Local Technical Consultancy to Map and Evaluate the Implementation and Impact of Existing Fiscal and Financial Incentives, Identify and Review Budgetary Policies and Measures to Ring-Fence Relevant Revenue Sources for the Transition to a Zero-Waste City in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/002
Date of first issue: 29th October 2026.

Background
The Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative is a five-year (2025 to 2030) GEF-funded programme implemented by UNDP in five pilot cities, including Freetown, Sierra Leone. It seeks to reduce chemical pollution in value chains and improve resource efficiency by supporting pilot cities towards a zero-waste vision based on green chemistry, circular economy and waste hierarchy principles.
In Sierra Leone, the project focuses on Freetown and is implemented through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-SL), in coordination with the Freetown City Council (FCC), Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) and other relevant national and local stakeholders. The Sierra Leone component is intended to strengthen government and community systems for developing and enforcing laws and policies, financing and investment mechanisms, and management systems that support effective waste management and protection of natural resources and ecosystems.
Under Component 2, Output B.1 – Financial and Fiscal Incentives for the transition to a zero-waste city assessed – the Project Document (ProDoc) provides for the assessment of existing fiscal and financial incentives and the identification of potential incentives that can promote waste prevention, increased collection and recycling, reuse of recycled materials, circularity models, green production and sustainable consumption. The ProDoc further calls for the identification and implementation of budgetary policies and measures to ring-fence relevant sources of revenue for waste management and to support the Freetown Waste Management Plan (WMP) and Zero Waste Strategy (ZWS), as well as support FCC to increase its own-source revenue generation to finance wider waste collection coverage.
Purpose of the Consultancy
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to map and evaluate the implementation and impact of existing fiscal and financial incentives relevant to waste management and the transition to a zero-waste city in Freetown; identify and review budgetary policies and measures that can ring-fence relevant sources of revenue for waste management; and develop practical, evidence-based recommendations to strengthen fiscal sustainability, revenue mobilisation and equitable financing of the Freetown WMP and ZWS.
Specific Objectives
The consulting firm shall:
Identify and document existing taxes, fees, charges, subsidies, exemptions, concessions, grants, financing arrangements, and other fiscal or financial incentives that influence waste generation, collection, recycling, recovery, reuse, circular business activity, and investment in Freetown.
Assess how existing incentives are designed and implemented, their effectiveness, uptake, administrative feasibility, financial implications and observed or potential impacts on waste prevention, collection, recycling, material circularity, private-sector participation and sustainable consumption.
Identify feasible incentives and disincentives that could support waste reduction, increased collection and recovery/recycling, use of recycled materials and circular economy models, taking account of local institutional and market conditions.
Review relevant budgetary policies, revenue streams and expenditure arrangements and identify sources of revenue that could be ring-fenced or otherwise secured to support waste management, the WMP and ZWS.
Required Qualifications and Experience
A legally registered firm or institution with demonstrated expertise in public financial management, fiscal policy, municipal finance, revenue mobilisation, environmental economics, sustainable financing or related fields.
A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in conducting fiscal and financial assessments, policy reviews, revenue analysis, public expenditure assessments or similar consultancy assignments.
Demonstrated experience in municipal finance, local government revenue generation, environmental financing, waste management financing or circular economy initiatives.
Proven experience working with government institutions, local councils, development partners, private-sector actors and civil society organisations, preferably in Sierra Leone or comparable contexts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Demonstrated capacity to undertake desk reviews, financial and policy analysis, stakeholder consultations, institutional assessments and the development of evidence-based policy recommendations.
Familiarity with Sierra Leone’s public financial management framework, local government financing arrangements, tax and revenue systems, environmental policies and applicable legal and regulatory frameworks shall be an advantage.
Evidence of successful completion of at least three (3) similar assignments, supported by relevant references or completion certificates where available.
EPA-SL now invites sealed proposals from eligible and qualified individual consultants to provide the below consulting services.
Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures in accordance with the Sierra Leone National Public Procurement Act 2016 and 2020 Procurement Regulations, open to all eligible bidders defined in the RFP document.
Interested consultancy firms may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document at the address below between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm from Monday to Friday. The bidding document may be purchased upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Le 500.00. All payments for the bidding document must be paid into the consolidated bank account below.
A pay–in slip must be submitted to the Procurement Officer (SWAP) project at the canteen office
Bank Name: Bank of Sierra Leone
Account Name: NPPA-Revenue from Sale of Bidding Documents
Account Number: 0111003981
BBAN: 000001011100398165

Bank Name: Union Trust Bank
Account Name: Revenue from Sale of Bidding Documents
Account Number: 210113253-01
BBAN: 00-4001113253120144

Bank Name: Sierra Leone Commercial Bank
Account Name: Revenue from Sale of Bidding Documents
Account Number: 0111003981
BBAN: 0030010817911112183

Bank Name: Rokel Commercial Bank
Account Name: Revenue from Sale of Bidding Documents
Account Number: 02-011012428
BBAN: 002001002101242863

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 11th November 2026. At 12:00 pm.
All bids must be accompanied by:
 Bid Form/Price Schedule
 Company Profile
 Valid Business Registration Certificate
 Valid NRA Tax Clearance Certificate
 Valid NASSIT Clearance Certificate
 Valid City Council Certificate
 Signed Integrity Pact
 NPPA Supplier’s Certificate of Registration
 Evidence of similar work undertaken.
Bids will be publicly opened on 11 November 2026 at 12:00 P.M. at the Environmental Protection Agency Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 32 Freetown Road, Wilberforce, Freetown, in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders.
Completed application along with all relevant documents must be submitted in a sealed envelope boldly marked: Local Technical Consultancy to Map and Evaluate the Implementation and Impact of Existing Fiscal and Financial Incentives, Identify and Review Budgetary Policies and Measures to Ring-Fence Relevant Revenue Sources for the Transition to a Zero-Waste City in Freetown, Sierra Leone

To: The Executive Chairperson
Environment Protection Agency – Sierra Leone
32 Freetown Road, Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone.