NOTICE OF EXPRESSION OF RELATIVE INTEREST

1. Type of contract
The contract is a unit price contract.

2. Description of the contract
As part of the implementation of the PDIAD-BMVO, the installation of one hundred (100) fishponds of dimensions to be specified by the studies is planned across seven (07) sites to be identified next to the rice irrigation areas or any other location indicated within the project's intervention municipalities, which include the municipalities of Aguégués, Adjohoun, and Dangbo. These will be distributed between 10 to 15 ponds per site, located in the same area as the irrigated perimeters. The ponds will be constructed with varying dimensions and surface areas, as specified by the study, with a depth ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 meters. Additionally, accompanying infrastructure will be constructed, including:

     (i) The construction of seven (07) warehouses (one per site) with a capacity of 100 tons each (L = 10 m, W = 8 m, and H = 3.5 m) for the storage of operational materials and equipment (nets, hoes, machetes, dip nets, etc.),
     (ii) The construction of seven (07) sheds (one per site) of 300 m² (L = 20 m, W = 15 m, and H = 3.5 m) to house the equipment for the feed production facility (crusher/mixer, pelletizer, extruder, dryer),
     (iii) The construction of seven (07) hatcheries, one per site, (pools of 2m², 4m², 6m², and 24m², an operation table, a cabinet), supplied by boreholes with pumping systems powered by photovoltaic energy,
     (iv) The construction of water intake and drainage canals,
     (v) The supply of fourteen (14) high-capacity diesel pumps (4 cylinders and liquid-cooled), two (02) per site,
     (vi) The construction of seven receptacles (one per site) with a capacity of 4,000 m³ to collect the drainage water from the fishponds;

The project also plans to build other infrastructure related to the developments and the promotion of fish farming. These include:
      (a)   Travaux de construction d’une unité de fumage ;
      (b) Construction works for cold rooms with sheet and cardboard tunnel, units for flake ice production, and packaging facilities;
      (c) Construction works for one (01) fresh fish marketing center in the valley and storage units for fresh vegetables in Adjohoun, Dangbo, and Aguégués.

For these various developments, a qualified consulting firm or engineer will be hired to carry out the studies and ensure continuous monitoring of the works. The services of this contract include the detailed design of the preliminary studies (APS), the completion of the final design studies (APD), and the supervision and monitoring of the construction works for the fishponds and associated infrastructure as part of the implementation of the PDIAD-BMVO. The consulting firm will be responsible for the following tasks:
Deepening of the Preliminary Design Studies (APS) and the completion of the Detailed Project Design Studies (APD);

• Deepening of the Preliminary Design Studies (APS) and the completion of the Detailed Project Design Studies (APD);
• Technical control;
• Geotechnical control;
• Administrative and financial control;
• Verification and monitoring of the implementation by the company of the environmental and social compensation measures and provisions.

3. Number and title of lots:
Single lot.

4. Maximum budget:
The estimated budget for this mission is one hundred and twenty million (120,000,000) CFA francs excluding taxes.