Consultancy services for the Technical Audit of the Upgrading of the Walvis Bay – Kranzberg Railway

The Government of the Republic of Namibia has received financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of the Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project, and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this loan to payments under the contract for Consultancy Services for the Technical Audit of the Upgrading of the Walvis Bay – Kranzberg Railway (210 km).

The scope of services under this contract will include but not limited to:

• The review of the design to confirm that it is optimised for the purpose of the project
• The identification of any deficiencies and potential shortcomings in the design thatwould lead to implementation challenges
• The review of quality assurance and control regimes of the works through periodicvisits of the construction sites.
• The assessment of compliance with the contract specifications.
• The overall monitoring of performance, the reporting and advice to all parties involved.

The Ministry of Works and Transport now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified and capable to perform the services: (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). The key staff for the assignment shall include (i) Railway Engineer; (ii) Materials/ Geotechnical Engineer and (iii) Contracts Specialist.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure (QCBS) shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” [May 2008 Edition revised in July 2012], which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by 30 January 2019 at 11:00hrs local time and mention “Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for the Technical Audit of the Upgrading of the Walvis Bay – Kranzberg Railway”.

Procurement Management Unit
Ministry of Works and Transport
6719 Corner of Bell Street & Snyman Circle Private Bag 13341
Windhoek
2nd Floor
Attention: Mrs Hilya Bronn
Tel: +264 61-2088613
Email: hbronn@mwtc.gov.na

Electronic submissions may also be submitted to the address above by the submission deadline, and in which case must be copied to rkalomho@mwtc.gov.na. The format for electronic submission shall be PDF.