The Government of Zambia, through the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, has issued a request for expressions of interest for an individual consultant to assess the effectiveness of Statutory Instrument No. 7 of 2018 and advise on measures to strengthen modal shift from road to rail.
The assignment is being financed under the World Bank-supported Transport Corridors for Economic Resilience Project. Part of the project funding will be applied to individual consulting services to undertake a comprehensive review of SI No. 7 of 2018, including its performance, impact and continued relevance as a policy and regulatory tool.
The consultancy is expected to run for five months.
The selected consultant will assess the performance and impact of SI No. 7 of 2018 over the period 2019 to 2023. The work will include an analysis of modal share trends between rail and road transport for bulk commodities, as well as an assessment of the key constraints affecting rail uptake. These may include infrastructure, operational, regulatory and commercial factors.
The assignment will also review existing compliance, monitoring and reporting systems, together with the institutional arrangements currently supporting modal shift. A key objective will be to determine whether SI No. 7 of 2018 remains fit for purpose, or whether it should be revised or replaced.
In addition, the consultant will be required to provide policy, regulatory and non-regulatory options to promote a shift from road to rail. These may include incentives, market-based instruments and infrastructure support measures.
The scope of work also includes recommendations on institutional, operational and digital systems to improve data collection, monitoring and decision-making. The consultant will further be expected to propose an implementation and monitoring framework for the recommended interventions.
The review is expected to support Zambia’s wider efforts to improve corridor performance, strengthen rail competitiveness and increase the movement of bulk commodities by rail.
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