Объявлен тендер на закупку услуг по подготовке Дополнения к Плану по отчуждению земель и переселению (ПОЗП) для строительства подъездов к земельным участкам и подходных дорог на 34-километровом участке Аштарак–Талин автомобильной дороги М1, Ереван – Гюмри – государственная граница РА (Бавра)», Инвестиционная программа Север–Юг, Транш 2.

Объявление

Invitation for Bids

1. The Republic of Armenia has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and European Investment Bank (EIB) toward the cost of Resilient and Inclusive Road Sector Improvement Project. Part of this financing will be used for payments under the Contract named above.

2. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the construction and the completion of the project: ADB/RIRSIP/CW-01- Construction of the Northern Section of the Sisian Kajaran Road (“the Works”).

The Works involves the construction of Sisian-Kajaran Road, Northern Section - construction of a 27.1-kilometer (km) two-lane new road, with climbing lanes, bridges, and tunnels.

The Contractor shall carry out the Works in accordance with the detailed design and the requirements of the technical specifications, which are part of the Bidding Document to be provided by the Employer.

3. Open Competitive Bidding (international advertisement) will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single- Stage: One-Envelope procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document.

4. Only eligible Bidders with the following and other key qualifications mentioned in Sections 3 and 6 of the Bidding Document should participate in this Bidding:

• Pending Litigation: All pending litigation and arbitration, if any, shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder and so shall in total not represent more than 50 percent of the Bidder’s net worth calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities.

• Financial Situation: As a minimum, the Bidder’s net worth for the last year calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive. Minimum average annual construction turnover of EURO 110,000,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five (5) Bidder must demonstrate that its financial resources meet or exceed the total requirement for the Subject Contract of EURO 20,000,000.

• Construction Experience: Participation in at least one contract that has been successfully or substantially completed within the last ten (10) years and that is similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds EURO 278,000,000.

More details of qualification requirements are mentioned in Sections 3 and 6 of the Bidding Document.

5. To obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Documents, Bidders should contact:

“Road Department” Fund

Arkadi Cherchinayn

Executive Director

Address: 1^st floor, Government House 3, Republic Square, 0010, Yerevan, RA

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

6. To receive the soft version of the Bidding Documents in English (by email) at no cost, interested eligible Bidders should submit written application (on the official letterhead of the company and signed by the authorized person) to the address above requesting the Bidding Documents for ADB/RIRSIP/CW-01- Construction of the Northern Section of the Sisian Kajaran Road.

7. Submit your bid:          

• to the address above
• on or before the deadline: 24 December 2025 at 16:00 hours (Yerevan time)
• together with a Bid Security as described in the Bidding Document.

Bids will be opened immediately after the bid submission deadline in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.

Invitation for Bids

The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia (MTAI)

Road Department Fund (RDF)

North-South Road Corridor (Sisian – Kajaran Southern Section) Project

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION

The Government of Armenia has approached the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (the EIB) with a request to finance the construction of the 24-km Southern section of the Sisian - Kajaran road, part of Tranche 4 of the North-South Road Corridor (the NSRC).

The Project will be implemented by the “Road Department Fund” (the Client) on behalf and under the governance of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure.

The NSRC is a major infrastructure project that aims at connecting the Southern border of the country with its Northern point by means of the 556 km-long Meghri-Yerevan-Bavra highway. It is also a part of the Asian Highway corridor (AH 82) which connects the Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).

The Sisian-Kajaran road of the NSRC is one of the three sub-sections of Tranche 4 and is significantly larger and more complex than any other section of the NSRC. It is located in Armenia’s southern and relatively more remote and less developed region of Syunik. This section has strategic importance for Armenia’s local, inter-regional and international connectivity.

Road Department Fund now invites eligible consulting firms (the Consultants) to submit their Prequalification Applications to provide the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. 

The Consultant shall have extensive and proven experience in construction supervision, preparation of technical specifications, quality control, contract management and dispute resolution of similar type and size international contracts.

Consultant recruitment will be undertaken in accordance with the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules (15 May 2022). The follow-up procurement process shall be conducted in accordance with the EBRD’s Standard Procurement Document for Consultancy Services – Single-Stage, Two-Envelope Procedure, and shall apply the contract terms and conditions set out in the EBRD’s General Conditions of Contract for Consultancy Services (2022).

1. Submission of Applications:

The interested consultants are strongly encouraged to register and apply through EBRD’s Client E-procurement portal (ECEPP) at https://ecepp.ebrd.com/. Participants shall register with ECEPP in accordance with the terms and conditions of use of ECEPP, as published on ECEPP. Only the Participants who are registered and who have expressed an interest in the Procurement Process shall be able to access the Procurement Document, receive clarifications, addenda and amendments and submit their applications through ECEPP.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at the following URLs:

• https://ecepp.ebrd.com/delta/noticeSearchResults.html
• https://ecepp.ebrd.com/delta/buyers/select/editQuestionnaireForm.html?listId=38582889

The Participants shall submit their applications electronically via ECEPP no later than the deadline for submission of applications at the time and date stated in ECEPP.

