The United Republic of Tanzania and Denmark has decided to merge its assistance to urban development and environmental management in Tanzania (UDEM) with the Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP), financed by the World Bank. The objective of the TSCP is to improve the quality of and access to basic urban services in participating local Government authorities (LGAs). Up to 150 000 000 USD will be provided as a loan to the Government of Tanzania (GoT), and made available to 8 urban authorities (Mwanza, Arusha, Mbeya, Mtwara, Kigoma, Tanga, Dodoma and the Capital Development Authority) through 3 components as follows:
1. Construction of core urban infrastructure;
2. Institutional strengthening;
3. Enhanced capacity for project management plus preparation of future urban projects.
Denmark’s support will be directed to Component 2 of the TSCP. The purpose of Component 2 is to ensure the sustainability of investments provided under Component 1 and to lay the foundation for continued improvement of services.
Component 2 will support institutional strengthening and capacity development activities including investments in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), with the objective of enhancing the capacity of the participating LGAs and their technical capacity to plan and implement the (upcoming) urban management development policy and further develop urban environment measures.
This contract is for two international advisors:
(i) System architecture and data model advisor and
(ii) GIS for urban planning.
The GIS advisor will be stationed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania but will travel extensively, as will the other advisor, to work with the participating LGAs. Each advisor will have the overarching objective to help PMO-RALG and the local entities implement component 2 of the merged project. The GIS advisor is expected to assist the authorities with their work programmes, mentoring, on-the-job-training, etc. The System Architecture and Data Model advisor has been recruited for a total of 9 person months.
Section V: Award of contract
V.1.1) Date of contract award decision:
11.4.2012
V.1.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.1.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Telephone: Fax: Internet address: Infoterra Ltd., trading as Astrium Geo-Information Services, Atlas House, 41 Wembley Road, LE3 1UT Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM +44 1162732300 +44 1162732400, www.infoterra.co.uk