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<div class="im"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Request for expression of interest for selection # 1157287</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">This Request for Expression of Interest is for a Firm Selection. Please log in as a valid Firm User if you wish to express interest in this selection.</span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Selection Information </span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Assignment Title: Philippines Open-Source Road Safety Platform</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Publication Date: 19-Aug-2014</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Expression of Interest Deadline: <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">26-Aug-2014</span></span> at 11:59:59 PM (EST)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Contact Name: Holly Krambeck</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Contact Email: <a href="mailto:hkrambeck@worldbank.org" target="_blank">hkrambeck@worldbank.org</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Language of Notice: English</span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Selection Notice </span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Assignment Country: PH - Philippines</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Funding Sources: TF017652 - EAP Green Transport ICT KGGTF</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Individual/Firm: The consultant will be an individual. The consultant will be a firm. </span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Assignment Description </span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK<br>
<br>REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST<br><br>Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2<br><a href="https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html" target="_blank">https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html</a><br>
<br>ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW<br><br>Assignment Title: Philippines Open-Source Road Safety Platform <br><br>Assignment Countries:<br>- Philippines<br><br>ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION<br><br>*Background*<br><br>1. Road Accidents. Road accidents are a leading global cause of death among 15-39 year-olds, and about 92% of traffic deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. According to a 2009 report prepared by the National Center for Transportation Studies, road accidents cost the Philippines nearly 2.6% of its GDP each year. These accidents not only pose immeasurable human costs, they are also impediments to economic development, affecting the most productive segments of the population and degrading the efficiency of transport networks.<br>
<br>2. Institutions. Despite the importance of road safety, there remains substantial underreporting of road traffic accidents and relatively underdeveloped road accident data management system in the Philippines. Currently, data are collected but are unlinked between separate entities. For example:<br>
<br>a. The Philippines National Police (PNP). Road accident data is manually collected across more than 1,000 local government units and are partially encoded into a database managed by the PNP headquarters in Manila. <br>
b. Local Government Units. Road accidents reported by traffic enforcers are manually recorded in logbooks. Of all transport units in Philippine cities, only the Metro Manila Development Authority maintains an electronic database of accidents (MARAS), though, this database does not include any GIS-based data, and because it is hosted on-site, other agencies cannot access the database. <br>
c. Hospital Network. Of more than 1,000 hospitals in the Philippines health system, only a handful regularly record and report road accident-based injuries in an electronic database. <br>d. Department of Highways and Public Works (DPWH). As a primary beneficiary of road accident data, the DPWH has previously tried to host its own database (TARAS), but due to difficulties in obtaining data to populate it, halted the program in 2013 for re-evaluation. <br>
e. National Center for Transportation Studies (NCTS). In 2011, developed a national crash database primarily for research purposes but had difficulties coordinating quality data inputs. Project closed in 2012. <br><br>3. Challenges. As a result of this decentralized approach, unnecessary resources are spent collecting the same data multiple times, causing inconsistencies among data from different sources. Given the inherent difficulties in systematically aggregating these data across multiple agencies, decisions to allocate scarce traffic management and infrastructure investment resources in the Philippines are rarely evidence-based, and systems to monitor the efficacy of interventions do not exist.<br>
<br>5. OpenTraffic Pilot Program. To overcome these challenges, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Cebu City Government, Metro Manila Development Authority, and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have been piloting an open-source, web-based platform that supports the creation of a digital, geo-spatially referenced and real-time database of road incidents. This pilot platform has been successfully deployed in Cebu and Manila, and combined, more than 20,000 unique road accident reports have been recorded since the platform was introduced in 2013. The platform has also since been adopted by the Philippines National Police for crime mapping in Metro Manila. The platform and database are hosted by DOST and accessible via Internet.<br>
<br>6. Pilot Design Principles. For sustainability, the platform was designed according to the following principles: <br><br>a. Low cost;<br>b. Very simple to use and have few technical requirements; <br>c. Improve upon, rather than change existing institutional processes for recording road incident data; <br>
