Assessing Direct and Indirect Public Investment in Infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries (SPI)

• Country: USA
• Summary: Assessing Direct and Indirect Public Investment in Infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries (SPI)
• UST Ref No: 51767763
• Deadline: 12 Apr 2021
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
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• Document Ref. No.: 1273759
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• Expression of Interest are invited for Assessing Direct and Indirect Public Investment in Infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries (SPI). REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SELECTION # 1273759 This Request for Expression of Interest is for a Firm Selection. Please log in as a valid Firm User if you wish to express interest in this selection. Selection Information Assignment Title ASSESSING DIRECT AND INDIRECT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (SPI) Publication Date 29-Mar-2021 Expression of Interest Deadline 12-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time - Washington D.C.) Language of Notice English Selection Notice Assignment Country · No Countries Assigned Funding Sources The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under: · BB - BANK BUDGET · TF0B3571 - GLOBAL: AUGMENTING MULTIPLE FACETS OF DATA ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN EMDES Individual/Firm The consultant will be a firm. Assignment Description SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2 https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Assignment Title: 1273759 - ASSESSING DIRECT AND INDIRECT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (SPI) ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION 1. BACKGROUND Investment in infrastructure has been recognized as an accelerator for long term growth and economic development. Well-designed and efficiently implemented investments in infrastructure can promote economic growth and improve access to basic service for quality of life. Governments have by far been the largest implementers of infrastructure projects, supporting them directly through treasury funding and indirectly through State Owned Entities (SOEs) or subnational entities. However, theres currently no centralized information resource on the quantum of infrastructure investment done through SOEs and direct public/treasury funding. There is also very little knowledge about how infrastructure investments are financed. Two issues stand out. First, infrastructure policy debates are plagued by widespread confusion between funding (who pays), financing, management, and asset ownership (whether public or private). Second, while there is at least some data on financing flows around PPPs, very little is known little is known about the extent to which SOEs rely on commercial finance through banks loans and bond issuance versus public finance. Also, the extent to which commercial debt raised by SOEs are supported by Government Guarantees is unknown. The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database maintained by the World Bank records the investment in infrastructure through PPPs and to some extent purely private investments in infrastructure (e.g. merchant power plants or divestitures). More generally, although good data on public investment in infrastructure is not available (this is being worked on), best estimates are that the value of infrastructure PPI projects represent an estimated 15-20% of total infrastructure spending in EMDEs in 2017. Other initiatives include the Inter-American Development Bank and Asian Development Banks report on total infrastructure spending of Latin America and Asia respectively. The World Bank has also taken initial steps into developing regional baseline of public spending by leveraging the wealth of micro fiscal data collected by the BOOST initiative in over 70 countries. The common methodology across all three efforts combines national budget or treasury data and the PPI database. The key limitation to this approach is that it may include non-infrastructure investments such as residential dwellings. In order to understand the full extent and manner in which investments in infrastructure projects are made by different project owners (public/SOEs/private), we need to track project level data for investments made by public/treasury, SOEs and subnational entities and then combine such data with the PPI project level data from the PPI Database. Hence, this proposed project of collating information on projects which were implemented by the public sector will be important in filling an essential gap. 2. OBJECTIVE. The objective of the proposed assignment is to collect information on projects being implemented by the public sector directly through its own budget or through SOEs. PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE OBJECTIVE, SCOPE OF WORK, DELIVERABLES, SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION MATTERS. FUNDING SOURCE The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following: - BANK BUDGET - GLOBAL: AUGMENTING MULTIPLE FACETS OF DATA ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN EMDES ELIGIBILITY Eligibility restrictions apply: [Please type list of restrictions] INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE The consultant will be a firm. The firm must have: - Have expertise in data collection and knowledge management. - Should have individual members as a part of the team with adequate experience in public, SOE and private projects including PPPs. - Have an extensive network of global resources to find infrastructure projects, particularly in smaller markets - The infrastructure database must be available to the public (via a paid subscription or similar format) and include data on infrastructure projects reaching financial closure in at least 3 of the 4 following sectors: energy, transport, ICT and water and sanitation, updated on a regular (at least twice-yearly) basis. - The proposal from the firm must showcase details of the data from their infrastructure database. - The proposal of the firm must include the CVs of key team members, their responsibilities and the expected time to be allocated per month throughout the year. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group now 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. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html) NOTES Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, 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 receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. Attachments · Optional TOR File Qualification Criteria · 1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment. The firm must have expertise in data collection and knowledge management. * · 2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capacities of the firm. The firm must have an extensive network of global resources to find infrastructure projects, particularly in smaller markets. * · 3. Must provide the CVs of key team members, their responsibilities and the expected time to be allocated per month throughout the year. * · 4. Provide information on their core business and years in business. * TERMS OF REFERENCE ASSESSING DIRECT AND INDIRECT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES (SPI) Knowledge Product supported by the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) 1. BACKGROUND Investment in infrastructure has been recognized as an accelerator for long term growth and economic development. Well-designed and efficiently implemented investments in infrastructure can promote economic growth and improve access to basic service for quality of life. Governments have by far been the largest implementers of infrastructure projects, supporting them directly through treasury funding and indirectly through State Owned Entities (SOEs) or subnational entities. However, there-s currently no centralized information resource on the quantum of infrastructure investment done through SOEs and direct public/treasury funding. There is also very little knowledge about how infrastructure investments are financed. Two issues stand out. First, infrastructure policy debates are plagued by widespread confusion between funding (who pays), financing, management, and asset ownership (whether public or private). Second, while there is at least some data on financing flows around PPPs, very little is known little is known about the extent to which SOEs rely on commercial finance through banks loans and bond issuance versus public finance. Also, the extent to which commercial debt raised by SOEs are supported by Government Guarantees is unknown. The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database maintained by the World Bank records the investment in infrastructure through PPPs and to some extent purely private investments in infrastructure (e.g. merchant power plants or divestitures). More generally, although good data on public investment in infrastructure is not available (this is being worked on), best estimates are that the value of infrastructure PPI projects represent an estimated 15-20% of total infrastructure spending in EMDEs in 2017. Other initiatives include the Inter-American Devel
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