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Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project

Loan No./ Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA-D6220

Assignment Title: Developing RDAS – Regional  

Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): TH-RIMES-231645-CS-QCBS

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) has received/has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include consulting firm for Developing the Regional Resilience Data and Analytics Service (RDAS) – for making available a regional platform for a) improving access to downscaled climate projections and historical climate information, b) integration of sectoral datasets at regional and national contexts, c) deep computational learning and analytical services for identification of the influence of climate parameters to sectoral (agriculture, water resources, transport, finance, planning and others as relevant to regional and in-country stakeholders) parameters, for providing evidence-based guidance for climate-relevant and climate-informed sectoral planning, policy, and decision-making interventions at regional and national levels to support efforts at climate change adaptation as well as national decision support systems. The consulting firm is responsible for fully developing the RDAS from the prototype RIMES has evolved and shall ensure integration of stakeholder/user needs and requirements, per stakeholders’ decision contexts identified that could be supported by RDAS, in the system design and development, provision of technical and users’ capacity building, and development of materials and resources for ensuring sustainability of maintenance, updating and use of the system. The scope of work includes stocktaking of stakeholder institutions and their relevant capacities, gaps and requirements that could be addressed by, and their potential contributions to, RDAS; designing and developing the RDAS; interfacing RDAS with DSSs/portals in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan; undertaking capacity development of stakeholders; and reporting on RDAS activities and outputs.

The detailed Terms of Reference ( TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.

RIMES now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

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” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.   

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Consulting firms will be evaluated based on the following shortlisting criteria:

1. Organizational eligibility  
   1. Must be a registered legal entity and should have been in business for at least 8 years in providing consultancy services of similar or related assignments (the consultant is required to provide copy of Certificate of Incorporation issued by relevant authority in the country of establishment). If associating with other organization(s), all organizations’ eligibility shall be evaluated and scored as single entity.

2. Organization’s proven experience
   1. Must have at least 5 years of proven working experience in South Asia in undertaking consultancy services relevant to data analytics and hydro-meteorological services delivery in agriculture, water, transport, planning/finance and disaster management (the consultant is required to submit a list of relevant consultancy services undertaken in South Asia during the last 5 years, value and years of performance, which should showcase the expertise/strength of the consultant for undertaking such assignments). The consultant, while describing the assignment(s) for similar work experiences, should also:

• explain in what way the executed assignment(s) was/were similar in nature to the current assignment
• explain the exact role it carried out in the assignment if the assignment was undertaken in association with other firms as JV or in sub-consultancy
• identify assignment(s)’ focal person(s) in client/recipient institutions as reference(s)

3. Capacity
   1. Organizational structure (the Consultant shall provide its organogram, with a brief on key functions of its units; in case of association with other organizations, each organization’s organogram with corresponding brief of inclusive units shall be provided)
   2. Financial capacity (the consultant shall demonstrate having sound financial standing by submitting audited financial reports or any other credible financial documents for the last 2 years where the consultant's net worth shall be positive).

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 Bangkok Standard Time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by February 28, 2022.

The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES)

Attn: Dusadee Moya, Operation Manager

2nd Floor, Outreach Building, Asian Institute of Technology Campus,

Klong Nung, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

Tel: +662 524 5902  E-mail: rimeshra@rimes.int