Consultancy Service for Strengthening Road Asset Management Capacity for Pavement and Bridge Management Works

Source: World Bank — Road Sector Support Project

 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

(CONSULTANCY SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Request for Expressions of Interest for Consultancy Services for Strengthening Road Asset Management Capacity for Pavement and Bridge Management Works

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Road Sector Support Project

Loan/Credit No.: IDA53710

Project ID No.: P131118

Reference No.: ET-ERA-160892-CS-QCBS

The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Road Sector Support initiative, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for strengthening road asset management capacity for pavement and bridge management works.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include rendering the service with due diligence and efficiency in fully support and enhance the ongoing road and bridge asset management endeavor that has suffered from lack of skilled and experienced manpower, modern techniques, basic tools and equipment.

The consultant is expected:

1. To assess the existing Road and Bridge management systems along with manuals and guidelines
2. To enhance Road and bridge inspection practice and practical knowledge on Pavement Performance Monitoring besides determination of bridge residual carrying capacity for in-service bridges
3. Road & Bridge asset Valuation

The entire assignment is expected to be completed within a period of 18 (Eighteen) 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, number and diversity of permanent personnel related to the service, Project Manager/Coordinator, Road Asset Management Expert, Senior Pavement Engineer, Senior bridge Engineer, Bridge Condition Inspector, Pavement Condition inspector, Equipment Technician, etc.
• General Experience: experiences in Roads Design, and/or Supervision of construction/upgrading/rehabilitation/maintenance of Road Projects in the last ten years,
• Specific Experience: Experience in developing/managing road asset management system (Pavement Management System (PMS), Bridge Management System (BMS)), Experience in undertaking Pavement Performance Assessment & determination of bridge residual carrying capacity, Road & Bridge Asset Valuation, Experience on Preparation of Master Plan for Road & Bridge rehabilitation and maintenance.  
• 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 in three (3) hard copies or electronically to the address below (in person, or by mail) by 4:30 PM on or before May 22, 2020.

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: engprocteam2@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Roads Authority