INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Adapting to impacts of climate change provides a “win-win” for livelihoods, food security, water supply, health, security, and economic growth. The work of the GCA elevates the visibility and political importance of climate adaptation and facilitates solutions, such as smarter investments, new technologies and better planning to become more resilient to climate related threats. GCA is a rapidly growing organization with offices in Abidjan, Beijing, Dhaka, Groningen, and Rotterdam.

The GCA’s ambitious 2020-2025 business plan and strategy have three pillars:

• Programs: Food Security; Using Nature for more resilient infrastructure; Water for Urban Growth and Resilience; Climate Finance; Youth Leadership.
• Knowledge: Building adaptation knowledge globally through cutting edge products such as the State and Trends in Adaptation Report and the Adaptation Knowledge Portal.
• Advocacy and Awareness: Formulating policy messages to move the global, regional, and local adaptation agendas forward.

Introduction to the Requesting Program 
As a solutions broker for climate change adaptation, GCA responds to country client demands where there is an opportunity to significantly scale up climate resilience through mainstreaming climate adaptation in large-scale infrastructure investment projects to ensure impact on the ground, improved access to actionable knowledge; and focused advocacy on opportunities and innovations for prioritizing climate adaptation resilient investments. GCA’s interventions support Multilateral Banks (MDBs) and Governments starting with developing climate data and analytics for large-scale infrastructure projects. The climate data and analytics assist in identifying and appraising adaptation and resilience options for infrastructure investments, assets and operations. 
 
GCA’s support to Asia and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is designed to maximize the opportunity for scaling up adaptation and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the respective country, building on the Government’s growing interest in NbS and global awareness and support to prioritize nature, biodiversity, and NbS. GCA’s strategy for NbS adopts a systemic approach for adaptation through the following interconnected pillars: climate resilient advisory services and tools; national capacity building; scaling up NbS through inclusive approaches with vulnerable communities, gender, and youth.   
 
In this context, Infrastructure activities aim to integrate climate resilience into investments addressing key barriers to integrating adaptation and innovative Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into infrastructure projects by delivering upstream analysis and support to develop information and metrics on hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. Specific interventions include, but not limited to, providing:  

• High resolution climate risk assessments for the project assets and the landscape surrounding the assets; 
• Adaptation and resilience design and investment options appraisals that price the costs of benefits of potential interventions, including NBS; and  
• Transaction advisory support to allocate climate risk within the financing plan for the project, especially in the contexts of public-private partnerships (PPP).  

The Infrastructure and NbS portfolio of projects includes infrastructure investments in assets across the energy sector, including renewable energy projects, transport, water, and agriculture. 

Objective 
GCA’s Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions Program will provide targeted technical assistance to integrate climate resilience into infrastructure projects from MDBs and other development partners.  
 
Within this context, GCA is seeking Service Providers to enter into a Framework Agreement to integrate adaptation and resilience into infrastructure projects across infrastructure sectors and countries/regions in Asia and SIDS. 

General Tasks and Activities 
The four types of services to be provided under the Framework Agreement are: 

• Climate Risk Assessment 
• Adaptation and Resilience Investment Options Appraisal 
• Technical Guidelines for Infrastructure Resilience 
• Capacity Building of Asian and SIDS Institutions and Knowledge Transfer 

Submission of the Proposal 
If you are interested in participating in this Request for Proposal, you are requested to submit your proposal to the submission link: GCA-PR-25-673 – Framework Agreement Proposals no later than 10 April 2025, 16:00:00 hours (04:00:00 p.m. o’clock), Central European Time (CET) (hereinafter referred to as “the closing date and time”). 

Bidders are cautioned that the timing of submission is based on when the proposal is received by the GCA, not when a proposal is submitted by a bidder. As transmission can be delayed due to file transfer size, transmission speed or other technical factors, bidders should plan to submit proposals well in advance of the Submission Deadline to avoid submitting late due to technical issues. Bidders submitting near the Submission Deadline do so at their own risk. 

Proposals received after the closing date and time will be rejected. GCA will confirm receipt of proposals within 24 hours from the closing date and time. Bidders that do not receive this confirmation must contact GCA within 48 hours from the closing date and time. After 48 hours from the closing date and time, GCA shall not respond to any queries related to whether a bidder’s proposal was received.