IFC’s C3P shall hire a technical consultant (engineering and operational modelling firms) to advise it and its client (Granting Authority in Brazil) in the critical review and development of technical aspects required for the structuring of bundled concessions for a set of suburban and non-suburban rails that are currently operated by SOEs.
IFC shall seek for technical firms that have knowledge and can support:
- Elaboration of Basic Engineering Designs accordingly with the local Concession/PPP frameworks/legislation;
- Has understanding of railway technologies (with regards to fleet, passengers' experience, smart-card systems, etc);
- Has understanding of the railway business model;
- Possess thorough understanding and previous consulting experience in railway operational models (with regards to signaling, telecommunications, and power systems, as well as understanding of other operational aspects such as operational control centers -OCCs);
- Knowledge of service level agreements (SLAs) and operational key performance indicators (KPIs) of the sector;
- Able to elaborate detailed CAPEX/OPEX estimates;
- Able to elaboration technical annexes that will embed the concession agreement
- Support IFC, client and other consultants in the clarification of Q&A section of the bidding procedures