Job title: RFP – Study to Measure Net Volume of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Company: The Palladium Group
Job description: Programme BackgroundPropcom+, implemented by The Palladium Group, is a £95 million, eight-year (2023-2030), International Climate Finance (ICF), rural and agricultural market development programme. Propcom+ supports climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture that benefits people, climate, and nature. It works with Nigeria’s vibrant private sector to (i) increase productivity, improve nutrition and food security (ii) enhance climate resilience, pursue lower emissions, and protect and restore nature, and (iii) help tackle some of Nigeria’s underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity.The programme does this by stimulating sustainable pro-poor climate-resilient growth in selected rural markets. It works as a ‘market facilitator’, identifying constraints in market systems and facilitating changes to enable rural markets to work better for the benefit of poor and climate-vulnerable smallholder farmers and rural small-scale entrepreneurs.Propcom+ aims to increase the incomes and climate resilience of 3.79 million poor and vulnerable men and women in Nigeria, 50% of whom will be women, through a “3Ps” approach of interlinked components:· P1: Scaling-up a focused basket of Proven climate smart interventions around agricultural and primary processing / storage practices and models to get these adopted by millions of poor and vulnerable smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs.· P2: Building markets by developing and Piloting new business models that improve productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, reduce emissions, and improve nutrition outcomes.· P3: Enabling Policies that support a strengthened enabling environment for sustainable food and land-use system.Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing landscapes that addresses the interlinked challenges of food security and accelerating climate change. CSA initiatives aim to simultaneously achieve three outcomes: (i) increasing productivity to produce more and better food to improve nutrition and boost incomes; (ii) enhancing resilience by reducing climate vulnerability and improving capacity to adapt and grow in the face of shocks and long-term stresses such as shortened seasons and erratic weather patterns, and (iii) pursuing lower emissions for each calorie or kilo of food produced, avoiding deforestation from agriculture, and identifying ways to absorb carbon out of the atmosphere.The programme has adapted to a three-tier approach to regional and state-level implementation. Tier 1 states are from North-West (NW) and North-East (NE) Nigeria – Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa (KKJ) – priority states that are considered reform-ready and deploying market-led actions. Tier 2 States are opportunistic to private-sector-led partnerships in Katsina, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe and Adamawa. Opportunities have been identified to progress some to Tier 1 over the next 12 months, such as Gombe and Adamawa. Tier 3 States are from Southern Nigeria and have a more focused set of priorities on sustainable land use and deforestation-free commodities (such as oil palm and cocoa), with implementation in Edo, Ekiti, Ondo, and Cross River States.Propcom+ basket of active market-based CSA interventions is listed below.
- Scaling Last-mile Delivery of Vaccination Services
- Scaling Community Seed Multiplication
- Scaling Rural Seed Promotion
- Aggregation and Offtake of Biofortified Crop Varieties
- Sustainable Rice Intensification
- Solar Refrigeration for Poultry and Livestock Vaccine Storage and Distribution
- Electric Vehicles for Agricultural Inputs and Produce Transportation
- Scaling Climate-adapted Feeds and Fodder Production and Supply
- Adoption of Solar-powered Agricultural Mechanisation Services
- Promotion of Production and Supply of Organic fertiliser and Biopesticides
- Policy Works
- Assist businesses strengthening the sustainable production and supply chain of forest-linked commodities.
The selected consultant will receive full intervention descriptions/documentation when contracted.Purpose of AssignmentPropcom+ is seeking the services of a firm or individual consultant to conduct a study to measure the net volume of greenhouse gas emissions reduced or avoided (ICF KPI 6) and the area under sustainable management practices (ICF KPI 17) due to Propcom+ interventions. The study will primarily follow the International Climate Finance (ICF) KPI 6 and KPI 17 methodologies.Key focus areas· Net volume of greenhouse gas emissions reduced or avoided (ICF KPI 6) from applicable interventions.· Total area under sustainable management practices (ICF KPI 17) from applicable interventions.Guiding MethodologyThe consultant should follow the guidelines set by ICF for estimating (see UK Govt’s International Climate Finance Methodology note for KPI 16 and KPI 17). The methodological steps for each KPI are summarised below. First, the consultant will identify and determine which Propcom+ interventions apply to KPI 6 and KPI 17 and then use the relevant methodologies to calculate each indicator’s performance.For ICF KPI 6:1. Determine the counterfactual. This is the ‘business as usual’ (BAU) counterfactual case that would have been observed if the Propcom+ interventions were not implemented.2. Estimate the change in fuel consumption (or changes in emissions) due to each Propcom+ intervention relative to the counterfactual3. Apply emissions intensity factor, as applicable.4. Account for the rebound effect where applicable.5. Factor in the change in degradation multiplier as applicable6. Account for carbon market interactions as necessary.7. Calculate attribution8. Calculate net annual tonnes of GHG emissions reduced or avoided and total expected emissions reductions over the installations’ lifetime. Use mainly the FAO Ex-ACT tool unless for interventions where it doesn’t apply.9. Report disaggregated results including intervention, sector, technology type, country, and carbon credits obtained and sold.For ICF KPI 17:1. Determine whether Propcom+ target technologies or practices fall into one or more of the Sustainable Management Practice (SMP) groups.2. Identify Propcom+ target technologies or practices that deliver spatially explicit sustainable management practices. Use geospatial tools for geo-referencing of implementation areas. * Determine if the Sustainable Management Practice is directly delivered by Propcom+ target technologies or practices
- Collate data from the Propcom+ monitoring and evaluation system, including achieved results, planned results, and planned total programme benefits, with all disaggregation included. Use geospatial tools to produce results as map outputs.
