Consultancy Services for review of Environment Impact Assessment processes

SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for review of Environment Impact Assessment processes

Assignment Countries:

- Fiji ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION IFC is seeking to engagea Consultant firm to undertake a comprehensive review of the EnvironmentalManagement (Amendment) Act 2025 and associated legislation, with the objectiveof strengthening EIA regulatory processes, legislative effectiveness, compliancemonitoring and enforcement mechanisms. The assignment will assess legal andprocedural frameworks, identify regulatory gaps, and develop robust pathwaysfor compliance management, enforcement actions, prosecution of environmentaloffences, and management of unauthorized developments, fixed penalty noticeadministration, and regulatory decision-making. The Consultant will provideinternational best practice recommendations, implementation frameworks, anddraft legislative amendments to enhance the Ministry's capacity to effectivelyadminister and enforce Fiji's environmental regulatory regime. The consultancywill: - Review and strengthen the regulatory process, compliance, enforcement and prosecution framework under the Environment Management Act 2005 and Environment Management (Amendment) Act 2025 and associated legislation, including administrative enforcement measures, fixed penalty notices, unauthorized development offences, recovery of penalties, environmental restoration requirements, prosecution processes and court enforcement mechanisms - Review the adequacy of the compliance and enforcement provisions within the Environment Management (Amendment) Act 2025, subsidiary regulations and EIA-related guidelines and identify legal, procedural and institutional gaps affecting enforcement effectiveness. - Assess the effectiveness of current administrative, civil and criminal enforcement powers available to the Ministry and recommend amendments to enhance compliance monitoring, enforcement and prosecution outcomes. - Review and recommend legislative provisions to support Stop Work Orders, Restoration Orders, Compliance Notices, Permit Suspension, Permit Revocation and Cost Recovery Orders for environmental breaches and unauthorized development activities. - Develop a comprehensive enforcement escalation framework identifying enforcement actions appropriate for minor, moderate and major environmental offences. FUNDING SOURCE The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

- TF0B7649: IFC

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now NOTES Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding. Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at [contact details removed] prior to the submission deadline.

Procurement number: 0002023877. Expressions of interest are submitted through the World Bank Group's eProcure (RFx Now) portal, which requires vendor registration.