Prepartion of Densification Standard for Urban Ethiopia

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program

ETHIOPIA

URBAN INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UIIDP)

Project No. P163452

Grant No.: D277-ET

Assignment Title: CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO PREPARE MODEL DENSIFICATION STANDARD FOR URBAN CENTERS OF ETHIOPIA

 Reference No.: ET-MUDH-56698-CS-QCBS

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include undertaking a consultancy service to prepare model densification standard for urban centers of Ethiopia The general objective of this study is to prepare comprehensive, understandable, replicable and implementable urban densification standards of various models, which could enable any urban planner/practitioner to efficiently utilize limited resources of a given urban center, i.e. the urban land and infrastructural facilities. By so-doing the standards help make urban centers conducive living and working spaces.

 Specific objectives

The specific objectives of the assignment are to:

1. Prepare standard of densification to be applicable in the various urban contexts that could enable any urban planner/ practitioner  to efficiently plan an urban space in cost effective manner;
2. Propose the proportion of various land use functions in relation to the number of dwellers and associated economic and social activities;
3. Propose the vertical and horizontal extent (limit) of buildings to be constructed in a given plot size along with various types of housing typologies;
4. Propose as density can be as high as underlying infrastructure can support it, and as long as it doesn't cause public safety and health hazards. And the infrastructure (water, sanitation, drainage, transport, power, etc.) can be upgraded to accommodate higher density.
5. Indicate the way sanitation and hence the environment (sewer, green, climate change, etc.) should be managed in densified urban settlements;
6. Propose optional means of supplying infrastructural facilities and utilities in densified urban settlements; and
7.  Propose different models of densification by taking into account the level of development of the various urban centers of Ethiopia so as to promote vertical growth and thereby creating compact city development.

SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The assignment has both spatial and thematic scopes.

Spatially, the study and analysis will be conducted based on 23 sample urban centers with population of different sizes, geographic location and climatic zone. In this respect towns are selected purposely by grouping urban centers of the country into five categories using the population size, geographic location, economic potential and climatic zone as selection criteria. These categories are: Category One 2,000-20,000 population size;  Category Two  20,001 – 50,000 population size; Category Three 50,001–100,000 population size ; Category Four above 100,000 population size;  and category Five is Addis Ababa that should be treated with special attention.

Based on this, Lalibela, Awodaye, Wondogenet, Korem, Assosa, Semera-Logia, Axum, Goba, Gambella, Kombolcha, Jimma, Adigrat, Dilla, Arbaminch, Dire-Dawa, Bahirdar, Mekele, Adama, Hawassa, Harar, Jijiga,  Gonder and Addis Ababa are selected purposively so as to represent the rest urban centers of Ethiopia.

Thematically, the assignment is to be conducted with detail assessment on the existing urban densification practices observed in the sample urban centers as well as in other urban contexts so as to produce the required model urban densification standards and implementation guidelines.

Accordingly, the estimated implementation period for the assignment is approximately 12 Months over the period from December 2019 to end of November 2020.

It is expected that the Consultant will provide an overall team leader for the entire assignment and a team of approximately Ten (10) key staff with experience in the required academic training and work experiences in urban planning, Economics, Demography/sociology, Geography, environmental studies, Geology/Geomorphology, Civil Engineering/Infrastructure Engineering, GIS and remote sensing, Surveying and remote sensing.

It is advisable that the team should have members or counterpart team members who are conversant with the local official language (Amharic) and preferably other regional languages since some of the work involves interacting with regional and city officials as well as with the community.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained by e-mail request at the address given below.

The Ministry of Urban Development and Construction now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information, including firm profile and brochures, demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria are:    

1. Core Business (Areas of Expertise)
2. Years in Business
3. Experience in similar assignments
4. Technical and Managerial capability

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the short-listing stage and accordingly CVs should not be submitted.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs,3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016 and revised November 2017) (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours: - 8.30 am-12.30 pm and 1.30 pm-5.30 pm from Monday to Thursday and office hours on Fridays are 8.30 am-11.30 am and 1.30 pm-5.30 pm.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by not later than Monday, November 25, 2019 at 5.30 pm.

 Attn: Ato Meskerem Birhane; Senior Project Procurement Expert;

Urban Revenue Enhancement, Fund Mobilization and Finance Bureau;

Ministry of Urban Development and Construction;

Email: urefmf@gmail.com : Telephone: 251-115- 54-12-77

Physical address: 2th Floor, Room No. 201, Ministry of Urban Development and Construction Building, Opposite National Bank of Ethiopia, Sudan St./Ras Abebe Aregay St., Leghare Area, P. O. Box 3040, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.