Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-21
Buyer: JSC NC “KazAvtoZhol”
Country: KZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2016-04-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Invitation for Expressions of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project published in Procurement Opportunities, on the EBRD website on 15th July 2015.
JSC NC “KazAvtoZhol” (the Employer, the client) intends using the proceeds of the loan/s towards the cost of “Kurty-Burylbaital” Road Reconstruction Project under “Center-South” Corridor where the services of the Consultant are required to assist the client in the project management, including procurement, in accordance with the EBRD’s Procurement Policies and Rules.
The Employer invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified firms who are interested in providing such assistance to the Employer and its Project Implementation Unit (PIU) with the project procurement process and the subsequent contracts administration as well as with the reporting and other tasks. In doing so the Consultant will provide advice and hands-on assistance on all procurement matters including, amongst others, project preparation, tender documents / RFP preparation, tenders evaluation, contracting and contract administration and reporting to the EBRD, as well as general support to PIU as further detailed in ToR. Project is expected to include two works open tenders with pre-qualification and two respective supervision competitive selections.
It is expected that the assignment will start in the end of Q2 2016 and last about 36 months. Proposed project schedules should reflect the need for heavy early commitment of resources in the first 6 months of the procurement phase, with a need for significant but more intermittent inputs in later stages of the contract administration and loan covenants and reporting and training.
Corporate services are required. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms with extensive previous experience in project management and procurement related assignments including under IFI procurement rules. The Consultant will also have experience in EBRD countries of operations or similar regions/business environments.
1. Project Manager & IFI Procurement Specialist able to demonstrate the following qualifications / skills:
• University degree: B.Sc./M.Sc. of Economy or similar and at least 10 years of general professional experience in the transport sector and project management.
• At least 10 years of proven professional experience related to management including procurement matters of the international projects in related road infrastructure fields (administration, consultancy, operations, or similar).
• Successful hands-on procurement experience of at least 2 similar projects involving preparation of all documents for full cycle procurement process for open tenders for Works based on FIDIC and 2 similar exercises for competitive selection for Services which have been undertaken in accordance with the Procurement Policies and Rules of an International Financing Institute (IFI), for example, EBRD, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank.
As long as the candidates meet the above requirements, Consultants may propose two candidates for this position (i.e. one Project Manager and one IFI Procurement Specialist)
• University degree: B.Sc./M.Sc. in civil works / construction and at least 10 years of general professional experience in the transport sector.
• Proven experience in the preparation of tender documents requirements for similar Works in at least 2 similar projects in the last 7 years. Specific experience in the road rehabilitation and upgrade and road safety issues would be an asset.
3. Any back office assistance, if required to complement the knowledge of key experts in order to fulfil the Consultants tasks under ToR, will have to be provided and any associated cost will be assumed to be covered by key experts’ remuneration rates.
Experts must be fluent in English (both written and spoken). It will be preferable that key experts have strong experience in the CIS region and are fluent in Russian as the ability to communicate effectively with the client is essential.
Eligibility: Procurement will be open for all the Consultants except those restricted in the EBRD’s list of ineligible entities. The proceeds of the loan shall not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and the Client’s Country prohibitions.