Caribbean Airport Concession Project - Technical Consultant

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Assignment Title: Caribbean Airport Concession Project - Technical Consultant

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- Not Country Related ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION Assignment Description The PPP Transaction Advisory Department of the International Finance Corporation(“IFC”), a member of the World Bank Group, is in discussions with the government of a Caribbean country (the “Government” or the “Client”) to provide support on due diligence, structuring, and implementation of a concession transaction for the capacity expansion and long-term operation of an international airport in the referred country (the “Airport” and the“Project”). IFCseeks a Technical Consultancy to assist IFC and the Client across engineering,operational, commercial and financial matters covering the assessment of theAirport’s infrastructure, operations and performance; the independent review ofthe Airport’s master plan, design, capacity and traffic and commercial projections;technical specifications and a performance-monitoring and enforcementframework; tariff and revenue-sharing benchmarks; the Project’s financialmodel; and technical support through to commercial close. The Consultant shouldprovide international expertise in airport planning, infrastructuredevelopment, operations, traffic forecasting, commercial assessment andconcession structuring.

Background

The Airport is the country’s principal international gateway and the main point of entry for tourism, a crucial driver of its service-based economy. Passenger traffic is expected to continue growing, putting pressure on terminal, airside and landside capacity, while exposure to hurricanes and other climate events increases the need for resilient infrastructure. The Client is therefore seeking to secure the Airport’s capacity expansion and long-termoperation under a concession, with climate-smart and resilient design, a better passenger experience, service quality sustained over the long term with independent oversight, and a simple, transparent and internationally benchmarked compensation framework. IFC will act as lead transaction advisor for the Project. The rationalefor pursuing the Project as a concession is to attract private sectorinvestment and expertise and increase the pace of infrastructure development.The Client retains sole decision-making and signing authority throughout theassignment.

Objectiveof the Assignment

The objective of the assignment is for theConsultant to assist IFC in its role as the lead transaction advisor, providingindependent technical, operational, commercial and financial assessments tosupport the evaluation of the proposed Airport expansion and associated concession arrangements. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now NOTES Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding. Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at [contact details removed] prior to the submission deadline.

Procurement number: 0002023985. Expressions of interest are submitted through the World Bank Group's eProcure (RFx Now) portal, which requires vendor registration.