Preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Associated Environmental and Social Instruments for the Proposed Hazardous Waste Treatment and Landfill Facility in Georgia

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Georgia Preparation Grant for Georgia Water Supply, Sanitation, Wastewater, and Hazardous Waste Project Grant Number: P518850 Assignment Title: Preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Associated Environmental and Social Instruments for the Proposed Hazardous Waste Treatment and Landfill Facility in Georgia Reference No .: GFPP /CS/CQS-02 The Government of Georgia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Preparation Grant for Georgia Water Supply, Sanitation, Wastewater, and Hazardous Waste Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) comprise preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and associated environmental and social instruments for the hazardous waste management facilities proposed under the Feasibility Study (FS). These may include pre-treatment facilities (for example, segregation, dewatering and conditioning of oily sludges, contaminated soils and chemical residues); treatment facilities (such as physico-chemical treatment, neutralization and stabilization/solidification, thermal treatment); an engineered hazardous waste landfill; and associated storage, regional waste acceptance and temporary storage facilities, access roads, utilities and transport interfaces, as confirmed through the FS and agreed project scope. The main facility may be located near Marneuli, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, at the site previously assessed for a non-hazardous waste (municipal) landfill, subject to confirmation. Building on the FS, the 2016 municipal landfill ESIA and available studies, the Consultant will undertake inception and scoping, review and validate existing information, identify data gaps and carry out targeted environmental and social baseline surveys and sampling; assess Georgian environmental assessment, screening, registration and permitting requirements for each relevant facility, alongside applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards and EHS Guidelines; describe reasonable alternatives considered in the FS and assess the preferred configuration without repeating technical selection or conceptual design; assess construction, operational, closure and post-closure impacts, including groundwater and soil contamination, emissions, effluents and leachate, hazardous waste handling and transport, worker and community health and safe