Consultancy Services

Invitation for Expressions of Interest

 

Executing Agency: Albanian Development Fund.

Project: Community Works IV: Development of the Albanian Alps and Coastal Areas

Assignment Title: “Supervision Services for Civil Works in Albanian Alps area and Vlora region”.

Country: Albania

Loan No.: ALB – LD 1853

REF No: CWPIV/CS/RP/2018/26

Issued on: October 19, 2018

 

The Client’s Contact Person:  Ms. Manjola Dhamo,  Albanian Development Fund, Rr. “Sami Frasheri”, Nr. 10, Tirana, Albania, Tel: +355 4 22 35 597/8, Fax: +355 4 22 34 885, E-mail: mdhamo@albaniandf.org.

Assignment Description: The Government of Albania has received a loan from the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) in an of EURO 28,700,000 toward the cost of the “Community Works IV: Development of the Albanian Alps and Coastal Areas” Project, and it intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

One of the project objectives is the urban requalification of the territory in Albanian Alps area and Vlora region. The Consultant will supervise civil works that will be carried out in the frame of this project, including monitoring, inspection and reporting activities.

Assignment Start Date and Duration: The overall envisaged period of implementation of the project is 10 months.

Maximum Budget available for the Assignment: The maximum budget for the assignment is 7,324,000 Albanian Leke (VAT excluded) and shall be specified in the Request for Proposal.

Consultant Profile:

  1. The Consultant should have previous experience in the supervision of civil works in road infrastructure projects.
  2. The Consultant shall have completed projects with value of services not less than 7,300,000 ALL (VAT excluded) in the required fields of expertise described above, within the 3 (three) calendar year period prior to the year of closing date for submission of applications.
  3. The average annual turnover of the candidate in the last 3 (three) years must exceed    17,500,000 ALL, or equivalent; and
  4. The averages of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and end of year are positive.

Consultants satisfying the above criteria shall be ranked against the same criteria and a maximum of the top six shall be shortlisted.

 

Status: The ADF now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing a team to perform these Services.  Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services (company registration documents, brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

The Consultant should submit details of experience or similar assignments undertaken in the previous 3 (three) years, inclusive of project title; location; contractual role of the firm; the presence of any affiliate or parent companies and their respective roles; start and completion dates; value; name of the Client; Certificates issued by the Client for good completion of the assignment;  funding source; objectives and brief narrative description of the project, functions and tasks carried out, including applicable national and/or international codes and standards.

The procurement of the services will be subject to the Council of Europe Development Bank’s Guidelines for Procurement of Supplies, Works and Services, September 2011, and will be open to consultants from any country.

Consultant’s Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below by November 06, 2018, 11:00 hrs. Expressions of Interest should not exceed a maximum of 25 pages. 1 original and 1 copy of the above information, in English, should be submitted to the Client in an envelope marked Expression of Interest for: “Supervision Services for Civil Works in Albanian Alps area and Vlora region”.

The submitted documents must be enumerated.

Address for delivery:

Albanian Development Fund

Attn: Ms. Manjola Dhamo

Rr. “Sami Frasheri”, Nr. 10

Tirana, Albania

E-mail: mdhamo@albaniandf.org