Republic of Liberia
Ministry of Public Works
P.0 Box 9011, South Lynch Street
Monrovia, Liberia

Country Name: Liberia
Project Name: Monrovia Integrated Development Project/Liberia Urban Resilience Project
Assignment Title: Consulting Services for the Preparation of Detailed Designs, ESIA & RAP, Bidding Document & Construction Works Supervision

CONSULTING SERVICES (Firm Selection)
Expressions of Interest

The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Public Works/ Project Management Unit has received financing from Agence Française de Development ("AFD"), and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the Monrovia Integrated Development Project/Liberia Urban Resilience Project.
The Services of the Consultant shall consist of Preparation of Detailed Designs, ESIA & RAP Report, Tender Documents / Work Packages & Works Supervision. This project has been conceptualized and structured for the improvement of urban livelihood and the construction of climate resilient infrastructure in three specific designated neighborhoods, Lakpazee, Woodcamp and Shoes Factory communities; all based upon a completed feasibility studies conducted for this project. The study identified the following as key/ top priorities required for the community livelihood upgrading: drainage facilities, improved roads (with safe designated pedestrian spaces), drinking water facilities, community halls, public spaces development, and public toilets. The specific objectives of this assignment are to support the PMU with regards to:
(a) Design Review & Validation: The consultant shall review, verify and validate the proposed interventions, final proposed project budget for each specific infrastructure and determined their alignment to the overarching project objectives.
(b) Preparation of Detailed Designs: The consultant shall finalize all project designs including detailed site drawings, maps and project cost for all proposed project intervention.
(c) Preparation of Environmental and Social documentation for the project as (but not limited): specific detailed E&S diligences (site-specific impact assessment and mitigation plans) for each project location / Lot, Resettlement Action Plan and/or Livelihood Restoration Plan for each project location / Lot (depending on the work construction tendering) which includes resettlement, Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the whole project, Gender Action Plan for the whole project (which includes a Gender Based Violence part).
Note, as required by the Liberian regulatory framework, specific E&S diligences must be developed with the involvement of expert(s) locally certified/accredited by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

(d) Implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan and/or Livelihood Restauration Plan. The resettlement process should be achieved before the work construction.
(e) Procurement Support: With reference to the required procurement template to be provided by the Ministry of Public Works with approval from the AFD, the consultant shall prepare detailed procurement packages based upon recommendations from the Ministry and site-specific requirements. Procurement packages shall be based upon location, scope of works, and applicable technical judgment influence by specific market conditions. The consultant shall also support the subsequent bid evaluation and contract finalization.
(f) Construction Supervision: Upon satisfactory completion of design and procurement services and with approval from the Ministry and AFD, the Consultant shall have the option to proceed to provide monitoring and supervision services during works implementation; the consultant shall be responsible to ensure full implementation of the proposed designs and environmental and social mitigation plans in coordination with the PMU/MPW while assuring quality control and safety at all times during the works.
The expected duration of the services to be provided by the Consultant has been provided below:

Part 1:
Detail design & Environmental and RAP Report preparation including procurement support services: 32 Weeks / 8 Man Months

Part II:
Construction Supervision Services: reports: 80 Weeks / 20 Man Months

The Ministry of Public Works/ Project Management Unit hereby invites Applicants (Firms) to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.
Eligibility criteria to AFD financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the "Procurement Guidelines for AFD Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries", available online on AFD’s website: http://www.afd.fr.
The Applicant shall submit only one application, either in its own name or as a member of a Joint Venture (JV). If an Applicant (including any JV member) submits or participates in more than one application, those applications shall be all rejected. However, the same Subconsultant may participate in several applications.
If the Applicant is a JV, the expression of interest shall include:
 a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by all members,
or
 a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement, signed by all members together with a copy of the Agreement proposal,
In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Subconsultants.
Experiences and qualifications of Subconsultants are not taken into account in the evaluation of the applications.
Interested Applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent (over the last ten years) and similar services shall be submitted. Applicants shall prioritize the most relevant experiences and present a maximum of 15 experiences.
Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:
 The contracts size;
 The nature of the Services, including :
o Detailed technical studies,
o Preparation of bidding documents and procurement support,
o Preparation of Environmental and Social Documentation as specified above and consistently with the World Bank standards;
o Implementation of the involontary resettlement process consistently with the World Bank standards;
o Works supervision.
 The technical area and expertise, covering :
o Design of infrastructural integrated urban upgrading/development projects, inlcuding flood risk management and livelihood upgrading;
o Environmental & Social assessment and management on World Bank’s standards
o Involuntary resettlement on World Bank’s standards;
o Certified expertise by the Liberian Environmental Protection Agency;
o Elaboration of Gender analysis and action plan
o Works supervision of urban projects including on health- safety- security & environment aspects (HSSE)
 The location : urban context in West Africa
The Client will also take into account for the evaluation of the applications the following items:
 Skills and availability of in-house technical back-up experts provided to the on-site experts
 Local representatives/partners are encouraged;
 Presentation of the following certifications:
o ISO 9001 or equivalent;
o ISO 14001 or equivalent;
o ISO 45001 or equivalent.
Among the submitted applications, Ministry of Public Works/ Project Management Unit will shortlist a maximum of six (6) Applicants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent.
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 08:00AM till 04 :00PM Liberia time (GMT).
The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below in written form in person, or by mail /courier no later than May 30, 2023 at 2:00 pm Local Liberian Time

Mr. Gabriel S. Flaboe, Sr. Project Coordinator
Liberia Urban Resilience Project (LURP)/Monrovia Integrated Development Project (MIDP)
Ministry of Public Works
Tel: +231-886513239/779111985
E-mail: lurp.midp@gmail.com

