EBONYI STATE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT – INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF BACKLOG MAINTENANCE/REHABILITATION OF RURAL ROADS IN EBONYI STATE

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Expression of Interest
  • Post Date: September 12, 2023
Job Description

THE WORLD BANK
EBONYI STATE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT OFFICE,
(RURAL ACCESS AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PROJECT – RAAMP)

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

BLOCK 11, 2ND FLOOR, CENTENARY CITY, ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Issued date: 12/09/2023
Credit No: P163353

EOI Title: CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF BACKLOG MAINTENANCE/REHABILITATION OF RURAL ROADS IN EBONYI STATE

EOI No: EB/RAMP/ADV/CONS/VOL-01/001/2023

INTRODUCTION
The Federal Republic of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has received financing from the World Bank and the L’Agence Francaise de Developpement (French Development Agency, AFD) and on-lent the financing to Nineteen participating States (namely Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kebbis, Kogi, Kwara, Ono, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau and Ebonyi, Sokoto, Ekiti, Niger, Osun, Kaduna and Gombe) toward the cost of Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP). It is intended that part of the proceeds of the financing will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for consulting services.

The consulting services include:
i. Planning, detailed engineering design, and supervision of physical infrastructure component (backlog road maintenance or rehabilitation for roughly 230km to 250km) approximately 6 nos. contract packages) including maintenance/rehabilitation/reconstruction of related cross-drainage drainage structures following GON/IDA’s guidelines which incorporates Environment, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) measures;
ii. Supervising and assisting SPIU/ILO in the supervision of construction works to ensure that these are executed in accordance with the General and particular conditions of the contract. The technical specification, Engineering Drawings, or any amendments of items just mentioned. Assisting SPIU in all respects of procurement processes including procurement documents preparation, bid evaluation, and contract awarding.
iii. Providing necessary support and advice to SPIU in optimizing the use of available material resources to minimize cost, achieving desirable work quality, and expediting construction activities.
iv. Assisting SPIU in ensuring that works/contract are constructed/completed within the agreed price and allocated time under the agreement or any subsequent approved amendments.
The services are expected to extend over a period of 24 months, involving approximately 12 key persons as required in the TOR;
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for this assignment will be made available on request at the address given below.

The Ebonyi State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) now invite eligible consulting firms (Consultants) to indicate their interest in providing the services.
Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services.

The shortlisting criteria are:
1. Satisfactory experience of the firm in project preparation activities such as
i. Social and Environmental safeguards
ii. Preparation of detailed Engineering Design and Technical Specifications
iii. Procurement Support
iv. Project management Support, and construction supervision of roads
2. Demonstration of effective organization/managerial structure and availability of suitably experienced and qualified key qualified key personnel relevant to the assignment.
3. All interested firms are to submit the following documents;
i. Evidence of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
ii. Evidence of the company’s current tax clearance certificate for the last three (3) years (2020, 2021 and 2022)
iii. Company audited account for the last three (3) years (2020, 2021 and 2022) duly stamped;
iv. Well-detailed company profile with managerial and technical structure, office address, and functional contact details.
v. For Joint Ventures, a Memorandum of Understanding Must be attached.
4. Verifiable records establishing evidence of experience in design and supervision consultancy services for backlog maintenance/rehabilitation of rural roads of up to 10 references or more similar assignments;
5. Evidence of similar experience supported under multilateral donor Agency like the World Bank, AFD, AfDB etc in the previous 10 years.
6. Evidence of firms/consortium regional work experience in similar fields within Nigeria and or sub-Saharan Africa.
The attention of interested consultants is drawn to section III, paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers “November 2020 (fourth Edition 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 consultants Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the procurement regulations.
Submission begins on 12th September and closes on 10th of October.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08:00 to 17:00 hours.

Expressions of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mails, or by e-mail) by 10th of October, 2023.
Late submissions will NOT be accepted. The Client is not bound to short-list any consultant.

The State Project Coordinator
EBONYI State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU)
Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP)
Nigeria
Telephone: +2348037617310
E-mail: ebraamp@outlook.com