世界银行贷款广东省农产品质量安全提升（示范）项目GDCS-014：环境和社会外部监测咨询服务第三方机构意向书征询文件

Request for Expression of Interests

Country：People’s Republic of China

Project Name:

Numbers: ****-CN

Task Name: Third-party Institution for Environmental and Social External Monitoring Consulting Services

Contract Number: GD登录解锁

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has obtained a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to improve food safety management at the national and sub national levels and reduce food safety risks in certain value chains. This project is implemented by the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province, and Shandong Province (Yantai City). The project aims to enhance the quality and safety management level of the entire agricultural product value chain in Guangdong Province and reduce food safety risks, covering characteristic industries such as vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products, as well as emerging fields including pre made dishes and marine ranches. The total investment of the project is approximately *** million US dollars, of which *** million US dollars is a World Bank loan, and ** million US dollars is matched by provincial finance. The construction period is from March **** to March ****.

To ensure that the project complies with the World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies, this contract will use World Bank loan funds to engage an environmental and social external monitoring consultant (hereinafter referred to as the “external monitoring agency”) to independently carry out external monitoring work for the environment, society, and Pest Management Plan (PMP). Through independent monitoring and evaluation, it is ensured that: all project activities fully implement the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the World Bank’s safeguard policies (OP*.**, OP*.**); environmental and social risk mitigation measures are effectively implemented; the Pest Management Plan (PMP) and the Ethnic Minority Development Framework are effectively executed; and the environmental and social benefits of the project are sustainable and in line with both domestic standards and World Bank standards.

The implementation period of this contract is ** months, with an estimated total input of ** person-months. The task is expected to start on January *, ****. Please refer to the attachment for the detailed Terms of Reference.

Guangdong Provincial Center of Agri-product Safety and Quality (Guangdong Provincial Green Food Development Center) is now inviting qualified and interested consultants to provide environmental and social external monitoring consulting services.

A. Scope and Content of the Consulting services

*. Main Scope of Work

*. Main Work Content, including the following aspects:

(*) Environmental Monitoring

Verify the implementation of environmental mitigation measures (Annex * to the Terms of Reference) and monitor the compliance of environmental indicators. The related sub-projects include: laboratory upgrading, agricultural safety pilots, aquaculture tail water projects, healthy agricultural product market renovation, and regional public brand building.

Continuous effectiveness monitoring will be conducted for ** typical tail water treatment projects (covering no less than * types of technologies) over * years (Annex * to the Terms of Reference), aiming to comprehensively and objectively grasp and analyze the technological effectiveness, operation costs, existing deficiencies and improvement suggestions of the ** typical tail water treatment technologies.

(*) Social Monitoring

The content includes: tracking the participation of vulnerable groups, the operation of complaint mechanisms, and the status of land acquisition and resettlement compensation; conducting stakeholder satisfaction surveys (indicators in Annex * to the Terms of Reference); and supervising the implementation effect of the Ethnic Minority Development Framework. This monitoring task covers all sub-projects.

(*) Pest Management (PMP)

Monitor the use of pesticides/veterinary drugs, pest outbreaks and ecological impacts in accordance with the indicators specified in Annex * to the Terms of Reference, with a focus on verifying the use of WHO Class I/II pesticides and compliance with registration requirements. The related sub-projects include: vegetables, lychees, live pigs and aquatic products under the agricultural safety pilots; aquatic products involved in aquaculture pond renovation and tail water treatment projects; vegetables, lychees, live pigs and aquatic products covered by the project for implementing the agricultural product quality and safety financial risk sharing facility; and vegetables, lychees, live pigs and aquatic products included in the development and enhancement of agricultural product public brands.

(*) Reporting and Feedback

Prepare an on-site report (work plan), as well as * semi-annual/annual monitoring reports (in both Chinese and English) and * summary reports.

(*) Other Tasks

Participate in meetings of the World Bank inspection mission, provide technical suggestions and improvement plans; cooperate with the audit, supervision and other work of relevant departments; collect and analyze the project’s development goal values and intermediate result indicator values. Provide technical consulting services for environmental and social management work during the Mid-Term Review (MTR).

