Arab Republic of Egypt African Development Bank(AFDB) Ministry of Transport Egyptian National Railways (ENR) Egyptian National Railway Modernization Project (ENRMP) Loan No.: 2000200004952 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES– FIRMS SELECTION) Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for the supervision and management of the contract for the Design, supply, installation and maintenance of ETCS level 1, on board and trackside, on the (Alexandria-Cairo-Nagh Hammadi) & (Benha/Portsaid) main corridors Ref. No.: 324G8/495 The Egyptian National Railways (ENR), a public entity under the Ministry of Transport, has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) toward the cost of the “Consultancy Services for the supervision and management of the contract for the Design, supply, installation and maintenance of ETCS level 1, on board and trackside, on the (Alexandria-Cairo-Nagh Hammadi) & (Benha /Port said) main corridors" The main objective of the consultancy services is to supervise and manage on behalf of the ENR the Contract for the Design, supply, installation and maintenance of ETCS Level 1 Train Automatic Protection System (track side and on-board) on Alexandria / Cairo / Nagh Hammadi & Benha / port Said corridors (about 950 km) with the intention of achieving the ENR’s objectives for the completed contract The Egyptian National Railways now invites eligible firm consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, experience of at least 3 years in similar assignments, availability of appropriate skills and resources including acquaintance with Egyptian ecosystem, biographies of key experts involved in implementation, etc.). Consultants may constitute joint-ventures to enhance their chances of qualification. The shortlisted criteria are: a. The consultancy firm is registered as a company or joint venture in AfDB member countries. b. Key consultants to be acquainted with Egyptian and regional ecosystem, and relevant proven track record of specialized qualifications. c. The consultant firm should at minimum manage one similar project in last five years or have sub-contracted to carry out same assignment in last five Years. d. EOI proposal to include the firm’s most-notable projects that were previously executed similar to the requested under this assignment. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants” dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at https://www.afdb.org using a Quality & Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office working hours, Sunday through Thursday, from 09:00 am to 14:00 pm Cairo local time. Interested consultant firms can access the full text of the Terms of Reference (ToR) through http://www.enr.gov.eg or requested by email (listed below) Expressions of Interest must be delivered in soft copy to the physical address or to the email addresses below on or before August 16th, 2021 at 12:00 noon Cairo local time marked “Consultancy Services for the supervision and management of the contract for the Design, supply, installation and maintenance of ETCS level 1”. Egyptian National Railways Attn: Eng. Alaa Zayed - Director of Needs Department Railways Compound, Fifth Floor, Above Shubra Tunnel, Cairo, Egypt Email: [email protected] & [email protected] & [email protected] & [email protected] .