๐ Tender Overview
Scope :
The seff scope has been agreed with the government to contribute to the smart roads initiatives, including provision of (i) axle load control devices (automated measurement systems), and (ii) pilot pbm contract on a selected road section. this is in line with adbs recommendations under completed road projects to preserve road assets. this intervention will continue the dialog with the government to introduce innovation in the road sector by overcoming existing legislative and budgetary constraints in funding road maintenance activities and to prevent road surfaces from early deterioration.
the first activity under the seff will support the government and particularly committee of roads and kazavtozhol in advancing their system of axle load control devices on the national road network, including adb-financed roads. this activity will be comprised of legal review, procurement and installation of axle load control devices, and capacity building support.
the pilot pbm contract will be considered as seff second activity and processed after approval of budgetary amendments to allow external borrowing for repair and maintenance. it will support adbs planned project for construction of saryagash bypass, which is requested to be implemented under design-build modality and facilitate smooth implementation of subsequent operation and maintenance of the road applying pbm principles.
the facility will deliver the following outputs:
(i)output 1: sustainable national highway network achieved through enhanced road maintenance practices, axle load control, and subsequent safety improvements of road networks life cycle extended by more effective expenditure of maintenance funds. road safety will be improved including for women and people with disabilities.
(ii)output 2: service delivery capacity enhanced. capacity of committee of roads and kazavtozhol officials enhanced by implementing modern road maintenance practice resulting in safer and longer lasting roads.
as a result, the proposed seff is linked to carec transport strategy 2030, especially its pillar on roads and road asset management.e furthermore, the seff is associated with several adb projects that support regional connectivity namely (i) carec corridors 1 and 6 connector roads aktobe-makat and aktobe-kandyagash projects (to be completed on 2023 and 2024 respectively),f (ii) completed carec corridor 1 mff roads in zhambyl oblast,g (iii) carec corridor 2 mangistau - for installation of weigh-in-motion (wim) systems,h and (iv) a pilot pbm contract for carec corridors 1, 2, and 6 saryagash bypass being processed which envisages design-build plus pbm approach.
the proposed seff will not finance activities that have or are expected to have a category a safeguards categorization.
Kazakhstan has a vast land area of 2.75 million square kilometers (km
), placing it in the top ten largest countries in the world in terms of landmass. in contrast, with a population of 19.2 million people in 2022,
