Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project ( - Тендер #40990077)

• Project ID

P176088

• Project Title

Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project

• Country

Lao People"s Democratic Republic

• Notice No

OP00224299

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

ICS-032

• Procurement Method

Individual Consultant Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

May 07, 2023 16:00

• Published Date

Apr 20, 2023

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Ministry of Public Works and Transport

• Name

Vanh Dilaphanh

• Address

Lanexang Avenue, Phonxay Village, Saysettha District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

• City

• Province/State

Lao People"s Democratic Republic

• Postal Code

• Country

Lao People"s Democratic Republic

• Phone

+856-20-99855389

• Email

dilaphanhnana@yahoo.com

• Website

https://mpwt.gov.la

Request for Express of Interest (REOI)

Project : Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project (SEARECC)
Financing : WB Project ID No. P176088; IDA Credit No. 7102-LA
Assignment : International Senior Road Safety Consultant for SC3.2 to Support the Implementation of Road Safety Action Plan
Reference No. : ICS-032
Issued on : 21 April 2023

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT); Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF); Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC); Ministry of Public Security (MOPS); Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Lao PDR have received financing support from the World Bank’s (WB) International Development Association (IDA) to implement the Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity (SEARECC) with a project duration of six (6) years starting from 4th quarter of year 2022. SEARECC consists of five (5) components as follows: (1) Lao PDR and Regional Connectivity Enhancement, (2) Logistics Services Development and Vorder-Crossing Management, (3) Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Regulatory Framework in Agriculture, Transport, and Investment Planning, (4) Project Management and (5) Contingency Emergency Response.

On 2 November 2022, the Lao PDR Government approved the National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan. The implementation of the Road Safety Action Plan will require collaboration between different stakeholders including local authorities such as the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC), Provincial Road Safety Committee (PRSC) and District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) and international organizations and consultants.

The Department of Planning and Finance (DPF) of the MPWT intends to engage a part-time International Senior Road Safety Consultant to: (a) support the Department of Transport (DOT) team in undertaking road safety audits of 285 kms on local roads and implementing road safety recommendations under the SEARECC, Infrastructure Investment; (b) support DOT and NRSC in the implementation of the Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan; (c) conduct trainings and workshops to build capacity and share road safety best practices and recommendations to key stakeholders (such as DOT, DOR and DPWT in MPWT, Traffic Police and other agencies); and (d) work closely with other International Organizations and consultant’s and represent MPWT at meetings as required. As part of this activity, the consultant is expected to work together with the DOT team to deliver capacity building in Road Safety Engineering tools, starting from the safe management of road infrastructure, and going through technical workshops on engineering measures for safer roads. A series of key instruments will be developed or updated, and a series of capacity building activities will be provided through workshops, trainings and seminars.

This shall be a part-time assignment with estimated time input 200 person-days to be worked within 4-year consultancy service period. The assignment is planned to start in the last quarter of 2023. The full ToR for the assignment can be found at the following website www.mpwt.gov.la or can be sent to candidates upon written request to the e-mail address below.

The SEARECC Project now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultant should provide information (CV, Expression of Interest, other supporting information, if any) demonstrating that s/he has the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. In order to qualify for this position, the candidates shall meet the following experience and competence requirements:

• Master’s degree, in road and transport sector, infrastructure engineering or an allied discipline, that is relevant to the assignment; professional membership related to roads/ transport sector is an advantage.
• At least 15 years of relevant international work experience in road safety and road safety engineering including extensive experience in road safety management, road safety audits, the identification and treatment of blackspots, safety at road works, and in offering road safety management advice to senior officers.
• At least one similar assignment conducted with past 5 years; such experience with projects financed by Governments in developing countries or by IFIs is an advantage.
• Extensive experience preparing and leading road safety training workshops.
• Experience in presenting road safety campaigns and public awareness sessions.
• Excellent language skills, and able to communicate in English languages, both written and spoken.
• Experience working with national highway agencies in SEA Region is an advantage.

The attention of interested consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” 4th edition of November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 07 May 2023, 16:00 o’clock Lao time (submissions via email are also acceptable). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Department Planning and Finance, Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Lanexang Avenue, Phonxai Village, Saysettha District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.

Attention : Ms. Vanh Dilaphanh
Director General of Department of Planning and Finance ( DPF - MPWT )
Email : proc.dpf.mpwt@gmail.com with Cc : k_litta@yahoo.com, dilaphanhnana@yahoo.com, bounta_ov@yahoo.com and phouthavishet@yahoo.com.

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