REPUBLIC OF GHANA
MINISTRY OF ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT OF FEEDER ROADS
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
CONSULTANT’S QUALIFICATIONS BASED SELECTION (CQS)
Name of Project | Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (GMACP)-Project Preparatory Grant |
Loan No/Credit No/ Grant Number | IDA-E6230 |
Assignment Title | Consulting Services for Preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Cluster 1 and 3 |
Procurement Plan Ref Number | GH-MRH-572771-CS-CQS |
Country of Delivery | Ghana |
Project ID No.: | P514903 |
1. The Government of the Republic of Ghana has received a Grant from the World Bank toward the cost of the Project Preparatory activities for the Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (GMACP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the following consulting services.
The primary objective of this assignment is to procure a Consultant to prepare and deliver separate cluster-wide ESIA/ESMP and RAP instruments for Cluster 1 and Cluster 3 reflecting the distinct Environmental and Social (E&S) screening status, risk profile and delivery sequencing of each cluster.
2. The Consulting Services (“the Services”) include the following among others:
i) Define the scope of the ESIA and RAP studies covering all roads in the validated road list for the relevant cluster (Clusters 1 and 3) through scoping and stakeholder engagement, informed by the applicable E&S screening findings.
ii) Establish baseline environmental, social, and livelihood conditions and assess applicable legal and institutional requirements.
iii) Prepare a cluster-wide ESIA/ESMP and a cluster-wide RAP for Cluster 1 and 3, each supported by road-specific and district-specific annexes, schedules, maps, mitigation measures and implementation arrangements, in accordance with the outcome of the E&S screening and scoping process for the relevant cluster and in alignment with national requirements and the World Bank ESF.
iv) Provide practical measures for mitigation, compensation, livelihood restoration, implementation, monitoring, and integration into project design and execution.
v) Establish an inventory for all assets to be affected and determine the replacement cost in accordance with applicable requirements.
The estimated level of effort (professional staff-months) for Key Staff is 19.20 Person-months.
The implementation period for the assignment is expected to be Twenty (20) weeks from the commencement of the Assignment. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained by sending an official request to the email addresses given below.
Main E-mail address: elormnyoagbe@icloud.com
Cc: cynthia.anane@mrh.gov.gh, excelgh@yahoo.com
3. Eligibility Requirement for the Assignment
The Ministry of Roads and Highways (MRH), acting through the Department of Feeder Roads, now invites eligible consulting 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 best qualified firm to carry out the services will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualifications Based Selection (CQS) method set out in the Regulations and based on the following shortlisting criteria:
(a) Minimum Mandatory Requirements (pass/fail):
(b) Criteria for ranking of consultants - experience & qualifications (with scoring):
Criterion | Description | Max Score |
1 | Core business in preparation and/or implementation of ESIAs, ESMPs, and RAPs/ARAPs, and related environmental and social instruments for road infrastructure projects or major civil works. | 10 |
2 | Minimum of Ten (10) years in business | 10 |
3 | Experience in at least three (3) completed similar assignments (preparation of three (3) ESIAs/ESMPs and three (3) RAPs or ARAPs for road or similar infrastructure projects) in Ghana or in Africa within the last ten (10) years. | 30 |
4 | Experience in conducting stakeholder engagement, socio-economic surveys, asset inventories, and valuation coordination for resettlement planning. | 10 |
5 | Experience in World Bank or other donor-funded assignments. | 10 |
6 | Experience in managing multiple teams to deliver assignments within timelines, including geographically dispersed or multi-package assignments | 10 |
7 | Technical and managerial capability of the firm | 10 |
8 | Good knowledge of the Ghanaian environmental, social, land acquisition, compensation and institutional frameworks relevant to road infrastructure | 10 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, the Seventh (7th) Edition, September 2025 (“the Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should 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 the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. The Joint Venture/Sub-consultancy agreement or letter of intent to form a joint venture/a sub-consultancy association signed by every participating member shall be submitted with the Expression of Interest (EOI).
4. Submission of Expression of Interest
Interested firms must organize their Expression of Interest in the following order:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
The document must be properly paged, and a table of contents provided.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours GMT.
Expressions of interest dossiers should be clearly marked “Preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Cluster 1 and 3” and delivered as an original and three (3) hard copies. In addition, a PDF soft copy must be delivered to the address below (in person or by email) by 16:00 hours GMT on 23rd October 2026.
THE DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF FEEDER ROADS
NO. 1 URBAN CLOSE, MINISTRIES
3RD FLOOR, ROOM 302.
PRIVATE MAIL BAG, MINISTRIES, ACCRA, GHANA.
DIGITAL ADDRESS: GA-143-2730
ATTENTION: ING. DR. SAMUEL Y. BANINI
TEL: +233 (0)302 663047
MOBILE: +233(0)247444244 OR +233(0)244652032
Main E-mail address: elormnyoagbe@icloud.com
Cc: cynthia.anane@mrh.gov.gh, excelgh@yahoo.com
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