Request for Expressions of Interest for Provision, Installation, Configuration and Support of Project/Programme Management Software at Lagos State Government

This request for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project titled NG Nigeria-LUTP-II (FY10) that appeared in dg market publication of July 16, 2010.

The Lagos State Government through the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Lagos Urban Transport Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this project to cover eligible payments under the contract for the following consultancy services:

Provision, Installation, Configuration and Support of Project/Programme Management Software

The main objectives of this consultancy are:

• To provide an organization wide (and internationally recognized) project management software that will enable better control, new capacity for better governance, project team participation, project visibility, monitoring and management of time related procedures for better efficiency and effective management of work streams/packages within the organization.
•  To provide and gain a reporting tool for dashboards monitoring and analyzing performance data
•  To be able, with the implementation of this software, to investigate comparative trends and cause-and-effect in multiple projects

LAMATA now invites eligible consulting firms to express interest in providing the above services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. The information to be provided by interested Consultant are consultant’s profile I brochures, certificate of registration, description of similar assignments, availability of appropriate skills among staff, availability of essential technology etc.). For each project performed the consultant shall provide the name and contact address of the client (office & e-mail address, and telephone number), date(s) of execution, name(s) of lead and associate firms, contract amount and financing sources.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the ‘World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultant [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers & Grants by World Bank Borrowers January 2011, setting forth the World Bank policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to the following specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment: Bank policy requires that consultants provide professional, objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold the client’s interests paramount, without any consideration for future work, and that in providing advice they avoid conflicts with other assignments and their own corporate interests. Consultant may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. Where firms are associating, the submission must verifiable evidence of association from all the parties.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by the World Bank Borrowers, January 2011.

Application Closing Date
25th November, 2013 at 5:00pm

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Please visit www@lamata-ng.com for more information about the project.

Expression of interest must be delivered both in hard copy and soft copy in CD format to the address below by November 25, 2013 at 5:00pm.

The Managing Director
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)
Block C, 2nd floor, Motorways Centre, 1, Motorways Avenue
Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Telephone: 01-2702778-82
Fax: 01-2702783
E-mail: asdvert@lamata-ng.com ; adabiri@lamata-ng.com