UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TANZANIA COMMISSION FOR SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR
CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION
Country : TANZANIA
Name of Project :Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project (HEET)
Project ID No. :P166415
Assignment Title: :Provision of Consultancy Services for Design, Preparation of Bidding
Documents, Cost Estimate and Supervision of Construction of Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) Complex in Dodoma.
Reference No.: IE/013/WB-HEET/2022-2023/TZ-COSTECH/P166415-339914-CS-QCBS/02
- This request for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project
that appeared in United Nations Development Business (UNDB) Issue No. WB-OP0015674 of
28.11.2021. - The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has received financing from the World
Bank towards the cost of the Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project (HEET) in
Tanzania, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for Consulting Services. - The Consulting firm (“the Services provider”) is engaged to undertake Consultancy Services. for
the Design, Preparation of Bidding Documents, Cost estimates and Supervision of the
Construction of the Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Complex in Dodoma, including
geo-technical and topographical survey, and conduct the conditional survey, design and
supervise the renovation of COSTECH building in Dar-es-Salaam. - The total duration for the entire assignment shall be 29 months (4 months Design, 13 months
Mobilization, Construction and Supervision and 12 months after completion of works for Defects
Liability Period) from the date of contract signing to up to the end of defect liability period (DLP).
The estimated level of effort is 55.5 professional staff months. - The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment are available at the following website
www.taneps.go.tz and www.costech.or.tz or can be obtained at the address given below. - The Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) located at Ali Hassan
Mwinyi Road Kijitonyama, P. O. Box 4302, Dar-es-Salaam, now invites eligible consulting firms
(“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should
provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant
experience to perform the Service. The shortlisting criteria are:
A.Core business and 10 years in business.
B.Relevant similar experience, which should specifically include:
i) The firm should have at least ten (10) years’ experience in the building industry, and must have
demonstrated experience of undertaking works of similar nature indicating value and volume of
last five (5) projects executed by the firm within the previous ten (10) years (2012-2022).
Information to be provided should include: name of assignments, names and full address contact
addresses of the client, contract value, (in equivalents USD) and periods (dates) of execution of the
assignments.
ii) Demonstration of experience on working in similar conditions.
iii) Firm having experience of executing at least one project under World Bank or Development
partner’s funding within the previous ten (10) years (2012-2022)
C. Technical and Managerial Capability of the Firm
The consultant must provide the structure of the organization, general qualifications, and the
number of Key staff (Do not provide a CV of the Key staff, Key staff will not be evaluated at
shortlisting stage).
- The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17
of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Fourth Edition, November 2020
(“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. - Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate
clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture (JV) and/or a sub-consultancy. In
the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable
for the entire contract, if selected. Therefore, each member of JV shall independently meet the
requirements of the evaluation criteria. The experience, technical and managerial capability of the
Sub-Consultant shall not be evaluated to enhance the qualification of the Lead Firm or JV. - A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (OCBS)
method set out in the Procurement Regulations. - Further information shall be obtained upon seeking clarifications through online Tanzania
National Electronic Procurement System (TANePs) (www.taneps.go.tz) or at the address below
during office hours 08:00 Hours up to 15:00 Hours East African Time on Monday to Friday
inclusive except on public holidays.
- Expressions of interest must be submitted online through Tanzania National Electronic
Procurement System (TANePs) (www.taneps.go.tz ) on or before 30th June 2023 at 12:00
hours East African time. The Client shall not be held liable for any delays due to system failure
beyond. its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the Consultants of any updates,
the Client shall not be liable for any information not received by the Consultant. It is the
Consultants” responsibility to verify the website for the latest information related to this selection
process. Expression of Interest will be opened promptly thereafter through TANePs. Expression of
Interest not received through TANEPS shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the
circumstances.
The address referred to above is:
The Secretary
Tender Board
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology. (COSTECH)
Attn: Head Procurement Management Unit
Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road,
P.O. Box 4302.
Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania.
E-mail: [email protected].
Telephone: +255 (022) 2771358
