Tenders Are Invited For Consulting Services For A Firm To Develop A Ground Rainfall Database

Request For Expression Of Interest For Consulting Services For A Firm To Develop A Ground Rainfall Database For Ccrif Spc And Implement A Web Platform For Real Time Data Exchange Procurement Method Selection Based On Consultants QualificationNotice No Op00077277 Request For Expressions Of Interest Consulting Services ConsultantSqualificatio N Selection Cqs Assignment Title Consulting Servicesfor A Firm To Develop A Ground Rainfall Database For Ccrif Spc And Implement A Web Platform For Real Time Dataexchange N Bsp Reference No 2 Ccrif Spc Xsr Ground Data For The Caribbean Andcentral America P The Consulting Services The Services Is For The Development Of A Databaseof Ground Rainfall Measur Ements For The Caribbean And Central American Countries As Well As To Implement A Web Platform Forreal Time Data Exchange The Assignment Is Composed Of The Following Points Component 1 A Data Collection Component 1 B Development Of A Historical Geo Database Component 2 Web Platform Development Component 2 Will Be Undertaken By The Firm Only If There Is Adetermination By Ccrif That It Is Feasible To Include The Data Intothe Xsr Model Based On The Requirements Outlined AboveAssignmentcountriesCaribbean Anguilla Antigua And Barbuda Barbados Belize Caymanislands Dominica Grenada Haiti Jamaica St Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent And The Grenadines The Bahamas Trinidad Tobago Theturks And Caicos Islands Plus The British Virgin Islands Montserrat And Sint MaartenCosefin Nicaragua Panama Honduras Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala El SalvadorThe Suggested Team Composition Includes Team Leader 10 Years In Hydrological Or Meteorological Field Meteorologist Hydrologist Expert Phd Gis And Webgis Expert The Firm Must Demonstrate In A Well Detailed Proposal The Following Team Members With Excellent Analytical Skills And Ability To Prepare Professional Narrative Reports Summarizingobservatioand Conclusions In English AndExperience And Knowledge Of The Central America And The Caribbeancontext The Services Are Expected To Commence In October Be 2019 Upon Execution Of The Contract Andthe Expected Level Of Ef Fort Loe Is 5 Months The Specific Dates For Deliverables Will Be Agreed By Contract The Specificdates For Deliverables Wi Ll Be Agreed During The Negotiation Of The Contract The Detailedterms Of Reference Tor Forthe Assignment Can Be Found At The Following Web Address Procurement Ccrif OrgCcrif Spc Now Invit Es Eligible Firms To Indicate Their Interest In Providing Theservices Interested Firms Should Provide Information Brochures Desc Ription Of Similar Assignments Experience In Similarconditions General Qualifications And Number Of Key Staff Etc Demonstratingthat They Have The Required Qualifications Andrelevant Experience To Perform The Services Interested Firms Are Required To Declar E Conflicts Ofinterest The Shortlisting Criteria Are Based On The Above Listed Required Qualifications And Relevantexperience The Firm Will Be Selected In Accordance With CcrifS ConsultantS Qualification Selection Cqs Further Information Can Be Obtained At The Addressbelow Expressions Of Interest Must Be Delivered In A Written Form To The Address Below By E Mail By Septembeer 25 2019 Below ECcrif SpcSubject LineAttn Isaac Anthony Chief Executive OfficerRegistered Office C O Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd 198 North Churchstreet2Nd Floor Sagicor House P O Box 1087 Grand Cayman Ky1 1102 Cayman IslandsEmail Procurement Ccrif OrgTerms Of ReferenceDevelopment Of A Database Of Groundrainfall Data For Ccrif Spc And Implementation Of A Web Platform For Real Time Data Exchange 1 0 Background In 2007 The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Ccrif Was Formed As The Firstmulti Country Riskthe World And Was The First Insurance Instrument To Successfully Develop Parametric Policies Backed By Bothtraditional And Capita L Markets It Was Initially Designed As A Regional Catastrophe Fund For Caribbean Governments To Limit Thefinancial Impact Of Devas