ANNOUNCEMENT

On Price Quotation

The text of this announcement is approved by the Decision N 2 of Price Quotation   Committee dated 10 March 2025 and is being published according with Article 27 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Procurement".

The code of the Price Quotation: CHD-GHTsDzB-2025/02

The Client, 'Road Department" Fund, located at the following address: Government House 3, Republic Square Yerevan, RA, is announcing Price Quotation, which is implemented by one stage through electronic procurements Armeps system (www.armeps.am).

The participant selected for Price Quotation according to the defined order will be offered to sign a contract for financial audit services (hereinafter contract).

According to the terms of Article 7 of the RA Law “On Procurements”, all persons or entities, in spite of being a foreigner, a foreign entity, or a stateless person, may participate in Price Quotation 

The qualification and evaluation criteria for the persons not eligible for participation in Price Quotation, as well as for the participants, are specified in the invitation for this procedure.

The selected participant is determined from the participant’s submitted responsive evaluated inquiries. The preference will be given to a participant who submitted a proposal with a minimal price.

Absence of an invitation shall not restrict the right of the participant to participate in this procedure.

The inquiries for price setting procedure should be submitted electronically through Armeps (www.armeps.am) website within 12 days from the day of publication of the announcement, at 16:00. The inquiries may be submitted in Armenian, Russian or English.

The opening of inquiries will be done electronically via www.armeps.am website after 12 days from the day of publication of the announcement, at 16:00.

The complaints regarding the procedure are to be submitted to the Procurement Appeals Board (address: 1 Melik-Adamyan, Yerevan, RA). The appeal is conducted according to the order defined by the price-setting invitation.

 For additional information on this announcement, please contact Secretary of the Evaluating Commission Nvard Badalyan.

Tel: + 374 10 54 21 76

Email: procurement@armroad.am 

Customer: Road Department Fund

ANNOUNCEMENT

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(with extended deadline for submission of  Expressions of Interest)

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Date: April  05, 2024

COUNTRY: Republic of Armenia

NAME OF PROJECT: Construction of the Kajaran tunnel

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads

The Republic of Armenia (RoA) has applied for financing from the Eurasian Development Bank, acting in its capacity of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) Resources Manager toward the cost of the Project: “Construction of the Kajaran tunnel”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services under the contract for Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

The consulting services (the Services) include the technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

The consulting firm (the Consultant) shall carry out all technical supervision activities for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads civil works’ contract in compliance with the requirements of international standards. The civil works are executed using FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Harmonized Edition, 2010, Pink Book). The Consultant will take over all the powers and responsibilities entrusted to “Engineer” within the framework of the contract for civil works. Planned duration of civil works (Defects Notification Period (DNP) excluded): 72 (seventy-two) months, DNP will be 730 (seven hundred thirty) days calculated from the date on which civil works is completed as certified by Taking-over certificate.

The Consultant will:

• Carry out all technical supervision (“Engineer”) activities for civil works for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, MDB Harmonized Edition, June 2010 (Pink Book), as well as in accordance with Armenian legislation;
• Monitor the performance of the Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads civil works’ contract, implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) by Contractor and ensure compliance with all environmental, social, health and safety requirements and the requirements of design solutions;
• Adhere to the scope of the civil works’ contract as defined in the specifications and bills of quantities;
• Perform other related obligations.

The detailed Terms of Reference for the assignment in English language are attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.

The “Road Department” Fund on behalf of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RoA now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating their compliance to the qualification criteria given below and relevant experience to perform the Services. A Consultant’s expression of interest must contain the following:

• Certificates of incorporation or Registration of a Consultant;
• Company Profile;
• Other documents demonstrating Consultant’s compliance to the qualification criteria and relevant experience to perform the Services.

Qualification criteria are:

1. General experience - Participation in road, tunnels and bridges construction/rehabilitation projects (only participation in international financial institution funded “road” projects within the last 10 (ten) years will be taken into account);
2. Project Related Experience - Similar experience in providing Technical Supervision services of tunnels and road construction/rehabilitation works (number of similar contracts within the last 10 (ten) years);
3. Overall assessment of Consultant’s staffing arrangements and capacity (available permanent staff, portfolio of ongoing projects);
4. Period of legally registration of a Consultant, including joint venture firms (at least 10 (ten) years on the deadline for submission of the Expression of interest).

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but they should clearly indicate in expression of interest - 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.

Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost based Selection method set out in the Procurement Policy for Projects Financed by the EFSD (last update in November 2018) and the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by the EFSD Funds (last update in November 2018) posted on the website of the EFSD[1].

With the winning Consultant will be concluded time-based contract for Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

All submittals from a Consultant shall be in English language.

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

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form in English to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) by 06 June 2024, 18:00 (Yerevan time).

If submitting by e-mail, submission shall be made in Adobe PDF format, the “subject” line should indicate: “Expression of Interest (EOI) for Consulting Services: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads”.

If submitting in person, submission shall be made in closed envelope and the title shall be: “Expression of Interest (EOI) for Consulting Services: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads”.

“Road Department” Fund on behalf of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RA

Attn: Gor Avetisyan, Executive Director

Street address: Government House 3, Republic Square

Floor number: 1^st floor

City: Yerevan

ZIP code: 0010

Country: Republic of Armenia

Telephone: +37410542176

Web page: armroad.am

E-mail: procurement@armroad.am, hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

[1] https://efsd.org/en/about/documents/policies_and_procedures/

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST                                          

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

Country: Republic of Armenia

Loan No.: 3449-ARM

Project: Armenia-Georgia Border Regional Road (M6 Vanadzor-Bagratashen) Improvement Project

Assignment Title: CONSULTANCY SERVICES (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) FOR

CONDUCTING TRAINING ON ROAD SAFETY AND BLACKSPOT MONITORING

Reference No.: ADB/M6/CS/IC/05-4

The Republic of Armenia has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of the “Armenia-Georgia Border Regional Road (M6 Vanadzor-Bagratashen) Improvement Project”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for Individual consulting services: “Conducting a training on Road Safety and Blackspot monitoring”.

The “Road Department” Fund (hereafter Client) is an implementing agency for the “Armenia-Georgia Border Regional Road (M6 Vanadzor-Bagratashen) Improvement Project”.

The primary objective of the training is to build and increase capacity of the relevant authorities and stakeholders in the road safety and blackspot monitoring through presentation of the common bottlenecks in the road safety and their implications on the accidents, injuries and deaths as well as introduction of the state-of-the-art road safety and blackspot monitoring international best practices, norms, standards and solutions.

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

The Consultant is required to prepare training materials and conduct 4 days face-to-face training in the Road Safety and Blackspot monitoring for the staff nominated by the Client.

The list of the trainees (35-40 persons) will be provided by the Client.  It is expected to conduct the trainings on July-August 2024.

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

The contract is expected to start by July-August 2024.

“Road Department” Fund 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:

• The Consultant shall hold a degree in civil engineering and shall have experience in roads/highways construction, rehabilitation, and/or maintenance and to have experience in conducting trainings in road safety and blackspot management.
• At least 10 years of professional experience and successful previous experience in organization of 3 /three/ similar trainings.  
• Demonstrated capacity to develop user friendly training modules and materials.
• Excellent skills in presenting complex technical information in an easily comprehensible way.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

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 27 May 2024, 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” Fund
Attn: Mr. G. Avetisyan, Executive Director
Republic Square, Government House 3, 1st Floor
Yerevan, 0010, Armenia
E-mail: procurement@armroad.am, hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Date: April  05, 2024

COUNTRY: Republic of Armenia

NAME OF PROJECT: Construction of the Kajaran tunnel

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads

The Republic of Armenia (RoA) has applied for financing from the Eurasian Development Bank, acting in its capacity of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) Resources Manager toward the cost of the Project: “Construction of the Kajaran tunnel”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services under the contract for Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

The consulting services (the Services) include the technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

The consulting firm (the Consultant) shall carry out all technical supervision activities for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads civil works’ contract in compliance with the requirements of international standards. The civil works are executed using FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Harmonized Edition, 2010, Pink Book). The Consultant will take over all the powers and responsibilities entrusted to “Engineer” within the framework of the contract for civil works. Planned duration of civil works (Defects Notification Period (DNP) excluded): 72 (seventy-two) months, DNP will be 730 (seven hundred thirty) days calculated from the date on which civil works is completed as certified by Taking-over certificate.

The Consultant will:

• Carry out all technical supervision (“Engineer”) activities for civil works for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, MDB Harmonized Edition, June 2010 (Pink Book), as well as in accordance with Armenian legislation;
• Monitor the performance of the Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads civil works’ contract, implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) by Contractor and ensure compliance with all environmental, social, health and safety requirements and the requirements of design solutions;
• Adhere to the scope of the civil works’ contract as defined in the specifications and bills of quantities;
• Perform other related obligations.

The detailed Terms of Reference for the assignment in English language are attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.

The “Road Department” Fund on behalf of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RoA now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating their compliance to the qualification criteria given below and relevant experience to perform the Services. A Consultant’s expression of interest must contain the following:

• Certificates of incorporation or Registration of a Consultant;
• Company Profile;
• Other documents demonstrating Consultant’s compliance to the qualification criteria and relevant experience to perform the Services.

Qualification criteria are:

1. General experience - Participation in road, tunnels and bridges construction/rehabilitation projects (only participation in international financial institution funded “road” projects within the last 10 (ten) years will be taken into account);
2. Project Related Experience - Similar experience in providing Technical Supervision services of tunnels and road construction/rehabilitation works (number of similar contracts within the last 10 (ten) years);
3. Overall assessment of Consultant’s staffing arrangements and capacity (available permanent staff, portfolio of ongoing projects);
4. Period of legally registration of a Consultant, including joint venture firms (at least 10 (ten) years on the deadline for submission of the Expression of interest).

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but they should clearly indicate in expression of interest - 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.

Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost based Selection method set out in the Procurement Policy for Projects Financed by the EFSD (last update in November 2018) and the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by the EFSD Funds (last update in November 2018) posted on the website of the EFSD[1].

With the winning Consultant will be concluded time-based contract for Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads.

All submittals from a Consultant shall be in English language.

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

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form in English to the address below (in person, or by e-mail) by 27 May 2024, 18:00 (Yerevan time).

If submitting by e-mail, submission shall be made in Adobe PDF format, the “subject” line should indicate: “Expression of Interest (EOI) for Consulting Services: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads”.

If submitting in person, submission shall be made in closed envelope and the title shall be: “Expression of Interest (EOI) for Consulting Services: Technical supervision for Construction of about 7 km Kajaran tunnel and reconstruction of about 4 km approaching roads”.

“Road Department” Fund on behalf of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of RA

Attn: Gor Avetisyan, Executive Director

Street address: Government House 3, Republic Square

Floor number: 1^st floor

City: Yerevan

ZIP code: 0010

Country: Republic of Armenia

Telephone: +37410542176

Web page: armroad.am

E-mail: procurement@armroad.am, hasmik.ordukhanyan@armroad.am

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

ToR

ANNOUNCEMENT

On Price Quotation

The text of this announcement is approved by the Decision N 2 of Price Quotation   Committee dated 27 of March 2024 and is being published according with Article 27 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Procurement".

The code of the Price Quotation: CHD-GHTsDzB-2024/05

The Client, 'Road Department" Found, located at the following address: 3 Government House, Republic square Yerevan, RA, is announcing Price Quotation, which is implemented by one stage through electronic procurements Armeps system (www.armeps.am).

The participant selected for Price Quotation   according to the defined order will be offered to sign a contract for equipment insurance services (hereinafter contract).

According to the terms of Article 7 of the RA Law “On Procurements”, all persons or entities, in spite of being a foreigner, a foreign entity or a stateless person, may participate in Price Quotation 

The qualification and evaluation criteria for the persons not eligible for participation in Price Quotation, as well as for the participants are specified in the invitation for this procedure.

The selected participant is determined from the participant’s submitted responsive evaluated inquiries. The preference will be given to a participant who submitted a proposal with minimal price.

Absence of an invitation shall not restrict the right of the participant to participate in this procedure.

The inquiries for price setting procedure should be submitted electronically through Armeps (www.armeps.am) website within 7 days from the day of publication of the announcement, at 16:00. The inquiries may be submitted Armenian, Russian or English.

The opening of inquiries will be done electronically via www.armeps.am website after 7 days from the day of publication of the announcement, at 16:00.

The complaints regarding the procedure are to be submitted to Procurement Appeals Board (address: 1 Melik-Adamyan, Yerevan, RA). The appeal is conducted according by the order defined by the price setting invitation.

 For additional information on this announcement, please contact Secretary of the Evaluating Commission Armine Shalunts.

tel: + 374 010 54 21 76

email: procurement@armroad.am 

Customer: Road Department Fund

ANNOUNCEMENT