DEADLINE: 1ST FEBRUARY, 2023
KATSINA STATE RURAL ACCESS AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PROJECT (RAAMP)
EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM WEDNESDAY 11TH JANUARY 2023 TO WEDNESDAY 1ST FEBRUARY, 2023 AT 12 NOON
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT OF AGROLOGISTICS CENTRES (ALCS) IN KATSINA STATE
REFERENCE NO.: NG-KATSINA RAAMP-280407-CS-CQS
CREDIT NO.: 6519-NG
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 or AFD) and on-lent the financing to thirteen participating States (namely Abia Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto, 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 (“the Services”) includes:
(i) Planning, detailed designing and supervising the physical infrastructure component (improvement of approximately 5 to 6Nos existing agro-logistics centers or ALCs) including internal roads and footpaths drains, sale platforms and sheds, latrines and potable water supply systems and other facilities as required under the project and preparing procurement documents of the subprojects following GON/IDA’s guidelines which incorporates Environment, Social. Health and Safety (ESHS) measures;
(ii) Making available the preliminary design to the SPIU safeguards team to enable timely preparation of safeguards instruments by the SPIU;
(iii) Carrying out necessary’ site investigations and surveys, designing structural elements of cross-drainage structures (bridges/culverts) on the forward or backward linkage/roads with an emphasis on achieving cost efficiency through a careful selection of the structures types, and attention to design details;
(iv) Conducting stakeholder consultations in order to inform the ALC design process from technical, social, and environmental perspectives; preparing detailed designs of the ALCs, which will be based on the conceptual design prior to the design process; and help SPIU in implementing ALCs (stakeholder consultations on environmental and social aspects which shall be coordinated by the SPIU safeguard officers);
The Services are expected to extend over a period of 36 months, involving approximately 14 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 Katsina 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 that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services
The shortlisting criteria are
(1) Satisfactory experience of the firm in preparation/review of standard documents such as; detailed engineering design standards, social and environmental safeguards documents, procurement support service, project management support, Construction Supervision of Physical Work and monitoring, technical Specifications of ALCs or similar projects;
(2) Demonstration of effective organizational/managerial structure and availability of suitably experience and qualified key personnel relevant to the assignment
(3) All interested firms are to submit the following documents:
(i) Evidence of registration with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC);
(ii) Evidence of Company’s current tax clearance certificate for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021);
(iii) Company Audited Account for the last three (3) years (2019, 2020 and 2021) duly stamped;
(iv) Well detailed company profile with managerial and technical structure, office address and functional contact details;
(v) For Joint Ventures, Memorandum of Understanding must be attached.
(4) Verifiable records establishing evidence of experience in design and supervision Consultancy services for improvement of existing Agro-logistics centers 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 Firm’s/Consortium regional work experience in similar field 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’s 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, it 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 09:00am to 5:00pm.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 1 February, 2023. Late Submissions will NOT be accepted. The Client is not bound to short-list any Consultant.
The State Project Coordinator,
Katsina State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU)
Rural Access and Agriculture Marketing Project (RAAMP)
No. 8 Aminu Zayyad road off, Kangiwa road G.R.A. Katsina,
Katsina State, Nigeria.
Telephone: +2348066202459, +2348037020341
E-mail: Katsina-RAAMP@hotmail.com
