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Malawi seeks consulting firm to supervise EU financed road project
December 10, 2020 / Tawonga Nyirenda Mayuni
Malawi’s Roads Authority (RA) is inviting eligible consultants to supervise the rehabilitation and widening of four sections of the M1 road between capital city Lilongwe and Northern Region town of Karonga.
The project will, which will involve the rehabilitation of a total of 301km of the M1 road, will be financed using proceeds of a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a grant from the European Union (EU) under the Africa Investment Facility.
The four targeted sections include; from the turn off to the Kamuzu international airport to kasungu (102 km); from Kasungu to Jenda (85.5 km); from Jenda to Mzimba turn off (46.74 km) ; and Kacheche to Chiweta (66.5 km).
The works will include the widening of carriageways, construction of shoulders, reconstruction of the pavement, widening of bridges and implementation of road safety interventions.
“The primary objective of the consultancy services is to simultaneously carry out the supervision of the rehabilitation and widening works on all four sections of the works including technical and financial supervision, contract management and to ensure that the works are carried out in accordance with the respective contract specifications and to the satisfaction of the implementing agency,” says RA in a statement.
It states that each section will have a defects liability period of 12 months during which limited input will be required by the consultant.
The contract for the provision of the consultancy services is expected to start not earlier than May 1, 2021 with an estimated total duration of 44 months (inception phase of 2 months, construction period of 30 months and defects notification of 12 months).
RA says the invitation for expressions of interest is open to all firms and joint ventures from all countries, and shall be followed by the production of short-listed consulting firms.
“The short-listed firms will be formally invited to submit technical and financial proposals, which shall be evaluated. Award of the contract shall be made on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT),” states RA.
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