SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Recommendation for service plan, concept design, & econ analysis of PT corridor in Baghdad
Assignment Countries:
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
The World Bank, in coordination with the Government of Iraq,is examining the potential for investment public transport services to improve accessibilityin Baghdad. The assignment under thisselection is to produce an operational plan and concept design for an on-street,segregated public transport corridor in Baghdad, including preliminary capitalinvestment and operating costs through the horizon year of 2035. The assignment is organized around severalcore inter-related tasks to generate the basic project concept and provideenough information to facilitate economic assessment at the prefeasibilitylevel. The assignment reliesheavily on a needs assessment phase, which will entail primary data collectionto understand travelers’ behavior and preferences but will also involve developinga preliminary service plan and concept design, assessing digital asset requirements,carrying out a preliminary economic assessment, and elaborating a projectimplementation plan. For these reasons, successfulconsultant teams will include a mix of travel behavior research expertise (includingundertaking quantitative and qualitative research in a challenging environmentlike Baghdad), travel demand modeling, expertise in designing and assessingpublic transport operational and service plans, and physical design of publictransport systems at the concept level, including running ways, stations, and areaaccess. The assignment is anticipated tobegin in September of 2024, and will be for twelve months, with most of thesubstantive deliverables being required in the first 8 months.
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
- BB: Bank Budget
- TF084418: IRRF
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility restrictions apply:
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now
NOTES
Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.
Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.
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