| Overview : Post Level: National Consultancy
Type of Consultancy: Individual Consultancy
Deadline: 8 February 2021
Expected start date: February 2021
Period of assignment/services: 31 working days
Background:
In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full- and medium-sized UNDPsupported GEF-financed projects are required to undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) at the end of the project. This Terms of Reference (ToR) sets out the expectations for the TE of the medium-sized project titled Deployment of Renewable Energy and Improvement of Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector (PIMS ID: 4900) implemented through UNDP Jamaica Multi-Country Office. The project started on the 28 July 2016 and is in its final year of implementation.
The world is currently facing the COVID-19 pandemic, which is affecting people everywhere and impacting global and local economic activity and transport systems, as well as causing unprecedented disruptions to daily life that undercut the societal fabric of opportunities for human interaction. In order to ensure the well-being and safety of UNDP’s staff and contractors, as well as to ensure no harm is done to partners, communities and interlocutors, the implementation of this TE shall be undertaken virtually, as outlined in “Evaluation Approach and Method” of this TOR.
This project sought to advance a low carbon development path and reduce Jamaica’s public sector energy bill through the introduction of renewable energy (RE) and improvement in energy efficiency (EE) in the health sector. The project strengthened relevant capacity in the public sector by increasing the knowledge base of its operatives on matters pertinent to RE and EE as well as developed the
appropriate technical skills necessary to support investments in the energy sector. It sought to strengthen the regulatory framework that governed the development and deployment of RE and EE technologies. The project also supported and investigated a potential mechanism involving public private partnership (PPP) to engender a greater uptake of RE and EE. The hospital sector has a high-energy demand and high operational costs and benefitted significantly for RE and EE applications.
Scope of Work:
Expected outcomes and associated outputs were:
- Outcome 1: Increased knowledge in RE and EE for Individuals in the public sector and strong institutional capacity to support RE and EE development in Jamaica’s public sector.
- Output 1.1 Recommendations for acceptable industry standards in RETs and EE training and education, particularly in the solar PV subsector developed and capacity of selected training institutions within the RE/EE sector enhanced.
- Output 1.2. Technicians within the public sector trained and certified to acceptable industry standards in renewable energy technology and energy efficiency particularly in the solar photo-voltaic subsector.
- Output 1.3: Selected staff from financial institutions, have increased knowledge in matters of RE, EE and Energy Performance Contracting.
- Output 1.4: Awareness of senior management and maintenance staff at selected hospitals, other public institutions enhanced.
- Output 1.5: Relevant institutional capacity within public institutions strengthened to facilitate an increase in the scale-up of RE.
- Outcome 2: A supportive legal and regulatory framework to facilitate the deployment of small decentralized RE power generation (notably solar PV) and EE programmes in Jamaica’s public sector
- Output 2.1: The legal and regulatory regime to facilitate scale-up of RE and EE reviewed and strengthened.
- Outcome 3: An operational Energy Performance Contracting mechanism to facilitate the development of ESCOs and their viability to support RE and EE scale-up in the public sector of Jamaica.
- Output 3.1: Uptake of renewable energy strengthened with the Energy Performance Contracting pilot programme:
- Output 3.2: Investments in Solar PV, solar water heaters and energy efficiency retrofits in the health sector encouraged
Application Procedure: Please e-mail your submission using the following: Attention:- Operations Unit, 1-3 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica via e-mail to: procurement.jamaica@undp.org with subject line “GEF5 - Terminal Evaluation – PIMS ID:4900”.
Failure to submit all documents as instructed may result in your submission being disqualified. Please send requests for clarification to procurement.jamaica@undp.org; Tel: 1 (876) 469.2029
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