CANCELLED ITB for the Procurement of Services for Conducting an Urban Survey in The Gambia

UNOPS
CANCELLED ITB for the Procurement of Services for Conducting an Urban Survey in The Gambia Invitation to bid

Reference: ITB/2020/16690
Beneficiary countries or territories: Multiple destinations (see the Countries or territories tab)
Registration level: Basic
Published on: 28-Nov-2020
Deadline on: 12-Jan-2021 23:59 (GMT 0.00)
Description
The Gambia has one of the fastest urbanisation rates in sub-Saharan Africa, with the Greater Banjul Area (GBA) already accounting for 68% of the total population. This has resulted in several environmental and socio-economic problems including deforestation, soil erosion, pollution and waste generation, as well as stress on health, education and employment services. These have been exacerbated by the lack of an urban masterplan for Banjul (which has not been updated for nearly 20 years) and the absence of a planned response to the growing economic activity of the city. Likewise, the absence of an updated cadastral map and insufficient data on taxable properties in the Greater Banjul Area has resulted in the municipalities being able to collect only a small portion of their potential revenue from property taxes. With inadequate funding available from the central government, there is increased pressure on the municipalities to explore innovative revenue generation mechanisms to effectively deliver basic services.
 
To respond to this potential and address these issues, The African Development Bank and UNOPS are supporting the Government of The Gambia through the Greater Banjul Area: Sustainable Urban Development Programme 2020-2040 (Greater Banjul 2040). The main goals of the project are the development of a comprehensive, digitized urban plan for the Greater Banjul Area and the provision of Technical Assistance for institutional capacity development of partner institutions, i.e. Ministry of Lands and Regional Government (MoLRG), Brikama Area Council (BAC), Banjul City Council (BCC) and Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC).

One of the key aspects in the Greater Banjul 2040 project is to provide the MoLRG and LGAs with relevant updated data for urban planning and land management organized in a Digital Platform as a Geographic Information System (GIS). In order to fill the information gaps identified during the previous stages of the project, UNOPS intends to launch a survey to collect and organize all data needed to be included in the Greater Banjul Area 2040 project. The collected data and other relevant data from various sources will be further integrated in a Digital Platform. The digital platform will also include additional layers produced by the project team in later stages of the project (i.e. land use model 2040), and the consultancy includes the training of the government officials that will manage the information and the digital platform.
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