REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTANT’S QUALIFICATIONS BASED SELECTION (CQS) 

Name of Project: Livable Baku (Preparation
Stage)

Grant Number: TF-C8884

Assignment Title:  Feasibility Study for the Integrated Solid
Waste Management in Absheron Waste Shed

Procurement Plan Ref Number: AZ-MOEC-CS-CQS-02

Country of Delivery: Azerbaijan

1. The Republic of Azerbaijan has received
financing from the World Bank toward the
cost of the Preparation Stage of the Livable Baku Project (TF-C8884) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the
following consulting services.

2. The consulting services
(the Services) include Feasibility Study for the Integrated Solid Waste Management in
Absheron Waste Shed.

The Consultant will review the existing Pre-feasibility
Study, collect updated data, and conduct additional analyses as required to
deliver an updated and enhanced Feasibility Study. The assignment will include,
inter alia, updating the baseline, proposing investments for integrated solid
waste management, carrying out financial and economic analysis, and preparing
conceptual designs and tender documents.

The overall
duration of the assignment is 6 months from the contract signature date. The
assignment is expected to start in November 2025.

The estimated total cost of the assignment is USD 505,000.

The
expected timeline of the deliverables is provided below:

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the
assignment can be found at the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b6dwhuns9th7ht5fpf6xw/ToR_FS_for_Absheron_Waste_Shed_17.09.2025_WB_NO.docx?rlkey=l5qqa5y063o60ejq4j25b7vwj&st=hgbm1vut&dl=03.

3. The Ministry
of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Implementing Agency) now invites eligible consulting firms
(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.

4. The best qualified firm
to carry out the services will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s
Qualifications-based Selection (CQS) method set out in the Regulations of the
World Bank and evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

(i)    General
Experience: a) At least 10 years of general experience with consultancy
services as the firm’s core business prior to the deadline for submission of
Expressions of Interest; b) Proven experience with World Bank or other
IFI-funded projects.

(ii) Specific
Experience: Proven Experience in conducting solid waste management feasibility
studies, including but not limited with baseline analysis, investment plan and
cost estimates, financial and economic analyses, preparing conceptual designs
and tender documents for integrated solid waste management systems.

(iii)    Experience in Caucasus countries and availability of
qualified experts required for the assignment.

While
key experts will not be individually evaluated at the shortlisting stage, in
the next stage, the evaluation of the selected Consultant’s qualifications will
include the qualification, experience and availability of key experts specified
in the TOR. It is expected that the Consultant’s team will include both
international and local experts.

5. To demonstrate their qualifications and experience in
meeting the above selection criteria, Consultants are requested to submit, as a
minimum, the supporting documentation listed below.  A consultant firm can
only use its own qualifications and experience and not of its parent, sister or
subsidiary companies or its employees. 

(i)     The firm’s
incorporation/registration documents issued by the concerned government authority
of the country of the firm.

(ii)   The firm’s company
brochures describing the core areas of business.

(iii)  Completed Form-1 (attached to this Request for
Expressions of Interest) to provide information of similar contracts. Copies of
completion certificates/references of clients of completed contracts are not
required to be submitted with the EOI. In the subsequent stage at the time of
submission of proposals, the Client may request the selected consultant to
submit such supporting completion certificates.

(iv) A list of available
qualified experts relevant to the assignment, accompanied by brief information
on their qualifications and relevant experience.

6. If consultants choose to associate to enhance their
qualifications and capability for the assignment, then such associations may
either be as a Joint Venture (i.e. all members of the joint venture shall be
jointly and severally responsible) and/or Sub-consultants (i.e. the Consultant
will be responsible, including for the services of the sub-consultant).  In
case of an association, the Consultants must explain in the EOI submission (a)
the rationale for forming the association and (b) the anticipated role and
relevant qualifications of each member of the Joint Venture and/or of each
sub-consultant for carrying out the assignment, to justify the proposed
inclusion of the JV members and/or sub-consultants in the association.

7. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to
paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for
IPF Borrowers, dated February 2025 (the Regulations), setting forth the World
Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

8. Expressions of Interest must be submitted in a written
form as a signed document to the e-mail address provided below, no later than September
30, 2025.

Further information can be obtained at the e-mail address
indicated below.

Attn: Mr. Nijat Huseynov, Project Coordinator,
Project Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of
Azerbaijan

Address:
155 Heydar Aliyev Avenue, AZ1029, Baku, Azerbaijan

Tel: +994 12 310 28 00 (extension: 2227)

E-mail: nhuseynov@economy.gov.az 

Attachment: Form-1 (Similar Contracts) 

Name of Consultant firm:______________ (attach
separate form for each firm in case of JV)

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