GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN):
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)
VACANCY FOR PROJECT INDIVIDUAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER
RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR JOBS FOR YOUTH PROJECT (J4Y)
Date : 22nd February, 2019
Grant No : 2100155033671
Loan No : 2100150036497
Financing Agreement Reference : P-MW-IA0-005
IFB Number : J4Y/AfDB/ADM/C-2019-011
- This Vacancy follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project that appeared in United Nations Development Business online (UNDP online of May 2017), and on the African Development Bank’s internet website (afdb.org) ;
- The Government of Malawi has received a loan from the African Development Fund (ADF) in various currencies towards the cost of Jobs for Youth Project ;
- It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan/financing will be applied to eligible payments under the contract number J4Y/AfDB/ADM/C-2019-011 ;
- The Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports & Manpower Development (MoLYS&MD) is accepting applications from suitably qualified Mechanical Engineers to take part In the implementation of Works activities. The scope of services will involve construction supervision of Works contracts for three selected community technical colleges in Karonga, Nkhota-kota, Phalombe Districts and youth development centre in Neno District.
The assignment will include but is not limited to :
- Gain an appreciation of the environment within which the Works activities will take place ;
- Generate preliminary Mechanical design options with rough calculations and sketches where necessary ;
- Liaise with the Architect and the Structural Engineer on the modifications required to the Architectural and Structural designs so that they are in line with the proposed Mechanical design ;
- Select suitable Mechanical designs for the Mechanical installations with justifications based on consultations with the Architects and the Structural Engineers ;
- Generate detailed calculations for the Mechanical services where required and detailed drawings for the Mechanical installations ;
- Provide particular specifications for the Mechanical Works ;
- Provide general administration of Mechanical services and other services in connection with the carrying out of the Works as may be necessary ;
- Checking contractors’ drawings for permanent Works for conformity with design requirements ;
- Arranging for the inspection and testing of materials and plant ;
- Arranging for the provision of the record drawings and manuals necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Works and providing any documents necessary to co-ordinate drawings and manuals supplied by others ;
- Eligibility criteria, establishment of the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the use of Consultants. MoLYS&MD is under no obligation to recruit any consultant who submits an application.
Establishment of recruitment :
A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end of request for expression of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume, and at minimum being registered with Board of Engineers of Malawi.
| Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering | 10% |
| Full member of Malawi Institute of Engineers | 20% |
| Minimum of 7 years post- qualification in construction environment | 20% |
| Experience in preparing contract for construction documents | 30% |
| Experience of supervision and contract monitoring of AfDB projects | 20% |
- The duration of the assignment is estimated at 12 calendar months expected to be based in Lilongwe, Malawi and the commencement date is planned for beginning of May 2019 ;
- Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours: 7:30 to 16:30, local time.
- Applications must either be couriered or hand delivered to the address below no later than March 08, 2019 at 16:30 Malawian local time. Submissions should quote “Application for Project Mechanical Engineer for Jobs for Youth Project”. Alternatively, an email with 1 attached file in PDF format may be sent to j4yprocurement@gmail.com and by the same date and hour.
Attn : The Project Coordinator Jobs for Youth Project Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Private Bag 344 Capital City Lilongwe 3