Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-03-11
Buyer: Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT)
Country: LA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311210
Estimated value: 1500000 USD
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by European Investment Bank (EIB) and is subject to the EIB's Guide to Procurement.
The consulting services are required to carry out the Feasibility Study (FS) and the Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) for Rehabilitation of National Road 2 on 230 km, and in addition to this about 70 km of possible feeder and link roads to areas of economic development interest or railway stations.
NR2 originates at the Lao PDR -Thailand border crossing at Huai Kone and passes through Muong Ngeun, Pak Beng, Oudomxay and Muong Khoa, before terminating at the Lao PDR - Viet Nam border-crossing 113
This procurement process is governed by the applicable legislation of Lao PDR, including the remedy mechanism available to tenderers and the procedures for settlement of disputes. The bidding procedure is carried out in line with EIB’s Guide to Procurement. The contract shall be placed under Quality and Cost Based Selection, two envelopes, open competition, without prequalification.
The overriding objective of this assignment is to carry out the full feasibility study (FS) of the component 1 of the project, including the traffic studies, economic analysis, conceptual design, and preparation of OPBRC bidding document and an environment and social assessment (ESA) study as required by WB, EIB , and GoL for NR2 and prioritized feeder roads connecting the railway or other identified areas of economic development.
The finding from the FS will determine the need for improvement, which may include pavement reconstruction or overlaying with asphalt concrete, bridge rehabilitation and reconstruction, and climate resilience improvement of vulnerable road sections, e.g., construction of additional and larger culverts with appropriate inlets and outlets, side ditches and channels to drain water, and slope protection, The design will ensure that water can flow to the natural reservoirs, minimizing the impact to the road and adjacent surroundings. The road alignment will be raised in flood-prone sections.
The study shall recommend the required and appropriate measures for the project, covering in particular the current issues that need to be addressed, as identified by the pre-feasibility study, including climate change, vulnerability, traffic safety and access.  Information from the existing road sector project (LRSP2) regarding vulnerability due to land use and landslides near the project areas is available for the consultant.  This consideration will be presented and discussed in the ESA study.
The GOL/MPWT, through the Department of Roads (DOR) and its provincial offices, will be the executing agency for the project. The Public Works and Transport Research Institute (PTRI) of MPWT will provide technical guidance on the ESA study. The DOR and PTRI, with support from the Consultants, will provide the information and assessments necessary for the World Bank and EIB appraisal of the proposed Project.
The Government of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (GoL) through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is preparing the Lao National Road 2 (NR2) Project. The Project is expected to be jointly financed by the World Bank (WB) and European Investment Bank (EIB), and possibly additional donors. For the project preparation, MPWT has requested support from the EIB for the financing of the services subject to the present REOI.
The consulting services are required to carry out the Feasibility Study (FS) and the Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) for Rehabilitation of National Road 2 on 230 km, and in addition to this about 70 km of possible feeder and link roads to areas of economic development interest or the railway corridor. The overriding objective of this assignment is to carry out 1) the full feasibility study (FS) of the component 1 of the project, including the traffic studies, economic analysis, conceptual design, and preparation of OPBRC bidding document and 2) an environment and social assessment (ESA) study as required by WB, EIB, and GoL for NR2 and prioritized feeder roads connecting the railway or other identified areas of economic development.
The Consultant is expected to start the assignment immediately after the contract signing and complete it with the final package of outputs listed in ToR delivered within 12 calendar months. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given above.
The number of points to be assigned to each of the above positions shall be determined considering the following three sub-criteria groups and relevant percentage weights:
Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study and ESA Study for Improvement and Maintenance of National Road 2
Lao Transport Engineering Consultant (LTEC) is a multi-disciplinary consultancy firm. It was established in 1982 in Lao PDR. LTEC was sub-contracted by the of Joint Venture of DONG IL Engineering Consultants (Korea). In case of a pandemic situation, LTEC will be partially responsible for implementing the assignment under close cooperation with Team Leader along with other international Key Experts
The formula for determining the financial scores (Sf) of all other Proposals is calculated as following:


Winner: JV DONG IL Engineering Consultants
Award value: 1500000
Number of bids: 6