Request for Expressions of Interest: Nepal Project: Siddartha Highway (Butwal-Pokhara Section) Improvement Project

Government of Nepal Ministry of Infrastructure Development Department of Roads Development Cooperation Implementation Division Siddhartha Highway (Butwal–Pokhara Section) Improvement Project Chakupat, Lalitpur, Nepal Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI)

Country: Nepal

Client: Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Department of Roads (DoR)

Project: Siddhartha Highway (Butwal-Pokhara Section) Improvement Project

Grant No.: S0996A

Contract/Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation,

Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building, Tender & Contract Documentation, Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Plan (RP) of the proposed Siddhartha Highway (Butwal-Pokhara Section) Improvement Project

REOI Reference No: AIIB-DOR-BP-QCBS-1

Notice Published On: 27th August, 2026

1. The Government of Nepal (GoN) has received Project Preparation Special Fund (PPSF) Grant from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB or the Bank) to support and facilitate the preparation of the proposed Siddhartha Highway (Butwal-Pokhara Section) Improvement Project and intends to apply the proceeds for the above-referenced contract.

2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include

Part I: Preparation of a Detailed Project Report, which shall include

a. (i) the engineering survey and investigation, design, drawing, Bill of Quantities (BOQ), cost estimation and preparation of bidding documents for the improvement option recommended by the implementing agency; and (ii) the contract modality shall be EPC/Design and Build contracts for tunnels and bridge viaduct, and item - rate contracts for road works. b. the strategic procurement planning and development of the Project Delivery Strategy (PDS) and Procurement Plan (PP) for the Project.

Part 2: Environmental and Social Assessments , including but not limited to the

preparation and updating of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment/Environmental and Social Management Plan, Resettlement Plan, Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Labor Management Procedure, Gender Action Plan, and othe r environmental and social safeguard instruments in alignment with the Project’s Environmental and Social Management Planning Framework and the Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards in the Bank’s “ Environmental and Social *OFFICIAL USE ONLY Framework”, dated February 2016, as amended February 2019, May 2021, November …

Member: Nepal

Sector: Transport

Notice type: Request for Expressions of Interest

Issue date: Aug 27, 2026