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Call for Proposal
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Scope of Work:
Engagement of private sector is crucial for combating climate challenges. Leveraging financing from business entities for implementation of investment projects in climate adaptation and mitigation domain is one of the most important requirements for provision of climate finance from funds, MDBs and international development partners. Another important selection criteria is proposals structured in the manner to solicit climate funds for financing “incremental costs” of climate compliance and securing maximum level of additionality. In 2018, within the Ministry of Environment of Armenia through “Environmental Project Implementation Unit” SNCO (operating under its aegis) implemented Readiness and Preparatory Support Project aimed at development of “GCF – Armenia Country Cooperation Programme”. The rounds of consultations with private sector has been carried out then to inform the process of identification of national priorities and nomination of the priority projects. The “GCF - Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” has not been approved yet and currently is in the process of final editing. Taking into account the necessity to update the section related to the priorities and proposed project, it has been decided to include the component in the Current readiness Proposal to carry out comprehensive consultations with the private sector for updating respective part of the Country Programme. With the purpose of implementing the activity batches described above, the services of consulting firm are being sought through this RFP. More specifically, the Consultant, will support (separately contracted) international consultant in:
- Implementing 5 round table discussions aimed at increasing awareness of private sector entities operating in climate adaptation and mitigation on the NDC framework, priority sectors of the “GCF Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” and financing opportunities made available by climate funds;
- Designing methodology and checklist, on-going mentorship and final per-review of scoping study on private sector engagement (exploring interest, assessing capacity, bankability and readiness etc. for activity);
- Implementing of scoping study on private sector engagement (exploring interest, assessing capacity, bankability and readiness for activity);
- Designing special screening templates for preselection of (minimum 50) potential projects, finalization of selection for recommended investment projects (minimum 10), as well as provision of justification for their selection, including compliance with GCF Investment Criteria;
- Drafting recommendations to the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia on updating “GCF - Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” with the new private sector opportunities and implement series of consultations with the Ministry and other relevant stakeholders.
Objectives of the Assignment
The objectives of the assignment are threefold:
a) Under the overall guidance and mentorship of the (separately selected) international consultant to carry out activities aimed at increasing awareness of private sector entities operating in climate adaptation and mitigation on the NDC framework, priority sectors of the “GCF Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” and financing opportunities made available by climate funds;
b) Supporting activities of the (separately selected) international consultant in carrying out comprehensive screening and identify potential projects in climate change mitigation and adaptation domains for inclusion into the “GCF – Armenia Country Cooperation Programme”;
c) Supporting activities of the (separately selected) international consultant in designing recommendations to the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia on updating “GCF – Armenia Country Cooperation Programme” with the new private sector opportunities.
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Selection Criteria:
Technical Proposal - 70%
1) Expertise of the Firm - 30%
- At least 5 years of work experience and at least 5 assignments (minimum 3 of which in other comparable countries) in implementation of consultations with private sector and identification of funding priorities and/or design policy/ regulatory documents;
- Institutional track record on successful delivery of high-level expert advice to banks, governments and/or international organizations in the relevant fields;
b) Description of approach, methodology and work-plan - 40%
c) Qualification of proposed staff - 30%
Prospective bidders are invited to nominate teams, composition of which from their experience fits the best for the implementation of the Assignment.
Financial Proposal - 30%
- Financial proposals should be submitted with clear indication of: a) daily charge out rates multiplied by number of working days (identified in the RFP), b) total sum for the assignment, and c) containing the statement that all applicable taxes are included.
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Submission Requirements:
Technical proposal comprised from overview of the expertise of the firm, description of approach, methodology and workplan, as well as qualifications of proposed staff should be submitted to: ***********.***@************.** by the deadline. Financial proposal should be submitted to: **********.***@************.** by the deadline. The financial proposal should include the fee component only, which should be all-inclusive. Type
of the contract is lump-sum. Financial proposals should include timeline of payments against deliverables. Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of this RFP. The Proposal that complies with all of the requirements meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract. Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected.
Please note: “ArmSwissBank” CJSC will not provide feedback on the evaluation process to unsuccessful candidates.
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Within its strategy to promote enabling framework for introducing environment resilient practices, the Government of Armenia plans to significantly scale up the utilization level of green finance instruments and to secure a more pro-active participation of the private sector in implementing interventions in climate adaptation and mitigation domains. Within that overall strategy, the Government of Armenia through the Ministry of Environment (Designated National Authority) has requested support of Green Climate Fund (GCF) within the framework of “Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme” to implement comprehensive assessment of the constraints for further expansion of “green finance” practices, mapping of available instruments and to come up with comprehensive set of methodological, awareness raising and capacity building interventions. The Readiness Project will design a Green Finance Roadmap, as key political document outlining current state, existing impediments for green finance development and establishing comprehensive vision for green finance strategy contributing to implementation of Armenia’s NDCs and Paris Agreement. The Roadmap and further activities aimed at implementation of the activities proposed will benefit from Repository of “Green Finance Instruments” that will be compiled during project execution stage and further handed over to Central Bank for maintenance and updates upon completion of the Project. The main objective of the Readiness Project is to achieve paradigm shift in design and utilization of “green finance” instruments through incorporating into policies, operational modalities of national banks and non-banking financial institutions the climate-resilient approaches and guidelines, as well as regulatory simplification and introduction of policy incentives for designing respective on-lending facilities. To achieve this objective, interrelated chain of activity clusters, including assessment of baseline, regulatory review and simplification, assessment of best international practices, design of methodological baseline and further capacity building activities will be implemented. The “ArmSwissBank” CJSC one of the leading Armenian banks that also seek accreditation with GCF (under direct access modality) has been awarded the contract for implementation of “Scaling up Green Finance Practices in the Republic of Armenia” Project.
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ToR - RFP_06-002_PS Consultations_Consulting Company.pdf
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“ArmSwissBak" CJSC was founded on 07 October 2004. The founder and sole shareholder of the bank is the founder, shareholder and CEO of the world-famous watch-making company "Franck Muller Watchland”, Vartan Sirmakes. In 2007 ArmSwissBak was given licenses by the Central Bank for brokerage (License N BG0064) and custody (License N PG0065) services. The Bank operates in three main directions, specializing in the provision of internationally accepted services of corporate, investment and private banking. Corporate banking includes not only provision of traditional services (payment services, lending, deposit schemes and trade finance), but also provision of non-traditional services, such as alternative financing, derivative instruments (forward, swap), factoring, financial consulting and other services. ArmSwissBak also performs operations with gold bullions on contract basis at international prices. Investment banking includes a wide range of services in debt instruments and other securities both in the local and foreign markets: from creation of individual securities portfolios, as well as collective investment schemes, to the rendering of asset management, brokerage and custody services and consulting on investment operations. ArmSwissBak offers its corporate clients securities underwriting services. ArmSwissBakis connected to local and international payment and information systems: BankMail, CBANet, SWIFT, Bloomberg, Reuters. For more information visit:
www.armswissbank.am.