EKITI STATE GOVERNMENT
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
EKITI STATE NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (EK-NEWMAP) PROJECT
ID: P124905
IDA NO. 62770 NG
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CONSULTANCY SERVICE- FIRM SELECTION ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANCY FIRM
RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (RAP) FOR GULLY EROSION SITES IN EKITI STATE UNDER THE NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (NEWMAP)
DATE: TUESDAY 21ST JULY 2020
DEADLINE: 4TH AUGUST, 2020
The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). The Project is supported with financing from the World Bank. The lead agency at the Federal level is the Federal Ministry of Environment (FME), Department of Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management. State and local governments, local communities and CSOs will be involved in the project, given that the project is a multi-sector operation involving MDAs concerned with water resources management, public works, agriculture, regional and town planning, earth and natural resources information, and disaster risk management.
The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) is designed to support the objective of achieving greater environmental and economic security. The Project is aimed at addressing severe gully erosion problems in the short term, reducing vulnerability to soil erosion and climate
variability in the medium term, and promoting long-term climate resilience, and low carbon development. NEWMAP will take an integrated watershed management approach to erosion that will address the interlinked challenges of poverty, ecosystem services, climate change, disaster risk management, biodiversity, institutional capacity and governance.
The Project Management Unit (SPMU) of Ekiti State NEWMAP has commissioned various studies aimed at effectuating successful implementation of the NEWMAP in the state. One of which is to engage a consulting firm for Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for gully Erosion and Watershed Management Project in Ekiti State NEWMAP.
The Project Development Objective is to Rehabilitate degraded lands and reduce longer-term erosion vulnerability in targeted areas. At State level, NEWMAP activities involve medium-sized civil works such as construction of infrastructure and/or stabilization or rehabilitation in and around the gullies
themselves, as well as small works in the small watershed where gullies form and expand.
Objectives and Scope of the Consultancy services
The main objective of the RAP is to identify and assess the human impact of the proposed works at the six (6) gully erosion sites as described below, and to prepare an Action Plan to be implemented in coordination with the civil works in line with World Bank Policy and Nigeria Policies and Laws. The Resettlement Plan will identify the Project Affected Persons (PAPs), engage them in participatory discussions regarding the plan and formulating an action plan to adequately compensate people for their losses. The RAP will also outline eligibility criteria for affected parties, establish rates of compensation for lost assets, and describes level of assistance for relocation and reconstruction of affected households if applicable including a grievance redress process for any aggrieved individual/groups. The sites are listed below:
1. Ipao l&Il, re-construction of Arinkin, channelization of Gully Erosion at Irele Health Centre Irele-Ekiti
2. Orubuloye/Adere/Abekoko/Adekiatan Omisanjan/Ureje Water Works, Segudu/Awajin, Moferere/ita- Eku/Amu/Emirin, Ado-ekiti
3. Owode Phase ll, Ita-Osun, ljao/lbete, ljofi Tutun, Olola-Orege, Efon-Alaaye, Aiya l&II, Ajolagun Culvert, Osun Gully, Ikere-Ekiti
5. Channelization of Police Headquarter upstream Faglo, Better Life stream/Traderfair, Basiri SawmillOlorunda/Alokin, Olorunsogo/Bawa Estate Olorunsogo/Crownbiz/Elemi Channel, Ado-Ekiti;
6. Setting out schedules and indicative budgets that will take care of anticipated resettlements and Completing a baseline socio-economic survey of PAPs and host communities.
7. The consultant will prepare the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) on the basis of the most recent and accurate information on the: (i) project site and the impacts on displaced persons, assets and other adversely affected groups; and (ii) legal issues affecting resettlement. The RAP must be based on the
principles, planning procedures and implementation arrangements established in the Resettlement Policy Framework(RPF).
The Ekiti State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the above services. Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services. The short listing criteria are (i) evidence showing the fields of specialty of the firm (consultant’s profile/brochures) (ii) evidence showing that the firm is a legal entity (certificate of registration),. (iii) Description of similar assignments (i.e, consultant’s past projects that are similar in nature and experience in similar conditions. (iv) Availability of appropriate skills among staff and general qualifications. For each project performed the consultant shall provide the name and contact address of the client (office & e-mail address, and telephone number), date(s) of execution, name(s) of lead and associate firms, and financing sources.
A consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualification Selection (CQS) procedure set out in the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by the World Bank Borrowers, January 2011. Please visit www.worldbank.org
Interested consulting firms/consortiums may obtain further information (including detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment) at the address below between the working hours of 9:00am- 4:00pm, Mondays through Fridays excluding public holidays.
Expression of interest must be delivered both in hard copy and soft copy in CD format to the address below in person, or by mail on or before Tuesday 4 August 2020 between the working hours of 9.00am – 4.00pm, Mondays through Fridays excluding public holidays.
The Project Coordinator
EKITI STATE NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (EK-NEWAMAP)
State Project Management Unit (SPMU),
Phase , State Secretariat Complex, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
E mail: info@ekitinewmap.org. Telephone: 08035787762, 08034392974
