Hiring of individual consultant for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Expert

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, HIGHWAYS & URBAN DEVELOPMENT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT Project: Regional Empowerment through Vibrant, Inclusive and Viable Economies (REVIVE) Project Credit No.: 7985-LK Assignment Title: Hiring Individual Consultant (Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Expert) for Project Management Unit (PMU) Procurement Activity No.: LK-UDA-PMU-555760-CS-INDV 1. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Regional Empowerment through Vibrant, Inclusive and Viable Economies (REVIVE) Project. It intends to apply part of the proceeds to consulting services. 2. The REVIVE Project supports regional economic development in the Northern and Eastern Provinces through enabling infrastructure, local economic development, value-chain strengthening, private sector participation, institutional capacity building and inclusive job creation. The first phase focuses on the Jaffna Fort, Gurunagar, Cod Bay, Passikudah and Arugam Bay clusters. 3. The objective of the assignment is to provide specialized and independent PPP/private sector participation advisory support to the REVIVE Project Management Unit (PMU). The Consultant will help the PMU assess whether selected opportunities are commercially realistic, proportionate to project needs, and suitable for further preparation, without replacing a full transaction advisory firm or specialist legal, financial, procurement, safeguards, valuation, or technical consultants. 4. The engagement will be assignment-based and intermittent. Services will be performed only against written Task Orders or assignment briefs approved by the PMU. Each Task Order will define the scope, outputs, timeline, approved level of effort and maximum person-days, reporting requirements, and acceptance criteria. Payment will be on a time-based/person-day basis at the contractual daily rate, for actual approved services performed within t