Tenders Are Invited For Consultant Firm For Pre-Feasibility Study On The SemananBalaraja Toll Road Project

Tenders are invited for Consultant Firm for Pre-Feasibility Study on the SemananBalaraja Toll Road Project Indonesias transport sector is a critical driver of trade, regional integration, and economic growth. The countrys road network carries the majority of passenger and freight traffic, with toll roads serving as vital arteries for logistics and urban mobility. Within Greater Jakarta and Banten Province, congestion and rising logistics costs have become major constraints to competitiveness and quality of life. The SemananBalaraja Expressway, with a planned length of approximately 32 kilometers, is designed to connect six other toll road sections, including the Tangerang Merak Toll Road, SerpongBalaraja Toll Road, and SemananSunter Toll Road. This corridor will provide seamless integration with Jakartas toll road network, strengthen connectivity to airports and ports, and support the expansion of residential and industrial areas in Tangerang Regency and surrounding regions. The Government of Indonesia intends to advance the SemananBalaraja Expressway as an accesscontrolled tolled road, developed and operated through a PPP structure. The Project is expected to relieve congestion, reduce logistics costs, and catalyze new economic activity along the corridor. The implementing agency, the Ministry of Public Works, together with provincial governments, will coordinate with AIIB to structure the project transparently. This PreFeasibility Study will provide the foundational scope, preliminary technical and financial analysis, and identification of key issues to be addressed in a full feasibility study. III. Objectives of the assignment AIIB is seeking to engage a firm (Consultant) on a short-term basis to help develop the foundational scope of the Project and asses the PPP enabling environment in Indonesia with a view to preliminarily determining the viability of implementing the Project under a PPP delivery model. Based on their expertise, market insight, desktop research, site visit(s), and stakeholder engagements, the Consultant is expected to assist AIIB by: reconciling the Government of Indonesias objectives on this Project to their strategic objectives; assessing the institutional, regulatory and legal frameworks governing PPPs; providing an overview of potential PPP delivery models and their potential constraints; evaluating the current condition of existing infrastructure assets and outline a preliminary scope; outlining the proposed alignment, technical scope and key performance indicators and providing high-level estimates of the potential cost of implementing the Project and cost recovery strategy and determining indicative revenues. *OFFICIAL USE ONLY Initial Social and Environmental Examination consistent with AIIB guidelines and highlighting potential synergies between this project and improvements of living conditions of communities along the road. Preliminarily assessing needs in terms design and materials to cope with climate change and extreme weather events, particularly on pavement, slope protections and drainage, including indicative cost implications. Preliminarily assessing the potential for development of roadside stations and deployment of electric vehicle charging stations. Identifying key area for further investigation in a full feasibility study. assessing the development potential of areas and creative financing scheme that could support the financing of the Semanan-Balaraja Toll Road. The outputs from the Consultants study will include an outline technical scope of the Project, an assessment of potential constraints in relation to the institutional and regulatory framework and the PPP delivery models, and identification of the additional investigations, analysis and studies required for a detailed feasibility study to be conducted at a subsequent stage. In conducting its work, the Consultant shall work closely with the AIIB project team and the Clients in ensuring the project scope is compliant with the Paris Agreement and Indonesias Second National Determined Contributions. The Consultant shall also ensure that the proposed project scope is aligned with AIIBs mandate of supporting Infrastructure for Tomorrow (i4t) and at least one of AIIBs thematic priorities as identified in the Corporate Strategy (which includes green infrastructure, technologyenabled infrastructure, regional connectivity and integration, and private capital mobilization). Finally, the consultant is expected to actively transfer knowledge to AIIB project teams and Government counterparts. IV. Scope of Work The Consultant will undertake the following tasks: Needs assessment: Conduct a high-level review of relevant national, regional and transport sector plans as well as government strategic objectives to determine how the proposed road corridor aligns with existing trade routes, economic zones and growth center. Undertake a preliminary traffic demand and capacity analysis using existing datasets from responsible agencies (e.g., Directorate General of Highways, Toll Road Regulatory Agency, Balai Besar Pelaksanaan Jalan Nasional (BBPJN) DKI Jakarta Jawa Barat, Jakarta Transportation Agency, mobile-data providers), and identify the gap between existing road capacity and current / future traffic volumes, considering socio-economic trends such as population growth, urbanization and economic activity in the corridor and surrounding areas. Undertake a high-level socio-economic and cost-benefits assessment to establish the rationale for implementing the Project. *OFFICIAL USE ONLY Regulatory, legal and institutional assessment: Conduct legal and regulatory assessment of the enabling environment for PPPs in the road sector, including identification of relevant sector specific and PPP laws and policies. This should cover project approval processes, licenses and permitting requirements, land acquisition procedures, environmental and social safeguard requirements, availability of and process for accessing anonymized mobile phone data for traffic analysis, tolling and traffic enforcement frameworks, legal constraints affecting private participation and broader considerations such as investment climate, foreign exchange regime and foreign investment controls. Identify and describe the roles of the different government agencies involved in the development and implementation of the Project Review local tax and regulatory frameworks applicable to the Project, including but not limited to VAT, withholding tax, income tax, custom duties and stamp duties. Assessment of institutional gaps in terms of contract management during implementation. Technical assessment: Conduct an initial baseline assessment of existing road infrastructure, including geometry adequacy, pavement condition, bridge & structures inventory & conditions, road furniture condition, junctions details, location & types of existing utilities, protection works, road ancillary facilities (services areas, logistic hubs, truck parkings, etc.) and Level of Service performance. Collate and review existing road related data, including historical traffic counts & vehicle mix and forecasts, seasonal variations, freight and passenger movement data, accident and safety records, existing axle load data, etc., historical climate data and rainfall patterns, flood history, hydrological forecasts considering climate change, maintenance records: historical O&M costs, periodic rehabilitation activities, capital expenditure (Capex), operational expenditure (Opex) and life cycle replacement costs). Define the preliminary scope of the Project, including: o outline route alignment informed by satellite imagery and existing corridor data, o identification of major structures required (e.g. bridges, culverts, underpass/overpass structures, and interchanges), o indicative concept design covering cross-section concept outlining lane numbers, carriageway widths, safety barriers, road furniture & safety devices, road side amenities, and emergency lanes, recommendations for pavement and substrate, o need for any linked or connecting infrastructure, e.g. Non-Motorized Traffic facilities, service roads, and o tolling strategy. Develop indicative output specifications and associated performance indicators to guide project delivery standards, operational benchmarks, and service-level expectations under the proposed PPP model. Tender Link : https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/tenders/search