About this opportunity
AI summaryThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) seeks a specialist consultant or consulting practice to conduct an offsite peer review of the written flooding module methodology report for the APEX Adaptation Engine. The selected reviewer will evaluate the report's approaches, calculations, and alignment with sector best practices without having access to the underlying code, and will recommend methodological improvements. Only USA onshore organizations are eligible to bid. Candidates must demonstrate at least ten years of technical experience in flood prevention, an understanding of city planning and engineering processes, and expertise in pluvial, fluvial, and coastal flood modeling. The engagement operates under a lump-sum contract structure with deliverable deadlines scheduled across one, three, and four months following contract issuance.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- IFC
Scope of work
- Review written APEX Adaptation methodology report for accuracy and suitability of approaches
- Assess whether methodological approaches and calculations align with current sector best practices
- Review appropriateness of adaptation measures
- Recommend new or preferred studies, literature, and methodological approaches for incorporation
- Recommend new or updated measures for inclusion in the APEX Adaptation Engine
- Recommend new or preferred sources of city data or datasets
- Deliver inception report with proposed approach to peer review and recommendations
- Deliver draft and final peer review and recommendations reports incorporating IFC team feedback
Minimum qualifications
- Minimum of ten (10) years of technical experience in flood prevention, resilience planning, and/or flood management at the city level
- Experience and understanding of city government engineering and planning processes, including climate action planning
- Experience and understanding of pluvial, fluvial, and coasting flooding modeling approaches
- Strong communication skills in English
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal
- Description of the Specialist organization (maximum 2 pages)
- Comments and/or suggestions on the TOR (maximum 1 page)
- Description of approach, methodology, and work plan (maximum 2 pages)
- Assignments/projects illustrating capability to undertake proposed tasks (maximum 2 pages)
- Detailed budget encompassing all proposed activities
Key dates
- Inception report
- 1 month from contract issuance
- Draft peer review & recommendations report
- 3 months from contract issuance
- Final peer review & recommendations report
- 4 months from contract issuance
- Services expected completion
- end of March 2027
How to submit
- Instructions
- Technical proposal must include description of organization (max 2 pages), comments/suggestions on TOR (max 1 page), approach/methodology/work plan (max 2 pages), and illustrative capability assignments/projects (max 2 pages).
Contract details
- Term
- 4 months from contract issuance, with services expected to be completed by end of March 2027