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Country: Bangladesh Description of the Assignment: The GoB is interested to involve private sector in all sectors barring a few for national security reasons and welcomes blended finance investments in the following areas: power and energy, transportation infrastructure (roads, rail, ports, airport, and water transport), pure drinking water and sewerage; information technology; air transportation and tourism, industry; education (secondary, technical and research); health and family welfare and housing. Given the stark realities emerging from climate change, Bangladesh’s investment ecosystem should be supportive of increased private sector investments in low carbon, climate resilient solutions. It is expected that GoB will explicitly endorse the scope for integration of nature and climate change related private infrastructural investment in innovative financing models. Policymakers need a clearer understanding of how to mobilize sufficient debt and equity capital to finance the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Bonds have the potential to provide low-cost, long-term sources of debt capital; they can directly finance or refinance investments, and can allow for “recycling” of loans, leading to increased lending. Bonds can also tap into a deep global pool of capital with a diverse base of investors. In particular, bonds connect investment needs with the latent demand for sustainability-themed investments from institutional investors. A green bond is differentiated from a regular bond by this label, which signifies a commitment to exclusively use the funds raised to finance or re-finance “green” projects, assets, or business activities. UNDPs support to the government for public private partnership is expected to deliver results in the following areas: a. Climate change is mainstreamed into Private investments; b. Create an enabling environment so that scalable low carbon and climate resilient solutions such as climate bonds can be implemented; c. Create real time opportunity for private sector investment.
Period of assignment/services: 50 working days over a period of 06 months ( starting tentatively from 15 May 2023) SUPERVISION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION The consultancy will be home-based and will report directly to the Climate Change Specialist of UNDP. S/he will also closely coordinate tasks with the UNDP Country Office through other team members. The Consultant will be given access to relevant information necessary for the execution of the tasks under this assignment. The Consultant will be responsible for providing her/his workstation (i.e., laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, etc.) and must have access to a reliable internet connection. The Consultant is expected to be reasonably flexible with his/her availability while completing the assigned tasks; Payments will be made upon submission of a detailed timesheet and certification of payment form, acceptance, and endorsement by the Supervisor on days worked (with a “day” calculated as 8 hours of work) and outputs delivered. DUTY STATION AND DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT The duty station will be based in Dhaka. Fifty (50) work days on an intermittent basis over Six Months (06 months) from 15th May 2023. The Consultant will use his/her own personal PC or laptop and other required equipment, and UNDP will provide temporary office space or other logistical support if required and approved. Please note that this procurement process is being conducted through the new online tendering system of UNDP. Applicants who wish to submit a proposal must be registered in the system. Kindly register by visiting the link below and follow the instructions provided in the user guide in the document attached: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org/ using the profile you may have in the Quantum portal. In case you have never registered before, follow the Supplier Portal Registration Link to register a profile in the system. The Supplier User Guide has been uploaded to the following link. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from the previous registration. The supplier webinar is now available at the following link: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Please note that all required documents are found on the UNDP Quantum Platform under negotiation reference: UNDP-BGD-00121. Interested experts with questions regarding the registration in Quantum should send them in writing to: e-bidbox.bd@undp.org and copy the reference UNDP-BGD-000121 in the subject line. Please note, Proposals will not be received through email. If any applicant is registered in the system, any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry.
Best Regards, UNDP Bangladesh Procurement Unit
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