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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Georgia

Second Secondary and Local Roads Project (SLRPII)

Credit No. 5078-GE; Loan No.8143-GE  

Project No. P122204

Assignment Title: Socio-economic Impact Evaluation of the Second Georgia Secondary and Local Roads Project

Contract/RFP No: SLRPII/CS/CQS-03

Reference No. SLRPII PP, Item No.28.3

Georgia has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Second Secondary and Local Roads Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, and related services and consulting services to be procured under this project which will be jointly financed by the Government of Georgia.

The Roads Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia (RDMRDI) now invites eligible consulting companies to express their interest in providing the following services:  “Socio-economic Impact Evaluation of the Second Georgia Secondary and Local Roads Project”. 

The main objectives of the consultancy services are to support the second round of data collection for the Impact Evaluation (IE) exercise for the Secondary and Local Roads II Project (SLRP II). Particularly, the assignment aims to (i) resume the data gathering exercise completed in July 2013 for a detailed Impact Evaluation (IE) framework to assess socio-economic impacts of rehabilitated secondary and local roads in the project affected areas; (ii) conduct household and business surveys for in treatment and control areas defined during the first phase of the IE, and (iii) estimate project impact on specific indicators related to transportation, welfare, employment and investment, land use, and education and health and prepare a report with the findings of the survey.

The estimated duration of assignment is 6 months. 

Interested companies shall provide information demonstrating that they have the necessary experience to perform the aforesaid services. Expressions of interest should cover, but not limited to: Experience relevant to the project activities, key staff resources and qualification, corporate profile. They shall include brief CVs of the personnel, who are proposed for the assignment to confirm they have relevant qualification and experience. Consultants may form an association (Please take into account that  form of association acceptable for the World Bank is either sub-consultancy or Joint-Venture and submission must clearly indicate the nature of the association ) to enhance their qualifications.  The experience of sub-consultants will not be taken into account while evaluating the corporate experience of the company. Experience in the projects relevant to the assignment should be submitted in the Form N1 uploaded at Roads Department website on www.georoad.ge on the following link:

http://www.georoad.ge/?lang=geo&act=tenders&func=menu&uid=1391090819

The consultants are strongly advised to limit their Expression of Interest to 20 pages. Company brochures may be included as an Annex, and will not be affected by the limit of 20 pages. 

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the “Consultant’s Qualification Selection” procedures set out in World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers , January 2011 (“Consultant Guidelines”). On the basis of submitted Expressions of Interest, a short-list will be established and highest ranked consultant will be requested to submit technical and financial proposals. 

Shortlisting Criteria:

  • General experience of the company;
  • Experience in similar assignments (i.e. at least 3 similar impact evaluations and/or baseline surveys and/or user satisfaction surveys for infrastructure projects.);

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 10:00 to 18:00 hours.

Expressions of Interest electronically or in printed materials must be delivered to the address below not later than March 26, 2015, 15:00 hours.

Name: Vakhtang Razmadze

Position: Head of Foreign Projects Department at the Roads Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia

Address: 12 Al. Kazbegi Avenue, Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia

Tel: +995-322-37-05-08 ext. 218

Fax: +995-322-31-30-34

Email: info@georoad.ge

Web-Site: www.georoad.ge

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