Uganda-Kampala: EDF — Technical assistance to the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Uganda National Roads Authority and the Uganda Road Fund
Uganda National Roads Authority
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Authority
SERVICE PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Works and
Transport, the Uganda National Roads Authority and the Uganda Road Fund
Uganda - Nationwide
1. Publication
reference
EuropeAid/138563/IH/SER/UG
2. Procedure
International
Restricted Tender
3. Programme title
Institutional Capacity Building for the Transport Sector in Uganda
4. Financing
Uganda
- 11th EDF – National Indicative Programme (NIP)
2014-2020
5. Contracting
Authority
The Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development acting as the National Authorising Officer in Uganda
6. Nature
of contract
Global price and
Fee-based
7. Contract
description
The technical assistance (TA) is expected to improve
the human resource and institutional capacity of government institutions in the
transport sector namely the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), the Uganda
National Roads Authority and the Uganda Road Fund. Specifically, the TA will (a)
strengthen the capacity of the MoWT in gender responsive strategic planning and
oversight in a multimodal transport environment, contributing to an appropriate
investment-maintenance mix, climate change mitigation and building climate
resilience of the sector; (b) improve the delivery of road development projects
and; (c) improve the operational efficiency of road maintenance.
8. Indicative
budget
EUR
9 400 000
9. Intended
timing of publication of the contract notice
16th
January 2017
10. Additional
information
The
contract will be divided into three lots namely:
Lot 1 – Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Works
and Transport
Lot 2 – Technical Assistance to the Uganda National
Roads Authority
Lot 3 – Technical Assistance to the Uganda Road Fund
Annex
IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean
and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its
Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended
in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010. Reference is
made to Annex IV as revised by Decision 1/2014 of the ACP-EU Council of
Ministers of 20 June 2014.
Remarks:
There
must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days between the publication of this prior
information notice and the publication of the corresponding contract notice.
No
applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage.
[1] Please state any specificity that might have
an impact on rules on participation (such as geographic or thematic or long/short term).
Bidding Documents
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