General Procurement Notice (GPN)

Country:

Iran

City/Locality:

Tehran

Notice/Contract Number:

GPN

Publication Date:

Sept 20, 2006

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Urban Upgrading and Housing Reform Project (UUHRP)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Eligibility of Bidders:

as per World Bank Procurement Guidelines

Original Language:

English

Address:

Asadollah Tabatabai
Project Director
Project Monitoring Unit (PMU)-UUHRP
VANAK SQUARE, KHODAMI AVE, NO.69, 9th floor
Tehran,
Iran

Telephone:

88779887

Fax:

88880179

Email:

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Islamic Republic of Iran

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Urban upgrading and Housing Reform Project
P073433 loan No 4739-IRN

General Procurement Notice

the Islamic republic of Iran has received financing the amount equal to 80$ million from the World Bank toward the urban upgrading and housing reform project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to the payment for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Islamic republicof Iranat a total cost of 100$ million.
The objective of the project, which forms the first phase of a three-phase adaptable program covering a period of (12) years, are to assist the Borrower in: (I) instituting an integrated approach to upgrading informal settlements; and (II) initiating housing sector reform and putting in place the requisite system, frameworks and human and institutional capabilities required therefore.
The project consists of the following parts, subject to such modifications there of as the borrower and the bank may agree upon time to time to achieve such objectives:

Part A 1. Carrying out an urban upgrading program consisting of the design, implementation and supervising of sub-projects and capacity building activities, together with the preparation of city development strategies, and feasibility and design studies.
2. Design of urban upgrading programs for the second phase of the program, if any, including the preparation of environmental and social assessment, and feasibility studies.
3. Development of funding arrangements for urban upgrading activities to be carried out under the second and third phases of the program, if any, to ensure an integrated and sustainable approach to urban upgrading.

Part B 1. Strengthening the institutional capacity of MHUD in the area of housing and land management through the development of methodologies, systems, procedures and institutional designs for monitoring housing and land markets, estimating demand and providing support for municipal decision making.
2. Assisting in the development of a housing finance market through the provision of support in assessing and managing liquidity risk associated with contractual housing savings schemes, and the revision of the preferential regulatory treatment of housing finance Institution.
3. Streamlining housing subsidies through the establishment of a comprehensive system to monitor and evaluate housing subsidies, and develop demand-side housing subsidy instrument.

Part C Support, through the provision of goods, including office equipment, consultant's services and training, to
Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to prequalify /bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of advertisement requesting expressions of interest for constancy contracts, or those requiring additional information should contact the address below:

Mr. Asadollah Tabatabai
Project Director
Urban Upgrading and Housing Reform Project (UUHRP)
VANAK Sq. KHODAMI AVE NO 69 9th floors
Tel: 88779887
Fax: 88880179
Email address: pmu_uuhrp@yahoo.com

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