Expression of Interest - Details

Eoi Name:
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE-LAP24
Pack #:
MNLR-P120636
Post Date:
03rd October, 2011
Submit Date:
-
Tender Cat:
Consultancy Services

Agency:
Nkawie Government Hospital
Industry:
General
Description:
The Government of Ghana has received financing in the amount of US$ 50 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second Land Administration Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this Project. This Project will be jointly financed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

The Project consists of the following parts:
Part A: Strengthening the Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Land Administration

1. Provision of Technical Advisory Services to support: (a) completion of the Land Bill, the Land Use and Planning Bill, and preparation of Legislative Instruments for said Bills, for the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands Act, and for the Lands Commission Act ("Land Bills and Statutes"); (b) preparation and dissemination of easy to read materials on said Land Bills and Statutes and their administration for legal professionals and students; and lay persons guides for administrators and civilians users of said Land Bills and Statutes; and (c) carrying out training on said Land Bills and Statutes for all Stakeholders.

2. Carrying out of a program of activities to extend and improve the operations of Land Courts and Land Registries including: {a) refurbishing and automating courts, district offices and land secretariats in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, Northern and Western Regions; (b) reviewing court processes and the rules of the court on adjudication of land cases; (c) carrying out training for Judges, Lawyers and Land Administrators on Alternative Dispute Resion Mechanisms; (d) scanning land records; and (e) publishing judicial decisions on land cases, all through provision of Technical Advisory Services, works, operating costs, training and acquisition of goods.

3. Provision of Technical Advisory Services to support, inter alia: (a) review of policies on land- related fees and taxes; and (b) feasibility studies for developing strategies and institutional arrangements to facilitate access to land by Investors.

Part B: Decentralizing and Improving Business and Service Delivery Processes
1. Carrying out of a program of Activities to strengthen the delivery of Land Administration Services, including: (a) preparing and implementing a decentralization strategy and action plan, respectively; (b) streamlining and integrating business procedures in the Land Sector Agencies; (c) establishing and supporting Customary Land Secretariats (including ascertainment of customary practices, piloting a systematic process of demarcating and documenting rights to land in rural communities); and (d) undertaking systematic registration of titles on a pilot basis in selected Regions, all through provision of Technical Advisory Services, training and acquisition of goods.

2. (a) Strengthening land titling, valuation and registration information systems, including developing Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA); and (b) improving land records management, with particular emphasis on the need to: (i) clear the backlog of applications for title registration; (ii) reduce the time for issuing building permits; (iii) scan manual documents; and (iv) improve digital storage and retrieval of records.

Part C: Improved Maps and Spatial Data for Land Administration
1. Developing a sustainable spatial information service, including:
(a) Reviewing and formulating policies for various spatial products, namely: (i) surveying and mapping; (ii) a Geodetic Reference Network (GRN) and establishment of Continuously Operating Receiving Stations (CORS); and (iii) a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI); (b) Preparing base maps for urban and rural areas in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, Northern and Western Regions; and (c) Establishment of the GRN including updating and extending coverage of the CORS, all through provision of Technical Advisory Services and acquisition of goods.

2. Provision of Technical Advisory Services to demarcate and register boundaries for customary and other lands.
3. Provision of Technical Advisory Services to prepare Land Use Plans including a National Spatial Framework and four Regional Structural Plans for selected districts, cities and towns in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, Northern and Western Regions, based on cost sharing arrangements.
4. Carrying out a revaluation of properties in selected Districts using CAMA and Base Maps.
5. Supporting completion of property identification and street addressing activities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, including: (a) developing a system for building registration and property rates collection; and (b) establishing an address database and address register for Accra, through provision of Technical Advisory Services, training and operating costs.

Part D: Human Resource Development and Project Management
1. Strengthening the institutional capacities for human resource development of key Land Sector Agencies and Institutions in the Public and Private Sectors including the Lands Commission, the OASL, the T&CPD, Traditional Authorities, and Customary Land Secretariats with particular emphasis (a) carrying out a comprehensive assessment of capacity needs of said Agencies and Institutions; and (b) preparing and implementing Human Resource Development Plans, through provision of Technical Advisory Services, training and operating costs.
2. Construction of a Regional Office for the Land Sector Agencies in Kumasi.
3. Supporting the implementation of the gender strategy and action plan prepared under LAP-l through provision of Technical Advisory Services, training and operating costs.
4. Supporting the implementation of the communications strategy through provision of Technical Advisory Services, training and operating costs.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (current edition), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (current edition).

Specific Procurement Notices (SPN) for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and Ghanaian Newspapers of wide national circulation as well as the websites of Ghana Public Procurement Authority (www.ppaghana.org) and Land Administration Project (www.info@ghanalap.gov.gh).

No Prequalification of suppliers and contractors will be required.

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Source of Funds:
-
Region:
Greater Accra
District:
Accra Metropolitan District

Contact Person:
The Chief Director, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, P. O. Box M. 212, Accra – Ghana om >usansforus.c
Email :
info@ghanalap.gov.gh, elliott@africaonline.com.gh<
Tel :
+233 302 66 6711
Fax :
+233 302 66 6801
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