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Feasibility Study and Detail design of Improvement of Kathmandu Naubise Mugling Road, Construction Supervision of Improvement of Narayanghat-Mugling Road and Road Safety Audit of Kathmandu-Birgunj Corridor, Nepal

Dead Line: 24 March 2014

Project ID: P144335
Borrower/Bid No: NIRTTP/Cons/KNM/01

The Government of Nepal has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Nepal India Regional Trade and Transport Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The scope of the consulting services is Feasibility study and Detail design of Improvement of Kathmandu-Naubise-Mugling Road, Construction Supervision of Improvement of Narayanghat-Mugling Road and Road Safety Audit of Kathmandu-Birgunj Corridor. Anticipated date for commencement of the services is December 2014 and the tentative duration of the assignment is about 36 months.

The existing Kathmandu (Nagdhunga) Naubise Mugling Road is about 96 Km having approximate 7000 AADT. The Consultancy services is required to explore various options for improvement of capacity of existing double lane road to cater the present and future traffic  in feasibility study. Similarly, it is expected to present detailed design of the road and bridges with adequate road safety and environment/social measures for the most feasible option.

The consulting services ("the Services") include Feasibility study and Detail design of Improvement of Kathmandu-Naubise-Mugling Road, Construction Supervision of Improvement of Narayanghat-Mugling Road and Road Safety Audit of Kathmandu-Birgunj Corridor. Consultant shall provide engineering expert service in Feasibility Study, Detail Design of road including detail design of New Bridges and suitable maintenance intervention of existing bridges, Environmental Management Action Plan and Resettlement Action Plan for improvement of Kathmandu-Naubise-Mugling Road, Construction supervision of Improvement of Narayanghat-Mugling Road and Road Safety Audit of Kathmandu-Birgunj Corridor.

Nepal India Regional Trade and Transport Project, Foreign Cooperation Branch, Department of Roads under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport now invites eligible International 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 short listing criteria are:

*Business Objective and Expertise of the Firm.

*Corporate Capacity of the Firm (Annual Turnover, Financial Information for last 5 years)
*General Work Experience of the Firm.
*Similar Work experience of the Consulting Firm and its complexity, similar geographical experience.
*A list of personnel with qualification, experience and association with the Firm.
*Adherence to the code of ethics and Government's anticorruption policy

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, dated January 2011 ('Consultant Guidelines') setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines, Dated January 2011. It is intended that short listed consultants will be invited to submit their technical and financial proposal as per the Request for Proposal document to be issued to them.

Consultant may associate to enhance their qualification. Consultant shall clearly state their association if any whether in the form of joint venture or sub consultant in the Expression.

Interested Consultant may obtain further information about the service at the address below during office hour.

Expression of interest must be delivered in written form to the address below by March 24, 2014 office hour.

 
Nepal India Regional Trade and Transport Project
Foreign Cooperation Branch,
Department of Roads, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: [phone] ext- 2325
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Consulting Services for Preliminary Designs and Preparation of Procurement Documents for Design and Build Contract for Micro Tunnelling and Appurtenant Structures, Sri Lanka

Dead Line: 25 March 2014

Project ID: P122735
Borrower/Bid No: PMU/C/21

1. The Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project (MCUDP) under the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development intends to procure Consulting Services to carryout Preliminary Designs, Preparation of Procurement Document for Design and Build Contract for Micro Tunneling and Auger Boring for the Torrington and New Mutwal Tunnels coming under the Flood & Drainage Management component of Metro Colombo Urban Development Project funded by the World Bank under Loan Agreement No.8145-LK.

2. The Consultancy comprises the specialist services, stated above, for the Torrington and Mutwal catchment areas.

(i) New Mutwal Tunnel (3.0m internal diameter, approximately 750m long with an approximate discharge capacity of 15 m³/s).

(ii) Torrington Tunnel (3.0m internal diameter, approximately 1.0km long with an approximate discharge capacity of 27 m³/s).
(iii) Approximately 5500m long network of secondary tunnels, with internal diameters ranging from 0.9 to 2.0m that feed into the Torrington Tunnel.

Torrington Tunnel has low ground cover with a minimum of about 2.5m and runs through a highly urbanized area with utility services. The geology is that of an alluvial coastal belt. The tunnel portals are located on busy urban trunk roads. New Mutwal Tunnel has a cover varying from approximately 1.5m to 19.0m and is predominantly in rock of varying degree of weathering. Mixed ground conditions are expected. Areas surrounding the portals of this tunnel are densely populated by low income groups. Both tunnels are likely to experience varying ground water levels. The two tunnels are approximately 8km apart and situated in the Capital within the coastal belt. Either tunnel comprises cut-and-cover inlet and outfall structures, adjacent to the main tunnel portals.

 
3. The scope of the Consulting Services includes; Preliminary designs with necessary investigation works, Preparation of Procurement Document for Design and Build Contract and assistance during Bid evaluation.

4. The PMU of the MCUDP now invites eligible design consultants with proven local/international experience and expertise in design and construction supervision of similar works [having designed and supervised construction of at least two (02) Micro Tunnels of similar magnitude] to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, audited financial accounts, other resources etc.). Consultants may form Joint Ventures to enhance their qualifications or may associate with sub consultants for capacity improvement.

5. 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("Consultant Guidelines"), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
6. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality-and-Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method, as set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers 2011 Edition.

7. Interested consultants may obtain further information from Metro Colombo Urban Development Project Unit, 1^st floor, Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation, No.03, Sri Jayawardenapura Mawatha, Welikada, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. (Telephone : [phone] , Facsimile : 0094-11 - 2884805), on any working day, between 0900 – 1530 hrs.

8. The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the following address not later than 1400hrs on 25^th March 2014.
 

Chairman
Project Procurement Committee

Metro Colombo Urban Development Project
Ministry of Defence and Urban Development
Wing-A, 12^th Floor, Stage-II
Sethsiripaya
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
E-mail: [e-mail]