Location: Home-based
Fee: Up to £15,000
Duration: Approx. 5 weeks – until end of June 2022
Closing date: 17:00 BST, 13 May 2022

The Commonwealth Secretariat is seeking to engage a qualified consultant (which may be an individual, consortium or company) to work in partnership with ONR to:

  1. briefly summarise the main design features and articles of carbon pricing laws in five countries (including three Commonwealth countries) that are following the fuel approach to carbon pricing; and
  2. draft a Commonwealth Carbon Pricing Model Law.

The preferred Consultant will preferably have:

  • demonstrable expertise and experience in drafting primary legislation;
  • demonstrable expertise and experience drafting model laws;
  • demonstrable expertise and experience drafting financial, particularly tax, legislation;
  • demonstrable expertise and experience drafting carbon pricing laws;
  • demonstrable expertise in climate change policies, particularly carbon pricing; and
  • knowledge of carbon pricing policies and legislation in different countries.

Please apply for this contract by submitting by email ([email protected]):

  1. A brief (not more than 5 pages) proposal outlining relevant experience and expertise, the proposed methodology for undertaking the study, and the bid amount in GBP;
  2. A brief (not more than two page) covering letter summarising the proposed method, and relevant experience and expertise and including links to relevant past work; and
  3. The CV (or CVs) of the consultant (or consultants) who will work on the project.

The deadline for applications is 17:00 BST, 13 May 2022.