Local consulting firm to Strengthen the NSDI Capacity at the ALRC

The Government of Moldova received a credit from the World Bank Group - International Development Association in the amount of 23,7 million Euro toward the cost of financing Land Registration and Property Valuation Project (LRPVP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the carry out the role of coordinating body for the implementation of the NSDI. There will be 6 (six) core activities required of the ALRC coordination team, as follows:

• (1) planning, administration, and project management of the implementation of the NSDI project,
• (2) provision of relevant technical advice to the SDI Council and stakeholder groups,
• (3) ensuring compliance of the NSDI implementation to relevant national and international standards, government laws, directives, procurement policies and guidelines, and other relevant government regulations,
• (4) data harmonization for the roads,
• (5) monitoring,
• (6) evaluation, and
• (7) reporting.

The purpose of the role of Consultant is to support and contribute to these activities as a member of the ALRC NSDI coordination team.

The Land Registration and Property Valuation now invites eligible Local Firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

Company requirements:

Consultants bidding for this work should state their assumptions in responding to these requirements, and if the requirement cannot be met, explain how the desired outcome would be achieved. Minimum requirements for the Consultant are:

• (a) A proven track record of at least 3 projects, related to similar assignment in size and complexity;
• (b) Previous experience in planing and implementation of Geospatial projects;
• (c) Previous experience in institutional capacity development to implement NSDI – considered an advantage;

Experts Requirements:

The consulting company should nominate one of the key experts to be a Team Leader.

NSDI Team Leader

• University degree in one of the following: Geodesy, Topography and Cartography; Geographical Information Systems or equivalent;
• Previous experience in leading and managing teams;
• Project management experience;
• 5 years of practical experience in geospatial information management;
• Practical knowledge of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ISO standards for geospatial interoperability, geospatial data formats, data management;
• Previous experience in NSDI infrastructure and services – considered an advantage;
• Previous experience in Moldova on implementation of geospatial services will be considered as an advantage;
• Fluent in Romanian language
• Knowledge of English will be considered as an advantage.

Geospatial Expert:

• Batchelor degree in one of the following: Geodesy, Topography and Cartography; Geographical Information Systems or equivalent;
• 3 years’ post qualification experience (PQE)
• Experience in the implementation and application of geospatial systems and data
• Experience of working on geospatial information projects or related fields in the collection, management, and use of geospatial information and the specifications relating to this
• Minimum 5 years of experience and knowledge with PostgreSQL + PostGIS, or Oracle DB and conversion tools like ogr2ogr
• Experience in database design, data migrations, backup and restore procedures
• Fluent in Romanian language
• Knowledge of English will be considered as an advantage.

Other experts: The bidder has the responsibility to propose a team of experts with complementary skills and experience to ensure the high quality of all deliverables.

The consultant must provide information indicating that the proposed experts are qualified to perform the services (CV, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, general qualifications, and other relevant information).

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” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Consulting Firms method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 09:00 to 17:00, local Chisinau time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by e-mail) by June 17, 2022. hours 17:00.

Public Services Agency of the Republic of Moldova,
Department of Cadastre,
Attn: Prozorovschi Adrian, LRPV Procurement Specialist,
MD-2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,
47, Alexandr Puskin street, of.317
Phone: (+373 22) 881000
email: pief.procurement@asp.gov.md

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