Global Environment Facility China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot

Task Outline of Research on Rail Transit Station Area Planning

Based on TOD Concept

Request for Expressions of Interest

(Consulting Services- Firms Selection)

Country: The People’s Republic of China

Name of Project: China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot

Project ID.: TF0A4213

Assignment Title: Task Outline of Research on Rail Transit Station Area Planning Based on TOD Concept

Reference No.: GENC-3A

Bid No.: 0703-2010CIC5Y094

Background

Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Program is a global innovative project of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aiming to adopt comprehensive management measures to alleviate the environmental problems arising from the global urbanization process, and to promote global environmental governance and sustainable development. The project consists of 11 sub-projects at national level implemented in China, Brazil, India and etc. The sub-project in China is carried out by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China and seven Chinese cities, namely Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Ningbo, Nanchang, Guiyang and Shenzhen.

In recent years, China’s economy has developed by leaps and bounds, leading to a rapid expansion in both the scale of cities and the number of urban populations. Thus, an unprecedented urbanization process has begun. With 300 million rural people going to settle down in towns and cities in the next decade, urban development will be curbed due to limited resources, energy, environment and etc. The capacity of the already saturated urban area is constantly being challenged in every aspect, especially the constantly overloaded traffic infrastructure, making traffic jams a typical "urban disease." Tackling traffic issues has therefore become an unavoidable yet vital task for cities to develop successfully.

At present, China is promoting rapid rail transit systems (including high-speed railways and urban rail transit) at the national level, which provides new opportunities for regional development and urban transformation. So far, various regions and cities have entered a critical period of urban development. The Transit Oriented Development (TOD) model will promote the urban to evolve from a traditional single-center structure to a multi-center one. Against this backdrop, methods such as improving land use efficiency and carrying capacity, boosting urban vitality, and alleviating urban traffic congestion are the effective ones for solving urban development problems.

To help Nanchang City better move towards sustainable urbanization in the future, this consulting service will take the Metro Line 2 East Extension Section as the main subject and apply the TOD concept to conduct development model research on the land surrounding the rail stations. Taking this as an opportunity, an economic growth point for Nanchang with complete urban functions, compact layout, and comfortable environment will be created, so as to support a new spatial structure and new forms, achieve intensive use and efficient expansion of land, eventually forming an urban construction model that integrates environmental protection, fair resident travel planning, urban design and development, all into one.

Scope of service

The consulting services (“the Services”) include:

Stage1: Basic data collection and analysis

Task 1: Data collection

Task 2: Stakeholder analysis and public participation

Task 3: Case study

Stage2: Planning guidance for the area around the stations

Task 4: Functional positioning around the stations

Task 5: Guidance on classification planning of the area around the stations

Task 6: Comprehensive environmental and social assessment in the area around the stations

Stage3: Fund balance and coordination of benefits

Task 7: Traffic prediction and plan testing of Metro Line 2 based on TOD-guided project

Task 7.1: Traffic prediction along Metro Line 2 and in TOD areas

Task 7.2: Test of the passenger flow plan of stations along the Metro Line 2

Task 8: Financial analysis of Metro Line 2

Task 9: Research on the overall benefit plan

Stage10: Summary and applications

Task 10: Summary and applications based on TOD project

Task 11: Capacity building and public awareness promotion

The estimated inputs of person-months are 160. The contract estimated start date is from March 2021.

Qualification for Consultant

Entrusted by Project Management Office of Nanchang, Instrimpex International Tendering Co., Ltd (Procurement Agent) 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 short listing criteria are:

1. The Consultant should have extensive expertise and profound experience in formulating and implementing urban TOD strategies, schemes, plans and projects. It should have more than 8 years of experience in international or domestic urban planning and rail transit planning. And in the past 5 years, it has completed TOD planning and development strategy consultation, pre-consultation, planning research, planning design, engineering consultation and investment and financing planning involved in a rail transit TOD project or a station TOD project. It required the proof documents (a copy of contract or acceptance report) issued by client/owners or the detail project information (at least including the project name, contract date and place, the description for the task, the client name etc); It should have sufficient expert resources in the relevant fields of the project. For the Joint Venture, each member shall have the similar experience.

2.Strong project coordination and management capacities including high quality data assessment and report production.

3. The consulting firm(s) must have the ability to finish Key Deliverables both in Chinese and English, and to communicate with staff from World Bank and PMO both in Chinese and English.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011, revised in July 2014) (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality-and Cost-Based Selection method set out in the World Bank Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below from November 27, 2020. And TOR can be downloaded from

http://fgw.nc.gov.cn/ncfzggw/tzgg/202011/ad42815c51a842859b59fa********0e.shtml

Expressions of interest (both in Chinese and English) must be delivered in a written form to the Procurement Agent address below by mail or by email (PDF) by 10:00 am, December 18, 2020.

The Procurement Agent: Instrimpex International Tendering Com., Ltd

Attn: Ms. Liu, Ms. Ju

Address: Room 1501, Genertec Plaza, No.90, XisanhuanZhonglu, Fengtai District, 100055, Beijing, P.R. China

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E-mail: liuchunjie@cgci.gt.cn

juyinghui@ cgci.gt.cn

The Procurement Department: Project Management Office of Nanchang (PMO)

Attn: Ms. Xu

Address: 3th Floor,118# Xinfu Road, Hong Gutan New District, Nanchang, China

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E-mail: nanchangpmo@163.com;