Provision of Construction Administration and Support Services
Item Details:
- Organisation: United Nations Secretariat
- Reference Number: EOIUNESCAP16793
- Published: 1 October 2019
- Deadline: 18 October 2019
- Time zone: Local time
- City: Bangkok
- Country: Thailand
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Item Description:
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region and it is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.
The UNESCAP premises in Bangkok presently comprise of three reinforced concrete buildings:
a) the Secretariat Building, a 15-floor high-rise reinforced concrete building constructed in 1975 totaling more than 29,500 sqm of total constructed area including 17,000 sqm of office space;
b) the Service Building, a 4-floor reinforced concrete building built in 1975 with a total of 19,727 sqm of constructed area; and
c) the United Nations Conference Centre built more recently in the early 1990s and with 50,730 square meters.
In August 2016, the UN General Assembly approved the Seismic Mitigation Project (SMP) for UNESCAP. The scope of the SMP project includes construction works in the Secretariat and Service Buildings, including structural seismic retrofitting, to ensure compliance with seismic and other fire and life-safety codes. It also includes a complete redesign of office layouts to achieve space efficiencies and the life-cycle replacement of building systems that have reached the end of their useful lives in the Secretariat Building.
Description of Requirements
UNESCAP seeks to engage qualified firms for the provision of construction administration and technical support services to assist with the major renovation of its office tower in Bangkok, Thailand. The works are expected to be carried out over approximately four (4) years while the building is occupied.
The services are required to assist the SMP Team in managing the i) construction; ii) project completion and iii) post completion phases of the refurbishment and renovation project. These services may include the day-to-day management of the contractor, site inspections and providing technical expertise to review and approve the contractor’s submittals. The services shall support the SMP team to ensure the construction contractor’s works are performed in an efficient and coordinated manner with consideration to cost, schedule, quality and risk management.
Companies responding to this EOI need to have a deep understanding, expertise and experience with these activities in the renovation and construction industry. These construction administration and technical expertise services shall be provided on-site in Bangkok. Some off-site support may be required depending on the tasks. These services shall be performed by licensed and/or qualified experts in Thailand, depending on the nature of the services. The services will likely include a reoccurring / fixed level of effort for the contract administration support and a variable, on-call portion, as-required.
The expertise that may be required under these service include, but are not limited to:
- Construction Project Manager
- Construction Health and Safety Specialist
- Document Control Manager
- Administrative Support
- Design Manager
- Architect
- Structural Engineer
- Civil / Utilities engineering
- Mechanical Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Building Management / Automation Systems Engineer
- Building Inspector
- Commissioning Specialist
- Construction site quality assurance manager
- Fire Protection Engineer
- Project Scheduler
- Cost Estimator
- Move and Logistics Officer
- Information Technology
- Interior design
- Risk Manager
- Report editor
- Translation
- Move coordinator
- Accessibility Expert
- Building surveying
- Land surveying
- Vertical transportation specialist
- Information technology specialist
- Security and threat resistance specialist
- Sustainability specialist
- CAD / REVIT / BIM specialist
- Hazardous Materials Expert
- Other related expertise
The detailed Scope of Work will be given under the Request for Proposal document that will be issued.
II. Pre-qualification Requirements / Information:
Interested firms /entities shall submit their EOI (in accordance with the “Instructions for submitting EOI” indicated under III below) and demonstrate that they meet or exceed the following requirement. Firms / entities who do not meet these minimum requirements will not be invited to participate in the solicitation (Request for Proposal – RFP) to be issued for the requirement:
a. Company experience: Minimum of five years of proven experience in providing Construction Administration Services and control for projects of similar scope and profile. Bidders shall provide a summary of company background, field of expertise and number of years in business.
b. Project references: Provide a minimum of three (3) local or international project references where the firm / entity has provided construction administration services within the last 10 years. Each project reference shall include the value, surface area, services provided, employer, contract duration and location, plus any other pertinent information.
c. Local experience: Provide at least one (1) local project reference where the firm / entity has provided construcion administration services within the last 10 years. Include the value, surface area, services provided, employer, contract duration and location, plus any other pertinent information. This reference project can be the same as the one referenced under item ‘b’ above.
d. Mobilization time: By responding to this EOI, the firm / entity confirms the ability to provide on-site in Bangkok, the required full personnel within 60 days of the UN’s request for long term assignments, and within 3-day for short term personnel.
The UN seeks to promote effective international competition for the service. It is stressed however, that the appointed Contractor must perform most of these services onsite at UNESCAP for the duration of the resultant Contract. Full details of the requirement will be communicated in the tender documentation however; it is anticipated that this requirement may only be effectively fulfilled by means of a presence in the region, by the successful Contractor or a member of its consortium (partnership or joint venture). Joint Venture or Consortium relationships are not required as part of the EOI response nevertheless; participating companies must ensure registration at the United Nations Global Marketplace prior to the resultant RFP closing date.
III. Instructions for submitting the EOI
- Please submit your Expression of Interest by returning the duly completed Vendor Response Form along with the relevant documentation requested for preliminary assessment. Do note, this request for EOI does not constitute a solicitation.
- Indepth technical queries and/or site visits are not entertained at this stage. UNESCAP reserves the right to change or cancel the requirement at any time during the sourcing process. Please note that only those Companies that meets the pre-qualification requirements and submit the requested documentation under this EOI, shall be considered qualified by UNESCAP, and will be invited to participate in the solicitation to be issued.
- The submission of your EOI must be in English.
All responses shall be submitted to UNESCAP no later than 13:00 hours Bangkok local time on Friday, 18 October 2019, via email to: togbad@un.org; cucalaescorihuela@un.org and escap-pu@un.org.
Questions of a general nature may be directed to the above-mentioned email addresses.
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