Consultancy Services for Technical Assistance (TA) for Output and Performance based Road management and Maintenance for Woldia-Wereta, Woldia-Mille and Alamata Section Road Projects
Source: World Bank — Ethiopia-Transport Sector Project in Support of RSDP4
(CONSULTING SERVICES FIRMS SELECTION)
COUNTRY: Federal Democratic
PROJECT: Transport Sector Project in support of RSDP4
SECTOR: Transport
CONSULTING SERVICES: Study
Credit No. 5155-ET
Project ID. No. P117731
Borrower Reference:S/08/ICB/RP/IDA/2007EFY
Expressions of Interest
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a credit from the World Bank toward the cost of the Road Sector Development Program Stage IV Project (APL 4) and intends to apply part of the proceeds forConsultancy Services for Technical Assistance (TA) for Output and Performance based Road management and Maintenance for Woldia-Wereta, Woldia-Mille and Alamata Section Road Projects.
The service shall be provided in two phases. Phase I will cover the designing of the Performance based Road Management and Maintenance Contracts (PBRMC), preparation of bidding documents, support to ERA during bidding/awarding process, and provision of training. Phase II will be assistance to ERA during contract administration of the PBRMC contracts, Monitoring and Evaluation, and also provision of training to contractors and ERA staff. The anticipated duration of the services is 8 months for Phase I and12 months for Phase II.
The expected time of commencement will be June 2015.
The Ethiopian Roads Authority now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, core business, years of experience in the business, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, technical and managerial organizational structure of the firm, number of key staffs, availability of appropriate skills among staff, general qualification etc.). The following criteria will be used toassess the Expression of Interest documents;
- Eligibility of Firms
- Qualifications in the field of the assignment (General experience in design and/or Design Review and Supervision of Road Projects; Specific experience in similar assignments (OPRC projects)
- Adequacy of technical and managerial organization of the firm;
- Company core business and years of operation, and number and diversity of permanent personnel related to the service
- Knowledge and experience in the region (in Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan countries).
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 ofthe 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.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans & IDA Credit & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 (Revised July 2014) ("Consultant Guidelines") through a Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the addressbelow during office hours: from 09:00 A.M to 12:30 P.M hours and from2:00 P.M to 5:00 P.M hours, Mondays to Thursdays and 09:00 A.M to 11:30 A.M and 2:00 P.M to 5:00 P.M hours on Fridays.
Expression of interest must be delivered in three (3) hard copies orelectronically to the address below on or before February 5, 2015. Please note that the number of pages of the Expression of Interest document shall not be more than75 (seventy five) pages.
Attn: Ato Amare Assefa, Engineering Procurement Directorate, Director
Ethiopian Roads Authority
2nd floor, Room No. 207
P.O. Box 1770
Tel: 251 011 551 50 02
Fax: 251 011 554 44 34
E-mail: amareyeti@gmail.com, epdteam3@gmail.com
Ras Abebe Aregay Street,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Roads Authority
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