Consultancy services for the system identification study, detailed designs and tender documents preparation for the SMART Corridor.
The Road Transport and Safety Agency of Zambia has issued a request for expressions of interest from consulting firms for design services related to the SMART Corridor system on the Lusaka to Nakonde section of the Dar es Salaam Corridor. The assignment is financed under the Transport Corridors for Economic Resilience project, with funding from the World Bank. The services cover system identification, detailed design, and preparation of tender documents for a corridor system built around four pillars: corridor monitoring, traffic management, trade facilitation, and road safety. The assignment is expected to run for twelve months from contract commencement. Firms will be shortlisted based on relevant experience, technical and managerial capacity, and organisational structure, with selection to follow the Quality and Cost Based Selection method. The notice specifies that firms or individuals involved in a separate, related selection for a Technical Advisor role on the same SMART Corridor project are barred from participating in this selection, in either direction, to preserve independence between the two processes. Interested firms may associate as joint ventures or sub-consultancies. Full terms of reference are available from the agency's website. This notice does not state the estimated contract value or the number of firms to be shortlisted.
Overview
Scope of Work
The Consulting Services ("the Services") comprise the design of the SMART Corridor System for the Lusaka, Nakonde section of the Dar es Salaam Corridor and the preparation of the associated tender documentation. The system includes four pillars: Corridor Monitoring, Traffic Management, Trade Facilitation and Road Safety. Duration of Assignment: The assignment is expected to be undertaken within a period of twelve (12) calendar months from contract commencement.
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Requirements & Qualifications
Interested Consultants should provide information, with supporting documents, demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: (i) Experience in similar assignments, successful execution of similar contracts (by size and complexity). The firm shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of proven experience in the Planning, Design or Implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems, Corridor Modernisation or Comparable Multi-Agency Technology Programmes, and shall have completed, within the last seven (7) years, at least three (3) assignments of a similar nature and comparable complexity. For each assignment, state its name, the client's name and full contact address, the contract value in equivalent United States Dollars and the dates of execution. (ii) Experience in similar conditions. Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa is not mandatory but is an added advantage. (iii) Technical and managerial capability of the firm, the structure of the Organisation, the General Qualifications of Staff and the number of Key Staff only. Curricula Vitae should not be submitted and Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. The detailed shortlisting requirements, including those applying to a Joint Venture, are set out in the Terms of Reference for this assignment. A firm, Joint Venture Member or Sub-Consultant participating in the selection of the Technical Advisor for the SMART Corridor Project (Reference No. ZM-RTSA-564876-CS-QCBS) shall not participate in this selection, whether as a firm, as a Joint Venture Member or as a Sub-Consultant, and the reverse shall apply equally. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a Joint Venture or a Sub-Consultancy, and in the case of a Joint Venture, which firm is the Lead Member.
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