THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF WORKS
PROCUREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
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Consulting Services:
Road Infrastructure Development
Closing Date: Tuesday, 10th November 2015
10:00 local time
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Country: Tanzania
Ref – No: KfW 33471
Prequalification
Subject:
International Open Tender for Feasibility Study for the Serengeti Southern
Bypass: Transport Options and Trunk Road Concepts to Reduce Traffic Crossing
the Serengeti National Park - Tender No. AE/001/2015-16/HQ/C/01
Project Executing Agency: TANROADS
Project Measures:
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania through the Ministry of Works (MoW)
has received funding assistance from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany
through the German Development Bank, KfW, for the execution of a Feasibility Study aiming
at assessing pre-identified options for transport routes bypassing the Serengeti National Park
and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the south and thus reducing traffic crossing the
Serengeti.
The overall objective of the envisaged project, for which this Feasibility Study shall prepare
the ground for governmental decisions and the financiers’ appraisal, is to improve regional
integration of remote north-western regions of the country and the rest of Tanzania and thus
to enhance regional / socio-economic development in those areas through improved access
through all-weather roads and at the same time preserving the unique character of the
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UNESCO world heritage site of the Serengeti National Park. The complexity of the task
requires comprehensive consultations with all stakeholders involved.
Key results of the feasibility assessment shall be: (i) feasibility assessments of the preidentified options and other information required for the governmental selection to be made;
(ii) governmental selection of the preferred option from the two pre-identified bypass options
in consultation with key potential financiers; (iii) further feasibility assessments, preliminary
designs and technical and operational details of a proposed project to implement the chosen
option.
Required Consulting Services:
The consulting services include, but may not be limited to the following:
1.
Review of existing documentation (pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, detailed
designs) of projects in the planning and implementation phases in the wider project
area;
2.
Technical / Engineering feasibility investigations:
Road Engineering surveys with regard to the alignment and road condition,
topography, hydrology, soils and materials investigations for all options identified in
the pre-feasibility stage, including preliminary engineering drawings and life cycle
costing;
3.
Demand Analysis and Forecast:
Traffic demand and mobility needs analysis and forecast (freight and passengers),
based on thorough socio-economic assessments and traffic surveys, incl. O/D
surveys in the study region;
4.
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment:
Target group analyses, analyses of project-affected persons, and ESIA according to
the legal framework of Tanzania and standards of major international financing
institutions, also including a Resettlement Action Plan (if needed);
5.
Economic and financial feasibility investigations:
Cost-benefit analysis, including a utility analysis for non-monetary benefits and costs
as well as financing requirements;
6.
Proposed implementation arrangements, institutional capacity assessments and
capacity enhancement and support to main GoT stakeholders.
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The consultancy services are intended to commence immediately after the completion of the
tender process and are expected to be completed within 15 months.
This prequalification for consulting services will be guided by the latest version of the
“Guidelines for Assignment of Consultants in Financial Co-operation Projects“ (refer to
homepage of KfW Development Bank: https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/Internationalfinancing/KfW-Entwicklungsbank/.
It is foreseen to award the assignment to an independent consulting firm with proven
experience in the road sector and the region. The minimum annual turnover shall exceed
EUR 5,000,000.
Further information will be made available upon request by email to the Project Executing
Agency:
The Secretary,
TANROADS Headquarter Tender Board,
4th Floor, Airtel House,
Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road / Kawawa Road Junction,
P.O. Box 11364,
Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
tanroadshq@tanroads.go.tz
and in copy to the tender agent under the following address:
Andreas Helmich
95 Gamsa Street, Kleine Kuppe
Private Bag 40407, Ausspannplatz
Windhoek, Namibia
ahelmich@afol.com.na
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