Tating Hurricanes And Earthquakes By Quickly Providing Financial Liquidity When A Policy Is Triggered Ccrif Was Developed Under Thetechnical Leadership Of The World Bank And With A Grant From The Government Of Japan It Wascapitalized Through Contributions To Amulti Donor Trust Fund By The Government Of Canada The European Union The World Bank Thegovernments Of The United Kingdom And F Rance The Caribbean Development Bank And The Governments Of Ireland And Bermuda As Wellas Through Membership Fees Paid By Partici Pating Governments In 2014 The Facility Was Restructured Into Asegregated Portfolio Company Spc To Facil Itate Expansion Into New Products And Geographic Areas And Is Now Named Ccrif Spc Thenew Structure In Which Products Are Offered Through A Number Of Segregated Portfolios Allows For Total Segregation Of Risk Inapril 2015 Ccrif Spc Signed An Mou With Cosefin The Council Of Ministers Of Finance Of Central America Panama And Thedominican Republic To Enable Central American Countries To Formally Join The Facility The Expansion To Central America And Thecaribbean Is Supported Through The World Bank Administered C Entral America And Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Programmulti Donor Trust Fund Mdtf Established For That Purpose Th E Mdtf Channels Resources From Various Donors Including Canada Through The Department Of Foreign Affairs Trade And D Evelopment The United States Through The Department Ofthe Treasury The European Union Through The European Commission And Germ Any Through The Federal Ministry For Economiccooperation And Development Funding Under The Program Ha S Been Allocated To I Expand The Servicesand Membership Of Ccrif Spc Through A Recipient Executed Project Implemented By Ccrif S Pc The Central America And Caribbeancatastrophe Risk Insurance Project P149670 Was Approved By The Regional Vice Presidentfor Latin America And The Caribbean Onjune 30 2015 The Project Is Implemented By Ccrif Spc Ccrif Segregated Po Rtfolio Company Formerly Thecaribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility The Project Development Objective Is To Improve Affordability Of High Qualitysovereign Catastrophe Risk Transfer Associated With Earthquakes And Climate Related Events For Ccrif P Articipatingcountries The Expansion Of Membership Into Central America Has The Potential To Diversify The Risk Portfolio Im Proveaccess To Reinsurance Markets Hence Reduce The Cost Of Risk Transfer Allowing These Benefits To Be Passed On To Its Members The Peer Review Of The Actuarial Soundness Of Ccrif SpcS Loss Assessment Models For Central America And The Caribbeanwill Be Financed With Grant Funding From The Central America And Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Project P149670 Nbb Wp Ccrif Spc Is Registered In The Cayman Islands With A Board Of Directors Which Is Responsible For Governance And Thestra Egic Direction Of The Company And A Chief Executive Officer With Responsibility For Managing The Company On A Day To Daybasis It O Perates As A Virtual Organization Supported By A Network Of Service Providers Covering The Areas Of Risk Management Risk Modelling Captive Management Reinsurance Reinsurance Brokerage Asset Management Technical Assistance And Corporatecommunications And I Nformation Technology Ccrif Spc Offers Earthquake Tropical Cyclone And Excess Rainfall Policies To Caribbeanand Central American Governments Ccrif Spc Helps To Mitigate The Short Term Cash Flow Problems Small Developing Economies Sufferafter Major Natural Dis Asters Ccrif SpcS Parametric Insurance Mechanism Allows It To Provide Rapid Payouts To Help Membersfinance Their Initial Di Saster Response And Maintain Basic Government Functions After A Catastrophicevent Nineteen Caribbean Governare Currently Members Of The Facility Anguilla Antigua Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat St Kitts Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent The Grenadin Es Saint Vincent Sint Maarten Trinidad Tobago And Turks Caicos Islands Nicaragua Is The First Central American Gover Nment To Become A Ccrif Spcmember Ccrif SpcS Sustainability Relies On