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 Indonesia - P157490 - Indonesia's Infrastructure Finance Development (IIFD) - RE - ID-PDPPI - MOF-73958-CS-QCBS

Country: Indonesia

Project Id: P157490

Project Name: Indonesia's Infrastructure Finance Development (IIFD) - RE

Loan/Credit/TF Info.: TF-A2268

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ADDENDUM 1

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

SHORTLISTING CONSULTANT FIRMS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TRANSACTION PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) SECTOR

Reference No. P-III.1.a.2.ID-PDPPI - MOF-73958-CS-QCBS

This is a notification that a modification has been made to the Request for Expresion of Interest section 14 to extend the submission deadline.

Delete the following sentence in section 14:

“Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below through courier/by hand as hard copy and CD latest by Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 14:00 Jakarta local time”

and replace in lieu thereof:

“Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below through courier/by hand as hard copy and CD latest by Friday, March 29th, 2019 at 15:00 Jakarta local time”

Jakarta, March 18th, 2019

Sincerely,

Procurement Working Team II

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

SHORTLISTING CONSULTANT FIRMS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TRANSACTION PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) SECTOR

Grant No.        : TF0A2268

Project Name  : Indonesia Infrastructure Finance Development Trust Fund (IIFD-TF)

Reference No. :  (As per Procurement Plan): P-III.1.a.2.ID-PDPPI - MOF-73958-CS-QCBS

Date                : February 25th, 2019

1. The Directorate of Government Support and Infrastructure Financing Management (“PDPPI”) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Indonesia Infrastructure Finance Development Trust Fund (“IIFD-TF”), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for this assignment.

2. The consulting services (“Services”) are for “SHORTLISTING CONSULTANT FIRMS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TRANSACTION PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) SECTOR” The shortlisting will be carried out according to the criteria set out in this Request for Expression of Interest (REOI). 

3. The objective of REOI:

The objective of the REOI is to establish a shortlist of qualified consultant firms to be invited to submit proposals for the assignment of one or more individual PPP pipeline projects. Subsequent Proposals for other projects assignment may be invited from the same shortlist or updated shortlist according to the requirements of the proposed PPP pipeline projects.

4. Objectives and Scope of Services

The objective of the Consultancies is to provide PDPPI with expert consulting services in conducting Feasibility Study and Transaction Preparation for various PPP infrastructure sectors which demonstrate comparative advantage in terms of strategic and operational benefits for implementation under a public-private partnership agreement.

5. The General Description of Services are as described in Annex 1

6. PDPPI invites eligible consulting firms (Consultants) to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications, skills, expertise, and experience to perform the desired services.

7. Shortlisting Criteria:

The Expression of Interest should include the following information, which will form part of the short-listing criteria:

a. Demonstrated experience in providing consulting services as Lead Advisor for conducting pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies and transaction management till signing of PPP agreement (Minimum firm experience of 5 years).

b. Demonstrated experience in PPP Infrastructure sectors in Indonesia and/or in region;

c. Demonstrated experience in engaging with Indonesia Government sector and show a detailed knowledge and understanding of government relationship will be an advantage;

d. Evidence of firm’s experience with similar types of requisite experience and capabilities in developing feasibility study and transaction advisory for PPP project in Indonesia, will be an advantage;

e. Evidence of Financial Strength by submitting audited financial statements showing the firm’s total and current assets and liabilities for the latest 3 financial years (2014 – 2015; 2015 – 2016; 2016 – 2017 or 2017 – 2018, as applicable).

8. Key experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

9. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011, revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

10. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of joint venture, or partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

11. The services are expected to commence on September 2019 for duration of approximately 18 calendar months.

12. The final selection of the Consultant for developing the feasibility study and transaction preparation will be in accordance with the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

13. Interested Consultants may obtain further information related to REOI, please send your queries by the latest of March 4th, 2019 during office hours i.e., 10.00 to 17.00 hours (Local Jakarta Time) to the email address: pmuiifd@kemenkeu.go.id. Procurement Working Team II at Ministry of Finance will address your queries by the latest of March 8th, 2019.

14. Expressions of Interest must be delivered in written form and should include the firm’s demonstrated capacity to provide the required services. Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below through courier/by hand as hard copy and CD latest by Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 14:00 Jakarta local time. The envelope must be clearly marked: “SHORTLISTING CONSULTANT FIRMS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TRANSACTION PREPARATION FOR PPP PROJECT”.

Attn: Procurement Working Team II

Directorate of Government Support and Infrastructure Financing Management

Frans Seda Building 1st Floor

Jl. DR Wahidin Raya No. 1

Jakarta 10710

Annex 1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TRANSACTION PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) SECTOR

