UPDATE: Partnership for Market Readiness Project: Pilot credited NAMA projects, propose carbon pricing instruments and roadmap for applications of MBIs in steel sector

Vietnam - P152797 - Vietnam-Partnership for Market Readiness - CS2-2

Country: Vietnam

Project Id: P152797

Project Name: Vietnam-Partnership for Market Readiness

Loan/Credit/TF Info.: TF-A2914

Notice Version No.: 0

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

[VIETNAM]

[PARTNERSHIP FOR MARKET READINESS IN VIETNAM]

Credit No. TF0A2914

Assignment Title: Piloting credited NAMA project, proposing carbon pricing instruments and roadmap for application of MBIs in steel sector

Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): CS2.2

The Government of Viet Nam has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Viet Nam: Partnership for Market Readiness Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include:

1. Designing and piloting crediting program for the steel industry in Viet Nam in order to assist Ministry of Industry and Trade to formulate methodologies and approaches for similar energy-intensive industries in short- and long-term; and
2. Identifying carbon pricing tools feasible to the steel sector in medium- to long-term and proposing a roadmap for applying carbon pricing instruments.

The service is planned to be rendered in 18 months starting from December 2018.

The PMU 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 qualification criteria are:

• Qualified in the field of the assignment;
• Technical and managerial capabilities of the firm;
• Experience in similar assignments/projects and similar conditions; 
• Human resources and mobilization capacity

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. In that case, consultants should clarify whether they will associate in the form of joint venture or sub-consultancy agreements. In case of joint venture, all members of the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for execution of the contract and one member shall be appointed to represent the joint venture (JV). Each member of JV needs to possess sufficient qualifications to demonstrate its capacity to perform joint and several liabilities if being awarded, while the whole JV needs to collectively satisfy all the shortlisting criteria.

It is expected that the Consultant will meet the following qualification requirements:

• Familiar with legal, institutional and administrative arrangements of the existing CDM development and certification, and energy audit systems in Viet Nam;
• Abundant technical and financial knowledge of the mitigation measures in steel sector;
• Familiar with business and commercial practices of steel industry in Viet Nam;
• Knowledgeable with international negotiations on the Paris Agreement, especially on future market-based mechanisms and MRV in steel sector;
• Knowledgeable with carbon pricing instruments, such as carbon tax, domestic ETS and offset mechanism;
• Experience in the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms, in particular with the CDM in energy efficiency and fuel switching projects;
• Successful completion of projects relating to CDM and issuance of carbon credits, ideally from iron and steel sector in South East Asia region and in Viet Nam; and
• Familiar with NAMA projects relating to steel sector in Viet Nam and working experience with MOIT is preferable;

The Consultant is encouraged to include strong local staff/partners to ensure effective cooperation with local agencies.

Local staff/ partners/ company should have:

• Experience in development and implementation of policies on climate change, preferably in steel sector;
• Experience in development of NAMA in industries in Viet Nam;
• Proven working relations with government ministries and the private sector in Viet Nam, particularly with MOIT; and
• Sufficient English language skills

The Consultants will be selected according to the procedures set out in the World Bank Guidelines: "Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers", January 2011, revised July 2014, on the basis of Quality- and Cost-Based Selection method (QCBS).

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08.00 to 17.00.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 09.00 date August 6, 2018 (Hanoi local time). Vietnamese version is encouraged but not the short-listing criteria or any rejection of the EOI.

Project Management Unit of VNPMR

Mr. Tang The Hung – Deputy Director

Address:  Unit 307, Block B, 54 Hai Ba Trung str., Hoan Kiem dis., Hanoi, Vietnam

Telephone No: +84 024.22202359

E-mail: hungtt@moit.gov.vn

C/c:

Mr. Hoang Van Tam

Address:  Unit 309, Block B, 54 Hai Ba Trung str., Hoan Kiem dis., Hanoi, Vietnam

Telephone No: +84 024.22202359;

E-mail: tamhv@moit.gov.vn; tamisea2011@gmail.com