The City of Cape Town (CCT, or “the City”) is increasingly interested in leveraging private sector expertise, technology, efficiency, and capital, and turning its attention towards PPPs and other alternative delivery models that involve private sector participation (PSP), as a means to deliver and to enhance public infrastructure development and service delivery. The City is interested in developing a systematic and structured approach to decision-making on the preferred project delivery method that is aligned with the applicable municipal finance and procurement regulations and international best practice / lessons. Specifically, it aims to implement and utilize a methodology to answer the question: which delivery method, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), provides the ‘best deal’ for implementing a specific project from the perspective of the municipality. Value for money (“VfM”) compares different delivery methods and define the optimum combination of risk adjusted life-cycle costs and quality (or fitness for purpose) of a good or service to meet the user’s requirement.

The purpose of the advisory is to: 1) develop a practical and credible approach to the assessment of VfM based on international best practice and produce a comprehensive set of guidance materials to support the conduct of VfM assessment (“VfM Guide”) for PSP models; 2) analyze suitability of projects in the City’s capital project pipeline for delivery as PPPs / PSP models; and 3) build institutional capacity including governance mechanisms, planning and operational frameworks, and skills for selection, preparation, and implementation of PPPs / PSP models.  

As a first phase, IFC is seeking to appoint a consulting firm (the “Consultant”) to support CCT in the (A) development of a comprehensive, coherent and user-friendly VfM Guide that takes account of practice in relevant mature PPP markets world-wide and is fit for use in the South African PPP context; (B) Conduct VfM analysis for one project selected by CCT; (C) deliver a training session / workshop on the topic of VfM to (i) raise their awareness and understanding of VfM principles and practice and (ii) train the participants to assess projects’ suitability for delivery under a PPP / PSP model versus traditional procurement models. 

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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: City of Cape Town - approach to public private partnerships (PPPs)

Assignment Countries:

• South Africa

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

The City of Cape Town (CCT, or “the City”) is increasingly interested in leveraging private sector expertise ,technology, efficiency, and capital, and turning its attention towards PPPs and other alternative delivery models that involve private sector participation(PSP), as a means to deliver and to enhance public infrastructure development and service delivery. The City is interested in developing a systematic and structured approach to decision-making on the preferred project delivery method that is aligned with the applicable municipal finance and procurement regulations and international best practice / lessons. Specifically, it aims to implement and utilize a methodology to answer the question: which delivery method, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), provides the ‘best deal’ for implementing a specific project from the perspective of the municipality. Value for money (“VfM”) compares different delivery methods and define the optimum combination of risk adjusted life-cycle costs and quality (or fitness for purpose) of a good or service tomeet the user’s requirement.

The purpose of the advisory is to: 1) develop a practical and credible approach to the assessment of VfM based on international best practice and produce a comprehensive set of guidance materials to support the conduct of VfM assessment (“VfM Guide”) for PSP models;2) analyze suitability of projects in the City’s capital project pipeline for delivery as PPPs / PSP models; and 3) build institutional capacity including governance mechanisms, planning and operational frameworks, and skills for selection, preparation, and implementation of PPPs / PSP models.

As a first phase, IFC is seeking to appoint a consulting firm (the “Consultant”) to support CCT in the (A) development of a comprehensive, coherent and user-friendly VfM Guide that takes account of practice in relevant mature PPP markets world-wide and is fit for use in the South African PPP context; (B) Conduct VfM analysis for one project selected by CCT; (C) deliver a training session / workshop on the topic of VfM to (i) raise their awareness and understanding of VfM principles and practice and (ii) train the participants to assess projects’ suitability for delivery under a PPP / PSP model versus traditional procurement models.

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

• BB: Bank Budget
• TF0B0384: IFC

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:

• n/a

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). EOI submissions should be no longer than 45 pages in total.  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.

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