Expression of Interest For Design, Environmental And Social Assessment, And Supervision Services For Vulnerability Assessment-Idenified Works

Expression Of Interest Are Invited For Design, Environmental And Social Assessment, And Supervision Services For Vulnerability Assessment-Idenified Works The Scope Of This Consulting Assignment Will Involve Undertaking Field Investigations And Surveys, Options Analysis, Preparing Designs And Procurement Documentation, And Providing Procurement Assistance And Construction Supervision Of Improvements As Well As Environmental And Social Requirements And Activities In Accordance With The Esmf And Esmp And The World Bank Esf To Va/Crrs Identified Road Network Assets In Each Of The Four States Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap And Kosrae. Road Network Vulnerability Assessment And Climate Resilient Road Strategy (Va/Crrs) Outputs The Detailed Scope Of This Design And Supervision Assignment Will Be Generally Determined By The Outputs Of A Va/Crrs Assessment Currently Underway. The Scope Of Prime And Score Projects Will Not Include Any Works That Would Involve Relocation Of Housing, Permanent Severe Impact On Livelihoods, Or Land Acquisition Involving Severe Loss Of Land Holdings. All Roads Are Single Carriageway And Any Increase In The Width Of Road Formations Will Be Limited To (I) Lane Widening To Meet Current Design Standards, (Ii) Addition Of Shoulders, (Iii) Addition Of Longitudinal Drainage Where Required, (Iv) Accommodation Of Existing And New Underground And/Or Overhead Utilities; And (V) Widening Of Fill Embankments And/Or Cuttings To Reduce Slopes. Works Will Be Informed By Road Safety Audits And Designed With Appropriate Safety Measures That Consider All Road Users. Interventions Are Expected To Include Measures To Strengthen Climate Resilience, Including But Not Necessarily Limited To: Pavement And Surface Strengthening Periodic Maintenance, Repairs, Rehabilitation Or Reconstruction Of Identified Project Road Pavement Layers And/Or Surfacing, Including Provision Of Sealed Shoulders And Raising Road Levels; Drainage Improvements -Provision, Reinstatement And/Or Lining Of Longitudinal Drainage, Replacement And/Or Increasing Capacity Of Cross Drainage Culverts, Improving Open Or Covered Outfalls, Provision Of Subsoil Drainage And Cut-Off Drains; Spot Slope Stabilization Widening And/Or Reducing Slope Of Cuttings And Fill Embankments To Reduce Landslip Risk, Soil Bioengineering And Biotechnical Stabilization Techniques, And Anchoring Of Unstable Rock Slopes; Rock Wall Revetment Improvements (New Or Upgraded) For Protection Of Coastal Road Sections; Improvements To Causeways And Bridges Repairs Or Reconstruction Of Identified Project Crossings And/Or Provision Of New Crossings To Prove Safe, All-Weather Access For Vehicles And Pedestrians; And Tender Link : Https://Projects.Worldbank.Org/En/Projects-Operations/Procurement-Detail/Op00210906