Serviço de Consultoria para a Elaboração do estudos de viabilidade das quatro EPAS e consultoria de transação de duas EPAS

REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA MINISTRY OF PLANNING ACCELERATING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND JOB CREATION PROJECT Loan No.: IBRD-95270 Project ID: P178035 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Assignment Title: CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR FOUR EPAS AND TRANSACTION CONSULTING FOR TWO EPAS Reference No . 92CS2/MINPLAN/26 The Government of Angola has received financing from the World Bank Group's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) toward the cost of the Accelerating Economic Diversification and Job Creation Project (Diversifica Mais) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for the Preparation of Feasibility Studies for Four EPAS and Transaction Consulting for Two EPAS . The consulting services (“the Services”) consist of: Preparation of comprehensive feasibility studies for four Public Water and Sanitation Companies (EPAS): EPAS Huambo, EPAS Bié, EPAS Cuanza Norte & EPAS Lunda Sul Preparation of legal instruments required to launch PPP procurement processes for the four EPAS; Provision of transaction advisory services for PPP structuring and tender launch for EPAS Bié and EPAS Huambo (subject to feasibility confirmation and project eligibility conditions). The assignment includes technical, commercial, economic-financial, legal, institutional, environmental, social, fiscal affordability, and market-assessment work, structured in three phases: Phase I: Feasibility and analytical studies (all 4 EPAS) Phase II: Preparation of legal instruments (all 4 EPAS) Phase III: Procurement strategy and transaction support (Bié and Huambo) The expected duration of the consultancy contract is eighteen (18) months. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below. The Accelerating Economic Diversification and Job Creation Project (Diversifica Mais) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their