Strengthening Moldova's Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project

Project: P504278 - Strengthening Moldova's Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project Financing: World Bank GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA STRENGTHENING MOLDOVA’S DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE PROJECT Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Area GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Loan No./Credit No./TF No./Grant No. 9720-MD Project ID No. P504278 The REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA has received financing in the amount of US$ 40,000,000 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Strengthening Moldova’s Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: Component 1 - Investments and Institutional Strengthening for Emergency Preparedness and Response (US$ 29.5 million). This component will finance the installation and implementation of a national cell phone (cell broadcast) based PWS with its respective instrumentation and data servers and integration with existing meteorological, hydrological, and geological information systems. The component will also finance the acquisition of emergency response (fire engines) vehicles and equipment (containers with hazard-specific search and rescue and logistics) and essential emergency preparedness equipment and instrumentation (in-building and outdoor training equipment) for improved local-level emergency services. Component 2 - Improving Hydrometeorological Services (US$ 6.5 million). This component will support the strengthening of the SHS’s meteorological and hydrological monitoring networks; production of forecasts and warnings capacity; and delivery of weather, hydrological, and climate services. This will include selective essential investments in support of the modernization of the country’s EWS-which is a key input to the GIES-planned PWS financed under Component 1-through improved weather and hydrological observations and monitoring, provision of advanced information and communication technology (ICT), including exploring possibilities of integrating such advanced technologies as AI into hydrometeorological services and weather forecasts, and utilizing cloud computing to improve forecasting systems and models; and enhanced forecasting infrastructure and institutional strengthening and capacity building. Component 3 - Policy and Regulatory Support for Risk Reduction of Critical Infrastructure and Fiscal Resilience (US$ 2.5 million). This component will provide support for policy and regulatory measures and technical studies to better assess and manage natural hazards and climate-related risks. This would include the financing of the structural vulnerability assessments; geotechnical and other site investigations; and feasibility and design studies for rehabilitating, rebuilding, or reinforcing vulnerable critical infrastructure assets taking into consideration climate hazards whose failure may cause loss of lives and livelihoods and significant economic damages and losses to the Moldovan economy. Component 4 - Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) (US$0.00). This component will enable the reallocation of credit proceeds from other components to provide immediate recovery and reconstruction support following an eligible crisis, as needed. Component 5 - Project Management (US$ 1.5 million). This component will include: (i) consulting services; (ii) Capacity building and training; and (iii) Project audit. Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing of Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (Fifth Edition, September 2023) , and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations . After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available on the World Bank’s external website, Office for External Assistance Programs Management websites and in Logos Press (newspaper of national circulation). Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below: Name of organization: Office for External Assistance Programs Management Contact person name and title: Raisa Cantemir, director Address of organization: 57/1 Mitropolitul Banulescu Bodoni str., office 304-307, MD-2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova Phones: +373 22 239 263, +373 22 238 2