| Overview : Malawi Government, through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing the “Disaster Risk Management for Resilience Programme” from 2019-2023. The programme has three key goals: (i) strengthened capacity of national and local-level actors in effective disaster risk and resilience governance, (ii) improved delivery of risk reduction and early recovery services in shock prone urban and rural areas, and (iii) improved capacity for gender responsive planning, monitoring and evaluation of the disaster risk management sector. The programme is national in scope, but implementation will target 7 shock-prone districts; Balaka, Chikwawa, Mangochi, Mulanje, Phalombe, Nsanje and Zomba. The programme will also be implemented in two urban councils which will be selected following an open tendering process focusing on eligibility and capacity to implement Disaster Risk Management Plans. The programme is aligned with the development priorities of the Government of Malawi (GoM) as outlined in the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy III (MGDS III) and the National resilience Strategy (NRS).
Malawi continues to experience increasing cases of shocks, with the most frequent being extremes of drought and floods. Recently, flooding events have been on the increase both in magnitude and scale, affecting areas which do not have a flooding history including urban areas. Often, floods lead to loss of lives, property, agricultural fields, destruction of houses and public infrastructure for transport, communication and information technology. While there have been interventions to improve early warning systems for hydrological and meteorological forecasting, flooding events still affect people in flood prone areas without timely warnings. Government of Malawi is implementing the Modernized Climate Information and early Warning Systems (MCLIMES) project which will improve access to climate information and early warning systems. To date, guidelines for community based early warning systems have been developed and CBEWS will be implemented in 33 communities across 8 districts. While early warning systems are important, the increase in flooding incidences requires complementary mitigation works which minimizes the exposure to risks. This programme will also develop guidelines for disaster risk assessment and will conduct comprehensive risk assessments in all 9 beneficiary local authorities to identify risk reduction interventions that shall require civil engineering work. Within this overall background, UNDP is intending to enter into a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for the provision of civil engineering services to provide professional support towards preliminary assessments and detailed construction designs, cost estimates and supervision of flood mitigation works. Flood mitigation works might include construction of river bank protection structures, construction of dykes, check dams or any structures to be informed by the engineering survey. An LTA is a mutual arrangement between UNDP and the individual to provide the required services at established fee or provisions. The LTA will be established for one year and renewable for up to three years linked to satisfactory performance of the individual consultant. UNDP reserves the right to rescind the LTA during that period should performance of the consultant not meet its requirements. Under an LTA, UNDP does not warrant that any quantity of services shall be purchased during the term of this Agreement. Where a request for services arises, UNDP shall directly contract the Consultant based on its need to carry out those activities. A specific Term of Reference (TOR) outlining the outputs for each assignment shall be provided with a detailed time frame |
