Announcement

Consulting Services for Institutional

Support to Green City Kigali Company (GCKC)

Submission Deadline: August 16, 2024 10.00AM CAT (Rwandan time)

Rwanda

BMZ 2018 68 520

KfW Procurement No 510593

Prequalification Notice

Ref.: International, open Tender for the project: Green City Kigali Project

Tenderer: The National Fund for Environment (FONERWA) and Green City Kigali Company (GCKC)

Project Measures: The Green City Kigali (GCK) project (the 'Project') is a sustainable urban development initiative aimed at providing affordable housing for targeted groups in a culturally compatible and climate-resilient urban community. The project is being led by the Rwanda National Fund for Environment (FONERWA) with support from the German Government through KfW Development Bank and the German Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ).

FONERWA and Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) have established the Green City Kigali Company (GCKC) as the Project Executing Agency (PEA) in the form of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). GCKC is a community benefit company and is currently in a start-up phase and is quickly institutionalizing to undertake its mandate.

The Project is being implemented in a suburb of Kigali known as Kinyinya Hill. The concept urban master planning for a 600ha site on the Hill is underway, which will inform the detailed neighbourhood planning and design elaboration for a 16-ha pilot to be implemented.

Requested Services: GCKC is now seeking consulting services either of a joint venture between international and local consulting companies or an international consultant/JV with a local sub-consultant firm to provide institutional support in the following two areas:

1. Establishment, Institutionalization and Effective Operation of GCKC: Provide Institutional Support Consultancy (ISC) services to GCKC to establish, institutionalize, and operate an effective Company that ensures operational autonomy and independence in delivering green and affordable housing in Rwanda.

2.Technical Assistance (TA): Provide short-term expert support in critical areas to handle emerging external consultancy needs and the effective implementation of the Green City Kigali (GCK) project.

The tender of experienced Consultants is subject to the regulations contained in the Guidelines for the Procurement of Consulting Services, Works, Goods, Plant and Non-Consulting Services in Financial Cooperation with Partner Countries, January 2019 (see www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de).

The contract will be awarded to an independent Consultant with proven experience in Institutional Development of PPP project entity and real estate /property development company and the region, an average annual turnover over the last three years of 1.5 million EUR plus profound working experience with KfW.

Further information:

Further information and pre-qualification documents (only availabe in English Language) is available for free of charge from the Tender Agent, upon a written request at this email address; prasse.kathrin@gmx.de. The documents will be sent electronically only (by e-mail). No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.