AND CARRY OUT DAM SYNCHRONISATION STUDIESTABLE OF CONTENTS1..... BACKGROUND INFORMATION.. 81.1. Partner country and procuring entity. 81.2. Contracting authority. 81.3. Background and rationale. 81.3.1. Background……………………………………………………………………....81.3.2. Current status in the sector and rationale………………………………….92..... OBJECTIVE, PURPOSE, AND EXPECTED RESULTS. 102.1. Overall objective. 102.2. Purpose (Specific Objective) 102.3. Results by consultant 113..... ASSUMPTIONS AND RISKS. 123.1. Assumptions and Risks underlying the project 124..... SCOPE OF THE WORK.. 134.1. General project description. 134.2. Geographical area to be covered. 134.3. Target groups. 134.4. Specific work. 134.5. Project management 154.6. Facilities to be provided by the contracting authority and/or other parties. 155..... LOGISTICS AND TIMING.. 155.1. Start date and period of implementation. 156..... REQUIREMENTS. 166.1. Service Providers. 166.1.1. Team Leader & Water Resource Management Expert…………………..166.1.2. Water System Modeler………………………………………………………..176.1.3. Climate Expert………………………………………………………………….186.1.4. Selection Criteria………………………………………………………………196.2. Incidental expenditure. 196.3. Expenditure verification. 197..... REPORTS. 197.1. Reporting requirements. 197.2. Duration of the assignment 197.3. Payment Schedule. 19• BACKGROUND INFORMATION•• Partner country and procuring entitySouthern African Development Community (SADC)•• Contracting authoritySouthern African Development Community Secretariat (SADC Secretariat)•• Background and rationale••• BackgroundThe SADC Region is vulnerable to a wide range of water-related disaster hazards. In relation to water security threats, these include both flood and drought related disasters, often induced by the ever-increasing frequency and impact of La Nina and El Nino conditions respectively, which are arguably also associated with climate change. Considering that nine out of ten global natural disasters are water-related (World Bank, 2023), which is also an observed tendency in SADC with respect to regional disasters, the need for deepened understanding of the climate-water risks, up-to-date dam analytics and responsive dam operations is therefore compelling.Many of the region’s dams are built for primarily one type of water use, being hydropower (e.g., major dams in the Zambezi River Basin) or irrigation (e.g., in the Incomati, Maputo, Limpopo, and lower Orange-Senqu River Basins) or domestic and industrial water transfers (e.g., upper Orange-Senqu in Lesotho). To a limited scale some dams have integrated or retrofitted hydropower as secondary user (e.g., Maguga Dam in the Incomati system). Dam operation tends to sometimes conflict therefore with the objective of utilization of the region’s dam systems to mitigate flooding during La Nina situations—dam operators for irrigation-biased dams would like to keep storage at the maximum even at the beginning of a rainy period of a predicted La Nina season. Even in El Nino conditions, the need for dam operation synchronization is very important (e.g. for upstream-downstream notification on reduced or timed flow releases or system rationing measures). Reviewed and synchronized dam operation rules, especially for transboundary watercourse systems, are a requirement therefore to increase the resilience of the region’s Member States to climate change-induced pressures.In 2011 a dam synchronization study was undertaken by SADC for the Zambezi River Basin. Results of the study were adopted by the dam operators in the Zambezi, especially for the large dams operated by the Zambezi River Authority (for dam systems joint operations between Zambia and Zimbabwe) and Cahora Bassa operators in Mozambique. A joint task force was established that ensures annual reviews of system performance and to inform operational response plans for predicted water levels situation, and the ease of information exchange. Lessons from the Zambezi would help with setting up transboundary dam operations for other regional systems such as Buzi, Pungwe and Save (BUPUSA) Tri |
Tender Timeline
Publication
March 20, 2025
Bid Submission Deadline
April 3, 2025
Evaluation & Award
Pending
Contract Signature
Pending
Procuring Entity
- Procuring Entity
- Southern African Development Community
- Country
- Botswana
- Contact person
- Nana Dlamini
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 3641623