Constuction Supervision of Rehabilitation Works on Corridor 5: road G33: R12 - Mindic - Zgurita - Marculesti - R13 and road G35: R14 - Tepilova - Vantina - Cainarii Vechi - G33

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: Moldova

Name of Project: Moldova Rural Connectivity Project

Project ID: P180153

Assignment Title: Consulting Services for Construction Supervision of the Design & Build Contract for the Rehabilitation of road G33: R12 – Mîndîc – Zguria – Mrculeti – R13 and G35: R14 – epilova – Vanina – Cinarii Vechi – G33 (Corridor 5)

Reference No . (as per Procurement Plan): MRCP/CS/C5/01

The Government of the Republic of Moldova has received financing from the World Bank (the “Bank” or the “WB”) in the form of a loan/credit toward the cost of the Moldova Rural Connectivity Project. The S.A. “Administraia Naional a Drumurilor” (“NRA” or JSC “National Road Administration”), an implementing agency (the “Client”), intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan/credit to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Expressions of Interest is issued.

The selected Consultant is expected to provide professional assistance to the Client in administration of the WB funded Contract with due diligence and by carrying out the duties of the Engineer as defined in the conditions of the Works Contract.

The duties of the Consultant for the supervision of the execution of design and works under Corridor 5, as per the “FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant & Design-Build (2nd Edition, 2017; Reprinted 2022 with amendments)” published by the Federation Internationale Des Ingenieurs – Conseils (FIDIC).

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained following a formal request to the Client to procurement.wb@andsa.md .

The Assignment is expected to start in May 2027 and has an estimated overall duration of 42 months, which includes 30 months of works supervision and 12 months covering Defects Notification Period the Performance Certificates issue and other closing activities, Final Account and Contract close-out.

The estimated minimum number of person-months required for the assignment is 211 person-months. This includes 67 person-months for Key Staff . The Client’s estimation of the necessary input for Non-Key Staff / Technical Support Staff is 134 person-months and 10 person-months for short-term experts.

The NRA now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Consulting Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms (JVCA[1]) with previous project experience related to Construction Supervision Services.

The shortlisting criteria are:

Core business/structure and years of experience in business:

at least 10 years of experience in consulting services in the road sector. Demonstrated satisfactory technical and administrative capacity. The number of permanent staff of the consultant must be at least 10 for each of the last 5 years starting 1st of January 2021 at the deadline for submission of proposals. The average annual turnover of the consultant must be at least EUR 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) equivalent for each of the last 3 years starting 1st of January 2022 until the deadline for submission of proposals.

The information on the company’s profile shall be submitted in accordance with Table 1A below:

Table 1A. Company’s profile Form. Criteria

• Sub criteria

Info

Company Profile

• core business and years of experience

{type of company, country and year of formation, company registration number, head office address, branch office address, fields of activity, organizational and management structure}

• technical and administrative capacity

{No. of permanent staff for last five years (total staff and staff in relevant fields); relevant managerial capacity of the Project Coordinator (a detailed CV is required), turnover for last five years, membership of professional organizations, quality control/ quality assurance certification}

Company experience:

2.1 Experience of Consultant in similar assignments: at least 2 construction supervision assignments in road construction or rehabilitation, each with a minimum value equivalent to EURO 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand), successfully and substantially[2] (at least 80%) completed either alone or as a member of a JVCA, with a minimum participation of 50%, during the last 10 years, starting 1st of January 2015 at the deadline for submission of the Expression of Interest. at least 1 successfully[3] completed project during the last 10 years in supervision of works under FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant & Design-Build (Yellow Book) 1st edition 1999 or 2nd edition 2017 (with amendments), with a minimum amount of 50% own input.

2.2 Experience of Consultant in similar locations: For evaluation purposes, ‘similar locations’ will be considered: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

The information on the Consultant’s experience shall be submitted in accordance with Table 1 and Table 2 below:

Table 1. Consultant’s Experience List Duration

Assignment name/& brief description of main deliverables/outputs Name of Client & Country of Assignment

Approx. Contract value (in EURO)/ Amount paid to your firm Role on the Assignment

{ e.g., Jan.2021– Apr.2026 } { e.g., “Improvement quality of...............”: designed master plan for rationalization of ........; } { e.g., Ministry of ......, country } { e.g., Euro1 mill/Euro0.5 mill }

{ e.g., Lead partner in a JVCA A&B&C }

{ e.g., Jan-May 2025 } { e.g., “Support to sub-national government.....” : drafted secondary level regulations on............. .} { e.g., municipality of........., country } { e.g., Euro0.2 mil/Euro0.2 mil } { e.g., sole Consultant }

Table 2. Consultant’s Experience Form.

Project No.: