Project Selection

Transport Infrastructure Rehabilitation Guidelines (WFP)

To mitigate the damage effected by both natural and man made disasters, the World Food Programme (WFP) set up a special type of project intended (mainly) for the rehabilitation of transport infrastructure to facilitate distribution of food aid. These projects, so called 'Special Operations' are funded by WFP entirely with Donors' contribution and executed through Government Agencies and private contractors. The number of active projects and their high cost budgets have necessitated that road rehabilitation interventions be structured and guidelines for the construction and rehabilitation of transport infrastructure be developed. The project reviewed all special operations in Africa and provided guidelines to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of these interventions.

ITECO staff carried out a field review (in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan and Tanzania) analysis of all the Projects carried out by WFP for Construction and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructure and prepared recommendations based on their experience. The tasks included:

analysis of different potential scenarios in terms of project institutional implementation and management;
definition of the responsibilities of all the actors involved in the Construction and Rehabilitation Projects under the identified scenarios;
definition of the Project phases, brief methodology and studies to be included in each project phases;
definition of the Quality System to be used;
analysis of the need of information and advertising of the future project implementation, so future bidders will be advised in order to reduce tendering time;
recommendation and definition of information to be supplied, who to be inform, where to publish the information etc.;
analysis and definition of Tendering Process. Recommendation of the more timely efficient tendering processes; and
analysis and definition of contract awarding system, contract documentation, guarantees, responsibilities, payments and reporting.