Invitation to submit Proposals

Maldives has being a party to the UNFCCC since 1992 and is one of the first countries to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 1998. Being a party to the convention, every party has to submit their Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC as per the guidelines set-out Dec. 1/CP. 16 par. 60 and Dec 2/CP. 17 par. 41 and its Annex III. Biennial Update Report compose of a description of the national circumstances, on the basis of which the country will address climate change and its adverse impacts, a national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) with a consistent time series to the last inventory submission, a thorough assessment of the national mitigation efforts including future projections to understand the cumulative effect of those efforts and information on support needs and received for means of implementation (technology transfer, capacity building and finance) as well as information on domestic measuring, reporting and verifying (MRV) system.

Maldives submitted its First National Communication (FNC) in 2001. Maldives submitted its Second National Communication (SNC) in 2016. SNC includes the latest GHG inventory submitted to UNFCCC as well as information on the ongoing mitigation efforts and its MRV. 

The Ministry of Environment and Energy is seeking potential national/international consultants to perform as a technical team of experts to propose and design an improved national system for MRV.

The advertisement no. (IUL)438-CCS/438/2018/50 dated 08^th February 2018, received financial proposals which exceeds the allocated budget for the consultancy. Hence, the advertisement has been cancelled and consultancy assignment is re-advertised.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy invites interested eligible consultancy teams to submit their Proposal.

Interested consultants must provide following:

-  CV of the consultant(s)

-  Valid reference letters from the clients for the relevant assignments carried out in the past

-  Attested copies of educational qualifications

-  Proposed methodology of work

-  Total cost of the assignment with cost breakdowns for all assignments as indicated in the deliverables

Interested consultants may obtain additional information from the “Terms of Reference” attached to this advertisement. The “Terms of Reference” will also be available for download in the Ministry’s website www.environment.gov.mv.

The Proposals must be submitted to the address below no later than 1100 hours on 20^th February 2018. Financial proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope titled as below to the below address.

“Recruitment of National/International Consultants to propose and design an MRV system and guidelines for tracking climate finance in the Maldives”

Procurement Section
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Green Building, Handhuvaree Hingun, Maafannu
Male’, 20392
[email protected]
Republic of Maldives