Main roads reconstruction project - reform of intercity road passenger transport services

18/03/2019 S54 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Services - Prior information notice without call for competition - Not applicable

Montenegro-Podgorica: EBRD - Montenegro: Main Roads Reconstruction Project - Reform of Intercity Road Passenger Transport Services

2019/S 054-123610

Single Stage Open Competitive Selection - Request for Proposals

Assignment name Montenegro:

main roads reconstruction project - reform of intercity road passenger transport services

Procurement ref: 77375

Business sector: transport

Project number: 49075

Funding source: Central European Initiative (CEI)

Type of contract: consultancy services

Type of notice: request for proposals

Issue date: 11.3.2019

Closing date: 10.5.2019

Clarifications check: regularly for clarifications.

Executing Agency (Client):

Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs, Podgorica, MONTENEGRO

The Client Contact Person:

Dalibor Milosevic

Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs

Rimski Trg 46

Podgorica

Montenegro

E-Mail: dalibor.milosevic@msp.gov.me

The Bank’s Contact Person:

Ms Sophie Medert

Procurement Specialist

Infrastructure Procurement Unit

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

MedertS@ebrd.com

+ 44 20 7338 8600

Project Description:

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD” or the “Bank”) is considering a loan to the Republic of Montenegro to support the rehabilitation and upgrade and works supervision of 3 sections of the country’s main road network with a total length of approximately 51.5 km (the “Project”). The Project is part of a wider programme to rehabilitate 12 main road sections with total length of approximately 216,3 km of Montenegro’s main roads network which will be parallel-financed with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”).

This will be EBRD’s third project in the road sector of Montenegro. In its previous projects EBRD, together with the European Union’s European Agency for Reconstruction (“EAR”), supported the creation of the new Transport Directorate (“TD”) of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs (“MoTMA” or the “Client”), capacity development in road safety and the implementation of performance based maintenance contracts.

In this project the EBRD and MoTMA have agreed to focus the reforms on the improvement of the regulation and quality of provision of public road transport passenger services across the country. This is an essential part of a multimodal sustainable transport system. The sector offers an optimal solution to a range of current mobility challenges, including climate change (a similar level of emissions to railways), road safety, connectivity, social inclusion and congestion. However the sector has been characterized in the past by various market failures (predominance of informal operators, lack of competition for the market, poor standards, etc.) that resulted in the road transport passenger sector under performing.

The client now wishes to engage a consultant (the “Consultant”) to analyse the current structure of the sector and propose the necessary reforms to improve intercity road passenger transport services in line with EC1370/2007; and strengthen the Government’s capacity to plan and implement the multi-year service contracts (the “Assignment”).

Assignment description:

The objective of the assignment is to review policies relating to and assess operations of intercity road passenger transport services, and prepare plans and policy reforms to assist the MoTMA in improving the quality and regulation of the sector.

The consultant is expected to:

1) Undertake detailed assessment of intercity road passenger transport services, in particular operators, demand, terminals, vehicles, and routes;

2) Recommend policy reforms for improving intercity road passenger transport services in line with EC1370/2007; and

3) Strengthen the Government’s capacity to plan and implement the multi-year service contracts.

More details can be found in the attached request for proposal for this assignment (please see link below) consultant selection procedure: single-stage open competitive selection interested firms or groups of firms are invited to submit a technical and financial proposal.

Assignment start date and duration: the assignment is expected to start in 06/2019 and has an estimated overall duration of 12 months.

Cost estimate for the assignment: 150 000,00 EUR (exclusive of VAT).

Funding source: It is anticipated that the contract will be financed by Central European Initiative (CEI) and contracting is subject to the availability of funding.

Eligibility: there are no eligibility restrictions based on the consultants country of origin.

Submission requirements: In order to determine the capability and experience of consultants seeking to be selected, the consultant shall submit a Proposal in accordance with the RFP.

https://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/procurement/p-pn-190311c.html

Important notes:

1) The selection will normally be made from the proposals received in response to this notification only, on the basis of the selection criteria set out in the RFP. The highest ranked Consultant will be selected and be invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding;

2) Any updates of and clarifications on this procurement notice and/or the RFP shall be announced as updates on this notice, without any other notification. In the event of changes to the RFP, consultants will need to download the updated version of the RFP. Consultants are required to periodically check the notice for updates. Failure to take the updates into account while preparing the Proposal may result in disqualification or penalties to the scores in the evaluation.

Information corrected or added in the corresponding tender documents. For further information, please refer to the relevant corresponding tender documents by following the below link:

https://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/procurement/p-pn-190311c.html