The World Bank is seeking to recruit a consultant (firm or a consortium) to carry out a GIS exercise to identify and characterize potential clusters in the high electricity access deficit countries covered by the Global Electrification Platform <https://electrifynow.energydata.info/> (GEP).[1] <https://worldbankgroup-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carderne_worldbank_org/Documents/SE4All%20TA/Admin/MINIGRID_Portfolio_Planning/CONTRACTING/Geospatial%20Mapping%20of%20Mini%20Grid%20Potential%20and%20Visualization%20Platform%20May%202023.docx#_ftn1> The scope of work encompasses: i) collection and quality assessment of geospatial and non-geospatial data used in the analysis; ii) identification of all potential settlement clusters as the primary unit of analysis; iii) characterization of clusters based on various parameters relevant to distributed renewable energy (DRE) investment (size; resources; links to agriculture potential; health and education linkages; and any other relevant information) iv) selection and prioritization of sites/clusters based on investment potential and iv) transfer of data; methodology; and code to the World Bank in a format compatible with World Bank requirements at the conclusion of the assignment.[1] <https://worldbankgroup-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carderne_worldbank_org/Documents/SE4All%20TA/Admin/MINIGRID_Portfolio_Planning/CONTRACTING/Geospatial%20Mapping%20of%20Mini%20Grid%20Potential%20and%20Visualization%20Platform%20May%202023.docx#_ftnref1> The current version of the GEP includes 58 countries.