Germany - Business and management consultancy and related services

Description

Environmental and Social Consulting Services for KCUS.
KfW’s Competence Centre for Environment and Climate (KCUS) provides services in the field of environmental and social sustainability for KfW Development Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank and other business units of KfW. The objective of this tender is to establish a framework agreement with three environmental and social consultancy firms (Consultants) to provide expert services required by KCUS. The Consultants will perform the tendered services on the basis of single assignments. KCUS will either allocate them on the basis of a cascade-system if the services to be executed are standard tasks or by awarding them on grounds of a mini-competition between the three Consultants if the services to be performed are non-standard tasks.The anticipated average duration of single assignments containing the performance of a standard task is 2-3 weeks and the labour effort around about 3-10 workdays. Each standard task will be offered to the Consultant who is next in the cascade-system with a mobilization notice of 2 – 3 days, with the exception of field missions, for which more time will be allowed for mobilization. KCUS will require the consultants to appoint task teams to cover the full complement of the skills needed to execute tasks, before accepting them. The sectoral and geographic variables in the definition of tasks will vary considerably. KCUS does not foresee any specific fields of specialisation. However, generally the requirements regarding both standard and non-standard tasks are expected to arise in the following sectors: 1. Energy (e.g. renewables, geothermal and thermal power) 2. Infrastructure (e.g. roads, transmission lines, railways, pipelines, airports, harbours)3. Waste management (e.g. waste treatment plants, landfills)4. Water supply and sanitation (irrigation, waste water treatment plants, sewage networks)5. Water resources (e.g. dams, desalination plants, water management)6. Health care, education and basic services programmes7. Agribusiness and agricultural programmes8. Emergency programmes, humanitarian aid9. Conservation / Nature protection / Protected areas management10. Policy based approaches (Policy based funding, Results based financing) 11. Financial Intermediaries12. Mining and extractives13. Industrial facilities (e.g. cement, steel, refinery, automotive, petrochemical plants)14. Oil and gas (e.g. refineries, pipelines, terminals)Particularly complex tasks will require specialised base-office support. To ensure the high quality of deliverables needed and effective coordination with the base office, KCUS will require dedicated project management and quality assurance capabilities within the core team. KfW estimates that the required max. number of person-days required during the entire term of the framework agreement is 1100.

Opportunity closing date

28 January 2022

Value of contract

to be confirmed