d. Scalable; and<br>e. Produce immediate results that add value to a transport agencys operations; and Support open data, to build public support for data maintenance. <br><br>7. The platform software and code may be freely downloaded from here: <a href="https://github.com/conveyal/traffic-tools/tree/master/examples/cebu-server" target="_blank">https://github.com/conveyal/traffic-tools/tree/master/examples/cebu-server</a><br>
<br>8. Preliminary Data Analyses. Using data collected through the platform from February 2013 through December 2013, the DOTC, with support from the World Bank, analyzed the reported accident data to determine whether it is sufficient to:<br>
<br>a. Optimize traffic enforcer station assignments by accident likelihood, with assignments varying by time of day and day of week;<br>b. Identify the most accident prone intersections and corridors; and<br>c. Assign an economic cost to the most accident prone locations, to support budget allocations for corridor improvements. <br>
<br>9. Initial analyses have been very promising, with clear actions stemming from the analyses.<br><br>10. Scaling Up. Given the pilots unexpected success as a sustainable system for recording and accessing road crash data in the Philippines, the DOTC seeks to support scaling up of the pilot program: (a) integrating more data creators e.g., the PNP, DoH, and additional LGUs as well as data users e.g., DPWH and the public; and (b) expanding the analytical capabilities of the platform.<br>
<br>11. Road Safety Workshop. To this end the DOTC has hosted two road safety workshops to date with representatives from the following agencies to discuss on-going road accident recording initiatives and determine how an open-source platform could be developed to meet stakeholders different needs.<br>
<br>a. The Road Board<br>b. Department of Transportation and Communications<br>c. Department of Highways and Public Works<br>d. Philippines National Police<br>e. Department of Science and Technology<br>f. Metro Manila Development Authority<br>
g. National Center for Transportation Studies<br><br>12. The Road Board has agreed to invest in the initiative with parallel financing, and the participating agencies have committed staff, time, and resources to the project. <br>
<br>*Project Proposal*<br><br>13. Project Development Objective. The project development objective is to mitigate road accidents in the Philippines by:<br><br>a. Improving the efficiency of recording, accessing and sharing road accident data reported by local traffic enforcement units, the national police, and the hospital system;<br>
b. Creating open-source tools to support: (i) use of historical data to inform traffic management and investment decision making; and (ii) monitoring of the efficacy of road safety improvements; and<br>c. Providing real time traffic incidence information to academia and the public in a low cost, efficient manner. <br>
<br>14. Project Components. Building on the successful OpenTraffic pilot program, the DOTC proposes the following project components:<br><br>a. Component 1: Open-Source Road Accident Data Management Platform<br>Improvements to be made to the currently in-use OpenTraffic platform (see Background section, above), including: Customized data entry interface for local traffic management agencies, hospitals, and the Philippines National Police; Improved data visualization tools and filters; Formalized administrative arrangements for separate user logins and data management privileges; and Coordination with the Department of Science and Technology on continued national-level hosting arrangements. <br>
<br>b. Component 2: Open-Source Road Accident Data Sharing and Analytical Tools<br>A data governing policy and suite of web-based analytical tools for use by the above agencies, as well as the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC); the Department of Highways and Public Works (DPWH); local universities and research centers (e.g., NCTS); and other third parties, as deemed appropriate (e.g., app developers, media). Types of analyses to be supported would include, at a minimum: Optimizing traffic enforcer and police assignments by accident likelihood, with assignments optimized by time of day and day of week; Identification of specific priority intersections and corridors for further survey work; Assignment of an economic cost to the most accident prone locations, to support budget allocations for corridor improvements; and Monitoring of the efficacy of road safety improvements.<br>
<br>c. Component 3: Road Accident Data Management Institutional Reform (not included in this contract)<br>The DOTC and Road Safety Board will prepare and implement institutional arrangements for sustaining and governing the program, in accordance with the finalized technical work flow arrangement. <br>
<br>d. Component 4: Road Accident University Exchange Program (not included in this contract)<br>To further ensure program sustainability, the DOTC proposes instituting an international university exchange program during project implementation, inviting students and faculty to work together to innovate the most effective ways to analyze and use the road accident data generated through the program. <br>
<br>INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE<br>The consultant will be a firm. <br><br>SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS<br>The World Bank now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.<br>
<br>Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.<br><br>Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (<a href="https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html" target="_blank">https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html</a>)</span><br>
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