Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-16
Buyer: State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads
Country: AZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233121: Main road construction work

Technical requirements: EBGU - TILSYN MED BYGGE OG ANLÆGSARBEJDER VEDRØRENDE OPGRADERINGEN AF GANJA — GAZAKH — GEORGIEN GRÆNSEVEJEN (M2) TIL 4 KØREBANER, (PARTI 1, PARTI 2 OG PARTI 3) (AZ-Baku)
The Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the Borrower) is in receipt of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and intends to use proceeds from the loan to undertake a project (the Project) of road reconstruction and upgrading.
The project is upgrading of the existing 2-lane (Category II) Ganja — Gazakh — Georgian Border Road (M2) road to four-lane Category IB road. The proposed upgrade to four lanes includes construction of new 2-lane carriageway by parallel widening adjacent to the existing road and construction of new 4- lane road in new alignments for bypassing villages and towns. For construction contract execution, the project has been divided into 3 (three) lots.
The Client now intends to select and contract a consulting company (the Consultant) to the Assignment, on the basis of the Consultancy Procurement Document (CPD) in attachment.
The expected outcome of the Assignment is for the Consultant to assist the Client in the administration of the Bank-funded works contracts (hereinafter also referred to as “the Contract”) and carry out the duties of the Engineer assigned to him in the works contracts.
— to ensure that high quality construction is achieved and that all works are carried out in full compliance with the design, specifications and other civil works contract documents;
— to ensure compliance with safeguards, including the management of environmental mitigation plans; and
— to promote the transfer of knowledge either through joint ventures between expatriate and local firms or by the employment of local staff.
The Consultant shall ensure the timely supervision and control of the civil works and exercise all reasonable care to protect the interests of the Employer. While performing the assignment, reasonable care should be taken to minimize climatic impacts and to implement greenhouse gas reduction measures.
The Consultant shall be the Engineer under the contracts and perform the duties and authority of the Engineer as defined in the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction for Works designed by the Employer (FIDIC MDB 2010).
The Consultant shall agree with the Client the duties to be delegated by the Engineer to the site supervision team. All delegations shall be in writing and observe the requirements of Sub-Clause 3.2 of the Conditions of Contract for the civil works.
The Consultant shall perform the Services in accordance with the laws and any other instruments having force of law in Azerbaijan as may be issued and in force from time to time.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in July 2018 and has an estimated overall duration of 36 months.
Input estimate for the Assignment: The estimated input of the key experts will be 688 Man-month and estimated input of the non-key experts will be 648 Man-months.
Subject to availability of funding, the performance of the selected Consultant and the specific needs of the Client the Assignment may be extended beyond the current scope.