1.0. BACKGROUND
The Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities has set aside funds from its Commercial Properties and intends to apply part of the funds to payments towards acquisition of a Consultant to undertake a Feasibility Study on the viability of developing a commercial residential and Office Park

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2. 0 OBJECTIVES 

The overall objective of the study is to carry out a detailed assessment to determine the feasibility of developing the facilities listed above and determine whether or not there is potential demand for the services to enable private developers to make a return on their investment through a public-private partnership arrangement. The consultant should specifically;

i. determine the market demand for the proposed residential housing and office space.

ii. ascertain the extent to which the project will add value to the Agency’s revenue base

iii. identify the potential risks and mitigation measures associated with the proposed project

iv. identify and review the technical aspects of the development of the PPP project

3.0 SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT 

i. Assess strategic fit, by defining the service need, and assuring alignment with Government and Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities’ objectives, analyze options on how to achieve the needed PPP (including procurement options); and ensure that Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities is insulated against real estate risks through a legal structure

ii. Demonstrate viability of the projects and give an early indication of how the value for money will be achieved through appropriate risk transfer.
iii. Demonstrating that the PPP Agreement will be affordable to Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities, provide value for money and transfer appropriate technical, operational and financial risk to the private party.
iv. Undertake a financial analysis to ensure that the proposed use of the
property will generate adequate revenue to justify the costs of construction plus a reasonable profit for the developer, determine through financial focus and other business ratios, the estimated revenue flows based on the costs of undertaking mixed real-estate infrastructure project in the location.

v. The consultant will undertake an options analysis to determine a suitable form of PPP applicable to this project. Discuss the results of the assessments and considerations to give indications on the appropriateness of the selected PPP approach to be adopted. The selected PPP approach will be determined to be desirable based on the ease of implementation, maximization of benefits to stakeholders and the ability to control, manage and transfer risks.

vi. Identify all material risks to the mixed real-estate infrastructure project. All identified risks should be specific and indisputably indicative (not spelt out in broad terms like “market risk”) and should be practical. Categorize all specific identified risks into applicable areas; Commercial, Financial, Construction, Political, etc. Develop a risk allocation table assigning risks at each project development phase and a risk allocation matrix, allocating the specific risks accordingly to the parties who will be responsible for managing and mitigating those risks.

vii. The Consultant shall propose the Project’s monitoring system. This should give monitoring indicators and identification of key indicators and systems for monitoring project progress, results, activities, assumptions, sustainability and impact. Assignment of responsibilities to the Client and other involved stakeholders.

viii. The Consultant shall prepare and submit evaluation, progress and status reports at each given and agreed time intervals.

4.0 ELIGIBLE BIDDERS 

Only Citizen bidders are eligible to participate in this tender

5.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

All interested firms must submit the following documents as part of their bids.

1. Certificate of Registration/Incorporation from Patent companies and Registration

Agency (PACRA computer printout)

2. Valid Tax Clearance Certificate from Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

3. Valid Social security certificate from NAPSA

4. Valid practicing licenses for all the team members affiliated with regulating bodies such ZIA, ZICA, EIZ e.tc

5. Company Profile and Organization Structure

6. Written Power of Attorney/Letter of authorization of the signatory of the proposal to commit the bidder. The Power of Attorney/Letter of authorization shall be issued by and signed by any authorized person(s) such as Managing Partner.

7. The bidders included on a shortlist shall not have the same ownership in the sense that one shareholder has a controlling interest in other bidding companies on the shortlist.

8. Independently audited financial statements for the last two (2) years.

9. Three references (with contact information) from previous experience undertaking feasibility study preferably with a Public Sector Institution

10. Brief presentation of the team, with CVs, certificates and functional responsibilities of the key people to be engaged on this assignment with the technical competence and relevant experience.

6.0 RESERVATIONS & CONFIDENTIALITY:

ZAPD reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/output is incomplete, not delivered, or failure to meet deadlines. The contractor shall maintain confidentiality on all information that is not in the public domain and shall not be involved in another assignment that represents a conflict of interest to the prevailing assignment.

7.0 SUBMISSION OF BIDS 

Bids should be submitted via Electronic Government Procurement Platform not later than Tuesday, 29th August 2023 at 10:00hrs local time.

Note that hard copy bids will not be accepted. Interested firms may obtain further clarification through the E-GP platform from 08:00hrs to 17:00hrs. (31st, July to 22nd August, 2023).