Lagos State Government
Ministry of Science and Technology (Most)
Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for OBC Consultants for the Forensic Laboratory Project in Lagos, Nigeria
Background
Lagos, with an estimated population of over 21 million people and projected to hit 25 million people mark within the decade has been forecasted by UN Habitat to grow to be amongst the top three largest megacities in the world. The State is Nigeria’s commercial and economic nerve centre and financial capital of the country.
Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is desirous to equip the State with crime-solving aids to ensure improvement in the ability of the law enforcement agencies in the Slate to properly investigate crime and bring the perpetrators to justice. Forensic science provides the benefits of applying a broad spectrum of scientific solutions to assist the legal authorities and judiciary in prosecuting criminals and bringing them to justice.
In this regard MOST desires to develop and implement a world class forensic laboratory in partnership with the private sector by means of a Public – Private Partnership (PPP) structure, at an undeveloped 5-hectare site located in Badagry the State of Lagos, Nigeria. The private sector will establish a Nigerian registered Special Project Vehicle company (SPY) to enter into a PPP concession contract with the MOST to provide the following service outputs:
These should cover the forensic science disciplines: Toxicology, DNA, Drugs, Trace, Arson, Explosives, Latent Fingerprints, Firearms, Tool-marks, Impressions, Computer / Digital Evidence, Composite Artist, Photography, Questioned Documents, Crime Scene Investigation, Crime Scene Reconstruction, Forensic Medicine with related subspecialties, Forensic Accounting, Death Investigation, Eye /Tissue Bank, Evidence Storage and Property Storage.
To develop and implement this world class forensic laboratory. MOST wishes to hire a consulting services firm to prepare the Outline Business Case (OBC), assess the strategic fit that will deliver value for money and affordability for the procurement of concessionaires that will finance, construct, operate and maintain this new infrastructure.
Scope of Work
The main objective of this consultancy is to establish the technical, economic, and financial viability of the project using a PPP-model through the generation of an OBC. The OBC will represent a key input of the PPP project preparation phase.
Among the tasks involved in the generation of the OBC are:
- Definition of project concept;
- Technical scope;
- Market demand analysis:
- Needs analysis;
- Prepare cost estimation for the project.
- Preliminary assessment of social and environmental impacts of the project;
- Project sales and revenue forecasting;
- Development of a preliminary financial model to earn out the initial PPP screening to determine which projects can support a tariff and which cannot, and ultimately suitability for PPP execution; costs and optimal value-for-money methods of delivery, and include, at a minimum
- Cost of Year Expenditure
- Construction costs
- Annual routine maintenance (where relevant)
- Periodic major maintenance by annual drawdown amount;
- Security and Safety
- Cost of hiring and Training of Staff
- Other ancillary operating costs
- Sources of funds.
- The economic and financial conclusions drawn from the financial model.
- Affordability analysis:
- Risk Analysis;
- PPP Options analysis, and
- Implementation recommendations.
Submission of Expression of Interest (EOI)
MOST now invites eligible corporate firms and/or consortium of firms to indicate their interest in providing the above-mentioned services the skills and experience required of the Consultants should include inter alia:
- Forensic Laboratory project preparation and planning, including projects of similar in size and scope.
- PPP project preparation and structuring using international best practices, including advisory on a minimum of four OBC/PPP projects over the past five years;
- Assignments in price forecasting and modelling in Sub-Saharan Africa in the last three years;
- Financial and economic analysis, including substantial project finance modelling experience:
- Experience with projects in Forensic Laboratory sector in emerging markets;
- Profile of firm/consortium including ownership structure key permanent staff and role of each corporate entity with full contact details of lead firm; and
- Copies of Audited Financial Statements reports for the last 3years.
The Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the Lagos Stale Public Procurement Law 2011.
Expression of Interest for the service must be delivered in six (6) copies and tamper evident sealed envelopes clearly marked “EOI- OBC Consultant (Forensic Laboratory) and delivered to the address below not later than 5.00 pm 3rd June, 2013.
Office of the Honourable Commissioner,
Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology
Block 18b,
The Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja
Lagos, Nigeria
Interested applicants may obtain further information at the address above from 8.00 am to 4 00 pm, Monday through Friday (except public holidays).
Only short-listed Consultants will be contacted
Expression of Interest through email or fax will not be entertained.
It should be noted that this invitation does not constitute a commitment on the part of Lagos State Government and/ or the Lagos State Ministry of Science & Technology to award the project to any consortia expressing interest. Furthermore the submission of documents’ shall not entitle any of the interested parties to any claims against LSG and/ or MOST by virtue of such parties having responded to the EOI invitation. All costs incurred by respondents as a result of this EOI invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be for respondent’s account only.
