Consulting Services for the Development of the Methodology for the Elaboration of the Interactive Map on Seismic Risk in the Republic of Moldova

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Republic of Moldova Strengthening Moldova’s Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project

Loan No.: 9720-MD

Assignment Title: Consulting Services for the Development of the Methodology for the Elaboration of the Interactive Map on Seismic Risk in the Republic of Moldova

Reference No . (as per Procurement Plan): MD-OEAPM-578962-CS-QCBS

The Government of the Republic of Moldova has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Strengthening Moldova’s Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the Development of the Methodology for the Elaboration of the Interactive Map on Seismic Risk in the Republic of Moldova.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the primary procurement stage for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development (MIRD) and the P.I. “Office for External Assistance Programs Management” (OEAPM) Project Implementation Unit (PIU) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

At least 5 years of experience in developing a technically sound seismic risk methodology, data architecture, indicators, GIS-ready outputs and functional specification for the interactive map.

Only the firm’s relevant experience and qualifications will be assessed at the shortlisting stage. Key Experts are not required to be proposed and will not be evaluated at this stage.

The shortlist will contain five (5) to eight (8) firms.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-based Selection method described in the Procurement Regulations and to be specifically set out in the Request for Proposals.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08:30 to 17:30 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail) by 17:30 local time, December 2, 2026.

Attn: [contact details removed]

Director, Office for External Assistance Programs Management / PIU 57/1 Mitropolitul Banulescu Bodoni str., office 306, MD-2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Tel: [contact details removed], 373 23 82 48

E-mail: achizitii.proiecte@ogpae.gov.md

www.ogpae.gov.md

TERMS OF REFERENCE

for Consulting Services for the Development of the Methodology for the Elaboration of the Interactive Map on Seismic Risk in the Republic of Moldova

Contents

1. Background and Rationale. 4

1.1. Conceptual scope of the interactive seismic risk map. 4

1.2. Boundaries of this assignment 5

1.3. Justification and need. 6

1.4. Legal and regulatory framework. 6

2. Objective of the Assignment 7

2.1. Intended use of outputs and end users. 8

3. Scope of Services. 9

3.1. Review of the existing legal, policy, normative and technical framework. 9 3.2. Review of seismic risk methodology, models and relevant international practice. 10 3.3. Data inventory and data architecture for hazard, exposure, vulnerability and ancillary data. 11

3.4. Development of seismic risk calculation model and scenarios. 12

3.5. Exposure and vulnerability modelling rules. 13

3.6. Definition of risk indicators, derived indicators and threshold intervals. 14

3.7. Functional specification for the Interactive Seismic Risk Map 15

3.8. Methodology piloting, validation and use-case testing. 16

3.9. Technical workshops, consultations and revision based on comments. 17

3.10. Final methodology, interactive map package and handover documentation. 18

3.11. Implementation roadmap, data management and sustainability. 18

3.12. Cross-ToR coordination, Common Data Standard and procurement packaging. 19

3.13. Buildings-focused seismic resilience strategic framework. 20

4. Quality Assurance and Technical Requirements. 21

4.1. Methodological consistency, scientific traceability and reproducibility. 21

4.2. Compatibility with the hazard methodology, RVS, NCM framework and QAP. 22

4.3. Data, GIS, metadata and digital package requirements. 22

4.4. Risk model verification, uncertainty treatment and sensitivity checks. 23

4.5. Functional specification quality requirements and UAT readiness. 23

4.6. Internal QA/QC, peer-review, registers and controlled revisions. 23

4.7. Acceptance of deliverables by the Beneficiary. 24

5. Deliverables and Timeline. 25

6. Reporting and Format of Deliverables. 26

6.1. Language of deliverables, reporting process and final submission package. 26

6.2. Required formats: DOCX, PDF, XLSX/CSV, GIS files, maps, metadata, calculation annexes and editable files. 27

7. Key Qualification Requirements. 27

7.1. Key Expert 1 - Team Leader / Senior Seismic Risk Methodology Specialist 28 7.2. Key Expert 2 - Exposure, Vulnerability and Seismic Risk Modelling Specialist 28

7.3. Key Expert 3 - GIS, Spatial Data and Data Architecture Specialist 29

7.4. Mandatory non-key expert — IT / Web-GIS Functional Specification and Demonstrator Specialist 30

7.5. Non-Key Experts / Support Experts. 30

8. Client's Inputs and Institutional Coordination. 31

8.1. Available documents. 31

8.2. Coordinatio