Summary
The United Nations Foundation’s (UNF) Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) is accepting proposals to provide implementation support and technical support to the CCA-led Clean Cooking Project under the Asian Development Bank’s Technical Assistance (TA) No. 6526-NEP: SASEC Power Transmission and Distribution System Strengthening Project, which seeks to expand access to electric cooking in Nepal.
Background and Context
CCA works with a global network of partners to build an inclusive industry that makes clean cooking accessible to the three billion people who live each day without it. Established in 2010, CCA is driving consumer demand, mobilizing investment to build a pipeline of scalable businesses, and fostering an enabling environment that allows the sector to thrive. Clean cooking transforms lives by improving health, protecting the climate and the environment, empowering women, and helping families save time and money.
The Government of Nepal (GoN) has prioritized energy access as a vital step to improve population welfare, economic prosperity, and energy sovereignty for the country. The GoN has set ambitious targets of increasing national per capita electricity consumption with electric cooking as one of the planned interventions; and envisions electric cooking in every household. The National Planning Commission’s 2019-2023 plan also targets a minimum of one million electric cookstoves (ECs), upgraded electricity supply infrastructure, adjustment of electricity tariffs, and the development of standards for ECs. The GoN envisions electricity-based cooking in every household by leveraging the country’s surplus hydropower energy.
In Madesh Pradesh, Nepal, the CCA-led project will focus on increasing the use of ECs through a sustainable market-based approach and a reliable and efficient electricity infrastructure. The project will provide evidence and learnings to accelerate the scaling of electric cooking and support the utilization of a reliable and efficient modern power supply system in Nepal. The project will complement the scope of the proposed Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed loan for the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Power Transmission and Distribution System Strengthening Project (PTDSSP). To ensure the project’s success, CCA is partnering with the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to provide a stable and reliable electricity supply in target areas and coordinating with local governments
Project Objective
In line with GoN’s commitment, the project will demonstrate a market-based approach to promote a sustainable ECs market in Madhesh Province, Nepal. The selected target area will leverage the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the electricity supply within the province.
The project will develop a viable supply chain for ECs while increasing demand for ECs in the target area, proactively engaging women and excluded groups along the value chain. The project is also expected to spur the participation of the private sector and bring innovation to the ECs market. During the project implementation, the project will help ensure that ECs are financially accessible to a wide range of households, including the poor and marginalized. The project’s core market-building activities will be underpinned by improvements to the enabling environment, including coordination with the local government and the NEA, strengthening ECs quality through national standards, and supporting effective policies where possible through evidence generation. Finally, the project will gather learning to support the scaling up of electric cooking across Nepal.
CCA is seeking a national level consulting firm/organization to support implementation activities related to the overall targeted activity, as well as activities supporting the Government of Nepal’s clean cooking goals.
Scope of Work, Activities, and Deliverables
The selected organization will provide overall support in planning and implementation of specific activities (below, in bold) related to the clean cooking project in Ganeshman Charnath Municipality of Dhanusha district and few wards of Birgunj Municipality in Parsa District of Madhesh province. CCA will lead the full technical assistance implementation period and be responsible for quality assurance of the implementation.
The activities and indicators with targets are presented as below but are not limited to:
Activity 1: Develop a viable supply chain for the ECs in the target area
Key activities will include:
Baseline survey with comparative assessment of fuel choice to access feasibility, opportunities and challenges in adoption of clean cooking
Increase the use of ECs in Madhesh Province (Target: 1000 households)
Strengthen business and develop a sustainable business model for ECs
Support ECs enterprise to spur innovation in the sector Support finance access to both the supply and demand sides
Provide consumers access to ECs through a chain of local suppliers/retailers
Ensure trained personnel are available for ECs after-sales services ( Target: At least 8 )
Activity 2: Conduct community awareness and demand-creation activities. Key activities will include:
Identify clean cooking champions and work closely to increase awareness (Target: 10)
Work with local organizations on demand aggregation activities
Conduct location-appropriate community awareness and demand creation activities for electric cooking (Target: 15 activities)
Activity 3: Ensure the strengthening of enabling environment. Key activities will include:
Coordinate with NEA to ensure adequate electricity infrastructure is present to handle the increased load from using ECs
Ensure quality ECs are available in the market
Capture data and evidence to support the development of relevant and effective policies and prepare policy briefs based on the evidence (backed up by baseline/end line surveys)
The consulting firm/organization will closely work with CCA’s Nepal project management team to develop a project performance monitoring system for all activities to evaluate project performance, including output and outcome indicators (for example, the number of households that adopted ECs, the number/amount of loans provided to households for ECs purchase, the number of awareness campaigns conducted, number of enterprises and entrepreneurs in the market value chain and conduct baseline and endline surveys for data collection, analysis and results).
The CCA Project management team will monitor all activities under the TA and provide reports to NEA and ADB quarterly. The CCA team will develop knowledge products to capture lessons learned and business models for EC promotion from the project and disseminate them to stakeholders in Nepal and across the region.
The key scope of work includes, but is not limited to:
conducting a baseline survey and endline survey with a comparative assessment of fuel choice to assess feasibility
supporting CCA in designing a detailed implementation plan
providing a part-time program manager (15 months)
providing two field coordinators (15 months)
identifying local partner institutions in CCA-identified project areas
negotiating with local partners and identifying capacity building, demand and behavior change activity needs
conducting capacity building, demand and behavior change activities
working closely with local partner organizations to identify clean cooking champions and working closely to increase awareness (Target: 10)
monitoring and reporting all field activities implemented by local partners
coordinating with and involving local government
developing and disseminating knowledge products
supporting CCA in advocacy, knowledge dissemination and workshop/seminars
Project Period of Performance
The project period will cover 15 months beginning in November.
Technical Requirements
The selected organization will need to have:
Deep knowledge of clean cooking technology and fuel interventions
Expertise and working knowledge on monitoring, evaluation and
Expertise working with local community-based organization and local governments on clean cooking activities
Expertise working with governments on clean cooking activities
Timeline
Date Deliverable
10/10/2024 Proposals due
10/18/2024 As applicable, calls with applicants and follow up questions
10/21/2024 Consultant(s) selected and notified via email
11/15/2024 Kickoff meeting with selected Consultant(s)
Budget
Proposal Guidelines and Requirements
This RFP is open to multiple partners and is a competitive process
Proposals received after 10/10/2024 at 5pm EST will not be considered.
The price provided should be in US dollars, and should contain both pre-tax and net of tax values. If the process excludes certain fees or charges, the applicant must provide a detailed list of excluded fees with a complete explanation of the nature of those fees.
CCA prefers a single point of contact who manages deliverables. If the execution of work to be performed by the Consultant requires the hiring of sub-contractors, the Consultant must clearly state this in the proposal. Sub-contractors must be identified and the work they will perform must be defined. Subcontractors are subject to vetting and approval of UNF/CCA.
CCA will not refuse a proposal based upon the use of subcontractors; however, we retain the right to refuse the sub-contractors you have selected.
Provisions of this RFP and the contents of the successful responses are considered available for inclusion in final contractual obligations.
Format for Proposals
Link: https://cleancooking.org/funding-opps/rfp-support-to-the-cca-nepal-clean-cooking-project/