Appendix to The Request for Expressions of Interest
(To be sumitted with the application, signed and unaltered)
Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Responsibility

Reference of the bid or proposal (the "Contract")
To: (the "Contracting Authority")

1. We recognise and accept that Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") only finances projects of the Contracting Authority subject to its own conditions which are set out in the Financing Agreement which benefits directly or indirectly to the Contracting Authority. As a matter of consequence, no legal relationship exists between AFD and our company, our joint venture or our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants. The Contracting Authority retains exclusive responsibility for the preparation and implementation of the procurement process and performance of the contract. The Contracting Authority means the Purchaser, the Employer, the Client, as the case may be, for the procurement of goods, works, plants, consulting services or non-consulting services.
2. We hereby certify that neither we nor any other member of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations:
2.1 Being bankrupt, wound up or ceasing our activities, having our activities administered by the courts, having entered into receivership, reorganisation or being in any analogous situation arising from any similar procedure;
2.2 Having been:
a) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata in the country where the Contract is implemented, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such conviction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this conviction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
b) subject to an administrative sanction within the past five years by the European Union or by the competent authorities of the country where we are constituted, for fraud, corruption or for any other offense committed during a procurement process or performance of a contract (in the event of such sanction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this sanction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
c) convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during the procurement process or performance of an AFD-financed contract;
2.3 Being listed for financial sanctions by the United Nations, the European Union and/or France for the purposes of fight-against-terrorist financing or threat to international peace and security;
2.4 Having been subject within the past five years to a contract termination fully settled against us for significant or persistent failure to comply with our contractual obligations during contract performance, unless this termination was challenged and dispute resolution is still pending or has not confirmed a full settlement against us;
2.5 Not having fulfilled our fiscal obligations regarding payments of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of either the country where we are constituted or the Contracting Authority's country;
2.6 Being subject to an exclusion decision of the World Bank and being listed on the website http://www.worldbank.org/debarr (in the event of such exclusion, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this exclusion is not relevant in the context of this Contract);
2.7 Having created false documents or committed misrepresentation in documentation requested by the Contracting Authority as part of the procurement process of this Contract.
3. We hereby certify that neither we, nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations of conflict of interest:
3.1 Being an affiliate controlled by the Contracting Authority or a shareholder controlling the Contracting Authority, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.2 Having a business or family relationship with a Contracting Authority's staff involved in the procurement process or the supervision of the resulting Contract, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;
3.3 Being controlled by or controlling another bidder or consultant, or being under common control with another bidder or consultant, or receiving from or granting subsidies directly or indirectly to another bidder or consultant, having the same legal representative as another bidder or consultant, maintaining direct or indirect contacts with another bidder or consultant which allows us to have or give access to information contained in the respective applications, bids or proposals, influencing them or influencing decisions of the Contracting Authority;
3.4 Being engaged in a consulting services activity, which, by its nature, may be in conflict with the assignments that we would carry out for the Contracting Authority;
3.5 In the case of procurement of goods, works or plants:
a) Having prepared or having been associated with a consultant who prepared specifications, drawings, calculations and other documentation to be used in the procurement process of this Contract;
b) Having been recruited (or being proposed to be recruited) ourselves or any of our affiliates, to carry out works supervision or inspection for this Contract.
4. If we are a state-owned entity, and to compete in a procurement process, we certify that we have legal and financial autonomy and that we operate under commercial laws and regulations.
5. We undertake to bring to the attention of the Contracting Authority, which will inform AFD, any change in situation with regard to points 2 to 4 here above.
6. In the context of the procurement process and performance of the corresponding contract:
6.1 We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) deliberately indented to deceive others, to intentionally conceal items, to violate or vitiate someone's consent, to make them circumvent legal or regulatory requirements and/or to violate their internal rules in order to obtain illegitimate profit;
6.2 We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) contrary to our legal or regulatory obligations or our internal rules in order to obtain illegitimate profit;
6.3 We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to (i) any Person who holds a legislative, executive, administrative or judicial mandate within the State of the Contracting Authority regardless of whether that Person was nominated or elected, regardless of the permanent or temporary, paid or unpaid nature of the position and regardless of the hierarchical level the Person occupies, (ii) any other Person who performs a public function, including for a State institution or a State owned company, or who provides a public service, or (iii) any other person defined as a Public Officer by the national laws of the Contracting Authority’s country, an undue advantage of any kind, for himself or for another Person or entity, for such Public Officer to act or refrain from acting in his official capacity;
6.4 We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to any Person who occupies an executive position in a private sector entity or works for such an entity, regardless of the nature of his/her capacity, any undue advantage of any kind, for himself or another Person or entity for such Person to perform or refrain from performing any act in breach of its legal, contractual or professional obligations;
6.5 We have not and we will not engage in any practice likely to influence the contract award process to the detriment of the Contracting Authority and, in particular, in any anti competitive practice having for object or for effect to prevent, restrict or distort competition, namely by limiting access to the market or the free exercise of competition by other undertakings;
6.6 Neither we nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants shall acquire or supply any equipment nor operate in any sectors under an embargo of the United Nations, the European Union or France;
6.7 We commit ourselves to comply with and ensure that all of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants comply with international environmental and labour standards, consistent with laws and regulations applicable in the country of implementation of the Contract, including the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and international environmental treaties. Moreover, we shall implement environmental and social risks mitigation measures when specified in the environmental and social commitment plan (ESCP) provided by the Contracting Authority.
7. We, as well as members of our joint venture and our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants authorise AFD to inspect accounts, records and other documents relating to the procurement process and performance of the contract and to have them audited by auditors appointed by AFD.

Name: _________________________ In the capacity of: ___________
Duly empowered to sign in the name and on behalf of :_____________
Signature: ____________________________
Dated: _______________________________