African Development Bank
Temporary Relocation Department
Telephone: (216) 71102902 Fax: (216) 71830507
Request for Expression of Interest From Architectural Consulting Firms,
Architectural Design Model for Bank Field Offices and Detailed Design of Nigeria Field Office
1. The African Development Bank plans to construct buildings to house its offices in sixteen regional member countries in line with its decentralization strategy and is currently seeking the services of qualified architectural consulting firm or group of consulting firms experienced in architectural and technical designs as well as supervision of construction works for office premises.
2. The assignment will produce architectural designs of a model building for Bank Field Offices. Nigeria will be the first country in series to apply the building model design and the present services shall include preparation of the detailed designs for Nigeria Field Office. In addition to Nigeria, other countries are required to be visited during the 1st phase of the study for the development of the building model.
The main objectives of the consultancy services are:
- Designing architectural layout plants and landscape in compliance with Bank standards and in accordance with the allocation programme provided (number and size of offices, various special and technical rooms and areas, common and/or individual toilets, parking lots):
- Providing a plan for the installation and positioning of furniture in the office space, as well as positions for normal and regulated power switches and computer and telephone networks:
- Provision a plan for the allocation and distribution of technical facilities (air conditioning, high (regulated and emergency) and low power, fire safety and protection equipment, etc.) and integrated telecommunication systems (computers and telephones) with standard equipment such as PABX, UPS, etc.
- Providing bidding documents for the required goods and works, and the bills of quantities and specification for all architectural and technical works, including a confidential project financial estimate and a provisional implementation schedule taking into account the Bank’s time requirements, in keeping with the Board resolutions on the decentralization roadmap for field Offices:
- Assisting the Bank in the bidding process and evaluation of bids: and
- Supervising the construction works.
3. The African Development Bank now invites architectural consulting firms or group of consulting firms, eligible in accordance with the Bank rules, to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide a statement of capability that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.)
4. The firms selected from the shortlist will be required to register on-line in the Bank’s consultants data base named “DACON” (http://dacon.afdb.org/dacon). For finalizing the design works for Nigeria Field Office, interested firms from outside Nigeria are encouraged to associate with or sub-contact consultants/consultants/consulting firms from Nigeria firms from Nigeria and the firm practice in Nigeria should follow the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) regulations. The firms or group of firms should meet the following minimum criteria:
- Be constituted in accordance with the legislation of a Bank member country
- Have at least ten (10) years experience in the field of architectural design and construction supervision of building projects.
- Have carried out at least two (2) similar contracts of the same nature and scale as above during the past three financial years (2008-2009-2010):
5. The information provided by the consulting firms will be used to prepare a shortlist of six consulting firms or groups of firms who will be requested to submit proposals. The Bank reserves the right to modify or cancel the request at any time during the process.
6. Written expressions of interest together with the relevant information must be delivered to the address below before 3:00 p.m. Tunis time, on or before 15th January 2011.
Postal Address:
African Development Bank
General Services and Procurement Agency,
Temporary Relocation Agency
BP 323 Tunis 1002 Belvedere, Tunisia
Telephone: +216 71 10 2102
Fax: +216 71 830 507
E-mail: Address: m.elazizi@afdb.org
Mohamed EL AZIZI
Officer-In-Charge
General Services and Procurement Department.
