Consultancy Service for Design and Implementation of an Integrated Management Information System for Urban Water Utilities in Ethiopia, by Water Development Commission

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

SECOND URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT (2nd UWSSP)

Credit No. IDA-60070

Assignment Title:  Design and Implementation of an Integrated Management Information System for Urban Water Utilities in Ethiopia.

Reference No. ET-MOWIE-107046-CS-QCBS

The Federal Democratic Republic  of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (2nd UWSSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (‘’ the service ‘’) includes study, design, Prepare bidding documents for hardware,  supervision and implementation/deployment/ of integrated management information system for urban water utilities in Ethiopia ( 22 secondary cities in different areas of the country)

OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT 

The Objective of this consultancy is to establish or enhance and operationalize enterprise level integrated Management Information System that meets the requirements of 22 town Water and Sewerage Authority and improve operational efficiency ability to perform and manage the service delivery in an effective, transparent and accountable manner.

Scope of the work

The scope of the consultancy services includes the following three phases.

Phase I. Requirement collection, Analysis and System Design

• Evaluate existing systems and conduct assessment both hard ware & software
• Gather detailed requirements and determine needs and functionalities to be included in MIS.
• Prepare bidding documents with detail specification, quantity and evaluation method for the procurement of all necessary resources; hardware and software

Phase II. Development or customization, Deployment and integration, testing of the MIS and data conversion and migration

• Develop or customize the system to address the need of each water utility and guided by the assessment carried out in phase I of this consultancy
• Perform all requisite testing at various phases of the software development life
• The Consulting firm is expected to assist each utility in the conversion of both electronic and manual data to the new system.
• Provide guidelines and a work plan to orient data conversion and modalities of support for each utility to carry out this activity

Phase III. User training and System Documentation

• Provide “Hands-on” training on all the functionalities of the proposed solution for the different types of users: End Users, Key Users, Administrators and managers.
• Provide all the documentation such as user guides, technical guides, training materials, for installation, setup, system procedures, testing, training etc.

The total duration of the service is 540 calendar days and the estimated duration for phase I is 198 days and for Phase II and III 342 days.

The Water Development Commission [WDC] 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 January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), 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. In such case, the consultants are requested to specify the joint venture or sub consultancy composition, shares and leading firm. 

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 9:00am to 12:00 am noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm from Monday to Friday.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) on or before 25 November 2019, 5:00 PM.

Water Development Commission

Attn: Mr.  Derese Admasu, Procurement and

Contract Administration Director

Haile Gebresilasie Avenue [1st floor, Room number 114

P.O. Box: 5744

Tel: +251116637018

Fax: +251116616238

E-mail:  washhussien@gmail.com/dersede@gmail.com

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia