REOI of Zibo Heating Pipe Network Interconnection and Industrial Waste Heat Comprehensive Utilization Project Phase I - Integrated Planning-Pilot Package(with Research, Planning and Evaluation)
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China Zibo Heating Pipe Network Interconnection and Industrial Waste Heat Comprehensive Utilization Project Phase I - Integrated Planning-Pilot Package(with Research, Planning and Evaluation) BID No.: 0773-2650QGFW0016 CONSULTING SERVICES Expressions of Interest The Zibo Heating Group Co., Ltd (Client) has applied for a financing from Agence Française de Développement ("AFD"), and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the following Zibo Heating Pipe Network Interconnection and Industrial Waste Heat Comprehensive Utilization Project Phase I . The Services of the consultant shall consist of: Heating Technology Symposium, European Fact-Finding Mission on Heating Sector Decarbonization, and Development and elaboration of a Decarbonization Strategic Plan for Zibo Heat Group Co., Ltd. The Zibo Heating Group Co., Ltd hereby invites Applicants to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
This Request for Expressions of Interest is open to: q Consulting firms q Individual consultants q NGOs x Joint Venture between NGO(s) and consulting firm(s) Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines for AFD Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr. The Applicant shall submit only one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV). If an Applicant (including any of the JV members) submits or participates in more than one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same Subconsultant may participate in several applications. If the Applicant is a JV, the expression of interest shall include: - a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by all members, or - a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement proposal, In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Subconsultants. Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications.
Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent and similar services shall be submitted. A maximum of 15 past experiences shall be presented by Applicants. Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on their respective relevance relative to the services to be performed, as described above. In particular, it is expected that Applicants present past experience for contracts whose characteristics are similar to one or more of the following criteria: For the experiences regarding to “Heating Technology Symposium”, - It should be large-scale international technical conferences or forums. For each one, total days should be no less than 1 day, the number of audiences should be more than 50. - The applicants undertaken most of the orgnization work, including events plan, venue reservation and equipment testing, materials preparation, guests and experts invitation and related accommodation arrangements, events announcement etc. - It is a plus, if the events were in China or France. For the experiences regarding to “European Fact-Finding Mission on Heating Sector Decarbonization” - The business reception and/or study tour should be in Europe. - for a single international business reception, it should not be less than 3 days (including international transportation), the delegation received should be more than 3 people. - The international business reception shall be technical and engineering investigation. - It is a plus, if the business reception is related to district heating. - The applicants undertook most of the work of organization, including itinerary planning and arrangement, flight reservation and local transportation, accommodation reservation, coordination with the projects to be visited, professional translation etc. For the experiences regarding to “Development and elaboration of a Decarbonization Strategic Plan for Zibo Heat Group Co.,Ltd”, - The related experience should be an energy plan (including heating) or a special heating plan at “feasibility study” or “detailed technical study” level. - The working periods should be at least 3 months including no less than 20 expert-days. - The experience study should give comparable energy scenarios with quantitative figures and need to be implementable. - The study area should be in China. It is a plus if the study integrated international advanced concepts, technologies or project experience in termes of decarbonization pathway studies. The Zibo Heating Group Co., Ltd shall not analyse CVs of experts’ profiles at this stage. The Client will also take into account for the evaluation of the applications the following items: - Number of experts with heating-related technical backgrounds can be available for the work. Need to specify the planned number and total experts-days -
About This Opportunity
This is a consulting contract in the governance and public administration sector. Located in China, Asia, this opportunity is open to individual consultants. Proposals must be submitted before May 8, 2026.
Published through AFD - Agence Française de Développement, a bilateral development cooperation agency. Bilateral agency contracts follow the agency's own procurement guidelines and may have nationality-based eligibility rules for consulting in the governance and public administration sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.