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FIRST ORDER MAPPING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROAD NETWORK TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CONSULTING SERVICES
Country: World BankProject: AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC STUDY
Financing: World Bank
Abstract: FIRST ORDER MAPPING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROAD NETWORK TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CONSULTING SERVICES
Sector: Consultants
Loan/Credit Number: Trust Fund 070397
Deadline: 25 August 2006
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The World Bank is currently initiating a major Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) study. The study is being undertaken in coordination with the African Development Bank, under the overall guidance of NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa's Development), and is being funded by contributions from a number of donors and multi-donor trust funds.
In the context of recent pledges by the international community to substantively increase ODA to Africa and to the infrastructure sectors in particular, the objective of the AICD is to achieve a major improvement in the country level knowledge base of the infrastructure sectors in the region. This will provide a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from the current increase in financial flows. It should also provide a more solid empirical foundation for prioritizing investments and designing policy reforms in the infrastructure sectors in Africa.
At present, there is no systematic database of performance indicators for the roads sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Traffic data is hardly collected in the region, while data on road condition is relatively sparse. Over a number of years, the SSATP has been working on the development of a number of tools that permit relatively rapid first order appraisal of road traffic and condition. The essential characteristic of these tools is that they are based on expert assessments that draw on intimate local knowledge of the network to classify portions of the network into broadly defined traffic and quality bands. Such allocation into broad bands is often sufficient to answer some of the most relevant policy questions regarding road network design and maintenance.
The objective of the study is to perform a first order mapping of primary, secondary, and tertiary road network traffic and road conditions in about 10 countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and Zambia) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The analytical framework for the data collection will be provided by the RMAT, combined with GIS mapping so that the traffic and condition levels can be spatially referenced. Data will be derived from official road agency records or donor sponsored recent road surveys. The data will be validated and supplemented with focus groups of national and local highway engineers. Where official records are inadequate, an attempt will be made to construct the data directly from focus groups by having them allocate different links /sections of the road network to different cells of the traffic-condition matrix.
The study will cover the primary and secondary road networks for about 10 countries in SSA. The possibility of covering tertiary networks to a first order approximation will also be considered, and will depend on: (a) availability of reasonable quality maps, preferably digitized, of the tertiary network; (b) the degree of centralized responsibility for tertiary networks and/or the possibility of convening highway engineers from decentralized jurisdictions.
The World Bank now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers May 2004. Given that the budget for the project falls well below the US$ 200,000 threshold, the procurement method to be used will be Consultants Qualifications' approach, whereby a consultant is selected based on the credentials submitted in the expression of interest.
Interested consultants may obtain further information (preferably by e-mail) at the address below from 0900 to 1700 hours (Washington DC time), Monday through Friday.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by Friday, 25 August 2006. Electronic submission (Using a single PDF or other protected file) is also encouraged.
Contact: The World Bank. Attn: Kavita Sethi, Senior Economist. 1818 H St, NW. MSN J7-700. AFTTR. Washington DC 204333, United States of America. Tel: (1-202) 458-7558. Fax: (1-202)-473-8326. E-mail: Ksethi@worldbank.org . . Cc. . Attn: Desta Wolde. Tel: (1-202)-473-1721. Fax: (1-202)-473-8326. E-mail: dwoldewoldeargey@worldbank.org
Notice Number: WB2851-686/06
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