Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-05
Buyer: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management — National Research Institute
Country: PL
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71247000 | 71356300 | 72150000 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72246000
Submission deadline: 2017-08-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Technical Assistance and Training to Support IMGW. The Odra-Vistula Flood Management Projekt, Loan number IBRD 8524-PL.
The Government of the Republic of Poland has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project (OVFMP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The purpose of consulting services (‘the Services’) to be provided by the selected Consultant is to support the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management National Research Institute (IMGW-PIB) and its duty for National Hydrological and Meteorological Service (PSHM), in an effective and timely implementation of the Project tasks, focused on the strengthening of IMGW-PIB's institutional capacity of the monitoring and meteorological and hydrological forecasting in the whole territory of the Republic of Poland.
The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management — National Research Institute now invite 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.
— Technical assistance and technical support in the implementation the Project in the part for which IMGW-PIB is responsible.
— Training for the IMGW-PIB's management and technical staff on the institutional and technical Project management after implementation.
— Technical assistance at the stage of designing the systems and the civil works (verification, recommendations, opinions), including any reviews, surveys, analyses, obtaining any necessary opinions, approvals from utility companies, and administrative permits such as construction permits and use permits.
— Provide support in land acquisition, including the determination of the value of properties and the participation in the process of negotiations with property owners.
— Prepare and/or update Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) and Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plans (LARAPs).
— Provide supervision the contractors/suppliers that are mobilized in the implementation of such EMPs and LARAPs, and regular monitoring of these plans.
— Preparing the bidding documents (ToR and RFP, ) to select contractors in accordance with World Bank procedures and participating in the procurement process (bid evaluation, negotiations etc.).
— Technical assistance and support in the management, coordination and Quality Assurance of each individual task.
— Technical supervision the contractors/suppliers that are mobilized during supply, installation, testing, integration with existing and newly created PSHM's systems, implementation and achieving operational acceptance.
— Support in the management the Project, including financial management, planning, monitoring and reporting on the Project implementation activities.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the World Bank's Consultant Guidelines.

Eligibility requirements: The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits amd Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011, revised July 2014 (‘Consultant Guidelines’), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. The ‘association’ may take the form of a Joint Venture or a sub consultancy. In case of a Joint Venture (JV), all members of the JV will be evaluated jointly for the purpose of short listing and shall be jointly and severally liable for the assignment and shall sign the contract in case of award is made to that JV group. In the Expressions of Interest, the consultants shall provide information separately showing the experience and qualifications of all the partners in the Joint Ventures. Interested consultants should clearly indicate the structure of their ‘association’ and the duties of the partners and sub consultants in their application. Unclear expression of interests in terms of ‘in association with’ and/or ‘in affiliation with’ and etc. may not be considered for short listing. Keeping one expression of interest per firm as principle, a consultant firm may decide whether it wishes to participate as a sub consultant or as an individual consultant or as a partner in a joint venture. Please note that a firm shall submit only one EOI in the same selection process either individually as a consultant or as a partner in a joint venture. No firm can be a sub consultant while submitting an EOI individually or as a partner of a joint venture in the same selection process. A firm, if acting in the capacity of sub consultant in any consultant or JV, may participate in more than one consultant, but only in the capacity of a sub consultant.