FIRM CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO UNDERTAKE SITE-SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS AND PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) FOR KINGTOM, GRANVILLE BROOK AND OTHER PRIORITY WASTE HOTSPOTS

Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/003
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. The Initiative 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 is implemented through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-SL), in coordination with the Freetown City Council (FCC), relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, WONES and other stakeholders. The Sierra Leone component strengthens government and community systems for developing and enforcing laws and policies and for improving waste-management systems.
Specific Purpose
To undertake a practical, site-specific environmental and social assessment of priority waste-management locations in Freetown and apply the SWAP ESMF/ESMP requirements so that risks, mitigation measures, responsibilities and monitoring requirements are identified before relevant interventions proceed.
Specific Objectives
Assess the environmental and social risks associated with Kingtom and Granville Brook and selected additional priority waste hotspots.
Consolidate and validate existing information and avoid duplication of previous studies.
Apply the SWAP ESMF screening requirements and determine the level of assessment and management required for each site/activity.
Prepare or support site-specific ESMPs and related management instruments where triggered.
Identify practical measures for pollution prevention, waste handling, OHS, community health and safety, working conditions and disaster resilience.
Assess implications for informal waste workers, nearby communities and other potentially affected groups.
Provide safeguards inputs to the Freetown Waste Management Plans (WMP), Zero Waste Strategy (ZWS) and Investment Plan development and subsequent SWAP interventions.
Strengthen the capacity of PMU, EPA-SL and Responsible Parties to manage site-level environmental and social risks.
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:
• Firm cover letter signed by an authorized representative.
• Company profile and legal/statutory registration documentation.
• Evidence of relevant corporate experience and comparable assignments/references.
• Technical proposal and methodology.
• Detailed 100-working-day work plan and mobilization approach.
• Proposed team structure and CVs of key personnel.
• Financial proposal in the required format.
• Any additional documents required by EPA-SL procurement procedures.
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: “Consultancy Service to Undertake Site-Specific Environmental and Social Assessments and Prepare an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Kingtom, Granville Brook and Other Priority Waste Hotspots
To: The Executive Chairperson
Environment Protection Agency – Sierra Leone
32 Freetown Road, Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone.