A team of three (3) national consultants to provide support to the Government of Moldova/MIRD to regulate a mechanism for the payment of heating services in the case of apartments disconnected from the Central heating system.Vacancy Number: Pr22/02511
Contacts: Ms. Veronica Lopotenco. veronica.lopotenco@undp.orgBackground
Regulation on way of providing and paying the housing services, communal and non-communal services for housing, metering of apartments and conditions for disconnection from/reconnection to heating systems and water supply (GD nr. 191/2002[1]), Annex 7, established the conditions for individual disconnection from/reconnection to heating system. Pts. 8 - 84 and 86 establish the amount to be paid (considering different scenarios) for heating services by consumers that were disconnected from heating system. Particularly, it referred to the obligation of consumers to pay a predetermined percentage (5-10%) in case of complete disconnection made of the apartment from the district heating. On 3rd March 2022, Constitutional Court (CC) of the Republic of Moldova adopted the Decision 4 as of 3 March 2022[2]. By this Decision, pts. 8 - 84 and 86 of Annex 7 of the Regulation mentioned above were declared unconstitutional. The Court also found that the immediate application of this judgment would allow for an unbalanced distribution of payments, including for common areas, in cases of full or partial disconnection from the district heating. For this reason, in order to avoid the consequences, the Court considered it necessary to apply its judgment starting with 1st May 2022. In this regard, the Court requested the Government to regulate a mechanism for the payment of heating services in the case of apartments disconnected from the district heating in accordance with the reasoning of the Constitutional Court Decision nr. 4 as of 3 March 2022. Considering this Court’s request, Ministry had created a working group, approved through the Ministry’s Order no. 84 of May 26, 2022, which is responsible for drafting the Methodology for the distribution of volumes and the cost of thermal energy delivered between consumers of a residential block, as well as the draft Regulation on the conditions of individual disconnection / reconnection from / to the heating system. The working group consists of representatives from Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, National Regulator, Public Property Agency, Energy Efficiency Agency, CHPs, Technical University of Moldova and Institute of Power Engineering. Working Group decided the need of development of the following documents that will support the process of reviewing the regulatory framework related to the distribution of volumes and the cost of thermal energy delivered between consumers of a residential block:
For details, please refer to the Terms of Reference.
[1] https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=130553&lang=ro# [2] https://www.constcourt.md/ccdocview.php?tip=hotariri&docid=800&l=ro Scope of work
The objective of the assignment is to provide support to the Government of Moldova/MoIRD to regulate a mechanism for the payment of heating services in the case of apartments disconnected from the district heating in accordance with the reasoning of the Constitutional Court Decision nr. 4 as of 3 March 2022. The Team of consultants, will consist of:
The team of consultants will perform the following: Component 1: To develop the Study on the distribution of thermal energy consumption in residential blocks in which some of the apartments are disconnected from the Centralized Thermal Energy Supply System (CTESS) Component 2: To develop the Methodology of distribution of the volume and cost of thermal energy among the consumers of a residential block, that has the propose to identify the calculation formulas based on which the thermal energy bill for the apartments disconnected from CTESS subsequently will be determined and considering determining factors identified during the elaboration of the Study. The Methodology must contain simple, concise, easy-to-understand and easily applicable calculation formulas for all stakeholders. The Study and Methodology will serve as impute base for developing the draft normative act/draft Regulation on conditions of individual disconnection from/reconnection to the Centralized Thermal Energy Supply System and its ex-ante assessment. Note: The elaboration of the documents will also consider the Constitutional Court Decision nr. 4 as of 3 March 2022. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
Position 1: Team Leader to coordinate the process of Study and Methodology development; I.Education:
II.Experience:
III.Competencies:
Positions 2 and 3: Team member, Engineer on technical and economic calculation & Team member, Engineer on thermal energy calculations. I.Education:
II.Experience:
III.Competencies:
The UNDP Moldova is committed to the workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply. Documents to be included
Financial proposal
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