Service for Development of Circular Relief Supply Chain for Bhotekoshi Flood Response

People in Need (PIN) is a non-governmental, non-profit, international organization founded in the Czech Republic in 1992. PIN arrived in Nepal as part of a humanitarian response to the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Since its inception in Nepal, PIN has had a strong role in designing and facilitating systemic solutions advocating for and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations affected by disasters including person categories who live in geographically remote areas of the country, historically marginalized ethnic groups, and those marginalized because of their age and/or gender identity. Currently, PIN Nepal is implementing programmes under three strategic pillars

PIN Nepal team works in and promotes strong partnerships with civil society, Government of Nepal, academia, private sector and other key stakeholders in Nepal. Together with them, PIN Nepal has been advancing programmes such as landslide disaster preparedness and early action, climate and flood resilient housing, durable local solutions, climate change modelling for more inclusive and efficient local decision-making, girls and inclusive education, waste management and circular economy approaches. PIN is strongly committed for safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, including persons with disabilities, in line with its safeguarding framework and child protection policy. Under the Climate Resilience Pillar, PIN is implementing Pratibaddha and RAIN projects across several districts in Sudurpaschim, Karnali, Lumbini, Madhesh, and Bagmati provinces, supporting early warning systems, early action, community preparedness, and climate-resilient local decision-making.

Following the recent flood emergency in Nepal, large volumes of relief materials have been mobilized through collection centres, holding centres, and distribution points. While these operations are essential for saving lives and meeting urgent needs, they also generate substantial quantities of recyclable materials such as PET bottles, cartons, and other clean packaging waste.

To support environmentally responsible humanitarian action, PIN intends to engage a specialized service provider to design, implement, and test a circular relief supply chain model that promotes waste recovery, recycling, and traceability within humanitarian response operations. The intervention will be implemented over a 90-day pilot period in Kathmandu and selected flood-affected districts.

The purpose of this assignment is to establish and operationalize a multi-site material recovery and recycling system that captures, segregates, collects, consolidates, and channels recyclable materials generated through humanitarian relief operations to verified recycling facilities, while ensuring no disruption to relief activities.

The service provider shall undertake the following activities

A. Inception and Site Assessment

B. Establishment of Waste Recovery System

C. Training and Capacity Building Design and deliver training sessions covering

D. Collection, Consolidation and Recycling Operations

E. Data Management and Traceability

The service provider shall establish a material tracking system that records collection location, material type, weight collected, date of collection, transportation records and final destination/recycler.

F. Documentation and Knowledge Products

The service provider shall document implementation experiences and lessons learned. Documentation shall include: Case studies, success stories, photographs, video content, operational learning notes, recommendations for scale-up.

G. Pilot Evaluation and Scale-Up Recommendation

The service provider shall assess operational feasibility, route efficiency, material recovery performance, training effectiveness, cost effectiveness and replication potential.

The assignment will initially cover

Implementation Period and 90 days output

The assignment shall be implemented over a period of 90 calendar days.

1 temporary hub + 2-3 feeder/holding/distribution points, including non-PIN sites where useful.

Budget and Financial Management

The total pilot budget shall be NPR 35,20,000 allocated across assessment, infrastructure, equipment, training, logistics, implementation, evaluation, and documentation activities. Budget utilization shall be guided by principles of efficiency, transparency, value for money, and accountability.

Interested individuals/firms are requested to send their application by 20th September 2026 to [email protected] with the subject line: Consultancy service for Circular Relief Pilot

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