An OJEU notice.

09/11/2010 S217 External aid programmes – Service contract – Prior Information Notice – Prior information or periodic indicative notice 

AF-Kabul: DCI — technical assistance to the National Railway Authority in Afghanistan

2010/S 217-331687

Location: Asia — Afghanistan

Contract forecast notice

Services

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

Main object:

71356200 Technical assistance services

Additional object(s):

79314000 Feasibility study

 1.Publication reference:

EuropeAid/130690/C/SER/AF.

 2.Procedure:

Restricted.

 3.Programme:

DCI.

 4.Financing:

Financing agreement.

 5.Contracting authority:

European Union, represented by the European Commission, on behalf of and for the account of the beneficiary countries, Kabul, AFGHANISTAN.

 6.Nature of contract:

Fee-based.

 7.Contract description:

The forecast service contract aims to provide technical assistance to the Government of Afghanistan in order to:
1) help establish a National Railway Authority;
2) provide support to capacity building;
3) provide assessment of country-wide railway feasibility;
4) provide assessment of country-specific technical issues (e.g. gauge).
The most important criteria for contracting an expert team will be proven expertise in the areas of:
— institutional building,
— capacity building,
— transport economics, and
— railway engineering.
The indicative duration of the service contract will be 30 months and the team will be based in Kabul (Afghanistan), working closely with the involved ministries, governmental agencies and international donors. Coordination with the neighbour countries will be channelled via the Secretariat for Regional Cooperation.

 8.Numbers and titles of lots:

The contract is divided into lots:
No, 1 lot only.

 9.Budget:

Maximum budget: 1 550 000 EUR.

 10.Intended timing of publication of procurement notice:

December 2010.

 11.Additional information

 12.Legal basis:

DCI-ASIE.

 13.Date of dispatch of this notice:

27.10.2010.

Remarks:

There must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days between the publication of this contract forecast and the publication of the corresponding procurement notice.

No applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage.