Project ID: P178644

Project Title: Improving Connectivity and Urban Infrastructure in Cabo Verde

Borrower Bid Reference: 001/ICUIP/UGPE

Published Date: 27-Apr-2023

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REPUBLIC OF CABO VERDE

MINISTÉRIO DAS FINANÇAS E DO FOMENTO EMPRESARIAL  

UNIDADE DE GESTÃO DE PROJETOS ESPECIAIS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

COUNTRY: CABO VERDE

PROJECT: PPA - Improving Connectivity and Urban Infrastructure

PROJECT ID Nº: P178644

Date of announce: April 27, 2023

Notice Number: EOI - 001/ICUIP/UGPE

Assignment Title: Elaboration of the Pre-feasibility study for public-private partnership for the concession of the higway Praia-Tarrafal, Santiado Island Cabo Verde

1. The Government of The Republic of Cabo Verde has  received from the International Development Association – IDA/ World Bank (hereafter named “World Bank”) an advance fund for the Project Preparation Advance (PPA) fund for the Improving Connectivity and Urban Infrastructure Project,  and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services: Elaboration of the Pre-feasibility study for public-private partnership for the concession of the higway Praia-Tarrafal, Santiado Island Cabo Verde.
2. The objective of this Consulting Services (“the Services”), the analysis (technical, economic, financial) aims at providing the GoCV with elements that allow to take an informed decision regarding the viability, fiscal impact and elaboration of a PPP for a highway connecting Praia and Tarrafal, based on an early-stage identification and quantification of the concessionaire’s potential sources of revenues, costs and risks, a “back-of-the-envelop” multicriteria cost-benefit analysis and a sizing of the potential fiscal impact for the GoCV. This analysis is really meant to provide initial orders of magnitude for decision making process, not to enter into detailed levels of technical studies and PPP-model feasibility. Once completed, this task should allow the GoD to decide on proceeding with a technical (“APD” level), economic, financial, environment and social feasibility study, and an eventual PPP-project structuring. The consultancy is expected to last 80 (eighty) calendar days after the award, except for the deadlines for additional studies to be carried out by ECV and delivered to the Consultant, such as topography, traffic counts, geotechnical tests, which may be necessary. Thus, the Consultant must adapt the work plan to provide the service, with the deadline set for the materialization of this Consultancy.
3. The Consultants must consult the detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment by requesting it to the addresses of e-mail given below,( paragraph 10) from 8 a.m. until 17 p.m. (local time), during the working day,  or can be found published at the following website:https://backend-ugpe.gov.cv/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ToR_Pre-feasibility_Via-Rapida_FinalVersion.pdf
4. The UGPE now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. (Relevant material must not exceed 30 pages overall, but there will be no limit on annexes.)
5. The selection criteria are:

• Core business and years in the related business;
• Relevant Consultant’s experience for this assignment;
• Experience with similar assignment in archipelagic nations will be considered an asset;
• Technical and managerial organization of the firm;

6. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

7. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”, dated July 2016 and revised in November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

8. 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 and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

9. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant´s Qualification based Selection (CQS) method set out in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”, dated July 2016 and revised in November 2020.

10.Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the emails address below from 8 a.m. until 17 p.m. (local time), during working days.

                 Email: [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected]

11. Expressions of interest in the English must be delivered in a written form to the address below, or by the e-mail below indicated until May 12, 2023.

Unidade de Gestão de Projetos Especiais

Ministério das Finanças 

Attn: Nuno Gomes – UGPE Coordinator

Av. China, Edifício Tribunal Constitucional, 3º Andar

Chã d´Areia -  Cidade da Praia, Ilha de Santiago

C.P.nº 145,  Republica de Cabo Verde

Tel: + 238 - 261 7584/261-6198

Email: [email protected];[email protected];, [email protected]

Organization/Department: Unidade de Gestao de Projectos Especiais

Name: Nuno Gomes

Address: [email protected];, [email protected]

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Country: Cabo Verde

Phone: (238) 2617585

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://ugpe.gov.cv/concursos