Consultant – Sponge City and Urban Flood Resilience, Thailand

Post Title: Consultant for Developing Project Proposals for Sponge City Approaches and Urban Flood Resilience in Thailand

Project/Agency:  Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery for Building Resilience Team, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Country of Assignment: Home based, no travel required.

Duration of Assignment: 70 days (September - December 2026)

UNDP seeks a qualified consultant to support the development of practical and scalable Sponge City and urban flood resilience solutions in Thailand. The assignment will identify potential pilot cities, assess technical and enabling conditions, and develop project concepts that integrate flood risk management, blue-green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and climate-resilient urban planning. The work will help strengthen climate-resilient urban development in Thailand and support UNDP in developing investment-ready initiatives and partnerships with government, development partners, and other stakeholders.

Should you be interested, proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal or Procurement.th@undp.org with UNDP-BRC-00238 in subject line. UNDP will respond in writing including publish an explanation of the query to tender without identifying the source of inquiry.

Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders.  Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.

If any discrepancy between the deadline in the system and in deadline indicated elsewhere, the deadline in the system prevails.

We look forward to your favourable response and thank you in advance for your interest in working with UNDP.  

Sincerely,

Procurement Unit 

Bangkok Regional Hub