REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTANT SERVICES)

Assignment Title: Technical Audit of Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing (LRNIP AF2) roads rehabilitation works

Reference No.: RD-TA-LRNIP-AF2-2020

The Republic of Armenia received an additional loan in amount of EURO 13.40 million financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second Additional Financing for the Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project (LRNIP AF2) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consultant services “Technical Audit of Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing (LRNIP AF2) roads rehabilitation works”.

The technical audits to ensure compliance of road works will focus on the ex-post examination of the quality of works completed, to verify if the road works comply with the technical specifications and standards described in the bidding documents. The examination will be based on visual inspections and on the laboratory analysis of road core samples, to verify, among other elements, layer thicknesses, gradings, bitumen content, compaction, voids-in-the-mix and the general quality of materials used.

The contract for consulting services is expected to start in October 2020 and be completed in 2021 (see Terms of Reference provided below for details).

The shortlisting criteria are: 

• General experience of the Consultant: Participation in road projects within the last 10 years, (number of similar contracts within the last 10 years).
• Similar experience of the Consultant in carrying out similar quality services, like technical audit services, technical supervision services, etc…. (number of similar contracts within the last 5 years).

The Road Department SNCO of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RA 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, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). 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 Selection Based on the Consultants’ Qualifications (CQS) selection procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: “Procurement regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016 revised in November 2017 and August 2018 Guidelines: “Procurement regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016 revised in November 2017 and August).

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 10:00 to 17:00 hours (local time), during the working days.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form in English in person (or by courier services) or by e-mail in the Adobe PDF format to the address below not later than 23 September, 2020.

Road Department SNCO

Attn: Stepan Machyan, Acting General Director

Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RA

4 Tigran Mets St

Yerevan, Armenia

Tel/Fax: (374-12) 20 10 10

E-mail: hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

          liana.gharagyozyan@armroad.am

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Terms of Reference

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

Country: Republic of Armenia

Loan No.: 2729-ARM

Project: North–South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 2, 42145-033

Assignment Title: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR TRANCHE 2 KM   29+600-KM 37+600 SECTION

Reference No.: ADB/NS/CS/IC/2020-1

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide the Government of Armenia (Government) multitranche financing facility (MFF) to finance the North–South Road Corridor Investment Program (Investment Program). The Investment Program will benefit road users, road construction companies, traders, and others who derive income from the development of transport, logistics and trade along the road corridor. The direct benefits include (i) lower road transport and maintenance costs, (ii) faster and more reliable road transport services, (iii) reduced traffic accidents, (iv) improved access to markets and social services, and (v) jobs and income created during implementation (i.e., use of local labor and construction materials) and after completion (i.e., roadside business activities).

The consulting services (“the Services”) will include:

• preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for M1 Yerevan-Gyumri-Bavra about 8 km (from KM 29+600 – to KM 37+600) section near Agarak community,
• Updating of the existing Environmental and Social Impact Assessment document for road section of road M1 Yerevan-Gyumri-Bavra about 8.0 km (from KM 29+600 – to KM 37+600) section near Agarak community to avoid archeological area,
• Updating of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) in accordance with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, ADB Environmental Safeguards Information Kit, other relevant ADB manuals/guidelines, as well as relevant laws of the Republic of Armenia.

     For more details, see Terms of Reference of the assignment (TOR).

The contract is expected to start by July 2020 and be completed in January-February 2021. “Road Department” SNCO of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia now invites eligible Individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae).

Qualification Requirements:

• Strong academic background including a bachelor's and/or master's degree in engineering (environmental, chemical, civil), environmental science, or related discipline,
• Experience in environmental consulting, including environmental planning, impact assessment and/or statutory approval processes,
• Research and analytical skills and excellent report writing skills,
• At least 10 years of relevant consulting experience, with increasing responsibilities, working with significant industrial clients on environmental and sustainability programs; significant exposure to infrastructure sector clients is preferred,
• A strong understanding of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, ADB Environmental Safeguards Information Kit, other relevant ADB manuals/guidelines,
• Established relationships with regulatory authorities and large, private-sector industrial companies,
• Advanced understanding of environmental regulations and legislation,
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive working relationships with Indigenous organizations and governments,
• Experience with community engagement activities to support environmental assessment processes,
• Professional membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.

 A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant selection method set out in the ADB Consultant Guidelines (https://www.adb.org/documents/guidelines-use-consultants-asian-development-bank-and-its-borrowers).

The interested consultants are strongly encouraged to register and apply through ADB’s Consultant Management System at cms.adb.org. Online submission is always the main submission method. Offline EOI submission through email is an option. Using ADB’s EOI template for EOI submission is required. Late submissions would be rejected.

