LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION
O. BOX 165
MONROVIA, LIBERIA
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
COTE D’IVOIRE-LIBERIA-SIERRA LEONE-GIUNEA
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (CLSG-RE) PROJECT
“CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION WOKS FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION OF 130 RURAL COMMUNITIES IN LIBERIA”
Financing Agreement Reference : ADF Loan No:2100150030093
ADF (TSF) Loan No. : 5900155005651
Project ID No. : P-Z1-F00-045
Closing Date : November 13th, 2018
The Government of Liberia has received financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of the Rural Electrification Component of the Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) Electricity Network Interconnection Project. The Government therefore intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing for payments under the contract for an International Consulting Firm to provide Consultancy Services for Control and Supervision of Construction
Works for Rural Electrification.
The objective of this assignment is to support the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) established under Liberia Electricity Corporation in supervision of construction works and Management of contractor for Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 33/34.5/0.4kV Distribution networks, Prepayment Meters, Service Connections and Street lights in One hundred and thirty.
Rural communities to ensure the effective coordination and implementation of the project. The consultant is also expected to assist LEC to witness the Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of the major equipment and materials. All the services shall be in close collaboration with LEC’s PIU.
The objective of the supervision consultant is also to ensure :
- High quality construction works is achieved ;
- All work associated with the project are carried out in full compliance with the design parameters and specifications ;
- Social and Environmental requirements, safety and monitoring are carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the approved Feasibility Study and the Environment Impact Assessment and ;
- Works are completed within the agreed timelines.
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) shall be the Implementing Agency and the Consultancy Services under this contract are :
- Site supervision during Construction period (construction, installation, testing and commissioning) ;
- Management of Contractor and review of Contractor Submittals; and
- Consultancy services during Defect Liability Period. The project will be implemented over a period of 24 man-months effort over an eighteen (18) months period will be required to complete the assignment.
The Project Implementation Unit through the Liberia Electricity Corporation now invites eligible Consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the above services. Interested firms should provide information demonstrating that they have requisite qualifications and relevant working experience to perform the required services.
Only Six (6) firms/consortia will be short-listed as stipulated by the Bank Procurement Policy and Methodology. The firms/consortia must pass all the eligibility criteria as outlined below. The firms/consortia must have successfully implemented at least two similar assignments in the last 10 years and at least one in the region and shall indicate the most recent successful performances. The scoring will be done to arrive at the short-list of highest scoring six firms/consortia based on the following evaluation criteria :
| a. | Organization | Competence: | |||||
| Sub-criteria comprise (i) Technical staff strength (permanent) and Technical expertise of proposed team; (ii) Firm’s years of experience (at least 10 years of demonstrable knowledge and experience in the engineering design, construction, supervision and/ or contract management of Transmission, Distribution (T&D) projects. | |||||||
| b. | Technical | Competence: | |||||
| comprise (i) Experience of working as Design and works Supervision Consultant (ii) Experience of working as consultant in Electricity infrastructure environment (iii) Experience of working in externally aided projects (iv) Experience in carrying out big works appropriate by the size of projects would be given advantage. | |||||||
| c. | Financial | competence: The evaluation will be based on average total Turn Over | |||||
On the basis of last three years (2015, 2016 and 2017).
Geographical Competence :
Experience and good track record of supervision projects in Liberia or in environment similar to Liberia or in the region
In case of JV or association, the equal weighting will be used for the lead firm and for partners or associates.
The Eligibility criteria for the establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations”, dated October 2015 which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org. Furthermore the Borrower is under no obligation to shortlist any consultant who expresses interest. Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
A Consultant/firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method.
Interested consultants (firm) may obtain further information at the address below (Monday – Friday) during office hours: 0900 hrs to 1700 hrs.
Expressions of Interest must be delivered in hard copy or e-mail to the address below by November 13th, 2018 at 1600hrs local time and mention “Consultancy Services for Control and Supervision of Construction Works for Rural Electrification of 130 rural communities in Liberia”.
Mr. John Ashley
Chief Executive Officer
Liberia Electricity Corporation
P.O. Box 10-165 Waterside
1000 Monrovia, Liberia
Attn: Project Implementation Unit/AfDB afdbprocurement@lecliberia.com and jashley@lecliberia.com