Consultancy Service for Preparing Technical Design Manual, Operation, Maintenance and Management for Urban Sanitation by WDC

Source: World Bank — Second Ethiopia Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Request for Expressions of Interest

(Consulting Services –Firms Selection)

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ministry Water and Energy

Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P156433)

Credit No.: IDA-60070

Assignment Title: Preparation of Design Manual for National Urban Onsite Sanitation and Faecal Sludge Management Systems (FSMS)

Procurement Reference No: ET-MOWIE-205117-CS-QCBS

 The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost the Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (II UWSSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consultancy services.

The consulting service (the service) includes review an existing technical design criteria and standards, manuals and guidelines for Urban onsite sanitation and prepare a summary of review report and recommendation and prepare national design criteria and standard manuals for the Urban Faecal Sludge Management facilities for all the sanitation service components considering both the technical and nontechnical components of the sanitation value chains.

 Objective of the services

The general objective of the consultancy service is to develop revised sanitation policy, regulation, technical and non-technical guidelines and provide guidance to enhance the design quality of the Faecal Sludge and Wastewater Management System to ensure service delivery quality for Urban Sanitation. The study is also aimed to ensure sanitation facilities are designed to the required standard to provide service for the intended design period and enable the client can monitor, manage, and supervise the design reports and deliverables submitted by consulting engineers, contractors, and service providers at all levels and to make sure that the study benefits all.

The specific objective of the service shall include the following majors’ categories but not limited to:

• Develop a revised policy on Sanitation, both for Faecal Sludge and Wastewater management systems
• Develop Regulation, Institutional set up and outcome standards on sanitation facilities.
• Develop technical guideline for design criteria and standard for urban faecal sludge and wastewater management systems.
• Develop standard operating procedure for Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants and Waste Water Treatment Plants Operation and Management.

Scope of the services

The scope of the consultancy service is to review existing and available policies, regulations, institutional and legal framework, guidelines, and technical design standards on urban sanitation. The technical design standard, operation, and management guideline shall be prepared at least for ten years and should be updated after the end period to reflect the actual status. The scope of work is subdivided in two phases, which are combined in one term of reference.

The consultant shall review the existing any sanitation policy and identify gaps with related to regulation, technical guidelines, across the Faecal Sludge and Wastewater management Systems. A thoroughly review is needed on the institutional set up for Faecal Sludge Management and Wastewater Management including mandates of the stakeholders under the sanitation sector, existing regulations, and business model on sanitation across the cities. The consultant shall also identify gaps on onsite containment technology and standard to set a minimum requirement that can be adopted in the cities. The consultant is also required to identify gaps and weakness in stakeholder coordination and management on urban sanitation to propose a strategic guideline that will be applied with the line ministries. The detail scope of work required in this assignment is described in the ToR.

Duration of the service

The total duration of the service is 18 months (540 calendar days) from the date of commencement.

The Ministry of Water and Energy now invites eligible consulting firms (Consultants) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria are Core business and years in business, qualification and experience in the field of assignment, organizational, managerial and technical capabilities of the firm, and general qualification and number of staff but not individual experts’ bio data.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, issued January 2011, Revised July 2014 (Consultant Guideline), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. However, should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 am noon and 2:00 pm to 4:30 p.m. after noon from Monday to Friday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by e-mail on or before 15 February 2023, 10:30 A.M

Ministry of Water and Energy

Attn: Mr. Wagari Madera, Executive Procurement Officer

Haile Gebresilasie Avenue 1st floor, Room Number 35, Tel: +251116898006

Email:  wagarimadera@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia