The Arab Republic of Egypt has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Informal Settlements Upgrade Technical Assistance, and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for “Feasibility Study for developing three Informal Settlements”.
The services under this project are including but not limited to conduct a Feasibility Study that is composed of three main parts:
- Environment and Socio economic Profile: This scope identifies the baseline key information for developing purposes based on environmental and socio-economic existing situation
- Preliminary Development Plans: This part focuses on elaborating a visionary development plan for the suggested projects to be implemented on the selected areas, based on analyzing the environmental and socio-economic profile of the areas.
- Feasibility Study: This part is expected to be an application for the proposed urban development framework; outcome of the Preliminary Plan for the assignment.
Assignment duration: 11 months
The INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT FUND (ISDF) invites eligible consultants firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services as follows:
- Valid commercial registration or incorporated in Egypt;
- Brochures, description of similar assignments;
- Experience in similar conditions;
- Experience in urban, socio-economic and environmental studies;
- Availability of appropriate skills among staff; (Urban planning and development Expert, Environmental Expert, Socio-economic Expert, Infrastructure Expert, and GIS Expert).
Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification.
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “PROCUREMENT POLICY FOR BANK
GROUP FUNDED OPERATIONS” dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
Interested consultants firms may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by June 27, 2019 at 12:00 PM and mention, “Consultancy Service - Feasibility Study for developing three Informal Settlements.”
Attn: Dr. Marwa Ahmed
Head of International and Local Funding Department
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT FUND (ISDF)
Building No. 3, El-Mokhayem El-Dayem, Nasr City.
Cairo, Egypt
Telephone: 00202-22617154, 002010-05123010
E-Mail: m.ahmed@muris.cloud.gov.eg