Environmental & Social Safeguards Third-Party Monitoring
for feedback. Any recommendations to improve the quality of E&S implementation will also
be provided.
f) Review reports and E&S performance:
The consulting firm should review the Implementing agencies' Progress Reports being prepared
to assess if these meet the specifications of the ESMF and if they show a trend of improvement
in implementation of ESMF, the firm shall make recommendations to improve the reports and
E&S performance. The consulting firm should identify corrective and preventive actions as
needed and assist PMU to incorporate these in relevant instruments.
g) Contract Management
The consulting firm will check that all bidding documents and contracts for civil works
under the Project include the obligation of contractors, subcontractors and supervising
entities to: (a) comply with the relevant aspects of ESCP and the environmental and
social instruments referred to therein; and (b) adopt and enforce codes of conduct that
should be provided to and signed by all workers, detailing measures to address
environmental, social, health and safety risks, and the risks of sexual exploitation and
abuse, sexual harassment and violence against children, all as applicable to such civil
works commissioned or carried out pursuant to said contracts.
This will also include recommendations for capacity building of existing staff and provision
for technical expertise where required.
4. KEY DELIVERABLES
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Once the consulting firm is engaged and deployed, then the following reports are expected to
be submitted by the firm:
Inception report including methodology of monitoring, schedule of the activity wise
field visits along with field deployments, formats of data sampling tools, and schedule
of work: to be submitted within 15 days after signing of contract.
Establish of Baseline and Review Report of the existing ESMF and E&S Plans and Gap
Analysis within 45 Days of signing of contract.
1st annual monitoring report covering the Draft ESMF and E&S Plans implementation
in pilot phase districts after 90 days of current FY closing-1st year 2022-23.
2nd annual monitoring report covering the ESMF and E&S Plans implementation for
project domain after 90 days of FY closing- 2nd year 2023-24.
Final ESMF and E&S Plans implementation TPM Report within 15 days before the
contract closing date.
5. PROFILE OF THE CONSULTING FIRM:
The consulting firm must have proven knowledge of 10 years of experience in managing consultancies.
Preference will be given to those firms which have conducted donor funded projects at national and
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