TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy services
COUNTRY OF ASSIGNMENT: Grenada
ANTICIPATED ACTIVITY START: November 2025
The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to hire a qualified Consulting firm that can provide two experts with proven experience and background in Disaster Risk Management in the water sector for the project period from November 2025 until March 2026.
The Emergency Response Plan of NAWASA underscores NAWASA’s commitment to safeguarding all stakeholders involved by implementing preventive and corrective measures to address adverse events. It focuses on building disaster risk management (DRM) capacity within the water sector, ensuring that NAWASA and its partners are well-prepared to manage natural hazards and maintain the continuity of water supply.
To achieve this, it is essential to engage in educational and practical activities that emphasize training, simulations, and the development of operational guidelines and communication plans.
The main objective of this consultancy is to improve the capacity of NAWASA staff in disaster risk management to effectively handle natural hazards and ensure the continuity of water supply which will include:
- Training for NAWASA (local utility company) Emergency Response Team to enhance disaster readiness and operationalize the findings from the pre-prepared Corrective and Preventive Action Plan (CAPA).
- Provide consultancy services to a strategy with recommendations for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) training into NAWASA’s annual training program and a Train-the-Trainer (ToT) human resources plan for 2026-2029, to ensure sustained disaster readiness across the organization.
- Design and deliver a self-evaluation framework that allows NAWASA to independently measure and review the effectiveness of their DRM training on an annual basis
- Provide training for NAWASA Supervisors in Emergency Response and training
- Conduct five unannounced drills during working hours, one for each emergency scenario
GIZ request all interested to submit their expression of interest for providing these services.
Interested consulting firms must provide expressive information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services, and availability to provide two experts.
Interested parties are invited to submit the following documents to complete their expression of interest:
- Company/Consultant details including full (company) name, full address, phone and email, including certificate of business registration or incorporation.
- Company/Consultant profile
- CVs
- Previous experience with similar jobs. A summary description (including scope and location) of similar projects undertaken with contact details of reference principal.
- Average annual turnover for the last 3 years (some evidence must be provided)
GIZ will inform all companies that handed in ‘expression of interest’ about the result of the evaluation process and whether they were successfully selected to continue in the tendering process.
GIZ Caribbean Office
How to apply
All interested and qualified parties should submit their documents electronically as a single PDF by 4:30 pm (16:30 hours) Eastern Caribbean time, no later than October 1, 2025 to the email address: DO_Quotation@giz.dePlease make the subject line of your email: EOI — Climate-Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS) project.
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