Request For Expressıons Of Interest

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Republic of Turkey
Istanbul Governorship
Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU):
Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness (ISMEP) Project
Loan No: TU-161
Consultancy Services for Retrofitting Design of School Buildings in Istanbul (ISDB-CB1.3B)
(2016)
The Republic of Turkey has received a technical assistance loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and intends to apply of this loan to payments under the contracts for Procurement of “Consultancy Services for Retrofitting Design of School Buildings in Istanbul (ISDB-CB1.3B)”, which will be implemented by Istanbul Governorship, Istanbul Project Coordination Unit.
The services to be performed for schools within the scope of ISDB-CB1.3B shall include:
1 - Vulnerability assessment of the buildings by using the available data and conducting necessary tests and measurements at the sites, buildings as required.
2 - Preparation of preliminary and final designs and estimated costs with respect to each school using conventional and innovative retrofitting techniques and new Turkish national retrofitting building codes in disaster prone areas.
3 - Preparation of Bill of Quantities of Public buildings, final retrofitting drawings and technical specification after consultation with the Client.
4 - Cost comparison for selected public buildings considering cost of retrofitting to the cost of replacement ratio.
The estimated duration of the services are approximately 12 months.
Istanbul Project Coordination Unit now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information and documents indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (such as brochures, description and references from previous clients on the similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).
Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. The “association” may take the form of a Joint Venture or a sub consultancy. In case of a Joint Venture (JV), all members of the JV will be evaluated jointly for the purpose of short listing and shall be jointly and severally liable for the assignment and shall sign the contract in case of award is made to that JV group. Interested consultants should clearly indicate the structure of their “association” and the duties of the partners and sub consultants in their application. Unclear expression of interests in terms of “in association with” and/or “in affiliation with” and etc. may not be considered for short listing.
The Client, within the interested international consultant firms in accordance with their qualifications and experience will form one shortlist group. Consultants will be shortlisted in accordance with the procedures set out in the “Guidelines for the Use of Consultants under Islamic Development Bank Financing, May 2009”
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Consultants are required to include the name and reference number of the tasks ISDB-CB1.3B in their Expression of Interests.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 10:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m. local time.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by January 17th, 2017 at 16:00 (local time) by surface mail, courier or hand delivery. Applications by e-mail shall not be accepted IPCU reserves the right to reject the applications received after the above-referenced date.
Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU)
M. Kemalettin Mah. Tiyatro Cad. No:8
34126 Beyazıt, Istanbul, Turkey
Contact Person: K. Gökhan ELGİN (Director)
Tel : +90 212 518 55 00
Fax : +90 212 518 55 05
E-mail : info@ipkb.gov.tr
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