(*) Legally registered, with independent legal person status and good business reputation。

Note: please provide ①a copy of the Business License, ②company profile and ③a Letter of Commitment affirming sound commercial reputation (the format of the Letter of Commitment may be self-drafted).

(*) The consultant shall have rich experience in consulting services related to environmental monitoring, and shall have completed at least * similar contracts related to environmental monitoring in the past * years.

Note：*. the term 'the past * years' refers to the period from January *, ****, to the present date, and the completion date of the contract shall prevail. *. please provide copies of supporting documents, including:④ key contract pages (which should reflect the contract name, execution date, scope of services, service period/contract term, contract value, the page with signatures and seals of parties, and acceptance certification issued by the client).

(*)

Field of Expertise		Number of People	Person-Months
Key Experts
*	Environmental Expert (Project Manager)	*	*
*	Social and Resettlement Expert (Deputy Manager)	*	*
*	Expert in Plant Pest and Disease Control	*	*
*	Expert in Prevention and Control of Aquaculture Pests and Diseases	*	*
*	Expert in Prevention and Control of Pests and Diseases in Pig Breeding	*	*
Non-key Experts
*	Environmental and Social Investigator	*	**
*	Pest and Disease Investigator	*	**
TOTAL		**	**

Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlist stage; however, the proposal's compliance with the required personnel profiles and service level expectations will be assessed.

Interested consultants shall submit the information and documents specified in B. Criteria for Shortlist Evaluation, to demonstrate their qualifications and capability to perform the consulting services. The submission shall also include the contact details (e.g., address, telephone number, and e-mail address) of the consultant's contact person.

Interested consultant should pay attention to the provisions concerning conflict of interest in the Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing (IPF) Borrowers (November ****) (see: ******

Consultant may submit expressions of interest jointly with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but such collaboration shall be clearly indicated as being in the form of a consortium and/or subcontracting. If a consortium is chosen and subsequently selected, all parties to the consortium shall bear joint and several liabilities for the entire contract. In the case of joint venture, each of the members of the joint venture must be reasonably strong on their own to carry out the assignment in the event the other members of the JV withdraw. It means each member of JV is required to meet Item (*) and Item (*) of the shortlisting criteria.

This project will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method specified in the Procurement Regulations.

This Request for Expressions of Interest for consulting services is published on the China Tendering and Bidding Public Service Platform World Bank Section (https://****** and China Procurement and Bidding Network (https://******

Further information may be obtained from the Procurement Agent between December **, **** and January *, **** from *:** to **:** AM and **:** to **:** PM (Beijing time, excluding holidays).

Expressions of Interest and related supporting documents (such as company profile, performance materials, brief service proposal, relevant personnel qualifications, etc.) must be delivered in written form (by hand delivery, mail, fax, or email, one original and four copies in English and Chinese; the original and copies should be identical; in case of discrepancy, the English original shall prevail) and must be received by *:** AM on January *, ****, at the address: Bid Opening Room *, *th Floor, Guangren Building, No. * Guangren Road, Guangzhou, China, Attn: Ms. Guo; Tel: 登录解锁-***/***; E-mail: gu***************tic.com; zha***************tic.com. Consultants intending to submit via mail, fax, or email are requested to contact the Tendering Agent for confirmation first.

Client:

Contact Person: Mrs. Meng

Address: No. ***, Xianlie East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Postal Code: ******

Phone: 登录解锁

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Contact Person: Ms. Guo and Mr. Zhang

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Attachment: IBRD Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project Terms of Reference for Environmental and Social External Monitoring Consulting Services

IBRD Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project

Terms of Reference for Environmental and Social External Monitoring Consulting Services

To ensure the effective implementation of environmental and social external monitoring for the IBRD Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project (hereinafter referred to as the “World Bank-financed Project”) and to guarantee the enforcement of the World Bank’s safeguard policies and relevant domestic policies, the Guangdong Provincial Center of Agro-product Safety and Quality (Guangdong Provincial Green Food Development Center) intends to engage a third party consultant to carry out the external monitoring work.

