Vacancy Announcement
SNV Indonesia
SNV
is looking for a Consultant for:
Evaluation
of Energy Utilization and Consumption at Biogas Project in Central Kalimantan
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SNV
is an international not-for-profit development organisation working in 38 of
the poorest countries worldwide for nearly 50 years. Using market based
approaches, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalysing environmentally
sustainable solutions for the poor in agriculture, energy, water &
sanitation, and climate change.
Services within the renewable energy sector include
domestic biogas, biofuels and improved cookstoves with a focus on providing
clean energy for cooking. SNV’s work in
biogas in Indonesia, since 2009 under the partnership with Hivos, has focused
on supporting the establishment of domestic biogas plants that convert manure
produced at the household level into combustible methane gas that can be used
for cooking and lighting lamps. The
overall goal is to develop a sustainable biogas sector where local companies
market and install biogas plants as well as provide after sales services. This systems approach also involves
strengthening organizational and institutional capacities in local level and
optimizing cooperation between the private sector, government, and end users.
With the financial support of EEP Indonesia and SNV,
SNV has implemented a pilot project with local partner to examine the potential
of Medium Scale Biogas Project in Central Kalimantan. 10 medium size digesters
are constructed at the community cattle sheds with the gas produced distributed
to nearby households mainly for cooking purpose.
The overall objective of the project is to develop and
test a reliable biogas design
appropriate for Indonesian context and a necessary operation and management
system of a community digester.
The project promotes development of a robust and cost
effective medium scale biogas sector that improves access to clean and
sustainable energy sources by households in Indonesia.
As the project will be ending by end of February 2014,
a final evaluation is planned to undertake assessing whether the digesters are
appropriate to supply the required energy to the households and achieve the
objectives. For this purpose, SNV wants to select suitable consultant for the
conduction of the Evaluation of Energy Utilization and Consumption in Biogas
Project households in Central Kalimantan. A Baseline Survey is already
available to compare the results of this study.
1.
Objectives
The
main objective of the study is to evaluate energy requirement, energy
consumption and substitution of energy by biogas digesters. Moreover, the study
will focus on the following aspects:
- Energy requirement and consumption
- Supply of biogas to replace other fuels
- Compare the impact of biogas digesters with baseline data
2.
Scope of Work
The
scope of work will be to collect and analyse following aspects at household
level and compare with the baseline data:
a)
Change in health and
sanitation information
i.
Reduction on exposure to indoor air pollution
ii.
Reduction on respiratory and eye infection
iii.
Reduction on incidence of gastro-intestinal diseases
iv.
Improvement in kitchen condition
v.
Reduction on mosquito induced diseases and nuisance
vi.
Reduction on fire/burning accidents, general physical condition (stress,
free time, time for feeding etc) among women, men and children
b)
Change in socio-economic
conditions
i.
Reduction on expenses on domestic fuel
ii.
Use of time (household members)
iii.
Owned domestic animals
iv.
Employment situation
c)
Change in gender related
information
i.
Women's participation in decision making process
ii.
Health and workload of women
iii.
Income generation and productive work
d)
Change in agriculture
practices
i.
Cattle (Livestock) population, grazing method (openly grazed /stall fed),
shed management, animal health, fodder management etc
ii.
Quantity of dung produced each day and its utilization as manure
iii.
Fertilizer use pattern and their effectiveness on crop growth, soil
fertility and crop productivity and ultimately the farm income
e)
Energy and environmental
related information
i.
Amount of household daily utilization of fire wood, agriculture residues,
animal dung, kerosene, LPG for cooking and type of stoves and related expenses
ii.
Accessibility of cooking and lighting fuels
iii.
Local (household) environmental condition
f)
Strengthening local
capacity on biogas
i.
Assess on the biogas construction capacity of local masons
ii.
Assess on biogas operation and maintenance capacity of biogas users
3.
Approaches and Methodology
The
Consultant should mention the detailed approaches and methodology for carrying
out this study. The methodology shall include the desk study and review of
relevant literature related to the study. Based upon the review of the
literatures, the consultant shall formulate the tools of data collection such
as structured questionnaire, checklists for focus group discussions,
observation sheets etc, including quantitative and qualitative information and
areas of operation which shall be finalized in agreement with SNV.
It
is aimed to have a minimum sample size of total 30 households from 3 cluster
biogas households (5 digesters) of Pulau Pisang in Central Kalimantan.
The
sample household will be the biogas users of Medium Size Biogas Digesters
constructed by SNV. A list of biogas household will be made available to the
consultant.
The
consultant shall organize orientation training for the members of field survey
team prior to the pre-testing of questionnaire and field mobilization. The consultant
shall prepare a detailed programme regarding the mobilization of survey team
for field studies and will submit a copy to SNV Jakarta to enable it to monitor
the activity in the field.
4.
Expected Output
a) Inception Report
b) Draft Report and
c) Final Report
In
the final report, the Consultant should clearly mention the methodology, output
of the study and recommendations based on the study by incorporating the
comments and suggestions received from the SNV. Three copies of final report and an electronic copy (in CD)
must be submitted to SNV including an executive summary in Bahasa Indonesia.
The reports must be prepared and performed in a professional way by adhering to
strict quality standards.
5.
Work Schedule
The
project will be implemented tentatively from first week of February 2014 and
expected to complete before 25th February 2014. The consultant shall
elaborate detail work schedule to be carried out for implementation of the
proposed programme. But the actual time will be determined after the agreement
between SNV and the Consultant.
6.
Team Composition
The
team should be composed of:
a) Socio
Economist//Environment Expert having more than 5 years experience in the
relevant field who works as a Team Leader
b) Statistician having
adequate experiences
c) Data enumerators
The
Consultant shall submit the name(s) of the required human resources to be
assigned for execution of the proposed project. The detailed CVs of the experts
to be involved for the conduction of this study must be submitted with their original
signature and their commitment to provide the full time for this study.
7. Submission of Proposal
The proposal should contain a clear description of the
objectives, working methodology, activities, expected major output and a report
layout, the CVs of the persons clearly indicating the job title and
responsibilities of each individual to be assigned in the study. Similarly,
detail break down of the financial estimate need to be submitted by the
consultant. The total study cost (including tax) should be written clearly both
in figure and in words.
Based on the evaluation, SNV will select one of the
best proposals of the consultant and award the work within a week from the last
date of submitting the proposal.
Please send your proposal by
latest 27 January 2014 to sbajgain@snvworld and cc to wmuhammad@snvworld.org with
“Biogas Evaluation” as subject.
8. Acceptance of the Proposal
All rights are reserved with SNV either to approve or
disapprove the proposal without giving any specific reasons. If needed, the
consultant can be asked for modifications in the proposal before approval.
9. Duties and Taxes
The consultant shall pay all tariffs, duties, other
taxes or charges levied by the Government of Indonesia at any stage during the
execution of the work.
10. Termination of Contract
In the event that work progress or quality is not
satisfactory, SNV shall have the right of withdrawing the contract partly or
wholly. Justification for such action will be provided in writing. The portion
of the contract value that has not been paid when such action is taken will be
retained in SNV as liquidated damages.
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