Consultancy Services to conduct a Comprehensive Feasibility Study to Develop Technical Specifications and Establishment of a National Weather Radar Network for Zambia
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Project objective and employer selection criteria
1. Project objective
The objective is to conduct a comprehensive, evidence-based feasibility study that provides the technical, financial, institutional, environmental and operational framework for establishment of a National Weather Radar Network for Zambia, including procurement-ready specifications for radar systems, supporting infrastructure, communications and data-processing systems. Scope of the Services • Development of vendor-neutral, procurement-ready radar, civil-infrastructure, power, communications, processing and acceptance-test specifications.
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The objective is to conduct a comprehensive, evidence-based feasibility study that provides the technical, financial, institutional, environmental and operational framework for establishment of a National Weather Radar Network for Zambia, including procurement-ready specifications for radar systems, supporting infrastructure, communications and data-processing systems. Scope of the Services • Development of vendor-neutral, procurement-ready radar, civil-infrastructure, power, communications, processing and acceptance-test specifications.
Shortlisting / qualification criteria
Organisation history and structure
Not found among the extracted criteriaNo explicit requirement in this category appears among the criteria extracted from the currently available official text. Verify the complete notice, TOR and addenda.
Technical and managerial capability
Not found among the extracted criteriaNo explicit requirement in this category appears among the criteria extracted from the currently available official text. Verify the complete notice, TOR and addenda.
Similar experience
5 explicit requirement(s)Interested Consultants shall provide information demonstrating the required qualifications and relevant experience. The shortlisting criteria are:
- Training and capacity building
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
Interested Consultants shall provide information demonstrating the required qualifications and relevant experience. The shortlisting criteria are:Source location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
At least ten (10) years of corporate experience delivering assignments of similar nature and complexity.
- At least ten (10) years of corporate experience delivering assignments of similar nature and complexity.
- ten (10) years
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
At least ten (10) years of corporate experience delivering assignments of similar nature and complexity.Source location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
Demonstrated experience in feasibility assessment, design, specification, implementation support or supervision of weather-radar networks or comparable national-scale remote-sensing observing networks. • Demonstrated capability in radar coverage modelling and siting; radar-system and civil-infrastructure specifications; telecommunications and data integration; lifecycle costing; and environmental and social assessment. • A proven record on World Bank-financed or comparable international development assignments.
- Design and engineering
- Supervision and contract administration
- Environmental and social studies
- Environmental and social safeguards, stakeholder engagement, GRM, OHS and GBV mitigation
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
Demonstrated experience in feasibility assessment, design, specification, implementation support or supervision of weather-radar networks or comparable national-scale remote-sensing observing networks. • Demonstrated capability in radar coverage modelling and siting; radar-system and civil-infrastructure specifications; telecommunications and data integration; lifecycle costing; and environmental and social assessment. • A proven record on World Bank-financed or comparable international development assignments.Source location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
Relevant experience in Sub-Saharan Africa or a comparable developing-country context. • Availability of appropriate multidisciplinary expertise.
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
Relevant experience in Sub-Saharan Africa or a comparable developing-country context. • Availability of appropriate multidisciplinary expertise.Source location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
The EOI should include the firm’s legal name and contact details; brief corporate profile; description of relevant assignments with client, country, dates, contract value/role and contactable references; and, where applicable, the intended form and members of any association. Firms should not submit a technical or financial proposal at this stage
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
The EOI should include the firm’s legal name and contact details; brief corporate profile; description of relevant assignments with client, country, dates, contract value/role and contactable references; and, where applicable, the intended form and members of any association. Firms should not submit a technical or financial proposal at this stageSource location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
Key personnel
Not found among the extracted criteriaNo explicit requirement in this category appears among the criteria extracted from the currently available official text. Verify the complete notice, TOR and addenda.
The notice states that key-expert CVs are not required at this stage or that key experts are not evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
Eligibility and legal requirements
1 explicit requirement(s)The Ministry now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services.
Source excerpt for this employer criterion
The Ministry now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services.Source location: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — shortlisting / qualification criteria
Company financial capacity
Not found among the extracted criteriaNo explicit requirement in this category appears among the criteria extracted from the currently available official text. Verify the complete notice, TOR and addenda.
Document, security and collaboration conditions
Consortium and local-partner condition
A consortium or association is permitted by the document.
Find matched partners in my panelTender-specific partner matching is available to company accounts with Business Development access or higher.View 1 exact source clause(s)
’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations. Terms of Reference: https://www.mgee.gov.zm/?page_id=6753 Submission Address The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Green Economy and Environment P.O. Box 30147 Lusaka, Zambia…Locator: سامانه رسمی مناقصات تدارکاتی بانک جهانی — official notice / tender document
Unstated means “not found in the official text currently available to FANAB”, not “not required”. Always verify the complete notice, TOR and addenda.