LOAN-2755 KGZ: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 3 - BNT3/QCBS/CS-2 Improvement of Infrastructure Management Skills - Capacity building

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program has identified six regional road 
corridors. CAREC Transport Corridor 1 is an important regional route, connecting the People’s 
Republic of China to the Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia and onwards to Europe. Its Bishkek–Naryn–
Torugart section is subject to rehabilitation under several investment projects financed by ADB. 
Project 1 was approved in 2008 and involved the rehabilitation of 39 km of CAREC corridor 1; 
Project 2 was approved in 2009 and included rehabilitation of 75 km on the same corridor. The main 
component in Project 3 is 60 km of two-lane Bishkek–Naryn–Torugart road (km 479–km 539) repaired, 
rehabilitated, or reconstructed to National Category III road standard with special structures to 
protect the environment, preserve the road structure, and reduce the number of vehicle crashes.

The second component included in project 3 is improved infrastructure management skills within the 
Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) and other government agencies. This will be 
achieved through training, education, and mentoring from national and international consultants. 
The MOTC requires the services of the consultant firm to improve the skills of its staff and staff 
of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy, the State Agency on Environment and other road 
sector related government agencies in managing road infrastructure. Advanced skills are needed in 
technical aspects, environmental aspects and commercial aspects.
The consultant firm is required to undertake skills development in subjects such as contracting,  
FIDIC contract administration, new road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance technologies, 
international road design standards, quality assurance; budgeting, tariff setting, toll/tariff 
collection, road asset management, performance-based maintenance, environmental issues (development 
and recultivation of borrow pits, environmental mitigation measures).
The total estimated input of the firm is 40 person-months (20 international, 20 national) over a 
period of 9 months. The assignment will last from November 2015 to August 2016.