Consultants to Develop a National Climate Data Collection and Tracking Tool

Government of Lesotho

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Lesotho Meteorological Services

Project Title: Enabling Lesotho’s Enhanced Transparency Framework Project

Consultancy title : International Firm of Consultants

Type of Contract : Company/ Firm Contract Ref: MEF/ENV/4/5/7/24

Duration : December 2024 to December 2026

The Government of Lesotho through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry under the Lesotho Meteorological Services (LMS) is implementing a three-year project titled “Enabling Lesotho’s Enhanced Transparency Framework” supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF) with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as the delivery partner from January 2023 to December 2026. The main objective of the project is to strengthen Lesotho’s capacity to collect and process climate change data into useful information for policymaking and reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as improving the monitoring and evaluation aspect. The Ministry is therefore looking for a qualified, experienced, and competent Firm of international consultants to develop a national climate data collection and tracking tool and an interlinked web-based MRV tool for tracking NDC implementation, support the government in developing a framework for tracking NDC implementation and the development of indicators.

who will ensure results oriented, effective, efficient, and accountable implementation of the project activities and achievement of project results.

The International firm of Consultants will collaborate with a team of other international and local consultants to contribute to:

1. The team will develop and operationalise two interlinked national online platforms; the climate data collection and tracking tool for GHG inventory data and the web-based climate data display tool for tracking progress towards NDC targets.
2. The team will also develop and adopt an NDC implementation tracking framework and use the indicators defined to develop a unified set of operating guidelines and protocols for data management.
3. The team will provide training on the framework, guidelines and online tool developed.

The terms of reference will be obtained from Procurement Office at Post Office Building, 6^TH Floor, Procurement Office during office hours on the 18^th November, 2024. Submission of the proposals should be on or before 09:00 a.m. on the 17^th December, 2024 in the tender box located on the 7^th Floor, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Board Room entrance (please use DHL or other courier facilities for international firms). SEALED PROPOSALS SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED as per instructions in the tender document. The opening of the Proposals shall be at 09:30 a.m. on the 17^th December 2024at the Ministry’s boardroom in the presence of the bidders or their representatives. All bidders are expected to comply with all the requirements. The Ministry does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender nor assign reasons for acceptance or rejection of any tender. Pre-bid meeting is on the 10^th December 2024 at 12:00 am in the Virtual (link will be provided as per request) / PS Boardroom, 7^th floor Ministry of Environment and Forestry. (Any enquiries call +26622315491 OR Email:  [email protected] or [email protected].

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