Justice Services Improvement Project: Consulting Services for Assessment of Local Area Network of Romanian Courts

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Consulting Services for Assessment of Local Area Network of Romanian courts

ROMANIA

JUSTICE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (JSIP)

Loan No. 8695

Assignment Title: Consulting Services for Assessment of Local Area Network of Romanian courts

Reference No. CS-1-4C

The Government of Romania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Justice Services Improvement Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) objective is to elaborate technical specifications and individual installation projects for the LANs of the MoJ Headquarters and 132 courts in Romania - which have the most vulnerable current LAN infrastructure (ANNEX 1) - based on individual site surveys elaborated at their premises.

The objectives will be achieved through the implementation of 3 main components, which will be implemented, as follows:

• Conduct a Site Survey at the premises of the MoJ Headquarters and the 132 courthouses
• Elaborate the technical specifications, quantities and estimated costs for all LAN equipment part of the Local LAN Individual Concepts (LLIC)
• Provide assistance to DIEFP during the procurement process of the LAN equipment and during LAN implementation - delivery and installation of all LAN equipment to all the courts

The Consultant is expected to carry out the assignment within 27 months, out of which 18 technical assistance.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.

The Ministry of Justice - Department for Implementation of Externally Financed Projects (DIEFP) 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. The shortlisting criteria are:

• A firm/company or consortium/association with solid expertise in network architecture and design, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 certified;
• Demonstrated experience in at least 2 similar projects (projects of similar complexity: with minimum 2000 ports cumulated for both projects);
• CISCO, Juniper networking or similar certifications from other networking equipment manufacturers are considered an advantage;
• Experience with Bank-funded projects is considered an advantage.

Qualifications and experience of the experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Interested Consultants are advised to provide detailed information as to demonstrate the compliance with the requirements and suitable documentation as a firm (i.e. certificates, other documentation regarding the relevant experience).

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” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

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.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Least Cost Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours: 0900 to 1700 hours, local time.

Expressions of interest, in English language, must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by March 31, 2021, 17:00 local time.

Ministry of Justice

Department for Implementation of Externally Financed Projects – DIEFP

Attn:   Mrs. Adriana-Victoria Gheorghiu, Deputy Project Manager

          Mr. Radu-Emil Sendroiu, Procurement Assistant

17 Apolodor St, sector 5, 050741, Bucharest, Romania

Tel: +40 037 105 1212

Fax: +40 037 204 1092

E-mail: adriana.gheorghiu@just.ro; radu.sendroiu@just.ro

Web site: http://www.just.ro