I. Project Background

The development goal of the IBRD Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project is to enhance the level of agricultural product quality and safety management in the project areas, reduce the risks of agricultural product quality and safety in the entire value chain (from production areas to market entry), and improve the capacity to ensure agricultural product quality and safety. The total investment of the project is approximately *** million US dollars (about *.** billion yuan), of which *** million US dollars (about *.** billion yuan) is a loan from the World Bank, and ** million US dollars (about *** million yuan) is the counterpart fund from the provincial finance.

The project takes five cities—Guangzhou, Foshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing—as pilot areas and will gradually expand to the entire province. It focuses on characteristic agricultural products such as vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products, as well as marine ranches and the pre-made dish industry, aiming to improve the quality and safety level of the entire value chain across all links including production, processing, circulation, sales, and consumption. The project has a construction period of * years, from March **** to March ****.

The construction content includes four sub-projects:

Sub-project *: Food Safety Supervision Process. Formulate plans for improving agricultural product quality and safety, and establish and improve the supervision mechanism for agricultural product quality and safety; formulate and improve inter-departmental cooperation mechanisms for collaborative supervision; integrate, publicize, and promote the comprehensive system of full industry-chain and full standard dominated by Guangdong’s characteristic agricultural products; carry out training on supervision technologies and production capabilities, and strengthen the quality and safety control capabilities at the production end.

Sub-project *: Institution Building and Regulatory Performance. Enhance the capability of agricultural product quality and safety monitoring and testing, improve the agricultural product quality and safety testing system, with key efforts on upgrading the provincial animal derived bacterial resistance testing laboratory, agricultural product quality and safety testing laboratory, and animal disease prevention and control laboratory, as well as building the capacity of training bases and service stations to boost monitoring and inspection capabilities; construct a smart supervision platform for agricultural product quality and safety, focusing on developing an agricultural product quality and safety data analysis and early warning system, upgrading the provincial agricultural product quality and safety testing and supervision information system and the provincial agricultural product quality and safety traceability system, improving the remote diagnosis system for animal diseases, building a grid-based supervision system for agricultural product quality and safety, and demonstration bases for “Agricultural Safety” pilots such as “Assured Fish Ponds”; carry out third party supervision and evaluation of quality and safety testing, apply information technologies such as big data, block chain, IoT perception, and AI to build and improve a smart supervision system for agricultural product quality and safety, and enhance the capabilities of safety production control and monitoring for agricultural product quality; conduct risk communication activities with consumers, encourage the whole people to participate in improving agricultural product quality and safety, innovate and improve the supervision model of joint governance by regulatory authorities and consumers; develop and enhance regional public brands of agricultural products; and promote agricultural product brands.

Sub-project *: Whole Value Chain Food Safety Control

Financial risk sharing facility related to agricultural product quality and safety. By establishing a project pool for agricultural product quality and safety improvement and a risk fund pool for agricultural product quality and safety simultaneously, which serves as credit enhancement or risk compensation for commercial banks, green loan channels will be provided to enterprises and farmers in the project pool. These loans will be used for the safety improvement and demonstration of the entire value chain of vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products. Innovative model of quality and safety liability insurance for the entire agricultural product value chain. Through market-oriented operations driven by the government and linked by insurance companies and third-party institutions, a comprehensive service model integrating pre-event, in-event, and post-event risk early warning, risk control, and risk transfer, which combines standardized technical services and insurance services, will be created. This aims to improve the closed loop management and operation mechanism for agricultural product quality and safety throughout the entire value chain. Aquaculture quality improvement projects, mainly including the renovation and upgrading of aquaculture ponds and aquaculture tail water treatment projects. Upgrading and renovation of healthy agricultural product markets, mainly including the renovation of hardware facilities and information construction of agricultural product markets.

