Study on rural roads — South Sudan Rural Roads Project (SSRRP)

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Country:         REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

Project:            South Sudan Rural Roads Project (SSRRP)

Sector:                           Transport Sector

Grant No:            TF012347

Project ID No.:              P129000

The Republic of South Sudan has received financing in the amount of US$ 38 million from the World Bank toward the cost of the South Sudan Rural Roads Project (SSRRP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following components:

Component 1 – Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Selected Rural Roads (US$22.5 million):

This component will finance the upgrading and/or rehabilitation of selected rural roads opening up high agricultural potential areas.   The objective is to rehabilitate about 150 km of roads targeting areas identified by the agriculture sector for having high productivity for production of cereals, much needed to ensure food security. This component provides for rehabilitation/upgrading of selected rural roads,provision of supervision services; and updating the draft Environmentand Social Screening and Assessment Framework (ESSAF) for the transport sector, and preparing Environment and Social Impact Assessments/ Management Plans (ESIAs/ESMPs), Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) and Indigenous Peoples Plans (IPPs) as required for roads to be rehabilitatedand maintained under the project.

Component 2 – Maintenance and Spot Improvement of Selected Rural Roads (US$12 million):

This component will finance the maintenance and spot improvement of about 300 km of rural roads deteriorated due to lack of maintenance during the civil war period. This component will also include maintenanceof: (i) feeder roads improved by the former GoSS over the past five years; and (ii) critical collector roads that will ensure connectivity of the priority feeder roads to trunk (interstate) roads.   This component will be executed both by mechanized and labor based contractors and it is split into four   sub components: (i) mechanized maintenance and spot improvement of about 180 kilometers of select rural roads; (ii) supervision of maintenance and spot improvement works for mechanized maintenance contracts; (iii) labor intensive maintenance and spot improvement of about 120 kilometers of select rural roads; and (iv) supervision of maintenance and spot improvement works for labor based maintenance contracts.

Component 3 – Institutional Development for Rural Infrastructure Management (US$3.5 million):

This component will support institutional development initiatives at pilot states and national levels to enhance the capacity for rural infrastructure management.   This component constitutes three sub-components: Sub-Component One, which includes: strengthening of the capacity of Pilot States, in particular their ministries responsible for physical infrastructure, to manage rural infrastructure – encapsulating: (i) handling procurement,contract management and financial management matters, and (ii) preparation of business plans - through provision of goods, technical assistance, services and Workshops and Training required for the purpose; Sub Component Two, including: (i) TA to support establishment of a Planning Department for MRB; (ii) TA to support the preparation of Roads Sector Development Program; (iii)   support to establishment of a Road Maintenance Fund; and (iv) road safety programs and strategic studies emerging during implementation; and Sub- Component Three, carrying out of project coordination and management through provision of goods, technical assistance, services, Workshops and Training andOperating Costs required for the purpose, including: (i) training to the Project Management Team (PMT), states and Ministry of Environment staff; (ii) technical assistants (TAs) to the PMT, (iii) provision of technical, social and financial audit firm (Audit Agent –AA); (iv) procurement of desktops and installation of NAVISION Accounting System including training of staff in the ministry; and (v) operational costs for the PMT.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conductedthrough the procedures as specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans   and IDA Credits (current edition), and is open to all eligible bidders   as defined in the guidelines.   Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (current edition).

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank's international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business , and   The East African, The Citizen, Daily Mentor Southern Eye and New Times newspapers.

There will be no pre-qualification of suppliers and contractors. All such contracts will be subject to post qualification examination.