developing guidelines for healthcare waste management in Egypt - rebidding process related to activity ref EG-EEAA-474647-CS-CQS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) Arab Republic of Egypt Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project Loan No.: P172548 Assignment Title: “Updating guidelines for Healthcare Waste Management in Egypt” Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): EG-EEAA-559382-CS-QCBS The Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project (herein “the Project”) aims at reducing air emissions from critical sectors and increasing resilience to air pollution in Greater Cairo. The Project aims more specifically at reducing air emissions which is a key step toward the reduction of pollution concentrations and improvement of air quality. The Project will focus on two of the primary sources of air pollution in the Greater Cairo (GC) region (i.e., Cairo, Giza and Qalyoubia Governorates): open burning of solid waste and vehicle emissions; and will include six main components aiming at: (i) enhancing the air quality management framework and decision support system in Egypt; (ii) improving Solid Waste Management services; (iii) reducing air and climate pollutants from vehicle emissions; (iv) furthering stakeholder engagement, awareness and communication; (v) project management and monitoring & evaluation (M&E); (vi) addressing the important issue of unintended emissions of POPs. Brief description about the Enhanced E-Waste and HCW management for Reduction of uPOPs: It is an additional finance (AF) to the parent project; this new activity focuses on reduction of unintended persistent organic pollutants (uPOPs) aligns with the “GEF Project Design and Review Considerations in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis and the Mitigation of Future Pandemics”. This new component will comprise 3 sub-components. Sub-component 6.2: Supporting Effective Healthcare Waste Management, Models, and Solutions has been designed under the proposed Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change project (P172548). This sub-component aims to strengthen the enabling environment for sustainable healthcare waste (HCW) management. It seeks to develop and pilot innovative solutions to reduce unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants (uPOPs) emissions and promote long-term systemic changes in HCW practices across Egypt. Key activities under this sub-component include: (i) developing and modeling public/private financing and investment models for collection and treatment of HCW. (ii) providing technical assistance to select healthcare institutions on u