Sub-project *: Project Implementation Support. Whole-process project management: Establish a project management office and an expert team to organize project planning and implementation, fund management, performance evaluation, etc. Whole process project monitoring, intelligent supervision, and effect evaluation: Entrust professional institutions to conduct monitoring of project progress and effectiveness, evaluate the contribution of project implementation to regional agricultural product quality and safety, as well as its economic, ecological, and social benefits. Project summary and promotion: Summarize project experiences and achievements, formulate promotion plans, and publicize project outcomes.

The number of newly implemented sub-projects in each year is as follows (estimated figures):

	Agricultural Security Demonstration Base Project	Development and Enhancement of Public Brands for Agricultural Products	Project for Upgrading and Renovating Healthy Agricultural Product Markets	Laboratory Enhancement	Aquaculture and Tailwater Treatment Engineering	Financial Risk Sharing Facility of Agricultural Product Quality Safety	Agricultural Product Quality Safety Liability Insurance
****	**	*	*	***	**	***	****
****	**	*	*		**	****	****
****		*			**	***	****
TOTAL	**	**	*	***	***	****	****

II. Project Description

In accordance with the requirements of the Project’s “Environmental and Social Management Framework”, the following activities require focused attention:

(*)Food safety supervision process and project implementation support. Such activities fall under the category of technical assistance, and full consideration should be given to the potential environmental and social impacts downstream of such projects.

(*)Activities that have direct environmental and social impacts mainly include the upgrading of laboratories in the development of agricultural product quality and safety supervision capabilities, aquaculture quality and safety improvement projects, upgrading and renovation projects of healthy agricultural product markets, development, protection and enhancement of regional public brands, the agricultural product quality and safety liability insurance model, and activities related to applying for loans from commercial banks under the mechanism for sharing financial risks related to agricultural product quality and safety.

The application of the World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies is as follows:

SL. No.	*	*	*	*	*
World Bank Safeguard Policies	OP*.** Environmental Assessmcnt	op*.** Natural Habitats	op*.** Management	op*.** Involuntary Resettlement	op*.** Indigenous Peoples

In general, the expected environmental and social impacts of the activities under this project are limited and reversible, and can be controlled within an acceptable range through reasonable and effective mitigation measures. Therefore, this project is classified as a Category B project by the World Bank.

In addition, this project shall also comply with the following environmental, health and safety guidelines of the World Bank:

“General Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

“Aquaculture Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

“Water and Sanitation Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

“Food and Beverage Processing Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

“Fish Processing Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

“Meat Processing Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines”

III. Purpose of Consulting Services

To ensure the effective implementation of the project’s Environmental and Social Management Plan and compliance with the relevant safeguard policies of the World Bank, the project plans to engage a third party external monitoring consultant. This consultant will, in conjunction with the project progress, independently conduct third-party external monitoring of the environment, society, and Pest Management Plan (PMP). It will objectively monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the “Environmental and Social Management Framework” and other relevant documents during the project implementation. Through on-site inspections, data collection, and other methods, it will supervise and verify the implementation of the “Environmental and Social Management Plan”, “Pest Management Plan”, “Ethnic Minority Development Framework”, and other environmental and social action plans during the implementation of each sub-project.

IV. Scope and Main Content of Consulting Services

The consultant shall, in accordance with the requirements of the “Environmental and Social Management Framework” and “Project Implementation Manual” for IBRD Guangdong Agricultural Product Quality Safety Improvement (Demonstration) Project, conduct external monitoring of the environment, society, and pests and diseases, and provide technical guidance and feedback to the implementing agency, project owner, contractor, supervisor, consultant, etc. The monitoring scope will cover the five pilot project cities of Guangzhou, Foshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing by December ****, and will be expanded to the entire province after the mid-term adjustment. The activities to be monitored include the four sub-projects of this project.

