WORK STATEMENT (PART 2) 6 Project Descriptions and Profile USTDA has received requests for funding from the governments of Kenya and Tanzania for a number of feasibility studies in the port, airport, and rail sectors. USTDA has also received several requests for funding from the East African Community (EAC) for regional projects. The DM team will be expected to travel to Kenya and Tanzania to conduct a review of these projects. As part of the overall strategic efforts to expand and modernize their economies, member countries of the East African Community are individually and, in some cases jointly, putting emphasis on developing transport infrastructure to expand their trade capacities. At the same time, USTDA has expanded its presence in these countries to support USG policy priorities in transportation security, aviation safety, and increased AGOA trade. The proposed definitional mission consolidates USTDA efforts to evaluate the more substantive leads received and identified in recent trips to the East Africa region. In Kenya, the DM team will scope various projects where USTDA could play a role in the transportation sector with an emphasis on port and rail projects. It is expected that transportation security and expansion will be a focus of the team’s review of the Port of Mombasa. The team will also follow priorities outlined by Kenya’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications through USTDA meetings with the Minister and a recent report outlining the Ministry’s priorities, “Recommendations on Integrated National Transport Policy”. The Minister’s report will be made available to the DM consultant team as background for the mission. Potential projects include the construction of a new commercial port in Lamu, and establishing more intermodal linkages between airports, ports, and rail transport. The team will also explore the Minister’s request for USTDA grant funding for a major regional rail project, a drivers’ education training center, and the consideration of changing its narrow gauge rail system to regular gauge. Other areas of focus will be on transportation safety and customs facilitation, the latter working with the U.S. Regional ECA Hub and the Kenya Revenue Authority. Regionally, the DM team will be asked to investigate key corridor and Lake Victoria projects prioritized by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat. These projects will be assessed on the likelihood that they will attract implementation funding given the EAC’s inability to provide sovereign guarantees. USTDA believes that there is strong project potential in its early but successful partnership with the EAC. In Tanzania, the DM team will seek to prioritize projects proposed by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, the Tanzania Airports Authority, and Ministry of Communications and Transport. The team will also seek out other transportation opportunities. For example, Tanzania has requested help to revitalize and expand their railroads to attract bidders when they proceed to privatize the national system. The team may also consider infrastructure and security projects at the Ports of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. For each of the countries, the team will be expected to conduct a general review of several projects in each of the key infrastructure areas, but only provide a full analysis of perhaps 3-4 projects for each country (including the EAC region), if there are that many projects that would potentially meet USTDA funding criteria. It would be useful for the team to outline the other projects that were considered and to give a brief status update and a reason why those projects were not selected. Of the 3-4 projects selected for in-depth review in each country (or the EAC region), the team will determine whether it recommends those projects and then prioritize the projects for USTDA based on their urgency, how well they meet USTDA funding criteria, and other factors that would be at the team's discretion. It is expected that the team would travel to Kenya—likely Nairobi and Mombasa, and to Tanzania—likely Arusha and Dar es Salaam. Bidding teams should include a budget that reflects their travel and a draft schedule. Finally, it is also expected that teams will submit bids that include equally strong aviation and port/rail expertise. It is likely that this will require two experts to travel to the region. East Africa regional experience in these sectors would also be helpful.

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