CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR BASELINE STUDIES AND SELECTION OF VALUE CHAINS

Note: Deadline extended due to the requests for clarifications (RFC) received. The new dealine is November 10th, 2023 and additional requests for clarifications will be accepted until October 30th, 2023 COB. A Questions & Answer file as been added below.

AECID Circular Economy Project

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) became operational in 2010 with funding from the ECOWAS Commission and donors such as the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and technical assistance from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Since then, ECREEE has expanded its network of donors and partners to more than twenty (20) organizations covering both financial and technical areas of partnerships.

With the support of AECID, ECREEE is developing the project “Regional Pilot Project on Circular Economy. Transition to a clean energy circular economy through the optimization of energy-intensive value-chains in the high-impact sectors” in four countries, being them Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. As preparatory phase of the project, baseline studies shall be conducted in these countries in order to target value chains and communities in which the project will be developed.

In view of this, ECREEE is seeking to hire an International Consultant to conduct these services in accordance with the Terms of Reference (ToR) attached.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

1. Detailed Technical and Financial submission should be submitted by email to ONLY baseline-ce@ecreee.org . Do not submit on ZIP format.
2. Clearly state in the subject line “CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR BASELINE STUDIES AND SELECTION OF VALUE CHAINS.”
3. The extended deadline for submission of proposals is on the 10th November 2023, 23h59 Cabo Verde local time (00:59 GMT).
4. Further information/clarification can be obtained at the following email addresses: adeoliveira@ecreee.org and vmartos@ecreee.org. Please do not copy any of these two email addresses when submitting your CV. Your application will be disqualified if you do so.