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SERVICE PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE
Technical assistance for capacity building to Uganda Railway Corporation
1. Publication reference
EuropeAid/139664/IH/SER/UG
2. Procedure
International Restricted Tender
3. Programme title
Contribution to the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda through the rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu railway
4. Financing
National Indicative Programme 11th EDF Uganda
5. Contracting Authority
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development acting as the National Authorising Officer in Uganda
6. Nature of contract
Fee-based
7. Contract description
The technical assistance to the Uganda Railway Corporation is expecting to provide capacity building to this institution in the fields of: long term strategy for infrastructure and rolling stock investment and maintenance; climate risks and vulnerability assessments and climate-proofing of infrastructure; human resource management; permanent way maintenance and inspection, railway operations and signalling; mechanical, electrical and civil engineering; transport economics and logistics management; procurement procedures; marketing strategy and provision of survey, measuring and digitalisation equipment.
8. Indicative budget
EUR 1,100,000
9. Intended timing of publication of the contract notice
June 2018
10. Additional information
The indicative budget is inclusive of all taxes.
11. Legal basis
Annex IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010. Reference is made to Annex IV as revised by Decision 1/2014 of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers of 20 June 2014.
Please be aware that after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU, the rules of access to EU procurement procedures of economic operators established in third countries will apply to candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom depending on the outcome of negotiations. In case such access is not provided by legal provisions in force at the time of contract award, candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom could be rejected from the procurement procedure.
Remarks:
There must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days between the publication of this prior information notice and the publication of the corresponding contract notice.
No applications or requests for information should be sent at this stage.
