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Building Climate Resilient and Low-carbon Homes: One Room at a Time

Scope of Work

The World Bank is looking for a technical consulting firm to do the following tasks:

a. Contextualize the metric established by the World Bank team to detail the parameters for green and climate-resilient self-built housing within the local context of the two cities in hot & dry (Jodhpur and Surat), warm-humid (Guwahati & Visakhapatnam) and composite (Lucknow & Bhopal) climate zones with corresponding climatic risks and disaster vulnerabilities like cyclones, floods, heat stress, intense rains, earthquakes, etc.

b. Undertake fieldwork to establish the baseline (against the definition and metrics established) as to the current state of self-built homes in both publicly assisted schemes privately financed in each city. Around 50 self-built homes will be assessed in each city. The cases will be drawn from the portfolio of PMAY’s BLC vertical, PMAY-G, and AHFC’s self-built home loan portfolios in each of the six cities.

c. Deep dive to map the local housing eco-systems in select cities including national7 & state policies and local development control regulations (building byelaws, master plans, etc.), legal and institutional frameworks for the housing value chain, such as local building approval systems, local construction materials and technology, access to housing finance for construction, etc.

d. Identify and assess the technical, financial, and institutional aspects affecting the adoption of low-carbon and climate-resilient measures for low-cost self-built homes.

       (a) Propose stylized technical solutions.

       (b) Undertake cost-benefit analyses for the proposed technical solutions.

       (c) Conduct interviews with a wide range of stakeholders including government agencies, local construction materials suppliers, small contractors, lenders and borrowers for self-construction loans, and beneficiaries of PMAY in each city to inform (a) and (b).

e. Identify and review local and international good practices in achieving low-carbon, climate resilience in low-cost self-built housing for the three climate zones.

f. Recommend policy, regulatory, institutional, and programming changes needed based on the field work and review of good practices. This will serve as input to the White Paper which is to be led by the World Bank team, to inform the formulation of policies and programmatic interventions, for PMAY 2.0 and any other national/sub-national initiative in the housing sector.

g. Support the World Bank in disseminating the findings and recommendations through regional workshops at national and sub-national levels (anchored in case cities) for major climatic and disaster-prone zones of India.

  • 90 - CONTRACT CONSULTANTS
  • IN - India
  • Sustainable Development: Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land
  • 90.40 - FIRMS FOR OPERATIONAL PROJECTS
09/03/2024 12:00 AM EDT
09/12/2024 11:59 PM EDT

SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Building Climate Resilient and Low-carbon Homes: One Room at a Time

Assignment Countries:

  • India

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The World Bank is looking for a consulting form to  undertake a study to explore how self-built incremental affordable homes can achieve their full potential for increasing the climate resilience for the poorer income segments in India.  Concretely, the study is expected to address the following:

1. From a technical point of view, to better understanding the efficacy of various measures to enhance the energy efficiency and climate resilience of the homes – both for those supported by government programs such as PMAY and for those privately led constructions.  The analyses will be undertaken in a contextualized manner in select cities in select key climatic zones, namely, hot & dry, warm-humid and composite, reflecting respective climate risks, as well as varying local materials, construction value chains, and labour markets.

2.  From an eco-system point of view, this study will explore options for relevant policymakers and regulatory bodies to support the supply of greener and more climate-resilient homes – by government’s housing programs and households themselves. It will also recommend potential technical and financial assistance at the national, state, and ULB levels to ensure better climate resilience outcomes of the BLC vertical under PMAY-U 2.0 and PMAY-G 2.0.

The firm will be focusing on (i) undertaking fieldwork in hot & dry, warm-humid and composite climate zones to contextualise the generic metric provided by the World Bank team and develop technical solutions based on a sound understanding of the constraints and opportunities in the eco-system; (ii) provide input to the White Paper on policy and programming recommendations for making the next phase of PMAY program and privately led self-construction greener and resilient.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now

NOTES

Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.

If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.

Criteria Text Mandatory
Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment.
Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm.
Provide information on their core business and years in business.
Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.