The closing date for the submission of EOI is: at or before 18:00 pm on 19 June 2020, Yerevan time.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 to 17:00 hours local/ Yerevan time).

Road Department SNCO

Attn: Tigran Naghdalyan, Acting Director

Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures 4 Tigran Mets St, 7^th floor,

Yerevan, Armenia

Tel/Fax: (374-12) 20 10 10, (374-95) 11 14 69

E-mail: info@armroad.am; hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST                                                           

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

Country: Republic of Armenia

Loan No.: 2729-ARM, 2993- ARM

Project: North–South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 2, Tranche 3

Assignment Title: CONSULATNCY SERVICES (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) FOR TECHNICAL EXPERT SERVICES FOR PROGRAM 2 (L2729- ARM) and PROGRAM 3 (L2993- ARM) OF THE MFF, NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INVESTMENT PROGRAM IN ARMENIA

Reference No.: ADB/NS/CS/IC/2020-2

The Government of the Republic of Armenia ("the Government") has received a loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of the Program 2 and Program 3[1] of the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program (Investment Program) within the framework of the Multiple Financing Instrument (MFF) and herewith intends to obtain Technical Expert`s Consultancy services for construction works under the following programs.

  The Contract for Program 2 civil works, which was signed between the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Armenia and the Spanish company “Corsan Corviam Construccion” in 2012, was terminated by the Ministry of territorial administration and infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia in July 2019 due to the fact that the “Corsan Corviam Construccion” was violating contractual obligations and “Corsan Corviam Construccion” was declared insolvent. The civil work under Program 2 remained unfinished and the Government of the Republic of Armenia plans to finish outstanding civil works by attracting other contractors. Termination of the Program 2 civil works Contract has necessitated the involvement of the Technical Expert in the implementation of the Program 2 as an expert in the construction works during the implementation.

The consulting services (“the Services”) will include:

The objective of the services is to provide high quality professional advice and support to the Road Department SNCO (SNCO) for successful completion of the Programs. The Technical expert will be required to work in close co-ordination with the SNCO. In order to achieve this objective, the Technical expert would carry out the following tasks:

1. Assist SNCO in monitoring of civil works during contracts period of civil works.
2. Assist SNCO in planning of civil works.
3. Assist SNCO to deal with performance deviation by contractors/ supervising consultants.
4. Advise and assist SNCO in minimizing disputes/claims.
5. Review the contractors’ work plans.
6. Advise SNCO on critical benchmarks (deliverables and time line) for each contract to ensure timely delivery of the contracts.
7. Review of technical issues related to construction, and recommendations for the SNCO related to determining the most technically acceptable solutions that should ensure the effective implementation of construction work within the budget and certain deadlines for the implementation of construction contracts.
8. Review of technical issues that are associated with omissions of the original designs or necessary to make technical changes to the original designs, assessment of the proposed technical solutions (both from the technical and financial point of view), preparation of the necessary justifications and recommendations, support to SNCO in choosing the most effective technical solution. If necessary, preparation of own technical solutions/proposals, their justification and submission of SNCO for consideration.

     For more details, see Terms of Reference of the assignment (TOR).

The contract is expected to start by July-August 2020 and be completed in March-April 2021. “Road Department” SNCO of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia now invites eligible Individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae).

Qualification Requirements:

1. Qualifications

• Professionally qualified Highways/Civil Engineer or equivalent
• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is a mandatory and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering is a preferable. Post Graduate Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized institution will be considered an advantage.

1. Experience

• At least 20 years professional experience with at least 15 years experiences in civil works contract management.
• At least 10 years international experience on similar projects in the road sector.
• At least 10 years experience in FIDIC Civil Contracts management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and sound result oriented judgment to identify issues and present practical solutions.
• Proven technical competence in both highway design and construction supervision with ability to sense early warning to ensure timely corrective measures.
• Proven competence in FIDIC Civil Contracts management and technical supervision with ability to solve technical issues.
• Proven strong skills in communication and project management. The candidate shall be fluent in the English language.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant selection method set out in the ADB Consultant Guidelines (https://www.adb.org/documents/guidelines-use-consultants-asian-development-bank-and-its-borrowers).

The interested consultants are strongly encouraged to register and apply through ADB’s Consultant Management System at cms.adb.org. Online submission is always the main submission method. Offline EOI submission through email is an option. Using ADB’s EOI template for EOI submission is required. Late submissions would be rejected.

The closing date for the submission of EOI is: at or before 18:00 pm on 25 June 2020, Yerevan time.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 to 17:00 hours local/ Yerevan time).

