Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation (Phase 2) Project: Consulting Services for the Review of Environmental and Social Management Guidelines for RA

Project ID: P145566

Project Title: Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation (Phase 2) Project

Borrower Bid Reference: MW-RA-264350-CS-INDV

Republic of Malawi

Accelerating Malawi’s Economic Growth

R o a d s    A u t h o r i t y

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

COUNTRY:                          MALAWI

NAME OF PROJECT:        Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation                                                  Program – SOP2 (P145566)

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:       Individual Consultancy for review of the                                                              Environmental and Social Management                                                                Guidelines in the Road Sector

REFERENCE NO.:            MW-RA-264350-CS-INDV    

1. Background: The Government of Malawi (GoM) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Southern African Trade and Transport Facilitation Program (SATTFP) SOP2 and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services above.

In line with its vision of ensuring that the country’s public road network is developed and maintained up to a standard where all motorized and non-motorized traffic reach every society in an adequate, safe, reliable and efficient, economic and in an environmentally friendly manner at all times of the year, the Roads Authority (RA) published the Environmental and Social Management Guidelines in the Road Sector in 2008. The development of these Guidelines were guided by various documents including the Environmental Management Act (1996); the Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines for Malawi (1997); World bank Environmental Assessment Sourcebook (1,2,3), National Environmental Action Plan (1994, 2002), National Transport Policy of Malawi; Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines for Mining Project (2002). The implementation of road projects by the Roads Authority follows the standard project cycle and the guidelines were prepared in relation to the cycle with the aim to provide guidance for integrating environmental and social issues in the overall road project cycle. The Roads Authority project cycle include project identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, completion and evaluation. The guidelines outline the environmental and social impacts associated with road development, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects, and proposed mitigation measures. To ensure that the mitigation measures for the adverse environmental and social impacts identified in the road projects as identified in the ESIA, the guidelines also stipulates the need for the environmental management and monitoring plan to be developed as well as the capacity building requirements and cost associated with the implementation of the plans. When considering the impacts of road projects, the full life-cycle of the road needs to be considered, including planning, construction, operation and maintenance, as well as considering not only impacts caused by the road, or construction thereof, but also impacts to the road such as floods, runoff drainage, erosion, etc.

However, these guidelines are outdated considering that they were published 15 years ago. There are a number of environmental and social issues that have emerged and need to be incorporated in the guidelines to ensure that they provide comprehensive guidance for road construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects. Some considerations that need to be integrated in the guidelines include stakeholder engagement and consultation processes, functional grievance redress mechanisms, as well as social dynamics including; Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH), as well as violence against children and child labour issues, climate change robustness (climate vulnerability assessment), storm water runoff management, and impact on adjacent land at points of discharge, disaster risk reduction and management, Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and accounting, deforestation, atomic energy management (ionizing radiation in construction) and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). Over and above this, several documents that were used to guide the preparation of these guidelines have equally been updated. It is therefore necessary that these guidelines should be realigned with current policies and safeguard management practices.

The consulting services (“the Services”) therefore are for review of the Environmental and Social Management Guidelines in the Road Sector. This assignment is for a period of 90 days.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below.

2. The Roads Authority now invites eligible individuals (“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 shortlisting criteria are:

1. Post-graduate degree in an Environment or any Environmental Management related field;
2. Degree in an Environment or any Environmental Management related field;
3. At least 5 years demonstrated experience with environmental and social safeguards in road projects or any large linear infrastructure developments;
4. Conversant and demonstrated experience with National legislative and regulations and World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies with not less than 10 years’ experience in preparation of environmental and social impact assessments in Malawi which included the following components: Resettlement Action Plan, GBV/SEA/SH and Occupational Health and Safety.

3. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

4. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant (INDV) selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

5. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 08:00 to 16:00 hours, CAT.

6. Expressions of interest including updated detailed curriculum vitae and professional certificates must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by August 18, 2022.

Roads Authority

Attn: Chesterfield Phiri, Human Resources Manager

Functional Building, Paul Kagame Road, Private Bag B346

Lilongwe 3, Malawi

Tel:               +265 1 753 699

E-mail:           cphiri@ra.org.mw; ipc@ra.org.mw

Website:         www.ra.org.mw

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization/Department: The Roads Authority

Name: Chesterfield Phiri

Address: Private Bag B346 Lilongwe 3

Province/State: Eastern and Southern Africa

Country: Eastern and Southern Africa

Phone: +265 1 753 699

Email: cphiri@ra.org.mw

Website: www.ra.org.mw