Survey on Infrastructure Service Efficiency and Carbon Content (Focus on Electricity and Logistics)

• Country: USA
• Summary: Survey on Infrastructure Service Efficiency and Carbon Content (Focus on Electricity and Logistics)
• UST Ref No: 111849807
• Deadline: 09 Jan 2025
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 0002013157
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• Description:
• The objectiveof this assignment is to conduct a country-wide survey to assess the level andnature of existing bottlenecks in domestic infrastructure services that companiesface, the level of premium for low-carbon infrastructure services that usersare willing to pay and the nature of incentives they will require to furtherdecarbonize their operations, with a focus on energy and transport. The surveywould include two target audiences, (i) export-oriented, medium and largemanufacturing companies; and (ii) logistics companies of various modalities. Thekey research questions that the survey should seek to answer are:For the export-orientedmanufacturing sector: (i) Perceptions of the quality (e.g. access,reliability, cost, time) of infrastructure services;(ii) Identification of the nature and level of keybottlenecks within the logistics chain; (iii) The impact of the emission intensity of electricityand its current speed of decarbonization on exports;(iv) The impact of various international climateregulations[1] onexports (e.g. orders/sales, export destinations), ESG policies, and climatetargets; (v) Willingness to pay a premium for ‘green-electricity to reduce the carbon footprint of their products and the level ofpremium considered acceptable; and(vi) Incentives needed to support theirdecarbonization and product sustainability.For thelogistics companies: (i) Perceptions of the quality (e.g. access,reliability, multimodality, cost, time) of transport infrastructure services; (ii) Identification of the nature and level of key bottleneckswithin the logistics chain; (iii) Incentives needed to support the decarbonizationof logistics. The assignment includessampling design and determination, development of the questionnaire, developmentof the survey data programming tool, survey piloting, survey execution (inc.Fieldwork), statistical data analysis and report with accompanied presentation onkey findings. The consulting firm will work with the World Bank team to developthe sur...
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