The African Development Bank plans to build its field office in Abuja, Nigeria in line with its decentralization strategy and is currently seeking the services of qualified technical control firm or group of firms to carry out technical control during design phase and throughout construction phase until the building construction is completed and handed over.

The main objective of the services is the technical control of the following areas:

1. i) Underground structure: Foundations, support of excavation, sheeting and shoring
2. ii) Above ground structure: structural frames, shear and support walls, beams, roof structure and exterior skin including glazing
3. iii) Mechanical (& plumbing) work: Boilers, air conditioning, piping, valves etc….
4. iv) Electrical work (both High and Low voltage): All equipment including conduit and wiring
5. v) Vertical transportation: Elevators, escalators etc…..

The African Development Bank now invites technical control firms or group of  consulting firms, eligible in accordance with the Bank rules, to indicate their interest in providing the said or outlined or aforementioned services. Interested firms must provide a statement of capability and experience in technical control 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.).

The firms selected from the shortlist will be required to register on-line in the Bank's consultants data base named “DACON” (http://dacon.afdb.org/dacon). The firms or group of firms should meet the following minimum criteria:

• (i) be constituted in accordance with the legislation of a Bank member country
• (ii) have at least ten (10) years of experience in technical control of building projects.
• (iii) have carried out at least two (2) similar contracts of the same nature and scale as stated above during the past five fiscal years (2006-2010);

The information provided by the consulting firms will be used to prepare a shortlist of six consulting firms or groups of firms who will be requested to submit proposals. The Bank reserves the right to modify or cancel the request at any time during the process.

Written expressions of interest together with the relevant information must be delivered to the address below before 3:00 p.m. Tunis time, 1 December 2011.

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