Southeastern Corridor Road Tender

Project ID P149279Region AfricaCommitment Amount US 29.00 millionTotal Project Cost US 188.00 millionBorrower MINISTRY OF FINANCEThe development objective of Southeastern Corridor Road Asset Management Project for Liberia aims to support the recipients efforts to enhance road connectivity for residents living along selected sections of the Ganta-to-Zwedru Road Corridor and to improve institutional capacity to manage the road sector. This project has three components. 1 The first component Road Improvement and Maintenance Works aims to support rehabilitation and maintenance of a minimum of 100 kilometers of the Ganta-Zwedru road corridor through a fifteen-year PPP arrangement. 2 The second component Road Safety aims to finance road infrastructure safety enhancements along the project corridor and implementation of aspects of the government of Liberias road safety action plan. 3 The third component Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building aims to finance capacity building support to the road sectors institutional reform process support to educational institutions and operating costs.Road Improvement and Maintenance Works. 1 Provision of advisory services to the Recipient for a the structuring of a public private partnership for the improvement and maintenance of a minimum of 100 km of the Ganta-Zwedru Road Corridor focusing principally on the Ganta-Tappita section through a fifteen 15 year concession PPP Contract to a private sector on a design build finance operate maintain and transfer DBFOMT basis b preparation of the necessary analysis structuring and development of procurement documents following World Bank Procurement Regulations c selection of a qualified SPV the Project Company on a competitive and transparent basis and the negotiation of the Project Documents and the Finance Documents to which the Recipient is a party or which have to be in form and substance acceptable to it for the implementation and financing of such arrangement d the design of a governance structure for the effective administrative and financial management of the National Road Fund e preparation of a draft Implementation Agreement between the IIU NRF and the PFMU in connection with the Contractual Payments 2 a construction and rehabilitation of around 100 km of the Ganta-Zwedru Road Corridor focusing principally on the Ganta-Tappita section and b operation and maintenance of selected segments of the said road corridor 3 supervision and monitoring of the rehabilitation and maintenance of the corridor 4 Conducting technical studies in connection with the preparation of potential operations along the Ganta Zwedru Harper Road Corridor and Coastal Road Corridor and 5 acquisition of associated land and provision of resettlement compensation to Project affected people. Part B - Road Safety Strengthening the Recipients institutional capacity on road safe