Consulting Services for preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Cluster 1 and Cluster 3

REPUBLIC OF GHANA MINISTRY OF ROADS AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF FEEDER ROADS REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTANT’S QUALIFICATIONS BASED SELECTION (CQS) Name of Project Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (GMACP)-Project Preparatory Grant Loan No/Credit No/ Grant Number IDA-E6230 Assignment Title Consulting Services for Preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Cluster 1 and 3 Procurement Plan Ref Number GH-MRH-572771-CS-CQS Country of Delivery Ghana Project ID No. : P514903 1. The Government of the Republic of Ghana has received a Grant from the World Bank toward the cost of the Project Preparatory activities for the Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (GMACP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the following consulting services. The primary objective of this assignment is to procure a Consultant to prepare and deliver separate cluster-wide ESIA/ESMP and RAP instruments for Cluster 1 and Cluster 3 reflecting the distinct Environmental and Social (E&S) screening status, risk profile and delivery sequencing of each cluster. 2. The Consulting Services (“the Services”) include the following among others: i) Define the scope of the ESIA and RAP studies covering all roads in the validated road list for the relevant cluster (Clusters 1 and 3) through scoping and stakeholder engagement, informed by the applicable E&S screening findings. ii) Establish baseline environmental, social, and livelihood conditions and assess applicable legal and institutional requirements. iii) Prepare a cluster-wide ESIA/ESMP and a cluster-wide RAP for Cluster 1 and 3, each supported by road-specific and district-specific annexes, schedules, maps, mitigation measures and implementation arrangements, in accordance with the outcome of the E&S screening and scoping process for the relevant cluster and in alignment with national requirements and the World Bank ESF. iv) Provide practical measures for m