Consultancy Services for Dam Safety Archiving, Information Management and Decision Support System

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES/FIRMS SELECTION) HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN JORDAN WATER SECTOR EFFICIENCY PROGRAM IBRD Loan No. 9560-JO, CFF TF No. TF0C1892, AFD No. CJO 1141 01P

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for Dam Safety Archiving, Information Management and Decision Support System

Reference No .: JO-JVA-064-CS-QCBS

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) in the amount of US$ 300,000,000 toward the cost of the Jordan Water Sector Efficiency Project , and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for consulting services to be procured under this project. The consulting services (“the Services”) is to design, develop and operationalize an archiving, information management and decision support system for dam safety that can encompass the full lifecycle of dams in the portfolio. This includes the following main tasks: Inception Phase Current State Analysis Employer’s Requirements Definition Data and Information Management System Asset Management System Decision Support System Preparation of Bidding documents and Completion.

The Detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website:

https: //www.mwi.gov.jo/Ar/Tenders

The Jordan Valley Authority ( JVA ) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. A consulting firm is allowed to submit the expression of interest alone if it considers itself to be fully qualified on its own for the assignment, as it is not mandatory for consultants to associate with any other firm(s), whether foreign or local. Alternatively. If consultants themselves choose to associate to enhance their qualifications and capability for the assignment, then such associations may either be as a Joint Venture (i.e. all members of the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract if selected) and/or Sub-consultants (i.e. the Consultant will be responsible, including for the services of the sub-consultant). In case of an association, the Consultants must explain in the EOI submission (a) the rationale for forming the association and (b) the anticipated role and relevant qualifications of each member of the association and/or of each sub-consultant for carrying out the assignment, to justify the proposed inclusion of the association members and/or sub-consultants in the association. Failure to provide the above explanation in the Expression of Interest may risk the association not being shortlisted for the assignment. Please note that in the evaluation of EOIs of associations for shortlisting purposes, only the qualifications of the association members will be taken into account whereas the qualifications of proposed sub-consultants will not be considered. The Applicant’s attention is drawn to the following: National consulting engineering firms shall satisfy the requirements as defined in this request for Expression of Interest and the ToR and classified as First Grade (1) in the field of Water and Wastewater as per the Government Tender Directorate (GTD) classification system; The shortlisting criteria are as follows, in which specific experience of the Consultant relevant to the assignment will be considered of paramount importance: General Experience of the Consultant (as a firm) in providing consultant services (The firm’s core business and general experience, years in business, and overall competencies in relevance to this assignment) Specific Experience of the Consultant (as a firm) relevant to the assignment in providing similar services under contracts of comparable size (Description of similar assignments, and in similar conditions. The similar assignments will be considered only if they include a comprehensive dam safety assessment and sediment management, in the past 15 years.

Consultant Brochures may also be included in the EOI. To demonstrate their qualifications and experience in meeting the above shortlisting/selection criteria, Consultants are requested to submit, at a minimum, the supporting documentation listed below. A consultant firm can only use its own qualifications and experience and not of its parent, sister or subsidiary companies or its employees. The firm's incorporation/trade/registration documents issued by the concerned government authority of the country of the firm. The firm’s company brochures including the core areas of business; and Completed Form-1 (attached to this Request for Expression of Interest) to provide information of similar contracts. This should include the name and reference number of the contract, brief description of the scope of work, contract amount, period of the contract, name of the client and country of assignment, and role of the Consultant in the contract. Copies of completion certificates/references of Clients of completed contracts are not required to be submitted with the EoI. In the subsequent stage at the time of submission of proposals, the Client may request the shortlisted consultants to submit such supporting completion certificates.

It is preferable to limit the EoI to a maximum of 30 pages. Kindly note that at this shortlisting stage: Technical and Financial proposals are not requested. Key Experts, if proposed for the assignment, will not be evaluated. Request for clarifications on the EOI shall not be replied to . The shortlist will contain a maximum of (8) Eight firms . The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Reg