Establishment of an Organic Waste Composting Facility for the City of Freetown

Table of Contents 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. 3 2. Background, Programme, Context and Project 3 2.1 Background 3 2.2 The Transforming Cities Waste Management Programme 4 2.3 Context 4 2.4 The Project 5 2.4.1. Purpose 5 2.4.2 Description 6 2.4.2.1 Inception (Deliverable 1) 6 2.4.2.2 Organic Waste Feedstock Assessment (Deliverable 2) 6 2.4.2.3 Project Design (Deliverable 3) 6 2.4.2.4 Organic Waste Diversion Infrastructural Strategy (Deliverable 4) 8 2.4.2.5 Construction of the Organic Waste Treatment Facility (Deliverable 5) 9 2.4.2.6 Capacity Building Programme (Deliverable 6) 9 2.4.3 Project Monitoring and Evaluation 10 3. Proposal guidelines 10 4. Supplier Diversity 11 5. Contract 12 5.1 Subcontracting 12 6. RfP and project timeline 12 7. Proposal evaluation criteria 16 8. Minimum evaluation criteria 16 9. Project budget 17 9.1. Payment Terms 18 10. C40 policies 18 11. Submissions 19 12. Disclaimer 19 Request for Proposals: Establishment of an Organic Waste Composting Facility for the City of Freetown 2 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to limit global heating in line with the Paris Agreement and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. We work alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to support mayors to halve emissions by 2030 and help phase out fossil use while increasing urban climate resilience and equity. To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit our website or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. 2. Background, Programme, Context and Project 2.1 Background Freetown City Council is mandated by the Local Government Act, 2022 to manage and regulate waste in the municipality of Freetown. Solid waste in Freetown is collected by a waste truck fleet managed by the Freetown Council, combined with registered private waste companies and tricycles which collect waste from waste generators and discharge at the dump site. This system has been inefficient and not sustainable especially where the value chain components have not been designed into business models that recover valuable byproducts and reduce disposal. Inadequate treatment options for the solid waste result in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions that exacerbate the climate crisis. According to the Freetown Climate Action Plan, waste is the third largest source of GHG emissions, accounting for almost one third (29%) of Freetown’s total emissions in 2018. In view of the above as per the Climate Action Strategy launched by the Mayor of Freetown City Council and Co-Chair of C40 Cities (2022), The City Council has developed a waste management strategy. The purpose is to address sustainability and financing by modelling the city into eight waste management blocks (Sanitation bye law) with sixteen waste collection points. The aim is to improve effective and efficient management of the waste along the value chain from collection (segregated at source) and transported to decentralized transfer stations (6 no.). Within the blocks waste is managed in such a way to reduce volume, recover materials through recycling and value addition including carbonization of the dried organic waste and converting into clean cooking briquettes. This business model is envisaged to be managed through a Public Private Partnership where private sector companies will be engaged through the National Procurement process to have Freetown City Council contract them to implement the waste management per the policy by January 2025. It is in this context that the City of Freetown has joined the global initiative launched by the C40 in 2023, "Transforming waste management in African and Indian cities to reduce and avoid methane emissions." Request for Proposals: Establishment of an Organic Waste Composting Facility for the City of Freetown 3 2.2 The Transforming Cities Waste Management Programme Organic waste (food waste and other biodegradable waste) comprises between 30% and 60% of the total municipal solid waste generated in African cities, and this organic waste is responsible for up to 20% of city greenhouse gas emissions, primarily as methane from landfills and dumpsites. In terms of city powers and transformational potential, action to reduce organic waste disposal represents an immense opportunity to reduce methane emissions and deliver significant local benefits on public health, sanitation, and job creation. According to the latest International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Report, addressing methane emissions is the single fastest and most effective way to address current global warming. African cities have a unique opportunity to contribute