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REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES)
COUNTRY: MALAWI
NAME OF PROJECT: SADC Sub Regional Transport and Trade Facilitation Project
Project ID No.: P-Z1-DB0-253
Financing Agreement No.: 2100150043246
Assignment Title: Road Safety Audit Consultancy Services
Procurement Reference No.: RA/DEV/CON/AfDB/2023-24/17
The Government of Malawi has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the SADC Sub Regional Transport and Trade Facilitation Project and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this loan to payments under the contract for the provision of Road Safety Audit Consultancy Services under the SADC Sub Regional Transport and Trade Facilitation Project.
The main objective of this consultancy service is to carry out road safety audits at design review stage, at the pre-opening and post-opening stages. The specific objectives of this project are:
- To minimise the risk of accidents occurring on new road schemes, and to minimise their severity.
- To improve the awareness of safe design practices by all involved in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads.
- To minimise the risk of accidents occurring on adjacent roads, i.e., to avoid creating accidents elsewhere on the network.
- To recognise the importance of safety in highway design/ implementation to meet the needs and perceptions of all types of road user; and to achieve a balance between needs where they may be in conflict.
- To reduce the long-term costs of the scheme, bearing in mind that unsafe designs may be expensive or even impossible to correct at a later stage.
The Roads Authority, on behalf of the Government of Malawi, now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (this includes brochures, description of similar assignments undertaken, whether there are any pre-dispute situations which are likely to result in a claim experience in working in similar conditions, and availability of appropriate skills among staff). Consultants may constitute joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” (2008, revised 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 from 8:00-12:00 and 13:00 -16:30 hours starting from 3rd July 2024.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by the 24th July 2024 at 16:30 hours local time and must be clearly labelled “Provision of Road Safety Audit Consultancy Services.”
Attn: The IPDC Chairperson
Roads Authority
Functional Buildings, Paul Kagame Road,
Private Bag B346
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
E-mail: ipc@ra.org.mw/pkamanga@ra.org.mw
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