Consulting services for waste management and sustainable procurement criteria – Cambodia

DURATION AND LOCATION OF THE SERVICE

• Start date: as soon as possible, but no later than 10 October 2024
• End date: 20 December 2024
• Place of performance: The selected consultant(s) is/are obliged to carry out the assessment in the country office and the site office.
• Country Office: located at GIA Tower, Floor G17 (G1711-13A), Sopheak Mongkul Street, Koh Pich City, Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon 120101, Phnom Penh.
• Construction office: located in 7th Village, Kompong Cham Town, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.

WORK PLAN

• Based on the proposed schedule contained in this Statement of Work, the Consultant should prepare a work plan for the delivery of the Service.
• The work plan should contain a clear description of how the consultant intends to address the activities required to deliver the service.
• The plan should provide information on the progress and/or degree of completion of the service and should include criteria and indicators to verify whether the service is proceeding as planned.

Tasks

• Scope of work

• The contract is divided into 2 lots. Lot 1 – Waste management for country office and site office, Lot 2 – Support in the implementation of sustainable procurement criteria in the country. Interested consultants can submit their proposal for Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both lots.

• Lot 1: Waste management (country office and site office)

  • Identify and quantify waste volume and waste category by office
  • Based on the determination of our waste quantities and categories by the individual offices, we create a map of the recycling channels available in the areas of operation during site visits.
  • Conduct assessments during visits;
  • Identify channels for disposal of hazardous waste, where appropriate.
  • Development of the collection process in the capital and at the locations towards recycling channels;
  • Initiation of contracts with recycling and waste management as well as recycling framework agreements
  • Capture/capitalize program expectations regarding waste (written report for distribution to programs and headquarters).

• Lot 2: Supporting the implementation of sustainable procurement Criteria

  • Identify and record recurring purchases under blanket agreements and large purchases (over $20,000).
  • Following this identification, analyse the inclusion of sustainable procurement criteria in these contracts over the last 12 months using the Sustainable Procurement Criteria Database.
  • (Market analysis) Identification of suppliers for the selected product categories and assessment of their ability to meet the criteria for sustainable procurement
  • Collect/leverage program opportunities to integrate sustainable procurement criteria into our recurring purchases and major purchases (written report for forwarding to the program and headquarters).

  Requirements

• Academic background, education, experience

  • Minimum requirement: 3 years of study in one of these areas BSc in Environmental Sciences, Waste Management or Supply Chain Management / Logistics
  • At least 2 years of extensive experience in environmental or waste management projects or in supply chain/logistics, preferably in humanitarian or development work;
  • Working knowledge of federal, state or local environmental and waste regulations;
  • Excellent attention to detail, high level of organization, accuracy, self-motivation, strong sense of responsibility, ability to work independently.
  • Experienced user of Microsoft Office Suite 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Ability to manage and follow work schedules.
  • Strong oral, written and communication skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Ability to work effectively in diverse, intercultural teams in a complex, multi-site work environment.

• Working languages

  • This assignment should be carried out in English as this will be the working language. All documents, correspondence, reports and technical data exchanged between the parties should be in English.