Closing date
11 March 2025Consulting Services; Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade CASA-1000
Request for Expressions of Interest
(Consulting Services – Firms Selection)
Country: Republic of Tajikistan
Name of the Project: "Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade CASA-1000"
Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA E2850-TJ
Assignment Title: Detailed Engineering Design for a new drainage system for a converter station and support during tender process.
Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): TJ-ES PMU-473576-CS-CQS
The Republic of Tajikistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the "Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade CASA-1000" and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The Consulting Services (The services) include the required activities for the design of a drainage system: Site Inspection, Soil Investigation, Collection of Site Data, Design of Civil Works, Specification of Scope of Supply for Execution of Civil Works, BOQs, Environmental and social assessment and Support to Project Implementation Unit during tendering stage of civil works and selection of the civil contractor. To cover the required activities, a total engagement of 16 man-month of professionals is expected to complete the assignment in 3 months”
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following link
The State Establishment “Project Management Unit for Electro-Energy Sector” 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. The shortlisting criteria are:
- The Consultant should be registered legal entity and should have been in business for the last 5 years in providing Consultancy Services. (The consultant is required to provide the Copy Certificate of Incorporation issued by relevant authority in country of establishment).
- The Consultant must have at least 5 years of proven experience in civil engineering design for projects.
- The Consultant should have completed at least two similar projects in the past 5 years, each with a value of at least 80,000 USD.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
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", July 2016, revised September 2023 ("Procurement Regulations"), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the CQS method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 09:00 to 17:00
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 11 March 2025 at 17:00.
StateEstablishment “Project Management Unit for Electro-Energy Sector”
street. Kahhorov 39A, 734042, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
fax: +992 37 222 25 56;
e-mail: pmu_tj@mail.ru