(*) Scope of Work

In accordance with the project implementation progress, the monitoring agency shall conduct external monitoring on the implemented projects. The specific monitoring scope and main monitoring contents are as follows:

Monitoring Item	Monitoring Scope	Main Monitoring Content
Environmental Monitoring	*. Laboratory Enhancement *. Agricultural Security Demonstration Base *. Aquaculture and Tailwater Treatment Engineering *. Project for Upgrading and Renovating Healthy Agricultural Product Markets *. Development and Enhancement of Public Brands for Agricultural Products	Monitor the implementation of the environmental management plans for sub-projects, including the implementation of environmental mitigation measures specified in Appendix * and the compliance of environmental monitoring indicators with standards. Additionally, conduct effectiveness monitoring and evaluation for ** typical tailwater treatment projects, as detailed in Appendix *.
Social Monitoring and Land Acquisition & Resettlement Monitoring	All project areas of the implemented sub-projects	Monitor the project's impacts on vulnerable groups, women, and ethnic minorities; the operation of public participation, information disclosure, and complaint and appeal mechanisms in the project; and conduct project satisfaction surveys. For sub-projects involving land acquisition, track and monitor the affected population in accordance with the *Resettlement Action Plan* of the sub-projects. Conduct regular monitoring in accordance with the social safeguard monitoring indicators specified in Appendix *.
Pest and Disease Monitoring	*. Vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products in the Agricultural Security Demonstration Base *. Aquatic products from aquaculture pond renovation and tailwater treatment projects *. Vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products under the project for implementing the mechanism for sharing financial risks related to agricultural product quality and safety *. Vegetables, lychees, live pigs, and aquatic products in the development and enhancement of public brands for agricultural products	For sub-projects that may be affected by pests and diseases, conduct regular monitoring in accordance with the pest and disease monitoring and inspection indicators specified in Appendix *.

(*) Specific Work Content

*. In conjunction with the project progress, be responsible for conducting independent third-party external monitoring of the environmental, social and Pest Management Plan (PMP). Objectively monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the project’s “Environmental and Social Management Framework” during the project implementation process. Through on-site inspections, questionnaires, sampling and testing, data collection and other methods, supervise and guide the formulation and implementation of the “Environmental and Social Management Plan”, “Pest Management Plan”, “Ethnic Minority Development Framework” and other environmental and social action plans during the implementation of each sub-project.

*. Visit the project construction site to supervise the environmental, social, and pest/disease management and safeguard activities of the construction unit. In accordance with the contents of Appendix *, monitor the implementation of environmental and social impact mitigation measures during the construction and operation phases, as well as the compliance of environmental monitoring indicators with standards. Additionally, ensure full consultation and communication with potential stakeholders during the project implementation process.

*. Carry out tracking of effects, monitoring, and evaluation for ** typical tailwater treatment projects (covering at least * different technological modes). During the operation period of these ** typical tailwater treatment projects, monitor the tailwater treatment systems annually during the fish culture period (within ** days before fish harvest) and the pond drying period (within * days after pond cleaning). Sampling points shall be set at least at the water inlet, after the core process, and at the system outlet. The pollution indicators to be tested include suspended solids, pH, CODMn, total nitrogen (calculated as N) and total phosphorus (calculated as P). Each sampling and monitoring shall be conducted continuously for * days, lasting for three years. The sampling methods and detection and analysis methods shall be implemented in accordance with the requirements of relevant standards such as DB**/****-****. Conduct on-site investigations into production conditions, analyze changes in water quality environment and production methods before and after the construction of each project, evaluate the operation status and operating costs of each project, conduct a comparative analysis of the effects of different tailwater treatment technologies, identify existing problems, and put forward suggestions for improving tailwater treatment technologies. For details, see Appendix *.

*. Conduct external social monitoring of the project to monitor the implementation of policies and measures involved in the project implementation, including social security, community participation, gender issues, capacity building for vulnerable groups, information disclosure, complaint compensation monitoring, and food safety risk communication activities. Investigate the complaints received by the project’s Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and their actual handling status. Survey the stakeholders' satisfaction with the project in each phase. Evaluate the rationality of the project design and its impact on the community. For the main social safeguard monitoring indicators, please refer to Appendix *.

*. For the project areas involving ethnic minorities in this project, monitor the impact of project implementation on ethnic minority communities, including the participation of ethnic minority people in the project, their benefits, their opinions and suggestions on the project, etc., and supervise the implementation of the “Ethnic Minority Development Framework” for relevant sub-projects.

*. In view of possible situations such as land occupation and rural collective land transfer in the project, external monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with the “Resettlement Framework” of this project and the “Resettlement Action Plans” of relevant sub-projects. A sample survey covering no less than **% of the affected people shall be conducted to assess the implementation of rights protection for the affected people and the social and economic impacts of the project implementation on them.

*. To ensure the smooth implementation of the Pest and Disease Management Plan, during the project execution, on-site monitoring shall be conducted on such aspects as the implementation of the integrated pest and disease management plan, pesticide usage patterns, crop quality and yield, dynamics of major pests/diseases and their natural enemy populations, and the environmental impact after project implementation. During the peak period of pests and diseases each year, inspections shall be carried out on the implementation of the Pest and Disease Management Plan. Collect, investigate and statistics the proportion of participating enterprises that meet the standards for pollutants such as biological hazards, pollutants (pesticide and veterinary drug residues), seasonings and food additives. For specific monitoring indicators, inspection contents, and requirements for monitoring and inspection plans, see Appendix *.

*. Based on the monitoring results of external environmental, social, and pest/disease management, objectively evaluate the implementation progress, completion status, and existing problems of the environmental, social, and pest/disease management procedures. Put forward professional suggestions and measures, and formulate improvement action plans when necessary for the reference of the project office.

*. Prepare the inception report, as well as semi-annual and annual monitoring reports on environmental, social, and pest/disease management plans in compliance with the World Bank’s requirements. Revisions shall be made in accordance with the feedback and comments provided by the World Bank until full alignment with its specifications is achieved.

**. During the project’s Mid-Term Adjustment and Review (MTR), provide technical consulting for environmental and social management work.

**. Attend regular meetings held by the project entity and stakeholders, and provide professional knowledge support in environmental, social, and pest and disease management to assist in the successful holding of the meetings and the achievement of results.

**. Discuss the evaluation results with the PPMO and provide suggestions to address any problems and difficulties encountered by the project in environmental, social security, and pest and disease management.

**. Participate in the World Bank inspection team when necessary, assist the PPMO in communicating with World Bank environmental and social experts on a daily basis, and accept guidance from World Bank experts.

**. After the completion of the project services, review the environmental and social benefits of the project, the effectiveness of pest and disease management, etc., and combine the implementation status of the “Environmental and Social Management Framework” to form a summary report.

(III) External Monitoring and Evaluation Methods

The monitoring unit will apply qualitative and quantitative methods during the monitoring period, including rapid assessment, on-site investigation, sampling and testing, consultation, discussion, meetings, interviews, etc. The work will be arranged according to the actual progress, but there will be at least one on-site investigation of the project every six months. For items requiring sampling and testing, sampling and testing will be conducted once every six months (the effect monitoring of typical tailwater treatment projects shall be implemented in accordance with the requirements of Appendix *). All collected information and data shall be processed and analyzed, and included in the baseline or subsequent monitoring and evaluation reports. The monitoring unit must store the data, and the data ownership belongs to Guangdong DARA. Upon the termination of the contract, all original data and processed data shall be handed over to Guangdong DARA.

V. Requirements for Submitting Consulting Service Reports

(*) Deliverables

*. Within one month after the signing of the contract, submit the environmental and social monitoring inception report and the pest/disease management inception report, specifying the implementation plan for external monitoring work, including the effect testing implementation plan for ** typical tailwater treatment projects.

*. Within one month after the end of each half-year period, submit the environmental and social monitoring report and the pest and disease management monitoring report; a total of * issues of monitoring reports will be submitted from January **** to March ****.

*. One monitoring will be conducted before the end of the contract (March ****), and a comparison will be made based on annual data. Focusing on material analysis and comprehensive collation, combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, two copies of the external summary report on social, environmental and pest monitoring will be compiled and submitted.

All reports shall be prepared in a format and content acceptable to the World Bank, with one copy each in Chinese and English, and submitted to the project office in Word format. The PPMO will, with the assistance of the consultant, review the quality and compliance of each report. After revisions, the final version will be confirmed and submitted to the World Bank. The specific submission time shall be determined according to the project progress and the requirements of the PPMO and the World Bank. The final version of each report shall be printed, bound into a volume, stamped, and then submitted to the PPMO in duplicate.

(*) Requirements for External Monitoring and Evaluation Reports on Environment and Society

The reports shall include at least the following contents:

*.The progress status of the project.

*.The implementation status of the Environmental and Social Management Framework procedures, including the screening of sub-project activities, risk levels, preparation and review as well as implementation of environmental and social documents, the implementation of environmental mitigation measures, the monitoring of environmental indicators, and the participation of vulnerable groups and ethnic minorities in the project, etc.

*. The staffing arrangements of environmental and social institutions as well as the implementation status of training plans.

*.Separately compile monitoring and effectiveness evaluation reports for ** typical tailwater treatment projects.

*.The status of ongoing public participation; whether there are public complaints, and if complaints occur, record the main content of the complaints, solutions, and public satisfaction.

*.Environmental, health and safety incidents or accidents that occurred during the reporting period.

*.Existing problems and solutions.

*.ESMF action plan for the second half of the year.

(*) Requirements for Monitoring and Evaluation Reports on Pest and Disease Management Plan (PMP)

The reports shall include at least the following contents:

*.Implementation plans and methods.

*.Whether pesticides with pesticide registration are used.

*.Whether pesticides with pesticide registration are used.

*.Policy issues concerning pesticide use.

*.The implementation status and effectiveness of the monitoring plan, as well as the differences between the actual implementation effect and the expected effect (combining qualitative and quantitative analysis).

*.Problems encountered in implementation and corresponding solutions.

*.PMP action plan for the second half of the year.

VI. Qualification Requirements for Consultant and Experts

The consulting services for this project are expected to start in January **** and end in March ****, with an implementation period of ** months.

The consultant shall have rich experience in consulting services related to environmental monitoring, and shall have completed at least * similar contracts related to environmental monitoringin the past * years.

The details of consulting experts and their input are as follows:

Estimated Experts and Their Input Required for Consulting Service Tasks

		Number of People	Person-Months
Key Experts
*	Environmental Expert (Project Manager)	*	*
*	Social and Resettlement Expert (Deputy Manager)	*	*
*	Expert in Plant Pest and Disease Control	*	*
*	Expert in Prevention and Control of Aquaculture Pests and Diseases	*	*
*	Expert in Prevention and Control of Pests and Diseases in Pig Breeding	*	*
Non-key Experts
*	Environmental and Social Investigator	*	**
*	Pest and Disease Investigator	*	**
TOTAL		**	**

*.Environmental Expert (Project Manager)

The environmental expert shall hold a bachelor's degree or above in an environmental-related major, have more than ** years of relevant work experience, be familiar with the World Bank's safeguard policies and relevant domestic laws and regulations, and have participated as an environmental expert in the environmental management work or pest management of at least * similar contracts for international financial organization loan or grant projects. Specific tasks include:

(*) Responsible for carrying out relevant external environmental monitoring work in accordance with the Project’s “Environmental and Social Management Framework” to ensure compliance with the World Bank’s safeguard policy requirements.

(*) Responsible for supervising and guiding the formulation of environmental and social assessment reports as well as environmental and social management plans related to sub-projects. Through on-site inspections, assess whether all parties involved in the project construction comply with the requirements of the “Environmental Management Plan” and supervise the implementation of environmental mitigation measures. If any non-compliance is found, the expert shall put forward suggestions to help all project parties improve to a satisfactory level.

(*) Review environmental monitoring or environmental monitoring record reports. If non-conformities are found, experts shall recommend necessary rectification measures.

(*) When significant environmental or social issues are identified in the project, report them to the PPMO in a timely manner, put forward mitigation suggestions, and formulate an action improvement plan when necessary.

