Feasibility Study of Biogas from Municipal Sewage

Project Name

Role/Service

Feasibility Study of Biogas Generation From Sewage Lagoons

Country

Belize

Deadline

May 24, 2021

10:00 AM

Type

Consultancy

Overview

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) proposes to utilise resources from the Canadian Support to the Energy Sector in the Caribbean (CSES-C) to enhance CDB’s capacity in providing support to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) increase the share of Renewable Energy (RE) in their energy mix and reduce their carbon emissions. CDB intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued.

CDB, the Executing Agency, through its Economic Infrastructure Division, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the “Feasibility Study of Biogas Generation From Sewage Lagoons”.

The objective of the consultancy is to assess the feasibility of generating electricity from biogas collected at three sewage lagoons in Belize and deliver a Final Report that can be used to guide preparation of project documents for implementation. Accordingly, the assessment will:

Assess the biogas resource available at each lagoon, this includes assessment of the sustainability of supply to the lagoons.

Manage a laboratory study, by a nominated subcontractor, of potential biogas content of raw effluent entering the lagoon, effluent present in the lagoon, and the sludge deposited by septic tank trucks.

Assess the most feasible technological options available for the capture, processing and conversion to electricity, including assessment of climate risk to the system.

The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of six months

CDB now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.

Eligibility

A Consultant shall be eligible to participate if they fulfil:

(a) the following eligibility requirements:

in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;

in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

in all cases, the consultant has no arrangement and undertakes not to make any arrangements, whereby any substantial part of the net profits or other tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not a citizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country.

(b) the following integrity requirements:

is not subject to sanctions under the United Nations (UN) Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN;

has not engaged in Prohibited Practices, as detailed in Paragraph 2.02 (a) of the Procedures for Dealing with Fraud and Corruption in CDB-Financed Projects (October 2014 or as updated from time to time);

is not suspended or debarred by CDB for engaging in the Prohibited Practices referenced in (b) 2. above;

is not publicly debarred by a Multilateral Development Bank subject to the Agreement on Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions in their own right, or under abovementioned agreement; and

is not subject to a conflict of interest that would undermine the Consultant's ability to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice.

CDB requires that all parties involved in the procurement process avoid and declare promptly and proactively in writing to CDB any potential, apparent or actual conflicts of interest. Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall not be hired under the following circumstances: Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services, conflict among consulting assignments, and/or close relationships with CDB staff or other stakeholders involved in or expected to be involved in the procurement or subsequent contract management.

Eligible countries are CDB Member Countries.

Instructions

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability, and existing commitments. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00am and 5:00pm hours Monday to Friday.

Electronic submissions of the Expressions of Interest must be received by email at the second address below no later than 10:00 a.m., Barbados time, on Monday, May 24, 2021. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by CDB. The burden of proving receipt of the e-mail will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the Consultant’s computer. The e-mail containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant. The subject line shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Feasibility Study of Biogas Generation From Sewage Lagoons”

The Selection Method shall be Quality and Cost Based Selection. Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. CDB reserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Contact

Address 1

Mr. Lano Fonua

Operations Officer

+1 (246) 539-1600

Address 2

The Procurement Officer