Sabra-El Jazzar Community Led Upgrading Project

United Nations Office at Nairobi (hereinafter refered to as UNON) on behalf of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is seeking to establish Contract with a qualified contractor to supply and apply the rehabilitation of buildings' facades and street services and surface in Sabra El Jazzar street. The goal of the project is to improve the quality of life and support stability in the most vulnerable neighborhoods of Beirut city, Lebanon. UN-Habitat with support from Beirut municipality will intervene in Sabra to alleviate poverty and improve the urban conditions of the neighborhood through using participatory planning methods and community-based decision-making processes which promotes an integrated response that secures benefits of interventions to all residents. Sabra is a densely built area composed of three gatherings and informal settlements characterized by substandard living conditions and high density. El Jazzar street is considered as one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods within Sabra which had witnessed several tensions incidents in the past ten years and suffering from enormous socio-economic problems such as overcrowded population, bad housing conditions, deteriorated infrastructure, and weak local economy. This sub-neighbourhood spreading over 0.016 km2 is composed of 49 buildings and accommodates a mixed community of more than 1,000 dwellers who are mainly Lebanese, in addition to Syrian and Palestinian refugees. With reference to the consultations with the keys stakeholders, the results have shown that there is a need to undertake a considerable upgrade of the neighbourhood to improve the overall living conditions of the inhabitants through improving the buildings’ conditions and enhancing the infrastructure and access to basic services. The project will focus on: - Rehabilitating the buildings facades; - Improving the street safety and accessibility; - Mitigating the electrical hazards; - Rehabilitating the storm water and potable water networks. Interested vendors may forward their Expressions of Interest (EOI) along with the signed vendor forms to to kenneth.gaciura@un.org cc unon-procurement-rfx@un.org. All EOI submissions should be sent via email, citing the EOI reference number and title in the subject line. IMPORTANT: Please note that this REOI is not an invitation for submission of tenders. Its purpose is to identify eligible vendors that would be interested to participate in the related upcoming requirement. The complete detail of the requirement will be issued to bidders after this request for EOI is closed. UNON reserves the right to change or cancel the requirement of this EOI at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. Submitting a reply to this REOI does not therefore automatically guarantee that your company will be considered for issuance of the solicitation documents. Only vendors who, in the UN's sole discretion, are deemed eligible and qualified, upon completion of an objective evaluation of the EOI submissions, may receive the final tender solicitation documents.