Certain Key Factors Continuing Operations With The Capacity To Fund Payouts Within The Agreed Timeframe Whilemaintaining Adequate Capital And ReservesAbility To Attract Members By Offering Relevant Products With Competitive Pricinng W Mainile At All Times Reinforcing The Objectives And Limitations Of Parametric Insurance CoverageSupporting Themembership H Technical Assistance And Ensuring A Close Working Relationship With Members That Value The Need For Parametricinsurance Coverage In Light Of More Frequent And Severe Natural Disasters The Xsr Product Makes Useof Several State Of The Art Tools Which Allows Estimating Accurately The Daily Precipitation Over The Region Theseinclude Rainfall Es Timates From Satellite Images Elaborated By The Noaa National Oceanic And Atmosphericadministration Rainfall Estimatesprovided By The Weather Research And Forecast Wrf Numerical Weather Prediction Nwp Model Developed At The National Centerfor Atmospheric Research Ncar And Initialized By A Global Climate Modelcalled Gfs Fnl Global Forecast System Final Developed At The National Centers For Environmental Prediction Ncep The Combination Of These Products Has So Far Proven To B E An Efficient Way Of Estimating The Occurrence Andintensity Of Damaging Events In 2016 And 2017 178 Rainfall Events Were Detecte D By The Model Out Of Which 86 Were On Ccrifmember Countries Among These Xsr Identified 13 Loss Events With No Payout I E Dam Aging Events Whose Economic Losses Werelower Than The Minimum Threshold Established By The Insurance Policy Condition To Trigger A Payout And 13 Triggering Events Withan Associated Payout 2 0 Nbsp ObjectivesPositive Performance Of The Current Xsr Model Notwithstanding Ccrif Is Considering An Upgra Deof It To Include New Available Techniques And Datasets After Consultations With The Stakeholders Ccrif Is Considering Explicitl Yconsidering The Inclusion In The Model Of Measured Ground Rainfall Data Among The Tools Used To Estimate The Daily Precipitation Amount Within The Excess Rainfall Risk Modelling Process This Upgrade Has Two Objectives Improving The Reliabilityof The Model Results Strengthening The Collaboration Between Ccrif And Key Stakeholders Such As National And Internationn Ol Meteo Hydrological Institutions 3 0 Scope Ofworks Nb P This Assignment Seeks To Develop A Database Of Ground Rainfall Measurements For Caribbean And Centralamerican Countries As Well As To Implement A Web Platform For Real Time Data Exchange A Ground Rainfall Measurement Is Defined Asa Measure Of The Rai Nfall Recorded By Ground Instruments Such As Rain Gauges And Or Radar As An Example Several Meteorologicalagencies Operate Rain G Auge Networks In The Area Such As The Caribbean Institute Of Meteorology And Hydrology Cimh And Nationalmeteorological Offices The Ground Data To Be Integrated Within The Xsr Model Needs To Meet Certainrequirements The Data Need To Be Availab Le Preferably Since 1998 I E It Has To Cover At Least The Samehistorical Period Used By The Xsr Model To Assess The Rainfall Ris K And Compute The Policy Parameters Real Time Datamust Be Consistent With Historical Data The Data Need To B E Available In Real Time Or In Near Real Time I E Preferably Within 48H But At Most With 3 To 4 Days Of Delay The Met Eorological Network S From Which Data Are Obtainedmust Have High Reliability And Quality Control Standards The Ass Ignment Is Composed Of The Followingpoints Component 1 A Data Collection Component 1 B Development Of A Histori Cal Geo Database Component2 Web Platform Development Component 2 Will Be Undertaken By The Firm Only If There Is A Determ Ination By Ccrif That It Isfeasible To Include The Data Into The Xsr Model Based On The Requirements Outlined AboveAssignment CountriesCaribbean Anguilla Antigua And Barbuda Barbados Belize Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Haiti Jamaica St Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent And The Grenadinees Barbhe Bahamas Trinidad Tobago The Turks And Caicos Islands Plus The British Virgin Islands Montserrat And SintmaartenCosefin Nicaragua Panama Honduras Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala