REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (amended)

(CONSULTING SERVICES – SELECTION of INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

Country: Republic of Armenia
Loan No.: 8523-AM
Additional Financing for the Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project (LRNIP AF) 
Assignment Title: Independent Consultant to review the process and Technical Audit results for the implementation of the roads rehabilitation works under the LRNIP AF project

Reference No.: TA-LRNIP-AF-IC-2019

The Republic of Armenia has received a loan in the amount of US$ 40.0 million from the World Bank toward Lifeline Roads Network Improvement Project Additional Financing (LRNIP AF), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services of Independent Consultant to review the process and Technical Audit results for the implementation of the roads rehabilitation works under the LRNIP AF project.

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

• Examination of the execution of the works carried out under the project/s, together with the associated supervision,
• Examination of the quality of the works carried out, in conformity with the contract(s) Technical Specifications and in accordance with the best practice in the sector,
• The analysis of the entire implementation process of the rehabilitation and supervision works. This will include an examination of the general management and contract management and an examination of the road works execution.

The technical audit will be carried out on two groups of the Roads of the LRNIP AF Project: post-completion audit for the completed roads of LRNIP AF Year 1, Year 2  and implementation audit for the ongoing roads of LRNIP AF Year 3.

The Transport Project Implementation Organization SNCO of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures (MoTAI) of Armenia now invites eligible Individual Consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (CV s, Diplomas, Certificates etc.). The shortlisting criteria are:

• General experience of the Consultant in carrying out technical audits or similar quality assurance services (Participation in IFI funded projects within the last 10 years),
• Similar experience of the Consultant in carrying out technical audits or similar quality services in the road sector (number of similar contracts within the last 5 years).

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 (“Consultant Guidelines” published on January 2011, revised July 2014), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

The Independent Consultant must be fully independent and must demonstrate in its technical capacity that there is no conflict of interest.  In particular it must demonstrate that it is not related in any way to neither contractors nor the supervision consultants working in Armenia.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the IC (Selection of Individual Consultants) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

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

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 28 October, 2019, 18:00 (Yerevan time).

“Transport Project Implementation Organization” SNCO
Attn: Christine Ghalechyan, Acting General Director
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures (MoTAI)
4 Tigran Mets Str.
Yerevan, Armenia
Tel/Fax: (374-12) 20 10 10
E-mail: christine.ghalechyan@tpio.am, hasmik.ordukhanyan@tpio.am

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