Consultancy Services for the Technical Assistance of ERA Road Research Center

Source: World Bank — Road Sector Support Project

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

 (CONSULTANCY SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

for

Technical Assistance of ERA Road Research Center

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Road Sector Support Project (RSSP)

Loan/Credit No.:  IDA-53710

Reference No.: S/37/ICB/RFP/IDA/2013 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 Technical Assistance of ERA Road Research Center.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include rendering required technical assistance to enhance the capacity of the ERA’s Road Research Center (RRC) and the researchers to provide quality research output to the industry and support the future demands of road design, construction, maintenance, management and safe road operation.

The Consultant is expected to conduct:

1. Review current research practices of the RRC in order to improve the system
2. Review the existing Knowledge and Information management and dissemination System
3. Priority Research
4. Review current Technology Transfer  practices of the RRC in order to improve the system
5. Existing and Future RRC Equipment
6. Evaluation of the business plan
7. Skill Enhancement of RRC

The entire assignment is expected to be completed within a period of 60 (Sixty) months after contract signing.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority 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 [Technical and Managerial Organization of the firm regarding its Areas of Expertise, Core Business and Year in the Business]
• Number and diversity of permanent personnel related to the service, Team leader/Research Specialist/Project Manager, Research Specialist/Technical Assistance, Highway Engineer / Road Maintenance Research Specialist/ Expert, Senior Road Materials / Soils/Rock Mechanics Research Specialist, Laboratory Management and QA Expert, Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Researcher, Statistician / Data Manager, Transport Economist, Transport / Traffic Specialist, Institutional Specialist and Training  Specialist, Traffic Engineering Specialist, Road Safety Specialist, etc.
• Turnover from Consultancy Services in the Last Five years;
• General Experience: International experiences in planning, designing, administrating/managing, technical assistance services on transportation (traffic), highway and related areas in the last ten years;
• Specific Experience: Experience of completed service projects on providing managerial and technical support to research centers such as  on Review of existing practices and management of Road Research centers, Conducting Research, Evaluation of Business Plan, Skill Enhancement of Road Research Centers etc., in the last ten year years.
• 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 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below on or before April 01, 2021.

Please also note that, ERA currently is not receiving any kind of Hard Copy of EOI Documents due to COVID 19 PANDEMIC. Hence, applicants shall send the original scanned copy of their EOI documents together with application letters electronically through email address dedicated for this purpose: eraengproceoi@gmail.com

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 Authority