Lagos State Government
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Lagos Urban Transport Project Ii (LUTP II)
Procurement Audit of Selected World Bank – Financed Contracts in Nigeria
IDA Credit No. 4767-UNI
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Date: January 22nd, 2013
Request for Expressions of Interest
This request for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project titled NG Nigeria-LUTP-II (FY10) that appeared in dg market publication of July 16, 2010.
The Lagos State Government through the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Lagos Urban Transport Project and intends to apply part of the this project to cover eligible payments under the contract for the following consultancy services;
Consultancy Service for the Procurement Audit of selected World Bank Financed Contracts in Nigeria
The objective of the Procurement Audit is to preview the procurement, contracting, and implementation processes which have been followed for a sample of up to 30% of the total contracts, to confirm their consistency with the Credit Agreements. The purpose of the audit is to seek conclusions on; the procurement and contracting procedure and processes followed for the contracts; compliance with the World Banks general guiding principles of economy and efficiency equal opportunity, transparency and quality and to the extent possible, technical, physical completion, and price competitiveness aspects of contracts; and possible improvements in the system.
LAMATA now invites eligible consulting firms to express interest in providing the above services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.
The information to be provided by interested Consultant are:
- Consultant’s profile/brochures,
- Certificate of registration,
- Description of similar assignments,
- Availability of appropriate skills among staff,
- Availability of essential technology- etc.
For each project performed the consultant shall provide:
- The name and contact address of the client (office & e-mail address, and telephone number),
- Date(s) of execution,
- Name(s) of lead and associate firms,
- Contract amount and financing sources.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants (under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants) by World Bank Borrowers January 201 1, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of Interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: Bank policy requires that consultants provide professional, objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold the client’s interests paramount, without any consideration for future work, and that in providing advice they avoid conflicts with other assignments and their own corporate interests.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. Where firms are associating, the submission must include verifiable evidence of association from all the parties.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants by the World Bank Borrowers, January 2011.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Please visit www@lamata-ng.com for more information about the project.
Expression of interest must be delivered to the address below by February 5th, 2013 at 5:00pm.
The Managing Director
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)
Block C, 2nd floor, Motorways Centre, 1, Motorways Avenue
Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Telephone: 01-2702778-82
Fax: 01-2702783
E-mail: advert@lamata-ng.com, adabiri@lamata-ng.com
