Consultancy Services for Detailed Design and Construction Supervision for Arugambay Cluster development

**Project:** Sri Lanka Regional Empowerment through Vibrant, Inclusive, and Viable Economies

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, HIGHWAYS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS

Project: Regional Empowerment through Vibrant, Inclusive, and Viable Economies (REVIVE).

Project ID: P511605.

Credit No: 7985-LK.

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for Detailed Design and Construction Supervision for Arugambay Tourism Cluster development.

PP ref no: LK-REVIVE-PMU-573674-CS-QCBS.

1. The Government 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. The Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development (MoTHUD), serving as the Executing Agency, intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include the review and validation of conceptual master plans and feasibility studies; site surveys and engineering investigations; preparation of implementable, climate-resilient detailed designs, Good for Construction drawings, design calculations, technical specifications, bills of quantities, cost estimates and World Bank-compliant bidding documents; intermittent technical support during works procurement; full-time construction supervision and contract administration; and support during the Defects Liability Period for investments at the Arugambay Tourism Cluster development including beachfront redevelopment, a lagoon ecological restoration, road improvement, tourism or public-realm development and refer to Annexure A of TOR.

3. The total duration of the assignment is expected to be approximately forty six (46) months: Phase A – Detailed Design, Bidding Documents and intermittent procurement support, ten (10) months, including four (4) months for detailed design and up to six (6) months for procurement support; Phase B – Construction Supervision and Contract Administration, twenty four (24) months; and Phase C – Defects Liability Period Support, twelve (12) months.

4. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://www.transport.gov.lk/ (Media > Procurement > TORs).

5. The Chairman of the Ministry Consultants Procurement Committee, on behalf of the REVIVE Project, now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they possess the required firm-level qualifications, relevant experience and institutional capacity to perform the assignment.

 The shortlisting criteria are as follows:

(a) Legal Status, Core Business and Institutional Experience: The Consultant shall have been legally registered and in operation for at least fifteen (15) years and shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of institutional experience in detailed engineering design of multidisciplinary infrastructure, tourism or public-realm development construction supervision with contract administration. The Consultant shall submit supporting documents, including Certificate of Incorporation/ Registration, Company Profile and nature of business and evidence of relevant institutional experience.

(b) Comparable and Relevant Assignment Experience: The Consultant shall have successfully completed at least three (3) comparable consultancy assignments involving detailed engineering design and/or construction supervision with contract administration of similar nature, scope, scale, and complexity within the last ten (10) years. At least one assignment shall have included both detailed design and construction supervision with contract administration, and at least one shall have involved multidisciplinary infrastructure, tourism-related infrastructure, or public-realm development. The same assignment may satisfy both requirements. The Consultant shall provide relevant assignment details, including name, Client, location, commencement and completion dates, scope, contract value (USD equivalent), level of effort (person-months), and supporting evidence of successful completion, such as contracts, completion certificates, or client references.

(c) Management Capacity: The Consultant shall demonstrate adequate organizational, management, and technical capacity to undertake the assignment, including multidisciplinary engineering investigations, detailed design, procurement support, construction supervision, and contract administration. The Consultant shall provide relevant information on its organizational structure, technical resources, and management capacity to demonstrate its ability to perform the required services.

(d) Technical Capacity: The Consultant shall demonstrate the availability of adequate qualified and experienced professional resources and the capacity to mobilize multidisciplinary specialists required for the assignment. The Consultant shall provide information on its professional staff resources, including relevant specializations and experience. Individual Key Experts and their qualifications will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

(e) Additional Relevant Experience: Experience in World Bank or other multilateral development bank-financed assignments, coastal or environmentally sensitive settings, and in Sri Lanka, South Asia, or comparable island environments with similar physical, climatic, and institutional conditions will be considered an advantage during shortlisting.

6. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but shall indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

7. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2025), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In accordance with Paragraph 3.17 - Consultants previously involved in the preparation of conceptual plans, feasibility studies, or related studies for the assignment shall disclose such involvement in their Expressions of Interest. To avoid any unfair competitive advantage, the Client shall make available to all shortlisted Consultants, together with the RFP, all relevant information that may provide a competitive advantage to any previously engaged Consultant.

8. A Consultant will be selected by following Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations: “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2025)”.

9. Interested Consultant may obtain further information from Senior Procurement Consultant, REVIVE Project at the address below during office hours 09:00 to 15:00 hours (+94 112 - 869521) Facsimile: +94 112 861 860, E-mail: proc.revive@gmail.com only on working days.

10. Expression of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below on or before 14.00hrs on November 26, 2026.

Address:

Project Director,

REVIVE Project

Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development (Urban Development Division)

13th Floor, Sethsiripaya Stage II

Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

Tel: 0112 869 521

E-mail: proc.revive@gmail.com

Date: November 06, 2026