Consultancy Service for Concept Design and Feasibility Study of Addis - Nekemte Express Way in PPP Modality

Source: World Bank — Road Sector Support Project

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIAN ROADS ADMINISTRATION

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

(CONSULTANCY SERVICES - FIRMS SELECTION)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

For

Concept Design and Feasibility Study of Addis - Nekemte Expressway in PPP Modality

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Road Sector Support Project

Loan/Credit No.: 5371-ET

Project ID No.: P131118

Reference No.: S/50/ICB/RFP/IDA/2014 EFY

The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Road Sector Support Project (RSSP) initiative, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for Consultancy Services for Concept Design and Feasibility Study of Addis - Nekemte Expressway in PPP Modality (Hereinafter called “the Services”).

The Services include rendering the tasks with due diligence and efficiency in fully support and to deliver the feasibility study, Concept Engineering design and Engineering Cost Estimate.

The consultant is expected:

• To provide Detailed feasibility study and procurement plan,
• Analysis of PPP options for the proposed corridor including a financial model, a summary of the risk allocation and an implementation plan for its execution,
• To fully develop PPP Agreement and Implementation Agreement and other related forms based on the Ethiopian PPP proclamation provisions and international best practices.
• To deliver output specifications, and Request for Proposal with an advanced and robust payment mechanism and penalty régime,
• To provide detail environmental and social study of the project, and
• To prepare a complete set of procurement documents and Engineering Cost Estimate

The Consultant shall perform all duties associated with such tasks to ensure that only the best practice is followed and that the final product is in all aspects equal to that specified, at the most financial costs and is executed in full compliance with the terms of reference.

The entire assignment is expected to be completed within a period of 9 (Nine) months after Contract signing.

The Ethiopian Roads Administration now invites eligible Consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The following criteria will be used to assess the Expression of Interest documents;

• Eligibility,

• Company establishment, number and diversity of permanent personnel related to the Service [Technical PPP Advisor/Project Team Leader, PPP Financial and Economic Advisor, PPP Legal Advisor, Transport Planner/ Transport economist, Senior Structural Engineer, Senior Material/Pavement Engineer, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Senior Traffic Engineer, Highway Management Specialist/Design Team Leader, Senior Hydrologist/ Hydraulic Engineer, Environmental and/or Social Advisor, Sociologist/ Socio-economist, GIS expert, Senior Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, ITS Expert, Architect, Electrical Engineer, Toll Systems Expert, etc…]

• Consultancy Services Turnover in the Last Five years

• General Experience (within the last ten years ):

• Experience in Supervision, Design and/or Design Review of road projects.

• Specific Experience (within the last ten years ):

• Experience in PPP services in transport infrastructure projects;
• Experience in preparing feasibility studies and procurement document preparation for PPP Road Projects within PPP policy and regulatory framework;
• Experience in design and procurement of PPP road projects in developing countries;
• Experience in Concept Design/ Detail Engineering Design of Expressway Road Projects;
• Experience in Feasibility Study of Expressway Road Projects.

• Familiarity, Knowledge and Experience in the region (in Ethiopia and other Sub Sahara Countries) is an advantage, but not mandatory.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World bank Borrowers, (January 2011, Revised July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a Sub-Consultancy to enhance their qualifications. Consultants are advised to specifically indicate the type of association in their application.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in three (3) hard copies or electronically to the address below (in person, or by mail) by 4:30 PM on or before June 10, 2022.

Attn: Mr. Zekarias G/Giorgis

Engineering Procurement Directorate, Director

New Building Block - A, 1st Floor

P. O.  Box 1770

Ras Abebe Aregay Street

Tel.: +251 11 515 0419

Fax: +251 11 554 4434

E-mail: eraengproceoi@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Roads Administration