Government of Nepal
Ministry of Urban Development
Central Level Project Implementation Unit
Babarmahal, Kathmandu
Consulting Services for Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project (NE-P12)
Notice No: MOUD/CLPIU/EHRP/JICA/CONSULTANCY 01
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) (Re-Invitation)
Date of First Publication: 18th August, 2016
- The Government of Nepal (hereinafter called “GoN”) has received for the ODA loan of the Government of Japan (hereinafter called “the Loan”) toward the cost of Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project (hereinafter called “the Project”) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the consulting service for implementation of the Project. Ministry of Urban Development Central Level Project Implementation Unit(hereinafter called “MOUD-CLPIU”) jointly with Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Central Level Project Implementation Unit (hereinafter called “MOFALD-CLPIU” intends to employ a consulting firm for dissemination of disaster resilient housing technique and housing reconstruction affected by the earthquake in April and May 2015.
- MOUD-CLPIU for the Project now invites eligible international consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Consultants (hereinafter “Consultant(s)” should provide information demonstrating that they have required qualifications and relevant experiences to perform the services within office hour on 15th August, 2016. The Consultant may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification. The Consultant shall clearly state their association, if any, whether in the form of joint venture or sub consultant in the Expression of Interest (hereinafter called “EOI”)
- The scope of the consulting services is as follows;
- Dissemination of disaster resilient housing and construction technique
- ed by earthquake Support the provision of housing grants
- Disbursement Management
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- The EOI should include:
- The firm’s registration certificate
- Business objective and expertise of the firm
- Total number of Engineers/Experts (Permanent, only those associated with the firm more than one (1) year)
- General work experience of the firm
- Adherence to the code of ethics, and GoN and Japanese ODA anticorruption policy
- Corporate capacity of the firm (Financial information as audited financial statement, paid up capital, and annual turnover (sales) for the last five (5) years). The firm, either a sole or a JV partner, must have the annual turnover not less than 50 million Japanese Yen (or equivalent).
- Similar experiences of the Consulting firm and its complexity completed between November 2005 and December 2015 and to be Completed by December 2016
- Designing works and/or construction supervision for disaster resilient housing;
- Project management: financial management, capacity building (training), and project monitoring in social consideration;
- Experiences in developing countries (in the latest “DAC List of ODA Recipients”)
- Experiences in Japanese ODA Loan and Grant Projects;
The consultants are encouraged to associate with local consulting firms either in the form of JV or as sub-consultants.
- Interested consulting firms/consortium may download “Sample (Format) for Submission of EOI” from Ministry of Urban Development website (http://www.moud.gov.np/) and Central Level project Implementation unit website (http://www.moudclpiu.gov.np/).The Consultant shall submit one (1) original and four (4) copies of EOI in sealed envelopes marked with "EOI for Consulting Services for Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project” with soft copy in CD-R.
- The Consultants will be selected through Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method among the short-listed firms selected from applying firms of this EOI, according to "Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants" (April 2012) and "Standard Request for Proposals under Japanese ODA Loans, Selection of Consultants." It is intended that short listed consultants will be invited to submit their technical and financial proposal as per the Request for Proposal document to be issued to them. Central Level Project Implementation Unit has a right to accept or reject any or all EOIs or stop the process
Project Director,
Ministry of Urban Development
Central Level Project Implementation Unit, Babarmahal, Nepal
Tel: +977-1-4251795
Email: moudclpiu@gmail.com