Procurement of Local Technical Consulting Firm to Establish the SWAP Sierra Leone / Freetown Project Baseline, Including the Assessment of All Waste Streams and Flows Using the UN-Habitat Waste Wise Cities Tool

Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/001

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: Freetown (Sierra Leone), Kocaeli (Türkiye), Montevideo (Uruguay), Tunis (Tunisia) and Tianjin (China). It seeks to reduce chemical pollution in value chains and improve resource efficiency by supporting pilot cities in pursuing a zero-waste vision based on green chemistry, circular economy, and waste hierarchy principles. In Sierra Leone, the project focuses on Freetown. It is implemented through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-SL), in coordination with the Freetown City Council (FCC), the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
This consultancy therefore will combine (a) the establishment of a robust, documented and measurable project baseline for the Sierra Leone component and (b) the UN-Habitat Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) baseline of all waste streams and flows in Freetown, building on information collected during the Project Preparation Grant (PPG) phase and avoiding duplication of existing assessments.
1.Purpose of the Consultancy
The overall purpose is to establish the 2026 baseline status of relevant SWAP indicators and key conditions in Freetown, providing a reliable reference point against which project progress, results and outcomes can be measured, and to provide the evidence base for the Waste Management Plan and the Zero Waste Strategy. The baseline should establish, as applicable:
2.The current status of waste generation, collection, sorting, treatment, recycling and disposal, with waste composition and volumes, across all waste streams;
3.existing waste-management infrastructure and practices;
4.institutional and governance arrangements, and legal and regulatory conditions;
5.financial and economic aspects of waste management;
6.hazardous and healthcare waste management;
7.chemical pollution and chemicals of concern;
8.unsustainable production and consumption practices;
9.plastics and other priority waste streams;
10.circular-economy and green-business activity;
11.informal waste-sector participation;
12.gender and social inclusion dimensions; and
13.existing stakeholder knowledge, practices and capacities relevant to SWAP.
14.EPA-SL now invites sealed proposals from eligible and qualified consulting firms to provide the below consulting services.
15.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 individual consultants 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: “Baseline, Including the Assessment of All Waste Streams and Flows Using the UN-Habitat Waste Wise Cities Tool
To: The Executive Chairperson
Environment Protection Agency – Sierra Leone
32 Freetown Road, Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone.