The CAPRED Facility is Australia's flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next five years, with a possible three-year extension. The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of important economic reforms to support the country's economic transition. These interventions and reforms aim to encourage more productive and inclusive public and private investment, promoting a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable economy.
About the Project
Through its Climate Resilience Portfolio, CAPRED supports Cambodia to close climate finance gaps by mobilising public and private capital for climate adaptation and mitigation investments. This includes support to commercially viable businesses seeking concessional green finance through the Cambodia Climate Finance Facility (CCFF), which requires a minimum 20% verified energy saving against an agreed baseline as a condition of eligibility.
CAPRED is supporting a private sector borrower developing a greenfield rice milling facility in Cambodia ("the Facility") that is seeking CCFF financing on this basis. An independent, design-stage energy efficiency assessment has established a baseline and design-case energy performance for the Facility. A summary of the Facility and the design-stage assessment is provided at Annex 1 (Project Information). For reasons of commercial confidentiality, the borrower's name and other site-identifying details are withheld from this RFP and will be provided to the successful applicant prior to assignment start.
Energy efficiency financing requires credible evidence that projected savings are actually realised. Independent commissioning, measurement, and verification services help confirm that installed equipment is ready to perform as designed and that actual operating performance meets or exceeds the design energy performance target, supporting CAPRED's, the lender's, and the CCFF's due diligence, monitoring, and reporting requirements.
Expected Outputs
CAREER CATEGORY: Call for Proposals
LOCATION: Banteay Meanchey Province
SUMMARY
RFP Number: RFP26-068
Domain Name: Climate Resilience
Assignment Duration: Between October 2026 until 30 June 2027
Objective
CAPRED seeks to engage a qualified consulting firm or independent consultant ("the Consultant") to independently perform Commissioning, Measurement and Verification (Cx, M&V) services for the Facility described at Annex 1, in accordance with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) Option C - Whole Facility Measurement, to confirm that the Facility's energy efficiency measures are installed, commissioned, and operating in line with its design energy performance.
Scope of the Assignment
The Consultant shall provide independent review and verification to confirm that the agreed energy efficiency measures at the Facility have been installed and are operationally ready to deliver the expected energy performance under normal operating conditions and shall provide an independent technical opinion on actual performance following commissioning.
The assignment follows IPMVP Option C-Whole Facility Measurement, using utility and fuel metering data together with production and process data to assess actual facility energy performance. The M&V boundary, performance indicators, and detailed methodology are set out at Annex 2 (M&V Plan).
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Eligibility
- Firm / Consultant Eligibility
- Legally registered to operate in Cambodia, or able to secure the necessary registration, work permits, or local partnership arrangements before assignment start.
- Demonstrated financial and organisational capacity to deliver the assignment within the required timeframe, including availability of proposed personnel across the full monitoring period.
- Demonstrated professional independence: the Consultant shall not have been involved in the design, equipment supply, or construction of the Facility, and shall have no conflict of interest with the Facility owner or its equipment suppliers.
- Required Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in mechanical, electrical, energy, industrial, or a related engineering discipline; an advanced degree or accreditation in energy management is an advantage.
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), or equivalent recognised professional certification, held by the lead consultant/team member.
- Minimum five years of professional experience conducting energy audits, commissioning, or M&V assignments for industrial or agro-processing facilities, with a demonstrated track record of comparable assignments.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), including Option C - Whole Facility Measurement, and of ISO 50001/ISO 50002 or equivalent standards.
- Experience with biomass-fired thermal systems and associated heat balance / thermal efficiency verification is an advantage.
- Experience in agro-processing or food processing sectors is an advantage.
- Prior experience preparing lender-facing or development-finance-facing technical reports (e.g. for DFIs, climate funds, or concessional lending facilities such as the CCFF) is strongly preferred.
- Fluent written and spoken English is required; Khmer language ability, or a Khmer-speaking team member, is an advantage for site-level data collection and stakeholder engagement.
- Team Composition
- Lead / Senior M&V Consultant: holds overall responsibility for technical quality, methodology, and final sign-off on deliverables; must meet the certification and experience criteria above.
- Supporting technical specialist(s): as relevant to the assignment scope, for example an electrical/motor specialist and a thermal systems specialist.
- A local counterpart, translator, or field enumerator: where the lead consultant does not speak Khmer and the assignment requires extended site-level engagement.
- Other Qualifications
- Demonstrate integrity and high ethical standards.
- Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Treat all people fairly and equally.
- Fulfil obligations to GEDSI sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
- Strictly comply with the DFAT Child Protection Code of Conduct and policy.
- Teams with a gender balance are strongly encouraged to apply.
Submission Requirements
Evaluation
CAPRED will use an objective and reliable process to evaluate each proposal. The proposals and responses will be evaluated based on:
- Compliance with this Request for Proposal
- Demonstrated understanding of the assignment and ability to meet the required deliverables and timeline.
- Relevant experience of the consulting firm/consultant in similar Cx, M&V or energy audit assignments.
- Expertise of individuals and the overall team nominated to deliver the service. CAPRED reserves the right to reject any individual proposed and to ask the applicant to provide an alternative.
- Past performance on similar assignments, including reference checks.
- Quality and relevance of previous work examples.
- Proposed financial plan for the services.
Note: While price is a factor, it is more important that the applicant can demonstrate value for money. CAPRED reserves the right to contract more than one supplier for these services and may actively seek to contract more than one supplier to ensure the supply of technical services.
Email: recruitment@capred.org
Contact: 099 223 998
Moreinfo: https://capred.org/opportunities
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