CCA/M-DRR EXPERT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE CLIMATE INVESTMENT NETWORK AND THE CLIMATE FINANCE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
UNDP Country Office - PHILIPPINES
Deadline
04-Dec-19
Published on
21-Nov-19
Reference Number
61442
Overview
Project Description At the UN climate change conference in Paris in December 2015, countries adopted the Paris Agreement that sets out a global action plan for limiting global warming to “well below 2 degrees C” starting from 2020. The Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November 2016, built upon the foundation of climate pledges from 187 countries, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Countries are expected to submit updated and more ambitious NDCs every five years which will become the main vehicle for illustrating a country’s strategic vision on climate change in the context of sustainable development. The UNDP NDC Support Programme supports Governments to achieve transformational change by using NDC implementation as a mechanism to scale up investment in climate change and deliver sustainable development. The Programme is being implemented in the country as “NDC Support Project for the Philippines (NSPP)”.
Private Sector Engagement in the NDC Process It is recognized that the successful implementation of the NDC actions require engagement of the Private Sector (PS). With the Philippine NDC seen to require between US$ 12 to 30 billion in investments in the energy sector alone to achieve the sector’s GHG emission reduction goals from the business-as-usual scenario for the period 2000-2030, the private sector could complement effectively the efforts of the government to provide the enabling environment and support to operations, including policies and information for making investment decisions. Furthermore, the Philippine NDC offers the private sector promising investment opportunities and productive partnerships with the public sector and the international community that deliver the benefits of sustainability, climate-resiliency, and a green economy that create green jobs.
A number of policies and frameworks support the transition to a low carbon, climate-resilient and green economy and the engagement of the private sector. This is underscored in the Climate Change Act, which mandates the CCC to “coordinate with local government units (LGUs) and private entities to address vulnerability to climate change impacts of regions, provinces, cities and municipalities” and to coordinate various sectors, including the private sector, in the development and implementation of the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP), and the local action plans. Inherently risk-averse, the business sector is looking to partner with the government in enhancing the enabling environment to overcome the challenges in climate change investments through policy changes and market-based incentives. The CCC recognizes the strategic role and acknowledges the vulnerability of the private sector in addressing climate change, hence, this initiative on Private Sector Engagement in the NDC through the Top-up Support fund that was granted to the NSPP in order to strengthen PS engagement in the NDC.
The CCC, pursuant to Republic Act 9729 as amended by Republic Act 10174 of 2012, is mandated to: (i) recommend key development investments in climate-sensitive sectors such as water resources, agriculture, forestry, coastal and marine resources, health and infrastructure to ensure the achievement of national sustainable development goals, (ii) create an enabling environment for the design of relevant and appropriate risk-sharing and risk-transfer instruments, and (iii) coordinate with local government units (LGUs) and private entities to address vulnerability to climate change impacts of regions, provinces, cities and municipalities.
In line with the abovementioned mandated functions, the CCC seeks to establish the Climate Investment Network (CIN) composed of banks, financial institutions and key players in the private business sector. The establishment of CIN is envisioned to increase the total climate investments of the Philippines, summing up the tagged expenditure of the national government agencies and the investments coming from the private sector. By establishing an effective monitoring and reporting mechanism among the members of the CIN, the CCC will be able to come up with a whole-of-nation investment report for local legislative and executive, and international reporting.
Institutional Arrangement
Duration of Contract The Consultant shall be engaged for a period of 240 working days spread over one (1) year starting on December 2019 up to December 2020. The period of engagement includes estimated lead time for UNDP and/or Project Implementing Partners to review outputs, give comments, certify approval/acceptance of outputs, etc., as shown in Table 1.
Duty Station The Consultant is not expected to report on a daily basis to the Project Management Office and/or Office of the Deputy Executive Director but shall be available on an on-call basis. Location shall be in the CCC Office at First Residences, Jose P. Laurel St., Malacanang Compound, Manila.
Contract Price and Schedule of Payments The Consultant shall be paid a lump sum service contract fee which is all-inclusive, fixed and output-based regardless of extension of the herein specific duration. The Consultant shall receive payments based on the following schedule:
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The CCC through the UNDP is hiring the services of a Consultant (Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction Expert) to support the establishment and operationalization of the Climate Investment Network and the Climate Finance Systems and Services. The Consultant is expected, at the very least, to undertake the following major activities:
Expected Outputs/Deliverables The Contractor, based on the SOW above, shall prepare and submit:
All deliverables shall undergo a peer review. The Contractor shall submit its responses on the evaluation to be undertaken and provided by the PMU and CCC-ODED for each of the abovementioned reports. The Contractor shall present the major findings on the subject deliverables in a consultation meeting to be convened by the NSPP PMU for the purpose. The Contractor may be further required to attend additional consultation meetings to answer questions and clarify issues that may arise from the review of its deliverables. Following is the summary table of the expected outputs/deliverables of the Consultant:
Table 1. Schedule of Outputs/Deliverables
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Corporate competencies
Functional and technical competencies
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Offers will be evaluated based on combined scoring method :
For the evaluation of the Technical Proposal, the selection of the successful consultant must be based in the following qualifications (with the appropriate obtainable points):
Recommended Presentation of Offer Offerors must upload in one (1) file the below documents at the given link https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=88778 You may download the editable version of the Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Insterest and Availability for the IC by clicking on this link: http://gofile.me/6xdJm/bE9TCw8fU
In view of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified. |