A. BACKGROUND

1. The Government of the Republic of the Indonesia is committed to implement public–private partnerships (PPP) in the Indonesia for attracting private investment in infrastructure. Directorate of Government Support and Infrastructure Financing Management (DGSIFM) was established at 2015 in Directorate General of Budget Finance and Risk Management, Ministry of Finance (MoF) to be Indonesia PPP unit. The role of DGSIFM is to boost PPP development by giving government support, undertake PPP awareness campaign and provide capacity building to the Government Contracting Agency (GCA) and other relevant stakeholders.
2. Starting mid-2016, the DGSIFM is being supported by a program called Indonesia Infrastructure Finance Development (IIFD). The IIFD is a Multi donor Trust Fund for PPP being managed by the World Bank, with Government of Canada being the main donor as of now.  The IIFD’s objective is to assist Indonesia in addressing its large public infrastructure gap by supporting the flow of private capital into infrastructure development and improving the institutional, legal and regulatory framework to enhance the ability of private capital and public institutions to work together for infrastructure development. To achieve that, IIFD particularly Recipient Executed Trust Fund Part (RETF), organized programs that are separated into four components, that is: 1) Strengthening Agencies; 2) Legal and Regulatory Framework; 3) Project Selection, preparation, and transaction; 4) Inter-Agency Coordination.
3. The Directorate of Government Support and Infrastructure Financing Management (PDPPI) has received financing from the IIFD. The PDPPI funds shall be used mainly to engage in PPP project preparation and transaction in select infrastructure sectors. The initial sector list could be – Highways, Airports, Ports, Railways, Urban Transport, Water Supply and Waste Water, Solid Waste Management, Health, Education, and Related Infrastructure. In order to promote DGSIFM’s performance further, PDPPI intends to shortlist-qualified firms to conduct Feasibility Study and Transaction Preparation for various PPP infrastructure sectors.

B. OBJECTIVE

1. The objective is to establish a shortlist of qualified consultant firms to be invited to submit proposals for the assignment of one or more individual projects. Subsequent Proposals for other projects assignment may be invited from the same shortlist or updated shortlist according to the requirements of the proposed pipeline projects.
2. The objective of the Consultancies is to provide PDPPI with expert consulting services in conducting Feasibility Study and Transaction Preparation for various PPP infrastructure sectors which demonstrate comparative advantage in terms of strategic and operational benefits for implementation under a public-private partnership agreement.

C. SELECTION PROCESS

The selection process will follow the QCBS procedures with the following stages.

1. REOI Stage: In this stage, the panel of short-listed qualified consultants will be created based on the evaluation criteria and process specified in this REOI document. The qualified list of consultants shall be prepared for a group of sectors or projects. 
2. Individual RFP Stage: The short-listed qualified consultants shall be invited for each call for consulting services based on the project requirements. The qualified consultants shall be required to submit their simplified technical proposals on the basis of the project-specific terms of reference that shall be issued at the RFP stage. The selection process is anticipated to take not more than 8 weeks, after which a lump-sum and fixed budget contract will be signed with the selected consultant.

D. OTHER REQUIREMENT

1. The applicant either as the single firm or a joint ventures should possess the required experiences in providing project finance (financial modelling, analysis, structuring, risk assessment, and other relevant tasks) advice. This selected firm is expected to lead the project preparation and transaction advisory services.
2. It is anticipated that each short-listed qualified consultants would form Joint Venture with other firms, especially those in the areas of technical and legal functions (as required) at the RFP stage once the project-specific terms of reference are made available. The technical firm will be expected to sign-off on all technical-related deliverables, and similarly the legal firm will need to sign-off on all legal-related deliverables, while the overall responsibility of all deliverables will be that of the lead firm. The selection process at the RFP stage will be undertaken in accordance with the RFP document that shall be made available to all short-listed qualified consultants.

E. SCOPE OF SERVICES

The scope of the specific services would generally include, but not limited to, any or a combination of the following:

1. The pre-feasibility study for project may include, among others, the following: (i) an assessment of the user needs, present service deficiency and rationale for the project, (ii) preparation of various practical alternatives to deliver the project to meet the user needs, (iii) selective field visits and stakeholder consultations to assess the market potential and potential tariffs/ cost recovery mechanisms, (iii) high level project analysis involving site, technical delivery options, initial environmental, social and gender analysis, (iv) high level social cost-benefit and economic analysis, (vi) financial analysis including an initial value-for-money analysis to pursue the PPP approach, (vii) recommended risk sharing and project structure, (viii) quantification of fiscal impact on the government due to the project, (ix) consultations /socialization of the proposed PPP project with relevant government agencies that will be involved in providing various project approvals and (x) recommendations on the next steps and key government decision points.
2. The feasibility study of the project may involve validating or updating of existing studies (where such documents are available), undertaking (i) comprehensive user needs survey, stakeholder consultations and primary market/ demand studies to understand the project needs and service deficiency, (ii) establishing a clear project rationale, (iii) social cost benefit and economic analysis, (iv) detailed technical design assessment (basic design), including comprehensive site surveys, geotechnical investigations, structural aspects, preparation of bill of quantities and project cost (v) environmental and social/ gender impact analysis, including various stakeholder groups / nature and types of project affected parties and integration of project design/scope features to mitigate any negative impacts, (vi) financial analysis and preparation of financial model to assess the life-cycle costs, financing plan, Net Present Value (NPV), Financial Internal Rate of Return (FIRR), Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) and other key ratios, (vii) Value-for-money analysis, both qualitative and quantitative, (viii) Government support and fiscal commitments (direct and contingent) analysis, (ix) preparation of risk matrix, risk sharing analysis, (x) evaluation of PPP options and recommendations, (xi) institutional assessment of the government contracting agency in terms of its ability to project manage/ contract manage and specific recommendations to strengthen the GCA to effectively manage the PPP transaction, (xii) a market sounding exercise and updating the feasibility study (if required), (xiii) preparation of PPP procurement plan, and (xiv) a comprehensive enumeration of key decisions/ actions to be taken by various government agencies to successfully conclude (‘commercial close’) the transaction.
3. Management of the PPP bidding process and transaction, as well as preparation of contractual documentation: The consultants will undertake preparation and finalization of (i) bid documents (request for qualification and request for proposal), contractual agreements; (ii) project pre-bid consultations; (iii) bidder qualification and bid evaluation criteria; (iv) monitoring and evaluation frameworks; (v) required due diligence documents (vi) institutional arrangements and (vii) assistance with the bi