Request for Expression of Interest: Environmental and Social Safeguard Consultant

INDONESIA
Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation (GREM)
Project ID: TF0B3811 (GIF)

Assignment Title: Environmental and Social Safeguard Consultant
Reference No.: FC10

The Ministry of Finance, Government of Indonesia, through PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PT SMI) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation (GREM) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

PT SMI, acting as the responsible agency of the Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation (GREM) funded by The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“the Bank”), currently seek for Interested and Eligible Consultant (“Consultant”) particularly Consulting Services for Environmental and Social Safeguard Consultant (“the Services”).

The objective of the consultancy service is to support PT SMI in ensuring the successful implementation of complete transaction cycle of the debt packages under the GREM Facility that complies with applicable Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF). The scope of work under this assignment has the following six tasks:

1. Support PT SMI in conducting Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD).
2. Monitor safeguard instruments preparation and fulfillment of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs).
3. Support PT SMI in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the environmental and social safeguard requirement during civil works construction.
4. Support PT SMI in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the environmental and social safeguard requirement during drilling.
5. Support PT SMI in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the environmental and social safeguard requirement during well testing.
6. Support capacity building to implement, manage and monitor the sub-project activities under the GREM Facility.

PT SMI now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Interested consultants must provide sufficient information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services such as brochures/company profile, description of similar assignments (including location/country, name of the Employer/Client, type of services provided, period of contract, contract amount, starting and completion dates) and availability of appropriate skills among permanent staff. The shortlisting criteria shall be based on the information provided by the firms in regard to the following:

1. Completion of at least five (5) ESIA studies to UKL-UPL and AMDAL requirements, at least two of which should have been to international funding agency standards, during the past ten (10) years.
2. Experience with environmental and social assessment, mitigation and management, and due diligence preferably for geothermal and/or oil & gas projects.
3. At least five (5) years’ overall experience in Indonesia working on similar assignments including ESIA, AMDAL, UKL-UPL and LARAP preparations. Preferably experience in preparing IPP.
4. The firm should be qualified and experienced in the planning and implementation of a range of social development programs, and significant experience in resettlement and land acquisition programs in Indonesia, including preparing and evaluating at least 2 LARAP in the last ten (10) years to international funding agency standards.
5. Familiarity with the World Bank Policies or other International Financing Institution Policies and Indonesian regulations on environmental, social, and gender aspects of project development.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://www.ptsmi.co.id/procurement. TOR dan this REOI were also prepared in Bahasa Indonesia and published at PT SMI's website. If there is any inconsistency or different interpretation between the Indonesian language and English language, the English version shall prevail.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing (IPF) Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing for Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services” dated July 2016, revised on November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications. In the case of an association, the EOI must explicitly specify whether the association is in the form of a Joint Venture (all members jointly and severally liable for the entire assignment), or Sub-consultancy. In the event of a joint venture, the member firm appointed to represent the joint venture must be clearly identified. Only the qualifications and experience of members of joint venture, but not of sub-consultants, shall be considered in the EOI evaluation process

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on
Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information or clarification on the REOI can be obtained via email at: pengadaan@ptsmi.co.id, with a copy to: GREM_procurement@ptsmi.co.id.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below, by mail (hardcopy) during office hours (09:00 AM to 4:00 PM Western Indonesia Time (WIB)) AND/OR by e-mail (softcopy), by May 2nd, 2025, no later than 4:00 PM WIB.

Jakarta, April 15th, 2025

Procurement Committee
PT SARANA MULTI INFRASTRUKTUR (PERSERO)
Sahid Sudirman Center, 47th Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 86  Jakarta 10220, Indonesia
Tel: +62 (21) 8082 5288
Fax: +62 (21) 8082 5258
E-mail: pengadaan@ptsmi.co.id  cc: GREM_procurement@ptsmi.co.id

Attachment: Terms of Reference (TOR)