Elsalvador4 0 ServicesComponent 1A DatacollectionObjectivesThe Main Objecti Ves Of This Component Are To Identify The Main Potentialmeteorological Data Providers In The Countries Of Study Nbs P And To Engage With Them Within The Framework Of The Xsr Modellingprocess To Assess The Compatibility Of The Availableproducts Data With The Xsr Model Requirements Tocollect All The Available Historical Precipitation Rain Gauges And Rada R Data From All The Availablesources ActivitiesThe Main Activities Of This Component Are E Ngagement With Local Andinternational Hydro Met Ground Data Providers Including Oral Written Communications And Or Meetings Analysis Of Thecharacteristics Of The Available Databases Parameters Such As The Length Of The Records The Presence Of Data Gaps Thereliability And Quality Of The Data The Spatial Coverage Etc Need Be Assessed Analysis Of The Suitability O F Theavailable Datasets Within The Framework Of The Xsr Model In Particular The Aspects To Be Analysed Include Historical Data Availability Compared To The Historical Period Previously Used To Assess Long Term Risk With Xsr Real Time Data Availability Dataconsistency And Homogeneity In Space And Time General Reliability Of The Data And The Data Provider Key Actions CKey Actions Will Include But Should Not Be Limited To Identification Of Existing Meteorological Climatologicaand Hydrological Agencies Operating In The Countries Of Study And That Might Represent A Potential Dataprovider Engagem Ent With Such Agencies To Establish A Link Between Them And Ccrif And To Facilitate The Transfer Ofdata Collection Of Al L Historical Rainfall Databases Both Rain Gauge And Radar From The Agencies Identified As Aboveunder The First Bullet Point Analysis Of The Data Collected To Assess Their Suitability For Integration Inxsr Expected Output Li A Collection Of Historical Rainfall Databases This Collection Should Includegeoreferenced Information About Station Location D Uration Of The Historical Period Completeness Of The Record And Otherrelevant Characteristics Of The Datasets A Technic Al Report And Supporting Gis Information Created For The Purpose Ofdescribing In An Organized And Systematic Fashion The Available Databases And Their Suitability For The Purposes Of The Xsrmodel Component 1 B Historical Geo DatabaseOb JectivesThe Main Objective Of This Componentis Organizing The Collected Precipitation Data In The Countrie S Of Study Within A Historicalgeo DatabaseFor Quality Control And Quality Assessment Purposes Comparison With Relevant Projects And Data Sources Forthe Region E G Charim Gsod Should Be Performed ActivitiesThe Main Activit Ies Of This Componentare Organisation Of The Data Obtained In Component 1 According To A Homogeneous Format This A Ctivity Will Includeformat Conversion From The Original Format To The Output Format And Data Homogenisation Data Gap F Illing Ifnecessary Using Spatial Temporal Interpolation Techniques And Or Geostatistical Approaches Develop An Approac H Thatensures Sustainability Of Data Availability From The Identified Sources Considering CcrifS Requirements On The Speed Ofavailability And Format Of The Data This Process Should Include Recommendations On An Outreach Program To Actively Involvethe Identified Institutions In The Project Key ActionsKey Actions Will Include But Should Not Be Limitedto Based On The Assessment Carried Out In Component 1 One Or More Datasets Data Providers For Each Country Will Bechosen To Be Integrated Into The Final Historical Database Of Ground Data And Into The Real Time Operation Of The Web Platform Component 3 The Selected Data Will Be Processed And Eventually The Gaps Will Be Filled Using Spatial Interpolation Teechni Compues Automatic Routines Will Be Set Up To Process Homogenise Assimilate And Upload Thedata Expecte PutOrganised And Homogenised Database Of Historical Rainfall Values Both From Raingauges And Radar For All The Co Untries Of The Assignment Including Metadata A Technical Report Detailing Themethodology Used To Analyse Homogenise An D Process The Data

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