(*) Compile the environmental management content in the project’s overall monitoring report.

(*) Evaluate the operation effect of ** typical tail water treatment systems and compile a separate effect evaluation report.

(*) Organize other experts to compile other contents of the overall monitoring report and strictly check them.

*. Social and Resettlement Expert (Deputy Manager)

The social expert shall hold a bachelor's degree or above in social sciences, migration-related fields or other relevant areas, have more than ** years of relevant work experience, be familiar with the social security policies and requirements of international financial organizations as well as relevant domestic laws and regulations, and have participated as a social or migration expert in at least * contracts for international financial organization loan or grant projects. Specific tasks include:

(*) Responsible for carrying out external monitoring work related to society, immigration, and ethnic minorities.

(*) Supervise and guide the implementation units of sub-projects in compiling relevant social assessment reports and action plans, and conduct regular on-site inspections to check the progress of the social management action plans.

(*) Responsible for carrying out external monitoring work for sub-projects involving land expropriation and resettlement.

(*) Supervise and guide the implementation units of sub-projects in compiling relevant resettlement action plan reports, and conduct regular on-site inspections to check the implementation of the resettlement action plans.

(*) Compile the content related to external monitoring of society, immigration and ethnic minorities in the overall monitoring report.

*. Expert in Plant Pest and Disease Control

Experts in plant pest and disease control are required to have a bachelor’s degree or above in fields related to agricultural plant pests and diseases, with more than ** years of work experience in the prevention and control of agricultural plant pests and diseases, and be familiar with relevant domestic laws and regulations. Specific tasks include:

(*) Responsible for carrying out plant pest and disease monitoring work for agricultural planting projects.

(*) Conduct regular on-site inspections to check the implementation of the plant pest and disease management action plan.

(*) Compile the content related to external monitoring of plant pests and diseases in the overall monitoring report.

*. Expert in Prevention and Control of Aquaculture Pests and Diseases

It is required to have a bachelor’s degree or above in fields related to aquaculture pests and diseases, with more than ** years of work experience in aquaculture pests and diseases, and be familiar with relevant domestic laws and regulations. The specific tasks include:

(*) Responsible for carrying out aquaculture pest and disease monitoring work.

(*) Conduct regular on-site inspections to check the implementation of the aquaculture pest and disease management action plan.

(*) Compile the content related to external monitoring of aquaculture pests and diseases in the overall monitoring report.

*. Expert in Prevention and Control of Pests and Diseases in Pig Breeding

It is required to have a bachelor’s degree or above in fields related to pig pests and diseases, with more than ** years of work experience in pig pests and diseases, and be familiar with relevant domestic laws and regulations. The specific tasks include:

(*) Responsible for carrying out pig pest and disease monitoring work for livestock breeding projects.

(*) Conduct regular on-site inspections to check the implementation of the pig pest and disease management action plan.

(*) Compile the content related to external monitoring of pig pests and diseases in the overall monitoring report.

*. Environmental and Social Investigator

Environmental and social investigators are required to have a bachelor’s degree or above in environmental science, social science or other related majors, with more than * years of relevant work experience. They shall assist environmental, social and immigration experts in conducting relevant on-site investigations, data collection, user satisfaction surveys and other work.

*. Pest and Disease Investigator

There shall be at least one pest and disease investigator for each of the fields of planting, aquaculture, and pig breeding. They are required to have a bachelor’s degree or above in relevant majors, with more than * years of relevant work experience, and shall assist pest and disease experts in conducting relevant on-site investigations, data collection and other work.

VII. Facilities and Personnel Provided by the Employer

To ensure the smooth implementation of the consulting services, the employer will provide the following necessary assistance and services:

(*) Relevant project documents, reports, annual work plans and other materials.

(*) Designate or entrust a coordinator to assist the consultant in arranging the connection and liaison work related to external monitoring services.

(*) Provide the contact information of the PMOs at the municipal, county and town levels, information on relevant activities of the project’s agricultural production, and the contact information of local pest and disease management agencies.