Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-03-12
Buyer: Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT)
Country: LA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Estimated value: 1500000 USD
Submission deadline: 2021-04-12
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 stages, two envelopes, open competition with pre-qualification.
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 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.
At this particular stage, only Expressions of Interest are called upon, in order to select a shortlist consisting of 5-8 firms which shall receive the Request for Proposal and be invited to submit proposals.
The Department of Roads (DoR) 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 depending on award criteria part of this notice.
A detailed breakdown of the above evaluation criteria can be accessed at the following address: Mr. Phouvisay, Project Coordinator, Department of Roads, Lane Xang Avenue, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR, Mob. +85620 56112244; email: Phouvi_say@hotmail.com
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) shall be submitted in English. Consultants are required to submit a maximum of 20 most relevant contract references for examination. Should the Consultants include more than 20 past references, Client shall examine and score only the first twenty listed references.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. However, the availability of qualified international staff and consultants to carry out the assignment in Lao PDR despite current travel restrictions is an added advantage (Consultants are strongly encouraged to create JVs or sub-consultancy arrangements in this context).
A consulting firm will be selected under the method of quality and cost-based selection (QCBS) in accordance with the guide to procurement for projects financed by the EIB (September 2018 edition) which can be found at the following website: https://www.eib.Org/en/publications/guide-to-procurement.htm.
• over 10 years of proven international experience in carrying out and preparing feasibility studies, environmental and social assessments and design for road construction/ rehabilitation projects; such experience in South/South East Asia is a strong asset; 25 points,

Eligibility requirements: See Criterion 1 above on proven experience in the sector.

Award value: 1500000