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REQUEST FOR TENDER

NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A MAPPING OF TUVALU’S PRIVATE SECTOR RESILIENCE BUILDING INITIATIVES AND TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE

BACKGROUND

Tuvalu is very vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and disaster risks. The challenges are further exacerbated by the COVID-19 health crisis, which has affected the socio-economic wellbeing and livelihoods of Tuvaluans. Private sector is one that has continued to experience major challenges in the current crises such as transportation, market access, skilled labour force and access to finance. To address these challenges, a multi-sector and multi-actor approach is necessary to build resilience at the community, national and regional levels. Key stakeholders such as the private sector, civil society, development partners and communities play a key role and must continuously be engaged in any resilience-related initiatives. For instance, partnership between the Government of Tuvalu and the private sector is crucial to the development and implementation of the Tuvalu Private Sector Development Plan 2018-2022.

Access to international climate change finance is an urgent priority for the Government of Tuvalu to address the country’s adaptation and mitigation priorities and build back better. However, the high cost of financing and interest rate for loans (9-9.5% from the National Bank of Tuvalu) has also impacted the cost of doing business in Tuvalu. Recently, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development was accredited as a National Implementing Entity (NIE) to the Adaptation Fund (AF). This provides an opportunity for Tuvalu to access financial resources directly from the AF. Although the public sector continues to dominate economic activities including direct access from either the Green Climate Fund and the AF, there is opportunity for Tuvalu’s private sector to access the same resources and contribute further to building resilience. However, broad challenges in accessing climate change finance remain in the Pacific, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that have small private sector which are related to limited information and understanding of the available resources including technical capacity to prepare bankable projects.

Due to the challenges identified above, the EU-funded PACRES Project will support the Tuvalu National Private Sector Organisation (TNPSO) to conduct a mapping of private sector activities relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation. The exercise provides an opportunity to collect some baseline information that can assist TNPSO and the government with strategic planning and resourcing activities related to resilient development for the private sector. As part of the mapping, a SWOT analysis is carried out on the private sector including a study of options for improved engagement between the public and private sectors. Additionally, the mapping will provide an opportunity to analyse how businesses are trying to sustain operations with the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change.

The consultant will work with the guidance of TNPSO, Climate Change Division, GCF’s National Designated Authority (NDA), relevant government agencies and the PIFS PACRES team with the objective of consolidating key information and data sources from the private sector to inform more effective policy and decision-making relating to private sector engagement including recommendations to strengthen private sector engagement in all national climate change and disaster related initiatives.

SCOPE OF WORK

The consultant will carry out the responsibilities and tasks as set out under the Terms of Reference (ToR) document which can be downloaded from www.tenders.net/forumsec.

HOW TO APPLY

Submissions should be titled:

REQUEST FOR TENDER: NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A MAPPING OF TUVALU’S PRIVATE SECTOR RESILIENCE BUILDING INITIATIVES AND TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE

Method of Submissions:

Submissions must be forwarded in PDF format following the instructions at www.tenders.net/forumsec

Note: Tenders must be submitted with clear labelling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “A. Technical Offer”. Financial Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “B. Financial Offer”.

The electronically submitted documents should be converted to the PDF format.

Deadline for Submissions:

Submissions need to reach the Secretariat by 4pm, Tuesday 10 May 2022.

Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.

Questions and Answers

All queries or request for information must be submitted via the Question and Answer Forum at www.tenders.net/forumsec . Tenderers may submit questions in writing to the mentioned Question and Answer Forum before the stated “deadline for requesting clarifications” on Tuesday 3 May 2022. The Secretariat has no obligation to provide clarification after this date.

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