- Review the exclusion criteria to determine if some or all of the hectares should be reported under the indicator.
- Determine the additionality of hectares receiving SMP as a result of the Propcom+, by establishing the baseline situation and the counterfactual.
- Calculate attribution by allocating responsibility for results among all actors that have played a causal role in the programme.
- Calculate the number of hectares receiving sustainable management practices, using geospatial tools.
ScopeThe consultant is expected to carry out the following tasks:1. Review of programme information, including intervention decks and implementation updates.2. Review related MERL information – intervention results chains, indicators, indicator reference guidelines, and programme database3. Prepare an inception report which includes:· Methodology – research design and method (following ICF guidelines), and work plan.· Data analysis plan.· Study reporting template.4. Present the approved methodology to the programme team.5. Collect relevant data from both primary and secondary sources.6. Present the quantitative and qualitative analysis to the programme team.7. Develop and submit the study report for programme review.8. Update and resubmit the study report, addressing all the review feedback received.9. Develop a PowerPoint presentation that explains the outcome of the study.Notes:The methodology and tools developed must align with the programme indicator measurement guidelines and the key focus areas of the study.The MERL Director’s approval is needed before the commencement of field data collection.Timelines and DeliverablesThis assignment is expected to commence in July 2025 and end tentatively by October 2025. A co-creation meeting will be held with the selected consultant (before contracting) to agree on methodology and timelines, which will then be used to set the due dates for the various payment deliverables below.
- Inception report (see components under scope and notes above) with annexes.
- Soft copy of study measurement tool (MS Excel file – coded for any electronic data collection tool)
- Raw and cleaned study datasets.
- Data analysis – with relevant disaggregation (in Excel)
- Data analysis results for team presentation (in PowerPoint)
- Draft study report (35-40 pages – not including cover page, contents, list of tables and figures, abbreviations)
- Final survey report (30-35 pages – not including cover page, contents, list of tables and figures, abbreviations)
- Raw and cleaned study datasets.
- Data analysis – with relevant disaggregation (in Excel)
- PowerPoint presentation showing the context, interpretations and results implications of the ICF KPI 6 and ICF KPI 17 estimates.
All deliverable due dates will be determined with the consultant before contractingThe consultant is expected to update each deliverable using comments from the programme team and the donor. Reviews on draft and final reports will be in 2 stages – first from the programme team and next from FCDO. The consultant is expected to implement the changes flagged by the programme team first before the report is sent to FCDO. All comments from FCDO must be implemented satisfactorily and within the required timeline (hence, early submission is encouraged) before the final report is approved. Payments will be made after each deliverable is approved.Management The consultant will report to the MERL Director. Close collaboration is expected with MERL and the technical team.Lead Consultant’s RequirementAdvanced degree in environmental science and related fields.Demonstrated strong research, analytical and technical writing skillEvidence of at least one completed study measuring tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions reduced or avoided in agricultural settings in Northern Nigeria.Evidence of at least one completed study measuring the area under sustainable management practices in agricultural settings in Northern NigeriaSubmission RequirementsInterested candidates (a firm or individual consultant) should please submit the following:· Technical proposal (not more than 12 pages) containing the following 4 sections only:a. Preliminary mapping of each programme intervention to each ICF indicator,b. Proposed study methodology – detailing both what data will be collected and how the data will be collected.c. Data analysis plan – showing how ICF KPI 6 and ICF KPI 17 will be estimated from the data collected.d. Study work plan showing study timelines (this should correspond to the scope shown in section E).· Budget (comprehensive budget covering the entire assignment/work plan). The study area is limited to the main intervention states listed (in a table) in section B above.· Capacity Statement – detailing related previous assignments completed, and a list of team members who will work on the study (and their CVs) as applicable.Please send your response to (cc info.propcomplus@thepalladiumgroup.com) by 4 July 2025, 11:59pm with the subject “Quotation for ICF KPI 6 and 17 Study”. The quotation should be sent with a cover letter addressed to:The Procurement Team,FCDO Propcom+ Programme20 Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street, Area 11, Abuja
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Location: Nigeria
Job date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:57:56 GMT