Lagos State Government
Ministry of Health
Request for Proposal (RFP) as a Consultant for the Concessioning of Maternal and Child Centres and the Development of a Medical Park in Lagos, Nigeria
1.0 Background
Lagos, with a population of over 21.2 million people and projected to be the 3rd largest megacity in the world within the next decade hitting the 25 million mark, is Nigeria’s economic and commercial nerve-centre.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMH) in 2002 embarked on a comprehensive Health Sector Reform Programme (HSRP). A key initiative under the reform is to increase the overall capacity of the healthcare system in Lagos State. Also, LSMH using the Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (IMNCH) approach seeks to improve its maternal and infant/child health indices via enhanced geographical access to integrated maternal and paediatric services.
In this regard LSMH desires to concession the Operation and Management of four (4) of its 110-bed Maternal and Child Centres (MCCs) across the State which will serve as one of the secondary care level interventions as well as create a state of the art Medical Park (“the Park”), which would provide a full spectrum of healthcare at a single location along the Eti-Osa Lekki axis on about 13,000 m2 land.
The MCCs will serve as one of the secondary care level interventions while it is expected that the Park will cater for a mix of primary and specialists health care to meet the different needs of residents within the State.
The LSMH thereby invites local/international qualified Transaction Advisers to express interest in providing a broad scope of advisory services to assist in the procurement of the Concession(s) for the MCCs and the Medical Park.
2.0 Project Scope
The envisaged services to be provided will include but not limited to the following for the MCCs and Medical Park as appropriate:
- Completion of project preparation, PPP options analysis and PPP transaction structuring;
- Market sounding to confirm decisions/determine scope, structure, and timing of the proposed concession;
- Financial analysis and modeling;
- Designing and managing the procurement and evaluation process; inclusive of information memorandum, supporting documentation to be made available to bidders and the tender documentation;
- Review of enabling legal and regulatory framework;
- Support on project marketing and road show;
- Preparation of definitive concession agreements;
- Assistance in negotiation with preferred parties prior to contract award;
- Set up of Data Room (physical and or virtual as applicable); and
- Management of other advisory inputs to ensure a successful transaction.
3.0 Requirements from Interested Parties
Transaction Advisers may consist of a single firm or a consortium of firms with the technical, financial, legal, PPP, and other specialist expertise required to successfully reach financial close. In the case of a consortium, the consortium members must jointly submit the information required herein paragraph 3.1-3.2. Consortiums must also clearly identify one of the firms comprising the consortium as the Lead Transaction Advisor as well as identify the specialized expertise/fields of its membership.
The Lead Transaction Advisor will have primary responsibility for liaising with the Project Delivery Team and for managing the consortium’s advisory inputs as a whole.
In order to be pre-qualified, prospective Transaction Advisors should submit an Expression of Interest detailing the following information as basis for prequalification:
3.1 Profile, Legal and Financial Status
- Full name of firm and contact person, postal address, telephone, and e-mail addresses of each corporate entity.
- Profile of the firm/consortium
- Ownership structure including name(s) of shareholders and percentage shareholding. Ownership structure including name(s) of shareholders and percentage shareholdings.
- Company registration including Certificate of Incorporation, certified true copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association and CAC Form C07 or the equivalent.
- Provide the most recent 3-years audited Financial Statements and latest Management Accounts
- Details of professional indemnity insurance held.
3.2. Relevant Experience
Provide evidence of previous experience in carrying out similar assignments detailing the following information:
- Direct experience advising governments in the structuring of PPP transactions;
- Track record of successful closure of PPP concessions, particularly in the health/related sector;
- Description of roles played in at least five (5) large/medium scale PPP Health/related transactions closed in emerging markets during the past seven (7) years (at least one of which should be in the past three (3) years);
- Relevant experience in the health/related sector (including technical competence);
- Availability of appropriate skills with relevant qualifications. Profile of the proposed project team;
- Proposed Work Plan for project execution;
- Name and address of a referee in client’s company; and
- Experience working in Nigeria and/or sub-Saharan Africa
3.3. Financial Proposal
- Detailed fee proposal with an estimate of expenses and assumptions if any.
- Preference will be given to proposals featuring fixed/ and capped elements in the fee proposal and expenses.
4.0. Submission of Bids
Bids for either or all of the services which shall be valid for four (4) months must be delivered in triplicate and tamper evident sealed envelopes clearly marked “RFP- Transaction Advisor (MCC/Medical Park) and delivered to the address below not later than 4th September, 2012 by 5.00 pm.
Office of the Honourable Commissioner,
Lagos State Ministry of Health
Room 505, Block 4
The Secretariat
Alausa, Ikeja
Lagos, Nigeria
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 Health 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 LSMH by virtue of such parties having responded to the RFP invitation.
All costs incurred by respondents as a result of this RFP invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be for respondent’s account only.
