Country: ALBANIA
Name of the Project: Clean and Resilient Environment for Blue Sea (Care4BlueSea)
IBRD Loan No.: 95070-AL
Project ID Number: P176163
Assignment Title: Awareness raising campaign to the public and beneficiaries to foster behavioral change in relation to sanitation facilities use, the importance of WSS and SWM, user responsibility, and gender inclusion
Reference No.: AL-MTE-1.3.2-CS-QCBS
The Ministry of Environment has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Care4BlueSea initiative and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include providing support in the design and execution of awareness raising campaigns and related activities on the local and national level for the targeted Vlorë South-Gjirokastër WZ municipalities (Namely: Delvinë, Himarë, Finiq, Konispol, Sarandë, Dropull, Gjirokastër, Këlcyrë, Libohovë, Memaliaj, Përmet, and Tepelenë). These campaigns should encompass clear and streamlined instructions, highlighting benefits and risks, fostering attitude change and emotional appeals, and providing reminders for timely fee payment in regard to these services. Educating households about proper SWM, providing better information about recycling, emphasizing the importance of good sanitation and hygiene, and raising awareness about improvements in sanitation systems shall be carried out in this part of the project, for a 4-year period, beginning January 2026.
The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the primary procurement stage for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.
The Ministry of Environment now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:
| No. | Evaluation criteria | Points |
| 1 | Overall experience of the firm /years of the consultant in the market | 30 points |
| 2 | Relevant Specific Experience in the field of the assignment and Number of assignments similar to ToRs successfully completed | 60 points |
| 3 | Availability of staff within the firm to perform the assignment | 10 points |
| TOTAL | 100 points |
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The shortlist will contain 3 firms.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.13, 3.15, and 3.16 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Framework Agreement arrangements described in the Procurement Regulations and to be specifically set out in the Request for Proposals.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08.00-16:30 from Monday to Thursday and 08.00-14.00 Friday.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by November 25th, 2025, 16:30 local time.
For more information interested consultants can find the Terms of References in the link: https://mjedisi.gov.al/catygory/njoftime/