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

Attn: Arkadi Cherchinyan, Executive Director

Street address: Government House 3, Republic Square

Floor number: 1^st floor

City: Yerevan

ZIP code: 0010

Country: Republic of Armenia

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION

The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia (MTAI)

Road Department Fund (RDF)

Resilient and Inclusive Road Sector Improvement Project:

Northern section of Sisian – Kajaran road project 

QUALITY COST BASED SELECTION (QCBS)
 Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

(with extended deadline)

1. The Republic of Armenia (hereafter: the Borrower) has applied for financing from the different international financing institutions (IFIs) to finance the Sisian-Kajaran road project (hereafter: Project) which is part of the part of the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program and intends to apply the unutilized part of the proceeds for selection of the Project Management Consultant (hereafter: PMC). The Project envisages the construction of a new road section with a total length of about 60 km, including 27 bridges with a total length of about 4.7 km and 9 tunnels with a total length of about 12.5 km (the longest is the Bargushat Тunnel with a length of about 8.65 km). The Project will devided into 3 (three) sections. Financing of each section will be led by a different financer (hereafter: IFIs):

• Northern Section from km 0 to the Bargushat Tunnel North Portal at approx. km 27, section length 27 km (financed by ADB and EIB).
• Bargushat Tunnel Section from km 27 to km 35.8, section length 9 km (expected financing from the French Government).
• Southern Section from Bargushat Tunnel South Portal at approx. km 35.8 to km 60, section length 24 km (financed by EBRD and EIB).

Road Department Fund (hereafter: RDF) (The “Client”) now invites 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.

Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, experience in region/country, etc.).  

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS (Quality-and Cost-Based Selection) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include: The main objective of the assignment is to provide high quality professional advice and management & implementation support to the Road Department Fund to effectively implementation of the Project. In order to achieve this objective, the Project Management Consultant will provide support to RDF to ensure each and every activity of all the components of the Project is completed without cost and time overrun. Compliance to Loans and Project agreements and its covenants shall be ensured and capacity development and the introduction of modem Project Management practices within RDF shall be promoted. The PMC will be responsible for effectively leading and taking initiative to efficiently manage and implement all components under the Project. PMC will be responsible for advising, assisting and acting on behalf of RDF when so authorized, for the effective management of the different components of the Project. However, it should be noted that the overall decision making and responsibility lies with RDF.

The Estimated duration of the Services is expected to be 72 months.

2. Procurement Information:

The PMC should have extensive and proven experience in project administration, financial management, procurement, design control, and project performance management, construction supervision, quality control, contract management and dispute resolution of similar type and size international contracts. The PMC should also have knowledge and experience in environmental and social safeguard policies of international financing institutions (i.e. EIB, ADB, EBRD, and other international development institutions), environmental and social risk management/impact assessment for large infrastructure projects in line with the national law and IFI's E&S policies and their respective requirements and good international industry practices.

The ToR for the details are attached.

Qualification criteria are:

• General experience - Participation in project management projects (number of similar contracts within the last 10 (ten) years);
• Project Related Experience - Similar experience in providing project management consultant services of road, bridges and tunnels construction/rehabilitation projects (number of similar contracts within the last 10 (ten) years);
• Overall assessment of Consultant’s staffing arrangements and capacity (available permanent staff, portfolio of ongoing projects);
• 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).

3. Submission of EOI:

The interested consultants are strongly encouraged to register and apply through ADB’s Consultant Management System (CMS) at http://cms.adb.org. Online submission is always the main submission method. Offline EOI submission through email or sealed envelope is an option. Using ADB’s EOI template (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/business-guide/436006/eoi-consulting-firms-20180808.docx) for EOI submission is required. If both an online version and offline version of the EOI submission is submitted, the online version will prevail.  Late submissions would be rejected.

If submitting offline, hard copy EOIs should reach the office of the RDF at the address below not later than closing date and time of EOI submission stated above.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub consultancy to enhance their qualifications. When submitting an EOI as a firm or association, the lead firm states its CMS registration number in the EOI. If unregistered, the lead firm first completes at least a simplified registration in CMS, and submit a full registration before contract negotiations, if selected.

The Expressions of Interest (EOI) should contain detailed information about Consultant’s Organizational Capability, Experience, Past Performance in conducting programs in developed and developing countries, demonstrated familiarity with the challenges of working in the region (Armenia, Caucasus and/or other CIS countries) and might include references from previous clients.

The closing date for the submission of EOI is: at or before 18:00 pm (Yerevan time) on 10 October, 2025,

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

Attn: Arkadi Cherchinyan, 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: www.armroad.am  

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

REOI PMC Sisian-Kajaran_with extended deadline

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Объявлен тендер на закупку услуг по оценке затронутых земельных участков в рамках Программы отчуждения земель и переселения (ПОЗП) по участку Сисиан–Каджаран, Транш 4 Инвестиционной программы дорожного коридора Север–Юг․

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