Road Department SNCO

Attn: Tigran Naghdalyan, Acting Director

Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures 4 Tigran Mets St, 7^th floor,

Yerevan, Armenia

Tel/Fax: (374-12) 20 10 10, (374-95) 11 14 69

E-mail: info@armroad.am; hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

[1] Program 2 (Ashtarak-Talin km 29+600-կմ 71+500 road section with total length 41.9 km. Construction Works not completed).

  Program 3 (Talin-Lanjik km 71+500 – km 90+200 road section with total length 18.7 km).

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Country: Republic of Armenia

Project Name: Lifeline Roads Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing

Loan No: 8957-AM

Contract Title: Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M1 - Nerkin Sasnashen - Metsadzor km 0+000 - km 9+130

Reference No. CW-NCB-LRNIP-AF2-2020/11

Employer: Road Department State non Commercial Organization

Website: www.armroad.am

1. The Republic of Armenia has received additional financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lifeline Roads Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M1 - Nerkin Sasnashen - Metsadzor km 0+000 - km 9+130.
2. The Road Department State non Commercial Organization of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M1 - Nerkin Sasnashen - Metsadzor km 0+000 - km 9+130. The works consist of removal of old sub base and construction of new sub base, crushed stone base, asphalt layer, pothole patching, placing of leveling blanket, asphalt concrete overlay, drainage, road safety measures, etc. The rehabilitation of road section M1 - Nerkin Sasnashen - Metsadzor km 0+000 - km 9+130 should be completed within 10 (ten) months. In order to qualify for the Contract a Bidder must have experience in similar rehabilitation works and adequate resources, as detailed in the Bidding Document.
3. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: “Procurement regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016 revised in November 2017 and August 2018), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please refer to paragraphs 3.14 and 3.15 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
4. Interested eligible bidders may download the complete BDs from the following web page www.gnumner.am or www.armeps.am. The bidders registered in the e-procurement system will receive this Invitation for Bid with the attached BDs automatically (in according to the specified CPV codes). Any company can register in the e-procurement system and become enable to submit the bid following to the ARMEPS (www.armeps.am website) e-procurement system.

However the Road Department State non Commercial Organization will not be responsible for incorrect or incomplete downloading documents by the potential bidders, or missing of amendments to those (if any).

5. Bids must be submitted only through the ARMEPS (www.armeps.am website) e-procurement system on or before 12:00 (Yerevan time) on June 26, 2020. The                                 e-procurement system will not allow/permit the submission of the late bids.  
6. As specified in ITB 19.1 all bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration”.

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Country: Republic of Armenia

Project Name: Lifeline Roads Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing

Loan No: 8957-AM

Contract Title: Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M6-Yeghegnut-Debed km 0+000 - km 7+183

Reference No. CW-NCB-LRNIP-AF2-2020/10

Employer: Road Department State non Commercial Organization

Website: www.armroad.am

 The Republic of Armenia has received additional financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lifeline Roads Network Improvement Project Second Additional Financing, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M6-Yeghegnut-Debed km 0+000 - km 7+183.

1. The Road Department State non Commercial Organization of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Civil works for rehabilitation of road section M6-Yeghegnut-Debed km 0+000 - km 7+183. The works consist of removal of old sub base and construction of new sub base, crushed stone base, asphalt layer, pothole patching, placing of leveling blanket, asphalt concrete overlay, drainage, road safety measures, etc. The rehabilitation of road section M6-Yeghegnut-Debed km 0+000 - km 7+183 should be completed within 11 (eleven) months. In order to qualify for the Contract a Bidder must have experience in similar rehabilitation works and adequate resources, as detailed in the Bidding Document.
2. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: “Procurement regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016 revised in November 2017 and August 2018), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please refer to paragraphs 3.14 and 3.15 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
3. Interested eligible bidders may download the complete BDs from the following web page www.gnumner.am or www.armeps.am. The bidders registered in the e-procurement system will receive this Invitation for Bid with the attached BDs automatically (in according to the specified CPV codes). Any company can register in the e-procurement system and become enable to submit the bid following to the ARMEPS (www.armeps.am website) e-procurement system.

However the Road Department State non Commercial Organization will not be responsible for incorrect or incomplete downloading documents by the potential bidders, or missing of amendments to those (if any).

5. Bids must be submitted only through the ARMEPS (www.armeps.am website) e-procurement system on or before 11:00 (Yerevan time) on June 26, 2020. The e-procurement system will not allow/permit the submission of the late bids.  
6. As specified in ITB 19.1 all bids must be accompanied by a “Bid-Securing Declaration”.